Third-party investors have swamped the market in Brazil. BMG had 25% of Oscar's economic rights when he moved to Chelsea. DIS hold 40% of Neymar's economic rights and 68% of Paulo Henrique Ganso for £1.7 million. Read the complete article on third-party ownership here in the November 2012 edition of World Soccer magazine
Extract: Brazil has been flexing its economic muscle more than ever before.
According to Globoesporte, Spurs have representatives in Porto Alegre hoping to clinch a deal
with Internacional over Leandro Damião.
Tottenham have already had previous bids turned down but the London club are confident of getting
their man this time round.
Inter president, Giovanni Luigi, said that the Beira-Rio side will only sell the striker if the
price is right.
English dungeon league side Yeovil Town have gone to no lengths whatsoever in order to bring
their plight to the world. Hell, they didn't even put shirts on.
Yeovil Town players have appeared topless in their team photo in order to attract
sponsorship.
In modern times we all suspect that money and pride are two separate entities when it comes to the
world of football with the former taking undoubted precedent over the latter. Middle Eastern and
American billionaire investors have revolutionized...
United's new investors make a record deal yesterday for MLS. (Photo by: Patrick McDermott/Getty
Images)
Yesterday's big news with D.C. United made waves across the land. Erick Thohir and Jason Levien
purchased ownership stakes in D.C. United from Will Chang and according to reports have even taken
over the majority stake in the club from Chang.
Manchester United Ltd. has filed a registration with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission
(SEC) to offer stock to U.S. investors via an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Manchester United
intends to raise up to USD $100 million from the sale...
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has ended the speculation surrounding striker Dimitar
Berbatov. The Bulgarian has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford all summer, but Paris
Saint Germain sporting director Leonardo has revealed that the striker is going nowhere.
French giants PSG have been chasing last year's Premier League leading goalscorer all summer in
a bid to win domestic and continental honors, but Leonardo has revealed Ferguson directly told him
that Berbatov will be staying at the club.
Perhaps we should spare a thought for the ordinary supporters of Crawley Town. The thousand or
so die-hards that have been going to Broadfield Stadium for a few years have had a tough time of it
over the last few seasons and they may well believe that they, if no-one else, have earned their
day in the spotlight.
USL PRO announced today that a new franchise will kick off in Phoenix, Arizona for the 2013
season. Details were limited in the ULS press release. The franchise will be owned and operated by
BDR Sports, LLC, a consortium of Phoenix-based investors led by local developer Tim Thomas. Rui
Filipe Bento, a longtime Phoenix soccer [.
Their Words "On behalf of the Board of Directors I would like to reaffirm the long term commitment
of the investors who acquired the Club last week. The consortium is wholly committed to rebuilding
Rangers and their investment is regarded as a strategic long-term project." Rangers chairman
Malcolm Murray.
News in the Newcastle Journal this morning, that rich French club, Paris Saint Germain, have joined
the race to sign top French right-back Mathieu Debuchy. PSG have joined English clubs Chelsea and
Manchester City, as probably the three richest football clubs in the world, when they announced in
May of last year, that Qatari investors had [.
As part of the Newcastle United owners' long-standing 'Poke The Geordies With A Sharp Stick'
campaign, Mike Ashley and co. removed all the St James' Park signs around the ground yesterday,
being as though the club now technically play their home games at the illustrious Sports Direct
Arena.
Paris Saint-Germain announced in late may, that Qatari investors bought a controlling 70% stake in
the club. Blaise Matuidi PSG an attractive club That ended months of speculation about who the
Ligue 1 club's new owners would be, and PSG's former owners, the American group Colony Capital,
had said in December of last year [.
Well it took a while and I think the deal changed (possibly more than once) but Martin Rivero, a 22
year old Argentine midfielder, has finally been signed by the Rapids. As usual terms of the deal
were not announced but it is a loan, not a signing. He's expected to travel with the team to
Hawai'i on Sunday.
I may be going out on a limb here, but I'm pretty sure that when Don Garber gave the
greenlight for the league's current playoff system, he didn't honestly envision that 17 teams
would remain mathematically alive for the postseason on September 29th.
Think about that for a second. In addition to Seattle, Salt Lake, and Dallas, the five-win
Revolution, six-win Toronto, and six-win San Jose, despite their horrid records and overwhelmingly
disappointing form this season, are all eligible for the playoffs right now.
The current owners do not have the resources to match other A-League clubs.
While they are happy to have an investor or investors, for the right and big price, take minority
interests, they will not give up control. Unfortunately, this has been a deal breaker for ambitious
potential owners.
Imagine a bad breakup with someone you shouldn't have hooked up with in the first place, someone
who seemed perfect for you but who belittled you to your friends, was a slob, didn't pay their half
of the rent and utilities and criticized your sexual performance. Now imagine having to have that
person spend one weekend a month at your house for the next two years.
CHICAGO -- Former Eclipse Select Soccer Club player and coach Leslie Osborne was one of many
Women's Professional Soccer players waiting to hear about the league's future this week. And for
the past several months, Osborne's WPS franchise, the Boston Breakers, has been trying to secure
additional ownership after majority owner Gary Loveman put his share of the organization on the
market.
Women's Professional Soccer (upper case) and women's professional soccer (lower case) are both
in trouble in the United States and scrambling for survival.
I have the perspective of being intimately involved in the creation and launch of WPS from 2007
through 2009 as founding President of WPS' Chicago Red Stars.
Since December 1, 2010, Tom Werner has been the new chairman at Liverpool FC. Along with John
Henry, Werner leads Fenway Sports Groups, the investment assembly that purchased the ailing Anfield
club last year. Since, the investors have brought in...
Former Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks sued by Texas Rangers investors
Tom Hicks, who had an ill-fated reign as co-owner of Liverpool, is being sued by a group of
former investors in the Texas Rangers baseball club he used to own.
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The New York Times Company has been confirmed as the second largest shareholder in Liverpool
Football Club.
The club's owners Fenway Sports Group released the information as required by Premier League rules
which state that any ownership of more than 10 per cent must be declared.
FSG chief John Henry revealed that he and the Times group are the two biggest shareholders in the
company, which owns Liverpool and the Boston Red Sox.
It is no secret that the football authorities of this land are as useful as chocolate dildos but
yesterday's announcement that the Football League were deducting 10 points from Plymouth Argyle was
further confirmation of that fact.
The penalty was an automatic one, foisted on the Pilgrims after they appointed administrators to
help them out of the financial mire.
I was getting ready to eat crow when news came out that the NASL would indeed receive USSF
sanctioning as the Division II soccer league in the United States for 2011. If you'll recall, I'd
made statements like:
New investors are going to have to come out of the woodwork pronto for NASL to have any
chance of success in its reapplication for Division II Sanctioning.
This news, if true, could have a massive impact on the future of Arsenal Football Club. The current owners, or major shareholders, of the club have come under a lot of criticism for the way the club is being run, with most fans feeling that profit is much more important to them than the pride of the fans and the team or the occasional trophy.
Although we move down a division in our season preview to League 1 today, the club to which we turn
our attention – Sheffield United – are as big as they come in the Football League. Here, Ian
Rands of A United View on Football ponders whether it'll be second time lucky for manager Danny
Wilson in 2012-13.
They said it may happen, then they said it probably wouldn't happen, and now
it's bloody well happening as of next season, Cardiff City (The Bluebirds) will be playing in a
more dragon-y shade of red on the whim of their Malaysian owners, with their away strip reverting
to blue and yellow.
This place just isn't working out for DC. (Getty Images)
Another bit of news I wanted but couldn't touch on yesterday.
DC United has been making news this week at a possible move to Baltimore. United's unhappiness
with RFK Stadium is well documented over the last few years and only continues to get worse for the
Black-and-Red.
Sponsors, advertisers and investors have a chance of getting involved in the Nextstar project based
on giving a "second chance" to players released from the Premier Academy League in England.
Left for dead over the winter when they couldn't find enough investors to remain in Women's
Professional Soccer for the upcoming season, the Red Stars revived to join the semipro Women's
Premier Soccer League.
