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The Overcommercialization of Football — And Why Fans Are Returning to the Neighborhood Club

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Fans and Global Football - The return of the neighborhood football club is now.

How rising commercialization, inflated matchday costs, and diluted club identity are pushing fans back to grassroots football, fueling the comeback of neighborhood and barrio clubs worldwide. Football has never been more global, more corporate, or more commercially engineered. Private equity, mega-brand partnerships, international tours, and premium ticketing have reshaped the game’s financial engine. Yet this … Read more

LaLiga Expands Global Media Footprint with New UK and South Asia Broadcast Deals

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La Liga South Asia UK Global media broadcast

LaLiga has strengthened its international media position through two major broadcast agreements covering both the United Kingdom/Ireland and South Asia. The new UK deal will see LaLiga matches distributed through Premier Sports and Disney+ through the 2027–28 season, giving the league a stable broadcast partner in one of football’s most competitive media markets. In parallel, … Read more

City Football Group Faces £122M Loss as Global Expansion Strategy Evolves

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City Football Logo Football Capitalist

City Football Group (CFG) has reported a pre-tax loss of £122.2 million for the 2023–24 season, despite generating £933.1 million in total revenue. The group’s multi-club strategy spans more than a dozen clubs worldwide, including Manchester City, New York City FC, Girona FC, Melbourne City FC, Yokohama F. Marinos, and several emerging-market affiliates. The financial … Read more

RedBird Redefines Multi-Club Playbook: Cost Control, Talent Sourcing & Portfolio Growth

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Toulouse Football

RedBird Capital has strengthened its multi-club ownership strategy by implementing operational discipline across its football portfolio. At Toulouse FC, RedBird emphasized controlling wage inflation, improving staff efficiency, and recruiting undervalued young talent capable of development and resale. The strategy is focused on building sustainable sporting and commercial performance rather than relying on speculative transfers or … Read more

Cádiz Shows Football’s Future: Capital Markets, Not Transfer Markets

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Cadiz Football going public in a different way

For decades, football clubs have tried to solve growth and cash-flow gaps through the same limited tools: ticket sales, sponsorship renewals, media deals, and transfers. The problem is structural. Clubs are emotionally powerful brands, but commercially fragile businesses. Revenue is seasonal. Performance is volatile. Debt piles up. Investors hesitate. But this month, something very different … Read more

CAA’s Trojan Horse: How Cristiano Ronaldo Sold Hollywood the Keys to European Football

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Jorge Mendes, Polaris Sports, European Football, Agents, Advertising, CAA Agency, Sports Agents, Roc Nation

From Hollywood to the Bernabéu: How CAA leveraged Ronaldo, Mendes, and Polaris to turn footballers into global advertising assets. European football has always been a theater of ambition, money, and spectacle. But in 2015, a quiet deal redefined the power game: Cristiano Ronaldo — then at the peak of his Real Madrid fame — signed … Read more

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