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Plus, the challenge of better pay in tennis, Uefa choose Citibank for €7bn relief fund, and more.
Top Spanish football clubs launch counter-offer to head off private equity firm’s cash injection
Action halted as three holdout rebel clubs push ahead with legal case to shake up game
Clubs including Real Madrid and Barcelona secure opt-out, pushing value of private equity investment down to €2.1bn
Club does not support investment by CVC after a committee at La Liga unanimously approved it
US bank’s underwriting of €3.25bn in funding had been instrumental in creating competition that collapsed this week
Super League mastermind suffers rare humiliation as clubs abandon competition
JPMorgan provides funding as football elite make binding agreement to launch breakaway competition
Liverpool, Barcelona and Juventus among elite teams to join rival to Champions League
EU’s highest court rules beneficial tax arrangements Spanish football clubs enjoyed were against the law
Chiefs of European game push back against CVC talks with Real Madrid and Fifa
Private equity group in discussions with Fifa and Real Madrid that could challenge biggest leagues
Big rise in sponsorship deals helps increase overall turnover by fifth
Less than a year after he quit as head coach of Real Madrid, the footballing star returns to a changed club
Champions League successes help Spanish club win more TV income and commercial deals
Football star accepts 2-year suspended sentence over unpaid dues
‘It was not an easy decision.’
Liverpool chase glory but stakes are higher for Fulham and Aston Villa
Tebas says proposals would decimate leagues and bring ‘food now and hunger tomorrow’
Most of Europe’s 20 richest clubs earn no more than a fifth of revenues from matchdays
Teams depend on selling players as broadcast rights fuel revenues at top-tier rivals
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