Richard Masters needs 20 clubs on side while he manages alleged rule breaches, rights deals and a new regulator
The big talking points from the Business of Football Summit
A decade of accumulated sporting failure is now hitting the club’s bottom line
Steve Parish tells FT summit the watchdog will not actually help clubs
Plus, Formula One meets the Oscars
Also in this week’s newsletter, a new chess championship and a fresh crisis for French football
Anna Huix’s photographs capture a tournament that triumphed against the odds
Brittany club Brest’s old-school approach helps it make waves in this season’s Champions League
Three-way fight for promotion in third tier comes ahead of tighter financial rules on spending
A new framework proposed by the UK government could make it harder for upstarts to challenge the Premier League elite
US investor’s pursuit of a stake in Estudiantes fuels push to overhaul non-profit model
UK’s record of slow growth can be turned around, says Birmingham City FC owner
Also in this week’s newsletter, losses widen again at DAZN
Plus, Brazilian football investment
Deal with Norwegian striker is the longest in European football
Rio club’s successes highlight commercial changes under way in nation’s domestic game
Lawsuit over air crash at Leicester City in 2018 thought to be largest fatal accident claim in English legal history
Guangzhou FC’s struggles relate to collapse of property developer China Evergrande
Sporting plans bulk out kingdom’s project pipeline as it seeks to reduce dependence on oil revenues
World’s most valuable football club halts shows as locals brand Santiago Bernabéu stadium a ‘torture-drome’
Footballer continues to earn healthily from his name more than a decade after retiring from professional game
Capital injection completes billionaire’s pledge to invest $300mn into English football club
Fifa award draws criticism from rights groups who question links between the kingdom and football’s governing body
If Manchester United is to see greener pastures, Jim Ratcliffe should remember that no single person succeeds alone
English champions amass record £715mn in revenues but team performance slips amid continuing battle with Premier League
