Shortly to receive the Royal Assent, here is a fan friendly guide to the Football Governance Bill which sets up the football regulator, opposed by many Premier League clubs and the league itskf: https://thefsa.org.uk/news/whats-in-the-football-governance-bill/ It's step forward, a useful reform, but not a revolution. Money will still talk.
Tomorrow night, the global champions of club football will be crowned in MetLife Stadium, the culmination of Fifa’s new month-long tournament. Either Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain or Conference League title-holders Chelsea will win international bragging rights (of a kind) for the next four years. But regardless of the outcome in New Jersey on Sunday, the competition has been a huge financial boon for Chelsea and its private equity owners Clearlake Capital. Since the £2.5bn takeover in 2022, the club has been on a record-breaking spending spree. According to estimates from Transfermarkt, Chelsea have forked out €1.6bn in the last three years on new signings, considerably more than any other team in Europe. The pace of additions has not slowed. More than €200mn has been committed this summer to bring the likes of JoĂŁo Pedro and Liam Delap to Stamford Bridge. To help finance all this, Clearlake and a group of minority shareholders led by club chair Todd Boehly h...