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🚨
@Inter
registered the largest loss ever reported by a
@SerieA
club last season.
@juventusfc
have more than doubled their loss mainly due to poor player trading results.
@acmilan
managed to halve their loss thanks to the positive sporting performance and cost saving strategy.
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🐉We are glad to announce that we have had the pleasure to assist André Villas-Boas with his presidential campaign
🤝It has been an honor to have contributed to this outstanding achievement
🇵🇹We look forward to witnessing the continued success of FC Porto under his leadership
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🔝 AC Milan takes the lead with a staggering 83% YoY growth! 🏆💰 Their commercial income, improved profitability, and squad revaluation have contributed to their success.
#ACMilan
#SuccessStory
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Among the 12 founding members of
#ESL
, only Chelsea FC revealed no financial debt as of June 2020 (Liverpool FC have not yet disclosed their financials for the 2019/20 season). The reasons behind high levels of financial indebtedness vary from club to club:
#SuperLeague
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📈💰 Arsenal achieves five-year low in staff costs to revenue ratio, showing dedication to sustainability on and off the pitch.
#sustainability
#Arsenal
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Olympiacos make history as Greece’s first-ever senior European champions, as they win the 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League 🇬🇷🏆!
#olympiacos
#uefa
#conferenceleague
#uecl
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🚨English
@premierleague
's international TV deals' value will reportedly amount to EUR 6.3 billion between 2022-2025. By adding domestic TV deals,
#EPL
clubs will pocket more than EUR 10 billion broadcasting revenue in the next commercial cycle.
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🏆 A Decade of Domestic Champions 🌟
In the last 10 years:
@FCBayern
: 10-time German Bundesliga champions
@PSG_inside
: 8-time Ligue 1 winners
@juventusfc
: 7-time Serie A champions
@SLBenfica
: 6-time Liga Portugal winners
@ManCity
: 6-time Premier League champions
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Can
#Mourinho
bring success to
@OfficialASRoma
? His appointment has brought much excitement around the club: in fact, the share price of Roma climbed by almost 30% after the announcement yesterday, as shareholders seem to trust the Portuguese manager a successful future.
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.
@ChelseaFC
have once again climbed to the top of European club football by winning the 20/21
#UCL
. The club have collected 17 pieces of major silverware, the most of any English club since 2003, when
#Abramovich
bought a debt-ridden Chelsea for a reported fee of GBP 140m.
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🚨
@OfficialSSLazio
vs
@OfficialASRoma
off the pitch: see the financial performance of the two rivals over the last 4 years and also their active major sponsorship deals.
#ASRoma
#Lazio
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📱🌍 Which are the most followed clubs outside the 'big five' leagues? 🔝
1⃣
#Galatasaray
2⃣
#Fenerbahce
3⃣
#Besiktas
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After 12 elite European football clubs announced the formation of the so-called European
#SuperLeaque
(
#ESL
), the share price of
#Juventus
(one of the ESL founding clubs) saw an 11% share price increase since today’s opening of the market.
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💡Did you know that
@LaLiga
leads the way when it comes to social media followers among domestic football leagues?
📊With a whopping 167 million followers, they beat out the
@premierleague
(166 million),
@Bundesliga_DE
(36 million), and
@SerieA
(25 million).
#LaLiga
#EPL
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Real Madrid and Barcelona lead football's commercial race, but Manchester City is catching up!
#FootballBusiness
#CommercialPotential
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The 32 clubs ranked according to Enterprise Value (EV) which make this year’s edition of KPMG’s Football Clubs’ Valuation report are provided below.
➡ Find the full ranking as well as the respective EVs in the 2021 edition of our clubs’ valuation report:
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💡
@ManCity
will go with an advantage into the UCL semi-final 2nd leg against
@PSG_inside
next week.
In an article, we have taken a closer look at the 2 Middle Eastern-owned giants in an analysis focusing on their business power and economic evolution:
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.
@Atalanta_BC
have produced a success story in football – the club from Bergamo in Northern Italy rose from being a mid-sized club into becoming one of football’s elite over the past five years, showcasing the blueprint of a well-managed club.
➡
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📊 Top 10 clubs of the 2022/23 season based on Instagram engagement
👑
@realmadrid
had the most Instagram engagements of the past season, almost reaching 1.5 billion total likes and comments, dominating the social media scene of football clubs.
#SocialMedia
#football
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(1/7) The landscape of Brazilian club football is expected to go through significant changes with multiple initiatives and concepts aiming to reform the current league system.
#football
#economics
#data
#analytics
#libra
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City Football Group, the parent company of Manchester City, is expanding its pool of football clubs to 11, adding Dutch second-tier side NAC Breda. Breda will become the fifth European club joining CFG – alongside City, Spain’s Girona, Belgian side Lommel and French side Troyes.
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.
@Inter
secured their 19th Italian championship title, while they started the 2020/21 season with the second most valuable squad. Comparing final rankings and squad values at the beginning of the season, we find Sampdoria, Verona, Genoa and Atalanta among the best performers.
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Benfica registered the highest cumulated net profit on player disposal in the past 10 seasons. The Portuguese club managed to buy players for low fees and then sell them to big 5 league clubs for high prices, including João Félix, Rúben Dias or Ederson.
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🇵🇹Our latest player valuation update shows that
@SLBenfica
's left winger, Rafa Silva has the highest market value in the Portuguese top-flight. Silva is followed by
@FCPorto
's left winger, Luis Díaz and
@Sporting_CP
's right winger Pedro Goncalves.
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🔍 Looking at the top European clubs by jersey value, Real Madrid lead the way with a jersey value of €190 million, which represents the combined values of the main shirt sponsor and kit supplier deals 🇪🇸💰.
#realmadrid
#fcbarcelona
#psg
#arsenal
#manchesterunited
#football
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Rangers FC have ended their pre-season beating Real Madrid 2-1 ahead of Saturday's opener of the Scottish Premiership. After a decade-long domestic dominance of Celtic, The Gers under manager Steven Gerrard have secured their first Scottish league title in 10 years last season.
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⚡
@ClubBrugge
will become the first Belgian football team to go public. According to a club’s announcement, the offering is expected to comprise the sale of existing shares with no new equity being issued.
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#Socios
will replace bwin on
@valenciacf
's shirt next season. Socios is a sports fan engagement platform, built on the blockchain infrastructure of fintech provider Chiliz, that allows fans to vote on club-specific decisions via fan tokens. A deal value was not disclosed.
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The
#PremierLeague
clubs that were involved in forming a European Super League (
#ESL
) have agreed with English football governing bodies to make a combined contribution of GBP 22m which will go towards the “good of the game”, as an EPL statement reads.
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📱 Football competitions with the most social media followers!
The
@premierleague
and
@LaLiga
dominate among domestic leagues, while at the top of our list for football competitions are the UEFA Champions League, followed by the FIFA World Cup and the UEL.
#socialmedia
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With 2021’s winter transfer period behind us, we have released fresh player market value estimates. 7 of the top 10 footballers by market value compete in the EPL.
➡ Read more in our latest article:
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The key factors of the current financial crisis of
@FCBarcelona
under their re-elected president Joan
#Laporta
are analyzed in our latest article:
➡
Our chart shows the clubs with the highest short-term debt as at June 2020.
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🔥It shocked the football world when
@FCBarcelona
announced to not renew the contract of
#Messi
due to financial obstacles. Even though the 6-time Ballon d’Or winner accepted his wage to be cut by 50%, the club still couldn’t meet LaLiga’s limits on squad spending of the clubs.
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⚽ The 7th edition of the European Champions Report, Football Benchmark’s annual publication focusing on the domestic champions of Europe’s eight most prominent leagues in the 2021/22 season, is now available.
➡ Read the entire report here:
#football
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Looking at the most valuable football clubs according to the 2020 edition of our Clubs’ Valuation report (figures as of 1 January 2020, pre-pandemic), the top 15 include 11 of the 12 founding members of the newly proposed European Super League.
#SuperLeague
#ESL
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📣UEFA has established a new Working Group to tackle financial sustainability issues in European football. Short-term focus is on closing loopholes in the system, with long-term thinking about cost control mechanisms including the potential feasibility of a salary cap.
#UEFA
💰⚽️
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📈
@PSG_inside
’s landmark player acquisitions and on-pitch successes came at a cost, as they suffered one of the worst net results in football history with losses of EUR 369m. They were joined by
@AFCAjax
,
@acmilan
and
@Trabzonspor
as loss-making champions.
#psg
#ajax
#acmilan
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📉
@FCBarcelona
reported a net loss of EUR 481.3m for the season 2020/21 - by far the highest loss ever recorded by a football club. This result was mainly due to expensive signings and inflated wages. Trying to reduce costs has led to the release of club legend
#Messi
.
#FCB
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🔝Liverpool’s
@MoSalah
leads the ranking of the most valuable right wingers based on our latest player value estimation. The Egyptian is followed by Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho and Juventus’ Frederico Chiesa in the top 3.
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💰Napoli's low operating revenues haven't stopped them from dominating in Serie A this season, proving that football isn't just about money. Their talent, hard work, and strategy have propelled them to the top of the table.🏆🔝
#BudgetWinners
#Underdogs
#FootballSuccess
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Is the English Premier League the European super league already? In a new analysis, we have compared the off-pitch performance of the
#EPL
to its Big5-league peers, as well as to the Portuguese and the Dutch top tiers, further accentuating the financial supremacy of the EPL.
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🚨Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is set to sell the club. He bought
@ChelseaFC
in 2003 for GBP 140m. He said he wouldn't ask for the loans he gave to the club to be repaid. Chelsea are the 7th most valuable club according to Football Benchmark’s Enterprise Value.
#Abramovich
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.
@FCBarcelona
secured a EUR 500m loan provided by US investment bank Goldman Sachs. According to Spanish media, the majority of the money will be used to refinance their debt structure.
➡ In a recent article, we analyzed the club's debt situation:
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.
@LaLiga
has officially confirmed an agreement in principle with
#PrivateEquity
firm
#CVCCapital
for an investment worth EUR 2.7b, which would see CVC take control of 10% of the league’s commercial business. The deal is still subject to approval of the majority of the 42 clubs.
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📱Top 20 football clubs with the most social media followers
@realmadrid
and
@FCBarcelona
lead the pack with 415.0 million and 391.7 million combined
#social
#media
#followers
respectively.
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🚨In a new analysis, we have examined the new commercial deals which have been struck in the Big5 leagues since the breakout of the COVID pandemic, focusing on front jersey sponsorships and kit supplier deals.
➡️Read our analysis:
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The Premier League dominates with the highest aggregate squad value among all football leagues. The Bundesliga and La Liga follow closely behind, but the Premier League's value exceeds the combined market value of the other two leagues.
#FootballValuations
💰🔝⚽️
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🚨Increasing workload, extensive travel and reduced off-season and in-season breaks constitute a critical issue for players’ health and for the sustainable development of the game, according to a new
@FIFPRO
report, produced in association with
@Football_BM
.
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🚨 Diego Simeone makes history as the first coach to surpass €1 billion in player transfer revenue! His ability to develop players like Griezmann, Falcao, and Félix is almost unmatched.⚽️💰
#DiegoSimeone
#FootballCoaches
#PlayerTransfers
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Looking at the staff cost to operating revenue ratio of clubs who have published their financials for the 2019/20 season, reveals the clubs that can be considered most and least virtuous.
#KPMGFBM
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📊📱Huddersfield Town social media following grew by 35% in the last 5 months of the race for
#PremierLeague
promotion! 🔵⚪️
#htafc
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💡 Economic context behind the European
#SuperLeague
(
#ESL
) proposal:
Who are the entities and individuals having controlling stakes in the 12 initiating clubs of the turned-down European Super League?
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Apple is to broadcast every
@MLS
match from 2023 globally to anyone with an Apple TV subscription. The 10-year deal is worth annually USD 250m (~EUR 240m), more than double the current USD 100 m/season deals the MLS has.
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E. Haaland has gained over EUR 20m in value since February, according to our updated player market value estimates. Having been ranked 11th three months ago, Haaland not only enters the top 10 but climbs 9 places to the 2nd position.
➡
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💰 The European clubs with the highest Enterprise Values (EV) in 2024, as reported in our Football Benchmark report, "Football Clubs' Valuation: The European Elite 2024"
📎 You can read the full report on this link:
#realmadrid
#mancity
#manchesterunited
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💸 Chelsea FC led the way in transfer spending in the 2022/2023 winter window, spending more on transfer fees than all Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, LaLiga and Serie A clubs combined. (1/4)
#ChelseaFC
#PremierLeague
#TransferMarket
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Read our last article of this week covering the social media impact of
@Ronaldo
and
#Messi
on their new teams:
"Both
@ManUtd
and
@PSG_inside
saw their total social followings grow by millions within only five days around the official announcements."
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⚽️Galatasaray SK & Fenerbahçe SK🔝
🚀 In the top 10 list of the most expensive players in the Turkish SüperLig, two powerhouses assert their prominence, with
@GalatasaraySK
boasting six players and
@Fenerbahce_EN
closely behind with four.
#TurkishFootball
#S
üperLig
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🏆 UEFA Club Coefficients 2023/2024 🌟
🥇
@ManCity
🥈
@FCBayern
🥉
@realmadrid
#championsleague
#europaleague
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🚨
@ManCity
boast total revenues of EUR 644.2m for the past season, the highest in Europe, ahead of
@realmadrid
,
@FCBayern
,
@FCBarcelona
,
@ManUtd
or
@ChelseaFC
, according to financial data available for top clubs as of today, not including Liverpool or PSG as yet.
#ManCity
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🏆📈 FC Bayern München: 31 consecutive years of profit! 🎉
In the 2022/23 season, the club recorded a €35.7 million profit, marking a €23 million growth from the previous season. This is the club's 31st season in a row of achieving a positive result.
@FCBayern
@FCBayernEN
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By a wide margin, Ronaldo is the
#EURO2020
's player with the most lucrative individual endorsement deals in place, making him earn approximately USD 72m / year. Among his partners, you find sportswear manufacturer Nike, consumer goods producer Unilever and streaming service DAZN.
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In addition to being one of the greatest basketball players,
#LeBronJames
is also famous for his business involvements outside of the court. His investments include 19 franchises of Blaze Pizza and a stake in the tequila brand Lobos 1707, among many more.
#KPMGFBM
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🏆🌍 FIFA Council has appointed United States as host of the first-ever 32-team Club World Cup in 2025.
UEFA - 12 clubs
CONMEBOL - 6 clubs
Concacaf - 4 clubs
AFC - 4 clubs
CAF - 4 clubs
OFC - 1 club
Host Country - 1 club
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📉After a reported loss of EUR 72.8 million in the 20/21 season,
@BVB
have decided to issue nearly 18.4 million new shares at a price of EUR 4.7 per share. Thus, they will be able to raise EUR 86.5 million in capital in order to tackle the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
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🇪🇸🤝 Real Madrid have signed a deal with American technology firm Hewlett-Packard, HP, who will become Los Blancos’ first-ever shirt sleeve sponsor.
👕 The deal is worth €35 million per year, with HP signing an agreement until 2027.
#realmadrid
#football
#laliga
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📊 Exciting Financial Insights from the Turkish Süper Lig 2022/23 Season! 💰
The financial data from Galatasaray SK, Fenerbahçe SK, Beşiktaş JK, and Trabzonspor in the last season's Süper Lig (2022/23) has been released. Notably, all four clubs reported losses after tax.
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🇵🇹 Despite not being nominated for the Ballon d’Or 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo still leads the way for the most Ballon d’Or nominations in history (18) 🏆
#ballondor
#ronaldo
#messi
#football
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.
@EURO2020
has revealed the
#teamofthetournament
, featuring the best-performers of the contest as of UEFA’s team of technical observers. According to our latest player valuation, the squad combines a market value of EUR 658m.
➡
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The UK is planning to ban betting sponsors from football teams’ shirts as of 2023. The accumulative worth of betting companies’ main shirt sponsorship deals amount to GBP 56m in the
@premierleague
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🇹🇷Two goalkeepers are included in the ranking of the 10 most valuable Turkish footballers.
@Trabzonspor
's Ugurcan Cakir is also the most valuable one playing in Turkey. Their top player,
@hakanc10
joined
@Inter
for free this summer from AC Milan on a three-year contract.
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One of the most high-profile football news in recent days was the signing of
@Cristiano
by Saudi Arabian club,
@AlNassrFC
. The Portuguese superstar was announced by his new team on social media with the caption "History in the making". (1/3)
#ronaldo
#cr7
#alnassr
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⚽️📱
@FCBarcelona
have dominated the social media game with a growth of 40 million followers in just one year!
@SpursOfficial
surpassed the likes of Bayern München or Manchester United.
@AlNassrFC_EN
is the only club outside the Big Five Leagues on our list.
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🔝
@SLBenfica
registered the highest net profit on player disposal in the past 10 seasons. They managed to buy players for low fees and then sell them to big 5 league clubs for high prices, including João Félix, Rúben Dias or Ederson. Benfica are followed by Chelsea and Monaco.
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#Juventus
reported a record loss of EUR 254.3 million for the 2021-22 financial year, an increase in losses for the fifth consecutive year. The last time they recorded a profit was in the 2016/17 season, when they lost the
#UCL
final v.
#RealMadrid
in
#Cardiff
.
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🚨Having played back-to-back international tournaments after a full season,
@Pedri
is now out with a thigh injury.
@FIFPRO
in cooperation with
@Football_BM
, will shortly release new data on player workload in the men's and women's game over the past three seasons. Stay tuned.
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UEFA Champions League Final: Manchester City vs. Inter Milan
💰 Total Operating Revenue:
Manchester City: €730.8M
Inter Milan: €321.8M
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🇹🇷Not many goalkeepers can say that they're the most valuable players of their league. Cakir can, as he leads the ranking of most valuable players in the Turkish top-flight.
@Trabzonspor
's palyer is followed by
@Besiktas
' Pjanic and another goalkeeper Bayindir.
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🚨In a new analysis (link is in the comments), we have examined the new commercial deals which have been struck in the Big5 leagues since the breakout of the COVID pandemic, focusing on front jersey sponsorships and kit supplier deals.
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34 LaLiga trophies, 13 Champions League titles, 4 FIFA Club World Cup wins – and the most valuable European football club for the 3rd consecutive year.
Congratulations,
@realmadrid
!
Access the full report here:
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An overview of the 2️⃣0️⃣ clubs with the most followers gained on social media in the 2023/24 season.
🇪🇸 Real Madrid gained by far the highest amount of new followers with +45.1 million people pressing the “follow” button.
#socialmedia
#realmadrid
#alnassr
#mancity
#football
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Are you up for the challenge? ⚽️📊
Social Media Consultant ➡️
Football Business Analyst ➡️
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#Arsenal
FC have extended their partnership with
#adidas
until 2030 with the annual deal value increasing to EUR 85m.
#Nike
and adidas dominate the top 10 with
#ManchesterCity
FC's deal with Puma the only exception.
#football
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What are your thoughts on the potential changes to Premier League's broacasting revenue distribution? ⚽️💰
Here our piece on 📺revenue distribution 👉
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⚽ Football Benchmark player valuation update: young talent dominate the ranking of most valuable football players.
🔝 It says a lot about a trend in modern football that all 10 of the world's most valuable players are under the age of 25.
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In 2023, Real Madrid, Manchester City, FC Barcelona,
@AlNassrFC
, and Inter Miami dominated social media follower growth, while
@RealSociedad
and
@SevillaFC
deserve your attention!
#socialmedia
#followers
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