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Big moment in Belgian football, as 25 professional clubs vote in favour of establishing Beneliga = a merger with Dutch Eredivisie.
@ProLeagueBE
to play 'active role' in the project. Domestic TV deals end in 2025 in both 🇧🇪 and 🇳🇱
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EXCLUSIVE:
@RangersFC
land £20m kit and retail deal with
#Castore
(£)
- 5 season, £4m a year deal
- Puma and Macron were also in running
- Retail component secured after end of Sports Direct deal
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@ProLeagueBE
this has been talked about for years but seems first time there's been unanimous support for it. Comes in first year of Eleven Sports' five-year rights deal worth €103m per season. Fox 12-year deal with Eredivisie worth average €80m per year.
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Breaking: January remains January
The dates of the January 2020 transfer window for Premier League clubs have been confirmed
The window will open on Wednesday 1 January and close at 23:00 GMT on Friday 31 January 2020
More:
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Just saw a bloke buy a paper to 'find out West Ham score'.
1. Who waits for next day's paper to find result
2. Imagine the bloke's horror
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@ProLeagueBE
worth remembering this is the first step on a long, long road. No guarantee it will happen, but significant all Belgian clubs in favour of pursuing the project. Would also require change to Uefa statutes over cross-border comps
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*Personal news klaxon*. I'll be leaving
@sportcal
next month. After more than 10.5 years it's definitely time to move on. To where, is for another time. Got to travel the world attempting to understand the nuances of the business of sport. I think/hope I managed it. Been a blast
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Ronaldo circling Europe on his private jet, trying to get a move. Like a high end
@OdemwingieP
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"I still think they're the team to beat", says
@themichaelowen
of Liverpool. They've just been beat Michael.
#insight
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3 PL wins in succession for Chelsea aided by woeful GK errors by McGregor, Begovic and Green
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@piersmorgan
I praise you for your moral approach. By the way, what's your viewpoint on phone hacking?
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@johncrossmirror
Not sure there's been too many 'too hot for football' stories since they shifted it to Nov/Dec. Plenty of 'too hot for migrant workers to be building venues in shoddy living conditions in middle of 40 degree heat' stories, though
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Delighted to reveal I'll be launching a news service for next month for all involved in player recruitment, from CEOs to chief scouts, for 100s of clubs worldwide. Will need a network of global freelancers to meet ambitious plans. Can't wait to get going
*Personal news klaxon*. I'll be leaving
@sportcal
next month. After more than 10.5 years it's definitely time to move on. To where, is for another time. Got to travel the world attempting to understand the nuances of the business of sport. I think/hope I managed it. Been a blast
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Great initiative launched by
@Paralympics
today. Giving away media rights to
@Tokyo2020
for free to free-to-air broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa so long as they commit to airing the games. Aim is to break down stigma of disability in the region. 24 countries already signed up
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5 of
#CZE
squad into
#Euro2020
QF play for
@slavia_eng
. International success, along with domestic silverware + European run, has put spotlight on their players. But they won't come cheap. An interview with Sporting Director Jiri Bilek:
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What a wasted opportunity for
#USMNT
. Exciting young team, World Cup on home soil and then this man doling out the tactics
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🥁 Some professional news. Delighted to have joined
@SportBusiness
as Global News Reporter. It's a wide-ranging, exciting beat to cover the biggest
#sportsbiz
stories worldwide and I'm doing it alongside the best in the business. Thanks
@martingrantross
and
@clmmcrthy
SportBusiness has strengthened its global editorial team with the recruitment of experienced sports industry journalist and editor
@jonrest
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Umbro bid too and got close. If Twitter could get themselves an edit function I'd have put that in
EXCLUSIVE:
@RangersFC
land £20m kit and retail deal with
#Castore
(£)
- 5 season, £4m a year deal
- Puma and Macron were also in running
- Retail component secured after end of Sports Direct deal
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Mock him all you want, but 10 mins of
#RUSKSA
and we'll be begging for a
#RobbieWilliams
interlude
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@FootballCliches
can't believe they're breaking the Premier League code of actually signing him.
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@markchapman
That's a shame Mark. You were brilliant at finding the right mix for the hard-core, casual and annual viewer 👏
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Now FREE to read:
@BarryHearn
on plans to make
@matchroom
Live an OTT home for 3rd parties, getting live darts and snooker back ASAP, running a prudent business and picking up distressed assets post-
#COVID19
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Great gesture by Kompany. But why are testimonials, where fans pay for tickets, still a thing in era of multi-millionaire footballers? Made sense when old pros used funds to buy a cab or down payment on a pub for 2nd career
Vincent Kompany announces that ££proceeds of his testimonial will provide beds for homeless people in Manchester, after discussions with
@AndyBurnhamGM
. Great move. (Also shows huge money is there in our country to solve terrible social problems which government is neglecting.)
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Breaking? Hasn't Sapporo always been 800km from Tokyo...?
BREAKING:
#Sapporo
is 800km further than Tokyo and up to 6 degrees cooler
#athletics
#Olympics
#Tokyo2020
#marathon
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Alan Shearer has just ruled Arsenal out of winning the World Cup
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@FBatsele
@ProLeagueBE
It's a pretty significant development that all clubs have given the Pro League the OK to pursue a merged. There's been objections before. Whether Eredivisie, Fifa, Uefa agree is another thing. Long way to go
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Of all the pointless emails to receive, my personalised 'Google Maps Timeline 2020' tops it. It's basically a map of me walking around the house
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EXCLUSIVE: StarTimes financial woes surface as BeIN issues winding up order (FREE)
*repeatedly missed Ligue 1 payments since 18/19;
* behind with payments to other leagues but no legal action as yet
*agencies avoiding dealing with them for new rights
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Big interview with ex-Arsenal and Switzerland defender
@Philsend4
on transitioning from player to Sporting Director, learning on the job and getting the next generation to follow his path out of the
@ServetteFC
academy.
#afc
#servettefc
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The BBC citing Caught Offside in its gossip column marks the day journalism died
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Amazing reaction to this. Glasgow strong contender for sports marketing city of the year judging by the level of informed responses... Current kit deal w/Hummel worth c.£3.3m a year. Castore includes licensing & retail.
Castore eyeing annual rev of £37m. Has big plans in football
EXCLUSIVE:
@RangersFC
land £20m kit and retail deal with
#Castore
(£)
- 5 season, £4m a year deal
- Puma and Macron were also in running
- Retail component secured after end of Sports Direct deal
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@tariqpanja
I did wonder about Odion Ighalo, but he moved to Saudi in 2021. A veteran of the league
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The best explainer I've heard on this case. Well worth a listen to the latest episode from
@SportUnlocked
.
And I make this the 2nd best pod episode these guys have produced...
🚨 NEW EXTRA POD
🎙
@RobHarris
@martynziegler
@tariqpanja
▶️ Man City charged
▶️ Premier League case into alleged financial wrongdoing
▶️ FFP compliance analysed
▶️ Next: Fines? Points deduction? Relegation?
▶️ How charges were discovered - not briefed
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An interview with
@DynamoDresden
's Kristian Walter, one of the most highly-respected young executives in the Bundesliga, on the challenge of building a squad to bring stability to Germany’s yo-yo club
#sgd1953
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@richardajkeys
Please do explain, in the length of a tweet, what English DNA means, and how it differs from any other nation?
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Couple of sports business podcasts from either side of the pond well worth adding to your downloads:
@sporticast
by
@soshnick
and
@novy_williams
; and
@SportUnlocked
with
@martynziegler
and
@RobHarris
#SportsBiz
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Seen Everton getting quite a lot of praise for dumping a betting sponsor. Not quite. Understand SportPesa defaulted on the terms of its contract
#efc
Everton have confirmed they are to end their shirt sponsorship agreement with Kenyan betting firm SportPesa at the end of the season.
More details 👉
#efc
#bbcfootball
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@smarterscout
@nyc_tykes
@TheTykesForum
@BarnsleyFC
@ChronOnline
@valerien_ismael
@BFCST
@BarnsleyFCNews
They absolutely did look at the data. Spoke to their chairman recently. Ismael was best performing high press coach in Europe last season they couldn't believe he was available for free
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Absolutely fuck off with your exclusive
@TimesSport
. You're about 8 hours late
🔺EXCLUSIVE: FA considering selling its international broadcast rights for the FA Cup to the Premier League in move that insiders fear will result in it relinquishing control of its historic domestic competition | ✍️
@Lawton_Times
&
@martynziegler
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Reminder that DAZN is going to launch a global sports streaming service in 200+ territories on 2 May and there may literally be nothing to show live
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Sounds like a case for Steve Barnes
🗣️ "We are looking into it to find the culprit..."
Steve Bruce opens up on his training ground incident with Matt Ritchie and vows to find the leak inside the club
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Marrakech Grand Stade, one of 14 proposed stadia in 12 cities. Will be expanded to 69,000 capacity from 41,000 and host a semi final if
@Morocco2026_EN
wins
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So according to the
@FuturesSport
agency, the average UK audience for Bundesliga Saturday broadcast was 34 times higher than
@Bundesliga_DE
season average. Also higher than average audience for
@btsport
EPL game. Disappointing indeed...
EXCLUSIVE: BT Sport suffer disappointing Bundesliga viewing figures - beaten by Midsomer Murders |
@johncrossmirror
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Wow,
@Eurosport
CEO Peter Hutton to join
@facebook
to drive sports rights push. That's a big statement
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Absolutely absurd figures. If only there was a proven platform where clubs could talk to each other about buying/selling of players and retain pretty much all the transfer fee....
NEW: despite the pandemic Premier League clubs' payments to agents increased to £272million over the last year (from £263m)
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Great work (as ever) by
@frankdunneTVSM
here. Shame it took the BBC 16 paragraphs to credit the outlet that broke the news. Sports biz publications rarely get the credit their excellent reporting deserves
Is the Crypto sponsorship bubble about to burst - this is one big deal to fall over at last minute.
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@IanWright0
Prob is Wrighty, you (rightly) say Wenger & club should spend money. Then discourage one of their principal targets from moving
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Off to Morocco today to learn more about
@Morocco2026_EN
bid. 4 cities in 3 days. Should be a good trip
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What horrible, horrible news. Thoughts with his family
It is with immense sadness that we announce that Kevin Roberts, founding editor and group editorial director for the SportBusiness Group, has passed away suddenly, aged 61. Our deepest sympathies to his family.
Rest in peace Kevin
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@samuelJayC
it was a penalty. and Buffon's reaction meant it was a red. 2 correct decisions in a "game of this level"
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That's a hugely impressive hire from
@queensparkfc
. Beuker is really highly respected across Europe for his work at
@AZAlkmaar
. Great read/podcast on
@ground_guru
early this year:
🆕 Marijn Beuker, one of European football’s most highly regarded leaders in player development, appointed as Director of Football Operations.
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He's so early to the ball he's made a pass, not a tackle. Ludicrous decision. Again
Willy Boly has just been sent off for this… Shocking decision 🫣😳❌
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Some justice for the late Amr Fahmy, who was sacked as
@CAF_Online
secretary general in March 2017 for calling Ahmad out. Fahmy lost his cancer battle early this year.
Head of African soccer Ahmad Ahmad banned from football for 5 years by FIFA. Had faced multiple allegations of wrongdoing, and was also briefly detained in France last year as part of a corruption probe.
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