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Friday, 15 December, 2023

News in-depth
PSG seeks to build global brand after US investor Arctos takes stake
Deal valuing football club at more than €4bn signals commercial push by Qatari owners
Saturday, 9 December, 2023

Scoreboard
The Premier League’s £6.7bn payday Premium content
Also in this week’s newsletter, Jon Rahm defects to LIV, disappointment for John Textor and Arctos buy PSG stake
Friday, 8 December, 2023

Due Diligence
An American financier’s big bet on French football Premium content
Plus, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia strike the gong
Thursday, 7 December, 2023

Arctos takes stake in Paris Saint-Germain to value club at more than €4bn
Qatari owners bring in sports-focused US private equity group
Monday, 24 July, 2023

Saudi football club approaches PSG with record €300mn bid for Mbappé
Offer comes as Qatari-owned club tries to force French player to end or extend his contract to cash in lucrative fee
Monday, 28 November, 2022

LexFootball
PSG/Qatar: football expands financial sphere of influence Premium content
The prices of trophy assets usually leap when an auction room is visited by cash-rich whales
Monday, 28 November, 2022

Football
Qatari owners of Paris Saint-Germain target valuation over €4bn
Figure discussed in talks with potential investors over stake sale would set new benchmark for a football club
Wednesday, 25 May, 2022

OutlookLeila Abboud
France breathes a sigh of relief as Kylian Mbappé chooses to stay
President Macron was among those who persuaded the footballer to spurn Real Madrid
Saturday, 14 August, 2021

Scoreboard
What Paris Saint-Germain really wants from Lionel Messi Premium content
This week in the business of sport: CVC secures La Liga deal, sport’s risky crypto trade, and more
Friday, 13 August, 2021

Person in the News
Lionel Messi: football’s shy magician takes flight
This week the Argentine left Barcelona, the ailing club that has been his home for 20 years
Tuesday, 10 August, 2021

Football
Lionel Messi signs 2-year PSG contract after leaving Barcelona
Move comes days after Argentine footballer bid tearful farewell to former club
Monday, 1 February, 2021

Football
French football crisis deepens as league fails to resell TV rights
Auction fiasco places finances of Ligue 1’s 20 clubs under severe pressure
Friday, 21 August, 2020

Life & Arts
Simon Kuper on the rise of PSG — the football club that united Paris
The football club once symbolised a divided city. But with Qatari millions — and a shot at Champions League glory — all that has changed
Thursday, 20 February, 2020

Switzerland
Swiss prosecutors charge PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi
President of Paris St Germain football club and former Fifa official face charges
Wednesday, 19 February, 2020

News in Focus podcast14 min listen
The oil money flowing into sport
Arash Massoudi discusses the impact of the oil money flowing into football and other sports
Friday, 30 August, 2019

News in-depthFootball
How player loans are reshaping European football’s transfer market
Short-term deals carry less risk for clubs but raise concerns over career development
Thursday, 23 May, 2019

Sport
PSG president under investigation for alleged bribery
Claims relate to Doha bid for athletics world championship
Friday, 22 March, 2019

News in-depthUefa
Uefa’s struggle to tackle football clubs accused of not playing fair
European governing body is under pressure to bring excessive spenders to heel
Sunday, 3 March, 2019

News in-depthThe Big Read
Glory Glory Man United? The paradox of profits without trophies
Can one of the world’s most profitable football clubs keep growing if it no longer wins the biggest competitions?
Tuesday, 3 July, 2018

Sport
Uefa reopens probe into Paris Saint-Germain sponsorship contracts
Move revives threat of Qatari-owned French club being thrown out of European competition
Wednesday, 13 June, 2018

Sport
Paris Saint-Germain forced to sell players worth €60m
French club has until end of June to satisfy Uefa’s financial fair play rules
Friday, 13 April, 2018

News in-depthWeek in Review
Week in Review, April 14
Sanctions hit Deripaska; Tesco, PSG, Norway oil fund and ‘fat finger’ trade in the news
Tuesday, 16 January, 2018

Sport
Football’s big spenders prop up smaller rivals
Teams depend on selling players as broadcast rights fuel revenues at top-tier rivals
Monday, 2 October, 2017

House & Home
Five reasons to live in Paris’s 16th arrondissement
Top schools and historic architecture make the seizieme popular with expats and locals
Friday, 25 August, 2017

Sport
Record football transfer deals within the realms of the rational
Data analysis suggests sums spent on players are in proportion to resources available