Ed Malyon

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texts that sent John Textor and Nasser al-Khelaifi's spat nuclear, Maybe it's the time of year but what a spicy week in the business of football

Need to make more effort to post on here. Starting with today’s rather bumper newsletter

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FootBiz newsletter #25: PL meeting primer, Michelle Kang & who is broadcasting the Club World Cup? How many 'watershed moments' is too many for a league? Asking for a friend

Sky and BBC won’t bid for the Club World Cup - so who will?

Plus news on tomorrow’s PL vote and a load more…

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My spidey senses are starting to tingle in relation to what is happening at Dumbarton

Thank you sir 🙏

FootBiz newsletter #24: Why Barcelona and Lyon both need to find €100m... quickly PLUS: England hope to play friendlies in the USA, APT rules set for vote and more

Big newsletter today on Barca’s need for a windfall, Lyon’s… need for a windfall and a lot more unrelated to windfalls

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Werder Bremen have left the X platform (previously Twitter) while encouraging followers to join them on BlueSky. The club’s translated statement will follow below. They’re not holding back! #SVW

Textor has survived by his abilities to sell people on a vision they don’t fully understand.

The numbers (finances) are catching up with his big talk

As FIFA continues to dodge accountability, is reform even possible? And does FIFA even acknowledge the need to reform? Unfortunately we know the answer to that, but Rob Draper has some ideas

For anyone interested in deeper thoughts on this

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A reformed FIFA would have accountable execs & four independent entities: a “World Cup Co.” which would run the tournaments that generate its revenue (£5.7bilion in 2022); a governance co to administer the game; an independent judiciary to settle disputes; and a charitable arm to distribute funds

🤝 was just thinking I'd love a way to port my followers across from Twitter but this is a great start

a rock... with a Morrison's

Argentina and Brazil both poor tonight but Paraguay win probably means we have our 6 qualifiers for WC2026 locked in already