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Real Madrid budget $1.13bn for 2024/25 season but nothing for Club World Cup. November 11 – The bottom line for football clubs around the world is critical and budgets are often manipulated and stretched to perform financial tricks. In a surprising move, Real Madrid who have one of the world’s biggest budgets have not factored any income ...
Delivering 2026. FIFA breaks the mould to create the most …
1 day ago · November 14 – FIFA has changed its traditional model of delivering the greatest show on earth, the FIFA World Cup. Rather than working through a national Local Organising Committee, FIFA has mandated an increased level of management and delivery of the first 48-team, 104-match tournament to host cities. As John Kristic, one of the bid leaders who delivered the tournament to the region, said ...
Israeli coach says they will focus on the football as fans stay away ...
1 day ago · November 14 – Israel coach Ran Ben Shimon has urged the watching world to separate football from politics as his side prepare to take on France amid high security in the Nations League in Paris tonight. French police say 4,000 officers and security staff will be deployed around the Stade de France, with another 1,500 police on public transport. Paris authorities are on high alert following ...
Santos bounce back to Brazil’s Serie A, while club talks of possible ...
3 days ago · November 12 – Pelé’s old club Santos have confirmed their return to the Brazilian top flight after gaining an insurmountable lead in the Serie B. Last year, Santos were relegated for the first time in their 112-year history, but the seaside club has bounced back after securing promotion with a 2-0 win away to Coritiba on Monday, enough to open up a …
FIFA to run Club World Cup draw as a live studio event in Miami …
3 days ago · November 12 – FIFA will draw the groups for its expanded 32-team Club World Cup in Miami on December 5. Still insisting that the competition will feature “the world’s best clubs”, 31 of the clubs are already qualified with either Brazil’s Atlético Mineiro or Botafogo to join them, depending on which team wins the Copa Libertadores final on November 30.
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Nov 5, 2024 · FIFA pushes Wenger forward in bid to appease player revolt over burn-out. October 29 – Stung by the recent legal complaint to the European Commission by top leagues and player unions, FIFA is setting up a Task Force led by its head of global football development Arsene Wenger in an attempt to appease mounting scrutiny over player burnout.
US men’s team off to a winning start under Pochettino on route to …
October 14 – Mauricio Pochettino made a successful debut in charge of the United States as he led them to a 2-0 friendly win over Panama on Saturday. In June the US lost to Panama in the 2024 Copa America finals having also lost to them in the semi-finals of the Concacaf Gold Cup in 2023. Pochettino, who left Chelsea in May after one season in …
Klopp returns to football as Red Bull’s head of global soccer
October 9 – Former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has been appointed global head of soccer at Red Bull as he returns to football just three months after an emotional departure from Merseyside. Klopp, whose title will be head of global soccer, will not be involved in day-to-day operations but will advise teams on playing philosophy, transfer strategy and coaching ...
Big six Premier League clubs in top 10 squad valuation ranking, …
October 10 – European Champions Real Madrid, armed with a glittering roster of high-value talent headlined by Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham, have been crowned as the most valuable squad in world football in the latest CIES Football Observatory data report. Of the top 100 teams compiled by the stats specialists, Carlo …
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6 days ago · By Andrew Warshaw. November 21 – Two weeks ago, as organisers put the finishes touches to 12 years of planning, the president of FIFA and his trusted number two – clearly alarmed about their showpiece tournament being undermined by constant criticism over Qatar’s human rights record – took the unprecedented step of pleading with the 32 finalists to concentrate on the football and not ...