London Edition Saturday 14 November 2026
Football Economy The Business of the Beautiful Game
THE DESK
BVB.DE 3.03 +0.83% JUVE.MI 2.16 +2.18% SSL.MI 1.69 +0.6% AJAX.AS 8.44 +0.71% CCP.L 248.00 +0% MANU 23.53 +3.02% SLBEN.LS 6.96 +2.79% FCP.LS 3.00 +0% SCP.LS 0.96 +0% FENER.IS 2.41 -22.01% Jesús Owono given 12-match ban for tackle that resulted in Jesús de Miguel’s death The Guardian Why Chelsea and Manchester City’s WSL clash is not as season-defining as you think The Guardian AC Milan owner RedBird hires Yormark to run football, stadium and NBA Europe interests City A.M. England in losing habit after 'failing to adapt' in Perth drubbing Sky Sports Friday briefing: FIFA lose bid to intervene in UEFA’s World Cup investor case Off The Pitch Nations League: Italy roar back to beat France despite Donnarumma’s early howler The Guardian Football Daily | ‘The club would like to thank …’: Manchester United dust off the heartfelt exit message The Guardian Pierre Sage’s failure to fix defensive flaws leaves Crystal Palace seeking new solution The Guardian FC Barcelona charging fans £9,000 to lay their ashes at Camp Nou City A.M. Carrick sacked by Manchester United with team in Premier League relegation zone – live The Guardian 'Concern is high' as Curry exits Warriors loss with abdominal injury Sky Sports Thursday briefing: Premier League investment market slows despite eight clubs open to offers Off The Pitch
Governance & Regulation

MLS Odds Look Different at Canadian Sportsbooks

Three Canadian clubs, ten provincial betting regimes: why the same MLS fixture carries a different price on either side of a provincial line.
By Daniel Mercer|Editor

Three MLS clubs play their home matches in Canada, but the odds on those matches are set inside a betting market that fractures at every provincial border. A Toronto FC fixture can carry materially different prices on either side of the Ottawa River, for reasons that are regulatory rather than sporting.

One League, Ten Betting Markets Single-event wagering became legal across Canada in August 2021, when Bill C-218 stripped the parlay-only restriction out of the Criminal Code. What followed was not a national market but a provincial one. Ontario opened to commercial competition in April 2022 and now licenses several dozen…

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Listed Club Equity

Borussia DortmundXETRA: BVB.DE
3.03+0.83%
Juventus FCBorsa Italiana: JUVE.MI
2.16+2.18%
SS LazioBorsa Italiana: SSL.MI
1.69+0.6%
AFC AjaxEuronext Amsterdam: AJAX.AS
8.44+0.71%
CelticLSE / AIM: CCP.L
248.00+0%
Manchester UnitedNYSE: MANU
23.53+3.02%

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Eleanor Whitfield

Eleanor Whitfield is a chartered accountant who spent a decade auditing professional sports clubs…

Tomasz Zieliński

Tomasz Zieliński covers the business of European football, from Bundesliga ownership rules to the…

Ruth Calderwood

Ruth Calderwood writes about broadcasting deals, sponsorship and the commercial machinery of football. She…

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Club EntityRevenueListingStadiumPrimary Ownership
Real Madrid €1,045.5m (FY23/24) Private Santiago Bernabéu Member-owned (socios); Florentino Pérez president
Manchester City €837.8m (FY23/24) Private Etihad Stadium City Football Group — Abu Dhabi…
Manchester United €770.6m (FY23/24) MANU Old Trafford Glazer family; Sir Jim Ratcliffe /…
Bayern München €765.4m (FY23/24) Private Allianz Arena FC Bayern München e.V. (75%); Adidas,…
FC Barcelona €760.3m (FY23/24) Private Spotify Camp Nou Member-owned (socios); Joan Laporta president
Arsenal €716.5m (FY23/24) Private Emirates Stadium Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (100%)
Liverpool €714.7m (FY23/24) Private Anfield Fenway Sports Group; Dynasty Equity minority
Tottenham Hotspur €615.0m (FY23/24) Private Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ENIC Group (Lewis family trusts); Joe…

FY2023/24 revenue — € figures per Deloitte Football Money League 2025 or club accounts; ≈ converted from sterling.