London Edition Monday 3 August 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% Charlton up for sale again as US owners look to cash in after three years The Guardian More European countries withdraw support for Infantino as pressure intensifies The Guardian West Ham co-owner Sullivan advised to stay away from home matches BBC Sport Trump regime distances itself from Infantino as under-fire Fifa boss faces calls to quit City A.M. How Footballco and Coca-Cola worked with José Mourinho to find his toughest opponent yet: himself  SportsPro Football Daily | Scrapped proposals, statement wars and the ongoing Infantino furore The Guardian Staveley planning ‘big property play’ as she closes in on West Ham stake City A.M. Uefa threatens Fifa with legal action over investment plan BBC Sport FIFA's Plan To Sell Football The Swiss Ramble Football transfer rumours: Atlético to offer Grealish escape route? Spurs target Osimhen and Gakpo? The Guardian Tottenham latest: Juventus eye loan move for Vicario Sky Sports A bruising 24 hours - what next for Fifa and under-pressure Infantino? BBC Sport
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.