Published by Financial Times European football’s return to the pitch will salvage some income this season, but there is mounting concern at clubs that easy borrowing is under threat just as they need cash more than ever. The obvious hit from the sport’s suspension has been to broadcast, sponsorship and ticket revenues. Yet this is, in turn, having an effect […]
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Additionally we closed several deals for Premiership Rugby clubs.This was secured on either transfer or broadcasting monies receivables. So far in this current financial year we have completed £52m with £120m of TV media rights in the pipeline ahea
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Published by Close Brothers Asset Finance – Case Study When you’re watching your favourite winger (football or rugby) terrorising opposition defences, uppermost in your mind is unlikely to be the thought ‘I wonder what the structure of the
Read More Published by The Daily Telegraph The ease with which the biggest two football signings of the summer were funded could hardly have been more different. In early July, Atletico Madrid paid Portuguese club Benfica €126m (£116m) for 19-year-old fo
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Published by Financial Times. Leicester City Football Club, the team which won the Premier League against all the odds in 2016, uploaded a new filing to Companies House on Friday. The document highlights a trend in the upper echelons of football: tr
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Published by SportBusiness.com December 11, 2017 The days of sports properties being beholden to banks as the sole provider of a loan – be it to build a new stand or to finance an overseas tour – are long gone. Sports teams and rights-holders ar
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Published by Leasing Life As lessors search for new areas in which to grow, Sussex-based lessor New Century Finance has created a niche market for itself by discounting football transfer fees. However, despite reporting profits 10 percent lower at ye
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