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NCF had another record year ending 31st August 2019.

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 ahead of the 20-21season. We celebrated our 20th anniversary in January 2020 and we continue to be the No. 1 choice for […]

Demystifying football transfers with Richard Price

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

Inside the firms that finance football’s biggest transfers – and the death of eleventh-hour deals

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

The factoring of Riyad Mahrez

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

Buying in | New funding mechanisms can also help clubs improve fan ties

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

New Century Finance drives business through football transfers

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