Business News from the Soccer World
By Anonymous (not verified), February 10, 2022
- In The Leadoff, four private equity firms submit bids for partial media rights to Ligue 1, Lululemon jumps into women’s footwear, and construction has stalled on the Carolina Panthers’ $800 million facility project over a payment dispute. Click here to listen.
- Once again, Paris Saint-Germain’s colossal spending didn’t save them from another massively disappointing Champions League exit. At a total of $916.2 million, the French giants have spent the second-most transfer money worldwide to build their current squad — behind only Manchester City at $1.1 billion. Subscribe to Scoreboard for more on PSG’s spending and the club’s lackluster results.
- The vote on a plan to build a $1 billion stadium and commercial complex for Inter Miami CF, a club co-owned by soccer legend David Beckham, has been postponed. The delay — the third since February — was due to a problem of public notice for the meeting in a Spanish-language newspaper.
|
