West Ham takeover: Latest Daniel Kretinsky stance revealed – sources
Daniel Kretinsky has made no formal approach to increase his 27 per cent stake in West Ham, Football Insider has learned. The Czech billionaire, known…
Adam Williams, Finance & Governance Correspondent Archives: 01/2023
Sources: Critical update as probe into controversial Aston Villa deal imminent
Aston Villa have no plans to voluntarily abandon their sponsorship deal with bookmaker despite a flurry of recent controversies, sources have told Football Insider. Villa…
Sources: Chelsea battle five bidding-war rivals as £50m offer submitted
The bidding deadline for a plot of land crucial to Chelsea plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge has passed with a great number of interested parties…
Sources: ‘Momentous’ agreement hits Super League as Liverpool plan emerges
A new agreement between Uefa and Football Supporters Europe is seen as a blow to the Super League project in which Liverpool are still said…
Sources: Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris to personally bankroll £100m Aston Villa makeover
Aston Villa owners Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris plan to bankroll the entirety of the Villa Park redevelopment project, sources have told Football Insider. The…
Sources: Critical update after Apple and Facebook linked with world-record Man United takeover
Man United takeover operatives have deliberately sown and amplified false reports connecting a string of glamorous groups with what will likely be a world-record deal,…
Sources: January announcement set to enrage Leeds United CEO Angus Kinnear
The government remains on course to set out its aims for an independent football regulator by the end of January in news that will not…
Newcastle United want Premier League cut to 18 teams amid £160m talks
Newcastle United and the so-called ‘Big Six’ want the Premier League cut down to 18 teams to accommodate more European matches, Football Insider has been…
Sources: Critical update on £300m talks as Liverpool ‘priming their attack dogs’
EFL chairman and former Liverpool CEO Rick Parry’s quest to squeeze more cash from the Premier League is “not going well,” sources have told Football…
Revealed: Super League admission casts doubt on Florentino Perez’ controversial Liverpool claim
The Super League admit that they failed to factor in the possibility of viewer fatigue when calculating how much founder clubs such as Liverpool could…
Man United to provide sponsors with critical takeover update after Saudi talks revealed
Potential new Man United shirt sponsors will be informed which groups are in the running to acquire the club, Football Insider has been told. United…
Revealed: Liverpool promised double-your-money deal as £4bn bonanza on the cards
The organisers of the Super League have pledged that the likes of Liverpool could more than double the money they earn from the Champions League…
Sources: Sunderland haunted by EFL’s ‘biggest-ever mistake’ as confidential document emerges
The FA once turned down a deal that could have guaranteed Sunderland and their Football League peers a 25 per cent cut of Premier League…
Revealed: Super League number-crunchers predict where Liverpool and Man City would finish in breakaway competition
By Adam Williams in Brussels. The organisers of the Super League have used data modelling to conclude that Man City are the most likely team…
New Man United owners could sign £100m-a-year+ triple deal before next season
Investors looking to take over Man United could potentially purchase the naming privileges for Old Trafford and Carrington alongside front-of-shirt rights in a package deal,…
Sources: Uefa send unprecedented message to West Ham
West Ham have been told that VAR will be used in all of the Europa Conference League knockout rounds for the first time, Football Insider…
Sources: Significant update on HMRC investigation into West Ham
The civil compliance investigation into the tax affairs of West Ham is still ongoing, Football Insider has learned. A criminal probe which began in 2017…
Sources: FFP-busting Man City plan in peril amid £50m document reveal
Powerful voices within the Premier League want to impose an annual £50million cap on related-party transactions to prevent Man City and Newcastle United from artificially…
Sources: Man City stadium expansion plans revealed as £10m-a-year boom imminent
Man City could play in front of as many as 62,170 spectators under plans to expand the Etihad Stadium’s North Stand, Football Insider has learned.…
Sources: Liverpool allies to make surprise move as £300m deal all but done
Liverpool partners Sorare plan to advocate for greater regulation in the NFT industry in order to make their imminent Premier League-wide deal more palatable to…