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News Tank Football: elections, appointments & departures in October 2024

• American Tom Peddie was appointed vice president and general manager at Nike for North America, as announced by the brand based in Beaverton (Oregon, USA) on 12/10/2024. Peddie took up his new position on 21/10/2024. • Tom Cartledge, chairman of Nottingham Forest FC (Premier League) since August 2023, has stepped down from his post, as announced by the club on 01/10/2024. Cartledge has been replaced by his predecessor, Nicholas Randall, who was first appointed chairman of NFFC in 2017. • Victoriano Melero, general secretary of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 McDonald's) since September 2017, has been promoted to the position of CEO, announced the club on 08/10/2024. • José González-Dans has joined the board of directors of Sevilla FC (LALIGA EA Sports) as general director, announced the Spanish club on 28/10/2024. • The Bureau of the LFP appointed Jean-Pierre Caillot, president of Stade de Reims (Ligue 1 McDonald's) and of the Collège de Ligue 1 (Ligue 1 Board), and Pablo Longoria, president of Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 McDonald's), as vice presidents of the League during its meeting on 29/10/2024. Take a look back at the movements (elections, appointments, promotions & departures) covered by News Tank Football in October 2024.…

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News Tank Football: interviews published in August, September & October 2024

"Principles and regulations have been swept aside. The reasoning is logical and in line with the Court of Justice (CJEU) rulings in December 2023 (on the Super League and the regulations governing home-grown players). We're following the same line of reasoning. We're lucky to have judges in Europe who bring the governing bodies back to reality, explaining to them that they are subject to the same rules and the same rights as everyone else. Our role now is to bring about the necessary and compulsory social dialogue. Employers and employees now have a responsibility to come to the table. We don't want to kill the clubs. We want to find solutions with them," said David Terrier, president of FIFPRO Europe, to News Tank Football on 14/10/2024. "The constant increase in the number of international matches over the last ten years or so has meant that the domestic leagues are no longer able to organise their competitions properly, and is pushing the top players beyond their limits. It can't go on like this. We need to tackle this problem." (Jérôme Perlemuter, general secretary of the World Leagues Association, 15/10/2024) "Our stadium will always be football-centric. However, that's no reason not to b…

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Attendance in the European Top 5 leagues during the 2023-24 season

The 98 clubs that competed in the European Top 5 leagues during the 2023-24 season posted an average attendance of 32,965 spectators per match, up 1.1% from 2022-23 (32,597 per match). The average stadium fill rate reached 88.92% in 2023-24, compared with 86.48% in 2022-23. The French league experience the biggest increase in average attendance compared with 2022-23 (+14%), with a record average of 27,113 spectators for Ligue 1. The European Top 5 continues to be dominated by the Bundesliga (39,502, -8%) and the Premier League (38,623, -4.2%). Next is the Serie A TIM (30,685, +4.4%), LALIGA EA Sports (29,086, -1.6%), and finally Ligue 1. In terms of stadium fill rates, the Premier League leads the way (97.6%), ahead of the Bundesliga (96.2%), Ligue 1 Uber Eats (84.3%), LALIGA EA Sports (82.2%) and Serie A TIM (81.1%). With 81,305 spectators per game at Signal Iduna Park (81,365 capacity), Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) was the club that posted the best average attendance this season, ahead of FC Bayern Munich (75,000) and Manchester United FC (73,534). Three Italian clubs (FC Inter Milan, AC Milan and AS Roma), two English clubs (West Ham United FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC), one Spanish club (Real Madrid…

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European Top 5: social media communities of the 96 clubs (November 2024)

• The clubs in the European Top 5 leagues registered 23.7 million new followers during the month of October 2024, bringing their total followers to 2.8 billion on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. • Real Madrid CF (LALIGA EA Sports) is the club with the most followers with 397.8 million, ahead of FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports, 337.8 million) and Manchester United FC (Premier League, 214 million). • Barça was the club that posted the best growth in absolute value, with 6.3 million new followers. • Genoa CFC (Serie A Enilive) was the club that experienced the greatest percentage growth in terms of followers on social media: +7.5%. • 10 clubs have more than 100 million followers: five from the Premier League, two from LALIGA EA Sports, one from the Ligue 1 McDonald's, one from the Bundesliga and one from the Serie A Enilive. The infographics below show the ranking of clubs by aggregate number of fans, then by each platform. Instagram (number of followers), TikTok (number of followers) and X (number of followers). For Facebook, News Tank has recorded the highest number of followers and likes since September 2023.

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Deal Tracker: TV and media rights agreements for football competitions since 2020

This infographic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual rights and distribution of media rights for football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 2020. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first), and only the purchaser, the competition, the type of rights (broadcasting or commercial distribution), the rights acquired, the geographical area, the beginning and the end of the contract appear. You can also find other information - agency, support, sublicense, amount, news (link to a News Tank Football article or an official press release) - by clicking on the arrow in the infographic. This table will be constantly updated to provide you with an up-to-date list, and can be found in the Data Centre on the News Tank Football website.

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CJEU ruling: "It's up to the social partners to act" (Jérôme Perlemuter, World Leagues Association)

"The transfer system is closely linked to employment law. It governs the relationship between a club and a player, in other words an employer and an employee. The social partners must therefore be included in any form of transfer management," said Jérôme Perlemuter (FRA), general secretary of the World Leagues Association, to News Tank Football on 16/10/2024. Certain rules contained in FIFA's Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players "hinder the free movement of players", restrict "competition between clubs" and are therefore "contrary to EU law," announced the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which handed down its judgment on 04/10/2024 after receiving a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Mons Court of Appeal (BEL) in proceedings between former French international Lassana Diarra and the International Federation. "It is important to clarify that the Court of Justice's decision does not change the core principles of the transfer system at all," commented Emilio Garcia, chief legal and compliance officer at FIFA. "It may be useful to have a globalised management of the transfer system because the market is extremely fluid. But we can't have a global body issuing rules that are contrary to labour law or that a…

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International Calendar: "It can't go on like this" (Jérôme Perlemuter, World Leagues Association)

"The constant increase in the number of international matches over the last ten years or so has meant that the domestic leagues are no longer able to organise their competitions properly, and is pushing the top players beyond their limits. It can't go on like this. We need to tackle this problem," said Jérôme Perlemuter (FRA), general secretary of the World Leagues Association, to News Tank Football on 15/10/2024. "We need to review the international calendar, which is decided by FIFA, with whom we need to have a dialogue... which unfortunately we are unable to have. We regret that decisions are taken unilaterally," added Perlemuter. The European branch of FIFPRO, European Leagues and LALIGA filed a complaint against FIFA with the European Commission on 14/10/2024: the three bodies denounce, with regard to the international match calendar, the conflict of interests of the International Federation, which is both the governing body and the organiser of competitions. In particular, the 32-team Club World Cup (including 12 European teams), which FIFA is hosting for the first time in the United States from 15/06 to 13/07/2025, is being targeted. "Basically, it is the social partners who are asking the international bodies to develop more i…

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Jean-Marie Dumas

Responsable du partenariat Paris 2024 x Saint-Gobain @ Saint-Gobain

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