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Liga: FC Barcelona would have paid € 95.1 million and not € 57 million for Neymar transfer

The transfer of Brazilian striker Neymar, from Santos (Brazilian Serie A) to FC Barcelona (Liga, ESP), during the offseason in 2013, would have actually cost € 95 million to Barça and not € 57 million as reported by the Catalan club, indicated the Madrid newspaper El Mundo, on the 20/01/2014.FC…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 13912
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Italy: Continental to appear on all Serie B hoarding boards until the end of the 2013-14 season

German tire company Continental has become sponsor of the Lega Serie B (Italian 2nd division), on the 22/01/2014. The partnership will begin in mid-February 2014 and will expire at the end of the 2013-14 championship.Continental will appear on the hoarding boards at each fixture of the 22 teams in…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 13908
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USA: pay-TV channel One World Sports to acquire the rights to Milan Channel until 2016

US pay-TV channel OWS (One World Sports) has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights in the United States to Milan Channel, the official TV channel of AC Milan, the American company announced, on the 20/01/2014. The agreement covers the remainder of the 2013-14 season and seasons 2014-15 and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital
• Article # 13901
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CIES Demographic Report 2014: increase in transfers and reduction in club-trained players

The increase in the number of transfers and the declining number of players trained by European clubs are the main pieces of information from the 2014 Demographic Study from the CIES (International Centre for Sports Studies) Football Observatory, Neuchâtel (SUI), released on 21/01/2014. This…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Transfer Market
• Article # 13872
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Bundesliga: Bayern Munich want to increase the capacity of the Allianz Arena to 75,000 seats

Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) want to increase the capacity of the Allianz Arena to 75,000 seats, announced the German newspaper Münchner Merkur on 21/01/2014. The stadium currently holds 67,812 seats that comply with UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) standards. Including standing room…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 13874
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Belgium: Telenet/VOO and Fox are candidates for Jupiler Pro League TV rights after 2014

The Belgian group Telenet/VOO and the U.S. group FOX are candidates for TV broadcasting rights of the Jupiler Pro League in Belgium, say the local press on 20/01/2014. The current contract for TV rights of the Belgian first division, which began in 2011-12, expires at the end of the 2013-14…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 13869
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Brazil 2014: Jérôme Valcke (FIFA) mentions the possible exclusion of "very delayed" Curitiba stadium

"To be very honest, the situation as it stands is not ideal. The stadium is very delayed and well outside the delivery schedule," said Jérôme Valcke, FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) general secretary, on the 21/01/2014 about Curitiba stadium, which must host four of the 64…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 13861
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Brazil 2014: Spanish government to consider taxing players' bonuses

The Spanish government is currently considering ways to force the national team’s players participating in the 2014 World Cup (Brazil, from the 12/06 to the 13/07/2014) to pay in Spain the income tax on bonuses they will receive from the RFEF (Royal Spanish Football Federation) after the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 13840
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England: EA Sports, sponsor of the association of professional referees until 2018-19

The video game company EA Sports has become the partner of PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited), they announced on 20/01/2014. The partnership will run until the end of the 2018-19 season.The EA Sports logo will be present on the shirt-sleeves of all referees during Premier League, FA…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 13846
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UEFA : Euro 2016 on programme of the Executive Committee meeting in Nyon (SUI), on 23 and 24/01/2014

Euro 2016, held in France from the 10/06 to the 10/07/2016, is on the programme of UEFA's (Union of European Football Associations) first meeting of the executive committee in 2014, in the House of European Football in Nyon (SUI), on the 23 and 24/01/2014. The executive committee will confirm the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 13811
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