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©  Athletic Club
Athletic Club Bilbao: agreement on salary cuts for first team players

"The entire Athletic Club Bilbao (LaLiga Santander) first-team squad have agreed to take a salary decrease for the 2020-21 season in order to help mitigate the impact the global pandemic has had upon the club," announced the Spanish club on 19/02/2021. "The agreement entails a fixed cut of…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 209144
• Published on 22/02/21 at 14:50
©  Vannes OC
City Football Group: partnership with Vannes OC (French D4) 5 months after ESTAC Troyes acquisition

"On the initiative of our chairman Maxime Ray, Vannes Olympique Club (National 2, French 4th division) reached an agreement for a technical partnership with City Football Group (CFG, a holding company invested in football assets, mainly professional clubs, see below), a process tailored by…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums, Transfer Market
• Article # 209128
• Published on 22/02/21 at 14:00
©  LFP
2020-21 Ligue 1 Uber Eats: 1.44 million viewers for Paris Saint-Germain - AS Monaco FC on Canal+

Paris Saint-Germain - AS Monaco FC (0-2), on Matchday 26 of the 2020-21 Ligue 1 Uber Eats season, drew an average of 1.44 million viewers, on the pay-TV channel Canal+, on Sunday 21/02/2021 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie. This…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 209127
• Published on 22/02/21 at 13:00
©  Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid: Ria Money Transfer, back shirt sponsor until 2023-24

Ria Money Transfer, an international money transfer operator and subsidiary of the American company Euronet WorldWide (payment solutions), has extended its partnership with Club Atlético de Madrid (LaLiga Santander) as a back shirt sponsor until the end of 2023-24, announced the Spanish club on…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 209129
• Published on 22/02/21 at 12:25
©  Damien LG
Covid-19: Olympique Lyonnais ready to hold test matches with spectators at the Groupama Stadium

"We are in contact with each other in order to pilot tests for the return of spectators to the stadium. We are taking the same proactive approach as these concert tests," said Thierry Sauvage, general manager of OL Groupe, to the French daily newspaper Le Progrès on 17/02/2021. Two test…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Authorities, Stadiums
• Article # 208809
• Published on 22/02/21 at 11:40
©  Optus
Deal Tracker: all the latest TV and media rights agreements for football competitions

This infographic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual and broadcasting rights to football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 01/01/2018. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first), and only the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 209106
• Published on 22/02/21 at 11:00
©  Sunderland AFC
Sky Bet League One: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus becomes majority shareholder and chairman of Sunderland AFC

Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, a French businessman born on 18/12/1997, son of Robert and Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, has become the majority shareholder of Sunderland AFC (Sky Bet League One) with the approval of the English Football League (EFL), announced the English club on 18/02/2021. Kyril Louis-Dreyfus…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 209088
• Published on 22/02/21 at 10:25
©  D.R.
Italy: Mediaset acquires free-to-air + paid streaming rights to the Champions League (2021-2024)

Mediaset has acquired the rights to broadcast 121 Champions League matches per season in Italy over the 2021-2024 cycle, including 17 free-to-air matches (Tuesday's top fixture + the final) and 104 matches for its paid streaming platform, announced the Italian audiovisual group on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 209087
• Published on 22/02/21 at 09:40
TV rights: "Definitely going to be a correction in the value of the rights" (S. Green, BT Sport)

"There’s certainly going to be a rights correction and it may be seen and interpreted by many as rights deflation," Simon Green, managing director of the British pay-TV package BT Sport, said at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit on 17/02/2021. "It would be a welcome change to the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 209023
• Published on 19/02/21 at 17:05
©  LOSC Lille
Europa League: 656,000 TV viewers for LOSC Lille - AFC Ajax in France (Audience share: 2.9%)

LOSC Lille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) - AFC Ajax (Eredivisie), 1-2, the Round of 32 first leg match in the 2020-21 Europa League, drew 656,000 viewers in France on average on the private, free-TV channel RMC Story (Groupe Altice France), on Thursday 19/02/2021 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs
• Article # 209015
• Published on 19/02/21 at 16:29