Facebook: rankings of the European Top 5 leagues (February 2016)

The Premier League is the most popular European championship on Facebook, with more than 218.5 million cumulative fans across its 20 clubs playing in the 2015-16 season, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 01/02/2016. Only 6 of the 20 Premier League clubs have less than one million…

Top 5: transfer spending during the 2016 winter transfer window, compared to 2015

SM Caen: the club sign a 12 year agreement with the City to operate the Stade Michel-d'Ornano

SM Caen (Ligue 1) have signed an occupancy agreement in the public domain with the City of Caen for the operation of the Stade Michel-d'Ornano (21,215 seats) for 12 seasons (from 2016-17 to 2027-28 ), announced the club on 30/01/2016. This agreement comes into force on 01/07/2016. Currently, both…

Liverpool FC launch French and Spanish versions of the club website and online shop

Liverpool FC (Premier League) have launched French and Spanish versions of their website, the club announced on 28/01/2016. Exclusive content will be posted regularly on these two new versions of the site. "With over 470 million French and Spanish speakers globally, and the rapid growth of our fan…

OGC Nice: an Englishman and a Saudi prince acquire 49% stake in the club, will increase to 80%

The English investor Edward Blackmore and a Saudi prince, whose identity has not been revealed, have acquired a 49% stake in the shareholding of OGC Nice (Ligue 1), said Jean-Pierre Rivère, the president of the club, on 29/01/2016. This 49% stake in OGC Nice's capital was previously held by the…

FC Barcelona launch a Turkish Twitter account, the language of their new player Arda Turan (TUR)

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) have launched a Turkish version of their Twitter account (@FCBarcelona_tr), announced the Catalan club on 29/01/2016. FC Barcelona now have versions of their Twitter account in Catalan, Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Arabic and now Turkish…

Bundesliga: clubs post combined €2.62bn in revenues in 2014-15 (+7%), 11^th straight year of growth

The 18 Bundesliga clubs have generated combined revenues of €2.62bn in 2014-15, an increase of 6.9% compared to 2013-14 (€2.45bn), according to the 2016 Bundesliga report published by the DFL on 27/01/2016. 2014-15 is the 11^th consecutive season in which the cumulative revenues of Bundesliga clubs…

FA: sectional expenses (in £m)

The expenses of the FA amounted to £299m (€424.6m) at 31/07/2015, up 4.5% year on year (£286m / €360.4m)

FA: sectional turnover (in £m)

The FA realised a turnover of £318.1m (€451.7m as of 31/07/2015) for the 2015 financial year (from 01/08/2014 to 31/07/2015) down 4.3% from 2014 (£332.3m / €418.7m at 07/31/2014), announced the English Football Association on 20/01/2016.

Serie A: AS Roma open a Mandarin account on WeChat (Chinese messaging platform)

AS Roma (Serie A TIM) are launching a Mandarin account on WeChat (a Chinese instant messaging platform), announced the club on 22/01/2016. Through this new account, users can participate in a prediction game, check fixtures and results, follow live updates, listening to the AS Roma radio channel…