"Euro 2016 construction work is limiting Ligue 1 attendances" (W. Devauchelle, Kurt Salmon)

"If average attendances in Ligue 1 don't exceed 20,000, this is partly due to the work related to the organisation of Euro 2016," Wulfran Devauchelle, consultant at Kurt Salmon told NTF on 06/06/2013. He commented on the crowds of the 2012/13 season and believes "it is likely that the level of…

Franck Ribery extends Bayern Munich contract until 2017

On the 06/06/2013, Bayern Munich announced that French international Franck Ribery has extended his contract with the Bavarian club by two seasons.The attacking midfielder, who arrived in Munich in 2007 from Olympique de Marseille, will now stay with Bayern until 30/06/2017. In 2012/13, Franck…

MSV Duisburg to appeal ban stopping them from participating in the 2013/14 2.Bundesliga

MSV Duisburg will appeal the decision of the DFL's (Deutscher Fussball Liga) Licensing Committee, to not allow them to participate in the 2.Bundesliga (German Second Division) in 2013/14 due to insufficient funds. The club has received the decision in writing and can now prepare their appeal to…

Toulouse FC: "Youth academy and transfers are at the heart of our business model" (JF Soucasse)

Toulouse FC are reducing their budget by 7.6%, from €35.4m to €32.7m. "We are a low cost setup and our business model is based on the exploitation of our training centre as well as our management of transfers," Jean-François Soucasse, CEO of Toulouse FC told NTF on the 06/06/2013. Soucasse also…

Premier League footballer Andros Townsend banned for 4 months for betting misconduct

Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League) midfielder Andros Townsend was handed a four month suspension by the FA's (Football Association) independent regulatory commission on the 04/06/2013, after breaching betting regulations.Townsend, who was also fined €21k (£18k) was charged for breaches of FA Rule…

Hannover 96 want to invest €20m in the construction of a training centre

Hannover 96 (GER, Bundesliga, 9^th in 2012/13) want to invest €20m to transform their reserve team's ground, the Eilenreide Stadium into a state-of-the-art training centre.The German club is currently negotiating the purchase of land adjacent to the stadium but "no agreement has yet been signed,…

Transfers: dates for 2013/14 European transfer windows

According to the schedule published by FIFA's TMS (Transfer Matching Sytem) on the 05/06/2013, the summer transfer window in France (11/06/2013 - 02/09/2013) will close on the same day in England, Germany and Spain. It is for this reason that on the 31/05/2013, the LFP (Professional Football…

Christian Karembeu named strategic advisor at Olympiakos

On the 04/06/2013, it was announced that Christian Karembeu, 42, has been appointed as strategic advisor for scouting and international relations at Greek club, Olympiakos.The former French international (53 caps, 1 goal) will work alongside Pierre Issa, former Marseille player and South African…

MSV Duisburg banned from 2.Bundesliga for 2013/14 season

On the 03/06/2013, Sponsors.de announced that the DFL (Deutscher Fussball Liga, German Football League) had decided on the 28/05/2013, to ban MSV Duisburg from participating in the 2013/14 season in 2.Bundesliga (German second division) due to insufficient economic capacity.According to the…

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