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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
©  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
©  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
©  Atlético de Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid: final delivery of the club museum by a Mediapro subsidiary

The museum of Club Atlético de Madrid (LaLiga Santander), designated under the name "Territorio Atleti" and installed within the Wanda Metropolitano (67,703 seats), has been completely delivered by Mediapro Exhibitions, announced the specialized subsidiary of the audiovisual group Mediapro on…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Agencies, Merchandising - Licensing, Stadiums
• Article # 208955
• Published on 19/02/21 at 13:41
©  AS Monaco
Ligue 1 Uber Eats: AS Monaco, the first club to open an account on the Japanese social network Line

AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) is launching its official account on the Line instant messaging application, "one of the most used social platforms in Japan", announced the Monegasque club on 18/02/2021. AS Monaco is the first Ligue 1 club to join this Japanese social network. "Created in…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 208925
• Published on 19/02/21 at 10:49
©  M6
Girondins de Bordeaux: "I don't regret having sold the club" (N. de Tavernost, M6)

"I don't regret having sold the club (FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 2018). In the group that I lead, we made the analysis that we no longer had the means to invest in a club like Bordeaux. Many clubs lose tens of millions of euros per year: the M6 group cannot afford such losses. Today, Bordeaux has…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Investment - Shareholding
• Article # 208894
• Published on 19/02/21 at 09:35
©  LOSC Lille
2020-21 Europa League: LOSC Lille - AFC Ajax (Round of 32 first leg, Thursday 18/02/2021)

With more than 12 million followers on social networks (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok, as of 17/02/2021), AFC Ajax (Eredivisie) has 4.8 times more than LOSC Lille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), which totals more than 2.5 million, at a time when the two teams face each other in the Round of 32…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 208857
• Published on 18/02/21 at 16:50
©  OL
LFP TV rights: "We asked to extend the calls for tenders from 4 to 10 years" (J-M Aulas, OL)

"We asked during our meeting with the (French government) ministers (Tuesday 16/02/2021) about the possibility of extending the duration of calls for tenders for TV rights from four to ten years. This is a reform that does not cost anything to the State, and which would allow the League (LFP) to…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 208764
• Published on 18/02/21 at 10:40
©  Sevilla FC
Champions League: Sevilla FC - Borussia Dortmund (Round of 16 first leg, Wednesday 17/02/2021)

With €365.7m in turnover in 2019-20, Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) occupy 12th place in the Deloitte Football Money League 2021, from which Sevilla FC (LaLiga Santander) is absent with its €145.2m in turnover, at a time when the two clubs face each other in the Round of 16 first leg of the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, …
• Article # 208683
• Published on 17/02/21 at 16:49