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Premier League: Manchester United hire Lee Byrd (Armani) as head of retail operations

Manchester United FC (Premier League) have hired Lee Byrd, the former COO of Armani Exchange, as head of retail operations, the club announced during its earnings conference call on 12/02/2016. "Lee has over 30 years of experience in the fashion-and-retail industry and has worked with global…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 62428
• Published on 15/02/16 at 17:45
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Premier League: Manchester United announce £133.8m Q2 turnover, expect to top £500m in 2015-16

Manchester United FC (Premier League) declared £133.8m (€172.3m) in turnover for Q2 of the 2015-16 season (quarter ending on 31/12/2015), up 26.6% from Q2 2014-15 (£105.7m; €136.2m), the club announced on 12/02/2016. This brings the turnover of the club for the first half of the 2015-16 season to…
Domain(s): Clubs, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 62350
• Published on 15/02/16 at 17:10
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Ligue 1: "We're not in trouble. I am very calm" (Jean-Pierre Rivère, president of OGC Nice)

"We can afford to take our time over this decision because the club is financially healthy. We're not in trouble. I am very calm," said Jean-Pierre Rivère, president and majority owner of OGC Nice (Ligue 1) on 12/02/2016, on the same day of the announcement that the planned takeover of his club…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 62354
• Published on 15/02/16 at 15:21
Bundesliga: VfL Wolfsburg recruit a professional eSports player (FIFA franchise)

VfL Wolfsburg (Bundesliga) have recruited David Bytheway (22 years old), a British professional eSports player, specialising in the FIFA football video game (published by EA Sports), announced the club on 19/01/2016. The Briton will represent the club and will play exclusively with the VfL…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 62361
• Published on 15/02/16 at 12:19
OGC Nice: the takeover of the club in 2 steps by a British investor and a Saudi prince is cancelled

Jean-Pierre Rivère, president of OGC Nice (Ligue 1) announced the cancellation of the agreement with the British investor Edward Blackmore and a Saudi prince (whose identity was not revealed at the time of the announcement of the agreement), on 12/02/2016. OGC Nice had announced, on 29/01/2016…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 62312
• Published on 12/02/16 at 14:35
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Liverpool FC: following protests, the prices of most expensive tickets are frozen for two seasons

Liverpool FC (Premier League) have announced a price freeze on the most expensive tickets and season tickets for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, on 10/02/2015. As in 2015-16, the most expensive tickets will remain at $59 (€76) for Premier League matches at Anfield for the following two seasons…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums, …
• Article # 62204
• Published on 12/02/16 at 09:54
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Premier League: "I think there is a problem when clubs put prices up every year" (David Cameron)

"I think there is a problem here when some clubs put prices up very rapidly every year, even though so much of the money for football actually comes from sponsorship, equipment and other sources," said David Cameron, British Prime Minister, during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 62179
• Published on 11/02/16 at 14:39
Serie A: attendance for Matchday 24 of 2015-16, Napoli - Carpi draws 37,274 spectators

Matchday 24 of the 2015-16 Serie A TIM drew an average of 19,695 spectators per match on 06 and 07/02/2016. The average attendance of the Italian championship this season is currently 22,033 spectators per match, for a stadium fill rate of 56%. The league leaders, SSC Napoli, had the best crowd of…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 62199
• Published on 11/02/16 at 13:39
©  FC Barcelone
Liga BBVA: FC Barcelona celebrate 10 years of their Youtube channel, the most followed of any club

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) celebrated the 10 year anniversary of its official channel on the online video hosting and sharing platform YouTube on 06/02/2016. Barça have 2.15 million followers to their channel, created on 06/02/2006, which makes it the most followed sports club in the world on…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 62161
• Published on 11/02/16 at 10:48
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Ligue 1: Globe Soccer Award for best 2015-16 transfer market to AS Monaco for Anthony Martial

AS Monaco (Ligue 1) has received the Globe Soccer Award for best transfer market management for the 2015-16 season, on 09/02/2016. The club also won the trophy for 2014-15. AS Monaco have been rewarded for its handling of the transfer of Anthony Martial (FRA, 19 years old at the time of the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Transfer Market
• Article # 62083
• Published on 11/02/16 at 09:30