How Merseyside Became the 51st State of America
Amidst the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the massive lorries navigating the city’s port, the glass facades of Everton’s new venue at the Bramley-Moore Dock glimmer notably, showcasing the…
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Football’s Marketplace: When Will Saudi Tournaments Fit into an Overloaded Schedule?
In the words of Noddy Holder, the new sponsor of Bridgnorth Spartans Under-7s Reds and the frontman of the iconic glam rock band Slade, “It’s Christmas”… and that signifies it’s…
Inside Everton’s Friedkin Takeover: From the Brink to New Hope with a U.S. Investor
The phone call that reshaped Everton’s future occurred just as another group was on the verge of finalizing its own takeover agreement. In late June, the Friedkin Group (TFG), based…
The European Super League (sorry, the Unify League) is back – but where is the imagination?
Unicorns, in Silicon Valley, tend to be conceived accidentally. Take, for example, an app called Cicada, established with the admirable purpose of hosting three-to-five-minute videos on a wide range of…
How Liverpool 2.01 was built – and FSG abandoned any plans to sell
With Christmas approaching two years ago, Fenway Sports Group’s ownership of Liverpool Football Club was at a crossroads. Uncertainty reigned. U.S. banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had been tasked…
Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk drugs ban explained: What is meldonium and what punishments could he face?
Mykhailo Mudryk is among Chelsea’s most expensive signings — a player who once represented the club’s ambitious direction of travel in the post-Roman Abramovich era. But less than two years…
European Super League relaunches as ‘Unify League’: What’s different – and will it work this time?
The company behind the controversial European Super League idea has tweaked its proposal once more, completely scrapping the original closed-shop format, in a bid to make it more attractive to…
