3Key, the ghostship crypto company that City partnered with late last year, turns out to be run by a group of German promoters who are accused of being part of a massive pyramid scheme.
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Review: ‘Killing The Game: The inside story behind the transformation of Manchester City and the creation of City Football Group’ by Daniel Slack-Smith
Who knew transforming world football could be so dull?
FFP 2.0 – A step forward for fairer football
Financial Fair Play didn’t make football fairer, it just made it more profitable. But its replacement might…
Save the children – how a simple change to Financial Fair Play could improve youth development
The Financial Fair Play (FFP) initiative was supposed to help make the game financially sustainable. But, in an effort to encourage clubs to invest in youth, Uefa and the Premier League have inadvertently turned academies in profit centres, creating incentives for them to scoop up ever more players, even ones with little prospect of making the first team. It’s time we stopped rewarding this damaging behaviour… Continue reading
Why the European Super League is a great idea for English football
There has been an outcry today about rumoured negotiations involving Manchesters City and United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool to abandon the Premier League and join a Euro League. I’ve written about this possibility before and, having given it a bit of thought, I don’t think it can happen fast enough. Continue reading
The Ugly Game 