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The BackPage Weekly | How to Buy a Football Club: An Insider’s Guide

In November last year, the Glazer family rather unexpectedly announced their plans to sell Manchester United, a club which they bought back in 2005 for just £790m. The twists and turns of the bidding war have since been widely reported in the press. With the Glazers holding out for their lofty £6bn asking price, and the two frontrunners (Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe) reportedly falling well short of that figure so far, it will be fascinating to see how it all plays out in the coming weeks and months.

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The BackPage Weekly | Sports Betting Activations, Players and their “Strong Appeal”

Sports betting sponsorship has become a central component of the modern sports landscape, no more so than in football. Whether it be watching in stadia, on screen or simply purchasing merchandise, the average sports consumer (of any age) will inevitably have some level of exposure to a sports betting company. Take the Premier League, which this season has eight out of twenty teams having gambling company sponsors on their front-of-shirt. The situation is even more acute down the pyramid where no less than 2/3rds of Championship clubs have betting sponsorships on their kits.

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The BackPage Weekly | UEFA’s Homegrown Player Rule and EPL Visas

On 9th March, Advocate General (AG) Szpunar delivered his CJEU Opinion calling into question the compatibility of aspects of UEFA’s homegrown player (“HGP”) rule with Article 45 TFEU. The Opinion emanated from a dispute between SA Royal Antwerp FC and the Belgian Football Association regarding the implementation of UEFA’s rules on squad composition, the former arguing that the HGPR contravenes EU free movement principles.

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