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Football Economy The Business of the Beautiful Game
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BVB.DE 3.03 +0.83% JUVE.MI 2.16 +2.18% SSL.MI 1.69 +0.6% AJAX.AS 8.44 +0.71% CCP.L 248.00 +0% MANU 23.53 +3.02% SLBEN.LS 6.96 +2.79% FCP.LS 3.00 +0% SCP.LS 0.96 +0% FENER.IS 2.41 -22.01% What is the Women's Champions League prize money? BBC Sport Mauricio Pochettino interested in leaving USMNT job for Manchester United The Guardian Crystal Palace could avoid significant compensation if Pierre Sage rejoins Lens The Guardian Clubs may need to hold £40m in cash to satisfy Independent Football Regulator City A.M. Clubs may need to hold £10m in liquid assets to satisfy Independent Football Regulator City A.M. Carrick's Man Utd future to be decided as Berrada and Wilcox retain support BBC Sport Grand Slam of Darts 2026: Schedule, new format, players, prize money, past winners Sky Sports Tuesday briefing: Creditors take prospective Tottenham investor’s bankruptcy case to US court Off The Pitch Tom Brady ends tenure as investor in Birmingham City after three years The Guardian CF Montreal are for sale: What it means, how much it could cost, and what’s next for the MLS club The Guardian Birmingham announce shock Brady departure Sky Sports NWSL playoffs scheduling snafu: Washington Spirit keep Audi Field; Gotham move to Icahn The Guardian
Governance & Regulation

MLS Odds Look Different at Canadian Sportsbooks

Three Canadian clubs, ten provincial betting regimes: why the same MLS fixture carries a different price on either side of a provincial line.
By Daniel Mercer|Editor

Three MLS clubs play their home matches in Canada, but the odds on those matches are set inside a betting market that fractures at every provincial border. A Toronto FC fixture can carry materially different prices on either side of the Ottawa River, for reasons that are regulatory rather than sporting.

One League, Ten Betting Markets Single-event wagering became legal across Canada in August 2021, when Bill C-218 stripped the parlay-only restriction out of the Criminal Code. What followed was not a national market but a provincial one. Ontario opened to commercial competition in April 2022 and now licenses several dozen…

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Listed Club Equity

Borussia DortmundXETRA: BVB.DE
3.03+0.83%
Juventus FCBorsa Italiana: JUVE.MI
2.16+2.18%
SS LazioBorsa Italiana: SSL.MI
1.69+0.6%
AFC AjaxEuronext Amsterdam: AJAX.AS
8.44+0.71%
CelticLSE / AIM: CCP.L
248.00+0%
Manchester UnitedNYSE: MANU
23.53+3.02%

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Eleanor Whitfield

Eleanor Whitfield is a chartered accountant who spent a decade auditing professional sports clubs…

Tomasz Zieliński

Tomasz Zieliński covers the business of European football, from Bundesliga ownership rules to the…

Ruth Calderwood

Ruth Calderwood writes about broadcasting deals, sponsorship and the commercial machinery of football. She…

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Club EntityRevenueListingStadiumPrimary Ownership
Real Madrid €1,045.5m (FY23/24) Private Santiago Bernabéu Member-owned (socios); Florentino Pérez president
Manchester City €837.8m (FY23/24) Private Etihad Stadium City Football Group — Abu Dhabi…
Manchester United €770.6m (FY23/24) MANU Old Trafford Glazer family; Sir Jim Ratcliffe /…
Bayern München €765.4m (FY23/24) Private Allianz Arena FC Bayern München e.V. (75%); Adidas,…
FC Barcelona €760.3m (FY23/24) Private Spotify Camp Nou Member-owned (socios); Joan Laporta president
Arsenal €716.5m (FY23/24) Private Emirates Stadium Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (100%)
Liverpool €714.7m (FY23/24) Private Anfield Fenway Sports Group; Dynasty Equity minority
Tottenham Hotspur €615.0m (FY23/24) Private Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ENIC Group (Lewis family trusts); Joe…

FY2023/24 revenue — € figures per Deloitte Football Money League 2025 or club accounts; ≈ converted from sterling.