Adam Williams

6 days ago | thechelseachronicle.com | Adam Williams

Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly appear to have divergent visions for Chelsea and how to justify their £2.5bn investment in the football club which, at an operating level, loses hundreds of millions annually. The future of Stamford Bridge is the crux of the issue. Todd Boehly wants to uproot Chelsea from their home since 1905 and move them to a new site, potentially at Earl’s Court, where a more commercially-orientated stadium could be built.

6 days ago | tbrfootball.com | Adam Williams

Some commentators, not least Luis Enrique, have spun Paris Saint-Germain’s run to the Champions League final and triumph over Arsenal as an anti-establishment story. That is a laughable notion. Let’s get one thing straight: Arsenal are no underdogs. Owner Stan Kroenke is the 89th richest person in the world and, factoring in loans, equity and the original takeover price, has invested almost £1.5bn in the North London club.

1 week ago | tbrfootball.com | Adam Williams

Regardless of whether they win the Europa League, Tottenham are set for a serious makeover this summer. It seems likely that while he will doubtless remain Tottenham’s all-seeing eye, Daniel Levy will cede at least some operational control to new CEO Vinai Venkatesham, who is set to join the club a year after quitting North London rivals Arsenal.

1 week ago | tbrfootball.com | Adam Williams

For FSG, days like Liverpool’s Premier League coronation against Tottenham two Sundays ago are nice-to-haves but are ultimately secondary to what will be the biggest event in their time at Anfield: payday. To date, FSG have taken almost no money out of Liverpool. On a net basis, they are way, way down on the £300m deal that saw them take over from Tom Hicks and George Gillett in 2010.

1 week ago | tbrfootball.com | Adam Williams

The shrapnel from Manchester City’s legal case against the Premier League has ripped through the football finance ecosystem, with Arsenal among those in the blast zone. It has been over two years since the Premier League charged Man City with over 100 counts of financial wrongdoing, ranging from disguising the true sources of commercial income to paying players and managers via parallel contacts so as to bypass PSR (Profit and Sustainability Rules).