August 28 – Matheus Nunes’ transfer from Wolves to Manchester City is all but complete, as a deal that could set the Citizens back over €60 million enters its final stages.
August 25 -The Premier League has continued its high-spending trend in favour of talented youth as it welcomes Belgian talent in Jeremy Doku and Romeo Lavia. The duo were bought for over double their Transfermarkt values despite only expecting to have a rotational role next year at Manchester City and Chelsea respectively.
August 25 – Liverpool star Mohammed Salah has been caught in transfer speculation as Saudi side Al-Ittihad reportedly prepare to launch a bid of well over €100 million to tempt the Egyptian star away from the Merseyside club.
August 25 – Premier League Everton “continue to explore discussions on new investment” after talks with MSP Sports Capital collapsed, a huge blow to one of English football’s most iconic clubs.
August 25 – Mercury 13, a group led by sports entrepreneur Victoire Cogevina Reynal that will invest $100 million in acquiring women’s clubs in Europe and Latin America, will start with England’s second division side Lewes FC.
August 24 – Talented young Celta Vigo midfelder Gabri Veiga looks set to agree a transfer to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli following the breakdown of a move to Italian champions Napoli earlier this week.
August 23 – Liverpool have had a €30 million bid for 22-year-old Brazil international midfielder Andre rejected by Fluminense, who want to keep the player until the end of the Brazilian Serie A season in December.
August 22 – Belgium international and Stade Rennais winger Jeremy Doku is on the verge of completing a €60 million transfer to Manchester City, as talks have reached their conclusion after rumbling on for the past week.
August 21 – A new $100 million investment fund targeted at acquiring women’s football clubs in Europe and South America has been launched by tech entrepreneur Victoire Cogevina Reynal.
August 18 – As the transfer window reaches its end, wallets are beginning to loosen. This week saw the largest deal of the window so far in Moises Caicedo alongside mammoth deals for England captain Harry Kane and Brazil top-scorer Neymar.
August 17 – Liverpool are on the verge of completing a move for 30-year-old VfB Stuttgart and Japan Captain Wataru Endo in a deal worth €19 million as the club finally make progress in their bid to find a successor to 29-year-old Brazilian Fabinho, who departed for the Saudi Pro League in a move worth €40 million.
August 16 – Not content with having just smashed the British transfer record by buying Moises Caicedo from Brighton for an eye-watering (some might say obscene) £115 million to take their spending under the new American owners to almost £1 billion, Chelsea are poised to add two more names to their star-studded squad.
August 16 – Neymar has officially become the latest superstar player to follow the financial gravy train to the Saudi Pro League after completing a move to Al Hilal for a reported €90 million after six topsy-turvy seasons at Paris Saint-Germain.
August 16 – After a decade of involvement, Brentford owner Matthew Benham is stepping away from FC Midtjylland in Denmark, selling his majority stake to Danish businessman Anders Holch Povlsen. Benham’s Smartodds however will keep supplying the club with data.
August 16 – The USA may have been knocked off their perch as the best women’s national team in the world. but there is still a growing appetite for investors to get involved in the domestic women’s league game.