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  • One year after the successful Brexit referendum, the cards are all on the European Union’s side. What Brexit means in such a climate is anyone’s guess, even twelve months later. 

  • One year after the successful Brexit referendum, the cards are all on the European Union’s sideWhat Brexit means in such a climate is anyone’s guess, even twelve months later. 

  • Theresa May’s gamble backfired badly. Now, everything is up in the air – including Brexit.

  • Football for sale: what is the problem, and what are the solutions? Read our previous reports (Spain, England, Germany and the Netherlands) to find out.

  • Researched and written by Marije AriënsFor the clubs, accepting foreign investments means more possible room for improvement of the club and more successful transfers. However, it also means there will be less insight into where the money that finances these improvements comes from and through...

  • Researched and written by Hanna HarnischThe German league is the 2nd largest in Europe according to revenue and thus does play an important role in terms of foreign investments saturating the league.

  • Theresa May’s surprise call for the general election may very well change…absolutely nothing. 

  • Theresa May’s surprise call for the general election may very well change…absolutely nothing. This is part 1 of a diptych on the latest developments in the UK elections.

  • Researched and written by Aurelie Wertz. Twenty-eight clubs in the English top four divisions are now substantially owned by overseas investors! Overall, we see a general culture of acceptance or perhaps that of wilful ignorance by the fans regarding the mysterious and multiple complex aspects of...

  • Researched and written by Teresa Vazquez Lopez. The Spanish football sector is interesting to analyse since Spain is a relatively young democracy whose constitutions usually often reference to sport.