“When I was looking for a football club, this club kept calling me back not literally. For example, I wrote a song in 1992 which had a lyric about sitting on the rock, and Dumbarton's stadium is called The Rock. It's also on the river and I wrote a lot of lyrics about rivers and ships, so it felt meant to be.”
The basic pitch is that while LIV was bankrolled by PIF - to the reported tune of $5 billion - the Saudi involvement also turned off some potential sponsors, golfers, and audiences. Going forward it would succeed or fail on its own merits. If it can get investors to the green.
After months of bungling US soccer finally has its money shot, and in more ways than one the numbers are going to be stratospheric. But then Rodman has always been an effortless creator of content: a true footballer for the TikTok generation. From the spectacular strikes to the famous Trin Spin, from the vivid streaks in her hair to the viral goal celebrations, Rodman's ability to convey the joy of the game in snackable morsels is the root of her appeal.
They are worth an absurd amount of money. We can save discussions for how the Cowboys can still afford (no pun intended) to be more active in free agency for another day, but on this one we are talking about how they currently have an opportunity to weaponize their value, both their financial one and the subsequent opportunities that are born from being associated with them.
These robust financial results reflect the resilience of Manchester United as we make strong progress in our transformation of the club. The difficult decisions we have made in the past year have resulted in a sustainably lower cost base and a more streamlined, effective organisation equipped to drive the club towards improved sporting and commercial performance over the long-term. That has helped us to invest in our men's and women's teams, sitting in sixth and third places in the Premier League and Women's Super League respectively.
Wrexham County borough council had previously said that the club would receive a substantial amount of a 25m Welsh government grant to redevelop the area around the Wrexham General train station next door to its stadium, the Racecourse Ground. However, the council has not previously revealed that the football club would directly receive most of that cash. Wrexham is owned by Reynolds and McElhenney, who has changed his name to Rob Mac, according to UK and US company filings.
A recently published biography of Robert Lewandowski has ignited one of the strangest stories in recent Barcelona history. According to Sebastian Staszewski's book Lewandowski. Prawdziwy ("Lewandowski. The Real Deal"), the Polish striker was reportedly asked to stop scoring goals in the last two matches of the 2022-23 La Liga season. Barcelona had already clinched the title, and with Lewandowski sitting at 23 goals, a board member allegedly worried that reaching 25 would trigger a €2.5 million bonus payment to Bayern Munich.
