US-based investment consortium Pitchwise Holdings has agreed to acquire a 42% stake in Valencia in a deal valuing the Spanish club at €1.25 billion, alongside a separate €100 million capital injection. Peter Lim’s Meriton Holdings will retain majority control, while Kiat Lim will continue as Valencia president. Pitchwise executives Ann Rodriguez and Corey Woolfolk are…
FC Bayern Munich has completed the expansion of its group of corporate shareholders with the addition of German heating and climate technology company Viessmann, which will acquire a 6.7% stake in the club at a valuation of almost €4 billion. Viessmann Generations Group will invest €250 million in FC Bayern as part of the transaction…
The family of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault has increased its stake in Paris FC to 80% after acquiring the remaining 30% held by the club’s former owner and president, Pierre Ferracci. The transaction, outlined in an agreement signed in November 2024, also paves the way for Antoine Arnault, Bernard Arnault’s son, to become the club’s…
Olympique Lyonnais reported a net loss of €87.3 million for the 2025-26 season, down 57% from €201.2 million a year earlier. Despite the significant reduction in losses, the French club remains under financial pressure as it continues its restructuring under new owner Michele Kang. Lyon reduced personnel costs by 36% and settled €242.2 million in…
Adidas increased currency-neutral sales by 7% year on year to €7.252 billion in the third quarter of 2026, while operating profit rose 37% to €1.008 billion, marking the German sportswear group’s highest quarterly operating profit on record. Following the preliminary results, Adidas raised its full-year operating profit forecast to around €2.5 billion, up from its…
Aston Martin is relying on Fernando Alonso not only to support its Formula 1 ambitions on track, but also to drive the team’s commercial growth. The Spaniard’s continued presence gives the British team visibility over almost €400 million in revenue through 2027. The Formula 1 operation is seeking to build on the business momentum generated…
Cristiano Ronaldo is expanding his business portfolio with an investment in a water bottling plant in northern Portugal. According to French sports business publication Sportune, citing Portuguese newspaper O Jogo, the facility is being developed in Gostei, with investment expected to exceed €20 million. The project is being led by Maravilha Decimal, a company jointly…
Financial pressure on A-Cap, the US-based minority shareholder of Genoa, is intensifying after one of its insurance subsidiaries agreed to stop writing new policies in Virginia and its planned deal with Oaktree Capital Management was reported to have stalled. Atlantic Coast Life Insurance, part of Advantage Capital Holdings (A-Cap), will stop writing new insurance policies…
DAZN Sports Media Ltd., a subsidiary within the wider DAZN group, recorded an operating loss of $939.8 million (€839 million) in 2025. According to SportBusiness, the company’s financial accounts also reveal new loans from Access Industries, the investment group behind the sports streaming platform. However, the reported figures do not represent the financial performance of…
Former Qatari prime minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani is reportedly among the investors exploring a potential minority stake in Inter Milan, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, as interest grows in the club controlled by US investment firm Oaktree Capital Management. Al Thani’s family office, Al Mirqab, based in Doha, is…
