Related party transactions are THE hot topic in football at the moment. Lots of internal & external regulatory eyes on the entire area of transfer pricing between companies. Was always a ball ache in my industry having to show clear ‘value’ transparency when transferring assets between related...
It’ll be worse when the BeNeLeague kicks off 10 Dutch & 8 Belgian sides sharing the £450m TV revenue. Mind you, don’t think the Dutch have agreed yet! Union really need to win the Pro League to have any chance of being one of the eight Belgian sides.
In the history of football it’s always been thus:
Early success fuelled by the Northern manufacturing powerhouses and the readiness to be Professional/Paid clubs. Abolition of the maximum wage in 1961. Sky in 1992. Debt financing beloved by the Yanks and finally questionable Oligarchs & States...