Paul Macdonald

Club matchday revenue, 23/24

Real Madrid's new Bernabeu project is a literal game changer. Only really Barca's Camp Nou redevelopment will be able to compete.

#footballfinance

Jan 2025 spending, per league

#transfers #transferwindow

Would genuinely like to know how many fans legitimately want offside calls like this to be given

Premier League net spend since 2016:

- Man Utd over 1 Billion
- City's recent youth sales offset Pep's big early spending
- Arsenal ramped up after Arteta joined
- Liverpool lowest net spend in big six - by a significant distance

#premierleague #transfers

Transfers Podcast January window special with Jonathan Northcroft.
Also on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/3pCj...

Sports publishing in 2025: Where do we stand? The market has never been more precarious for traditional and independent publishers alike, but it's not all bad news - for now

What does publishing look like in 2025 and does Bluesky have a role in it?

I don't know and no-one else does either, but I've tried to make an educated guess as to what it's in store for journalism next year:

FSG all in on TRANSFORMATIONAL investment Read more...

Liverpool are working behind the scenes to make Anfield the destination for the best young talents in the world. www.anfieldwatch.co.uk/liverpool-fc...

Pep delaying and delaying his decision on his future has absolutely had a drastic negative impact on his team.

He makes it all about him, on a pretty regular basis, in every aspect. Just like the performative post-match nonsense last night.

#Pep

Man City January transfer window: Golden touch is under scrutiny BBC Sport looks at Manchester City's recent transfer dealings and asks if they should be active in January - and who they could sign.

I'm quoted in the BBC with @footballtransfers.bsky.social talking about Manchester City's transfer business in recent years, and around who they might decide to sign - if anyone - in January

#transfers #mancity

EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal approach PSG transfer guru Luis Campos to replace Edu Read More...

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal have approached PSG's Luis Campos with a view to replacing Edu as sporting director.

www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-...

Reading a about how Bluesky is still 'miles away' from Twitter's '335m' users.

It's bullshit - below is every comments section. There's millions of bots interacting in precisely the same way; another reason why the thing is totally unusable.

People need to stop parroting patently wrong numbers.

It must be increasingly difficult for the NYT among others to report this shit completely on the level

The Guardian is right: Twitter is post-truth, and sports publishers should ignore it The platform is now built purely for clout and paid-for engagement, where controversies are all fabricated, and continuing to cover them damages news itself

Have written about the cesspit that Twitter has become, and why news publishers should get the hell out of there, to let the lunatics run that particular asylum

#Twitter

Reds MUST pay Mo Salah - Sam McGuire Read more.

Extending Mohamed Salah's deal is as risk-free as can be for Liverpool. Words on why it is time to sort out a new contract for the Premier League's best player. www.anfieldwatch.co.uk/liverpool-fc...

There is literally no long-term benefit for a news brand to be posting on Twitter. It'd be like trying to befriend 4Chan moderators in 2015

Twitter is 4Chan