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  • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
    News in-depthFootball
    Football transfer spending falls with cut-price deals for Messi and Ronaldo

    Top players still in demand at elite European clubs but loan deals proliferate as the sport’s minnows struggle

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    Football
    Cristiano Ronaldo set for Manchester United return

    Premier League club agrees deal to re-sign former player from Juventus

  • Monday, 16 August, 2021
    Michael Moritz
    The Lionel Messi saga is a lesson in how not to handle a prize asset

    Barcelona and other football clubs could learn from how Silicon Valley treats valued performers

  • Saturday, 14 August, 2021
    Scoreboard
    What Paris Saint-Germain really wants from Lionel Messi Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: CVC secures La Liga deal, sport’s risky crypto trade, and more

  • Friday, 13 August, 2021
    Person in the News
    Lionel Messi: football’s shy magician takes flight

    This week the Argentine left Barcelona, the ailing club that has been his home for 20 years

  • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
    Football
    Lionel Messi signs 2-year PSG contract after leaving Barcelona

    Move comes days after Argentine footballer bid tearful farewell to former club

  • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
    Football
    Tearful Lionel Messi bids farewell to Barcelona

    Paris billed as likely destination for one of football’s greatest stars

  • Saturday, 7 August, 2021
    Scoreboard
    Simon Kuper on Barcelona after Messi Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: corporate Japan counts Olympic costs, Real Madrid opposes CVC’s proposed €2.7bn deal with La Liga, and more.

  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    FC Barcelona
    Barcelona rejects private equity investment in La Liga as Messi departs

    Football club says deal would not be in its interests, even if it would have been a way to keep its star player

  • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
    Lionel Messi and Barcelona part company in end to era

    Split blamed on financial regulations as Spanish league roiled over private equity deal

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    FC Barcelona
    FC Barcelona president resigns as leadership crisis escalates

    Catalan club’s board steps down following dispute with star player Lionel Messi

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Football
    Football clubs slash transfer cash in era of Covid and empty stadiums

    Global spending on new soccer signings falls almost a third, dropping below $5bn for first time since 2016

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    FC Barcelona
    Messi opts to stay at Barcelona to avoid legal battle

    Footballer will see out final year of contract after aborted attempt to leave

  • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    How FC Barcelona became FC Messi

    The club have relied on player power for two highly successful decades but they took the idea too far

  • Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
    FC Barcelona
    Lionel Messi tells FC Barcelona he wants to leave

    Spanish club’s woes deepen as Argentine triggers dispute over €700m buyout clause

  • Saturday, 22 August, 2020
    Scoreboard
    Should FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi part ways? Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: Formula One teams reach crucial revenue-sharing agreement, PSG draws on Bayern Munich’s business model to reach Champions League final, and more

  • Sunday, 5 April, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Can the sports industry survive the coronavirus shutdown?

    With events cancelled or postponed, revenue streams are drying up. Executives believe wider disruption lies ahead

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Sport
    Messi, Ronaldo and world’s best paid footballers set for wage cuts

    Ten of the 12 richest clubs in talks over salary curbs as they look to weather shutdown 

  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Fifty people who shaped the decade

    The game-changing politicians, influential businesspeople, record-breaking sports stars and brave activists who make up the FT’s list

  • Wednesday, 4 July, 2018
    FT SeriesWorld Cup 2018
    The stats that say Mbappé could top everyone — except Brazil’s Ronaldo

    The French teenage star’s early goalscoring exploits outshine most of the game’s greats 

  • Friday, 29 June, 2018
    FT SeriesSummer books 2018
    Summer books of 2018: Sport

    Simon Kuper selects his mid-year reads

  • Tuesday, 26 June, 2018
    Simon Kuper
    Argentina’s ‘worst team in history’ looks for the real Messi

    Barcelona veteran, now full of stress and flashes of anger, should rediscover the kid

  • Thursday, 21 June, 2018
    Simon Kuper
    Argentina trapped in dilemma over how to unleash playmaker Messi

    South Americans struggle to find formation that allows their matchwinner to thrive

  • Thursday, 14 June, 2018
    Simon Kuper
    Journeymen footballers shoot for World Cup immortality

    Opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia gives ordinary players chance to shine

  • Friday, 1 June, 2018
    FT SeriesWorld Cup 2018
    Lionel Messi v the rest

    Will Argentina finally stop asking their superstar to win the World Cup single-handed?

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