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Menu What we do Our impact About us Careers Search Close Search Lane Clark & Peacock LLP Search CloseSearch Let's talk In brief In brief Financial sustainability of men's football clubs: Bigger and better – but also riskier Football revenue continues to grow, but rising losses and debt threaten many clubs’ financial stability. Welcome to the second edition of our annual report on the financial sustainability of men’s football clubs in the English League pyramid.   For this edition, we have again reviewed the position of all 92 men’s clubs in the Premier League, the Championship and Leagues One and Two, based on the latest published accounts for each club (which typically relate to the 2022-23 season).  We've also reproduced the LCP Football Sustainability Matrix, using our bespoke methodology which compares clubs on both financial metrics and sporting achievements. Bart Huby Partner and Head of Sports Analytics Contact Bart linkedin MenuWhat we doOur impactAbout usCa...

  Man Utd transfers: Three deals worth £75m to be completed TODAY, with medicals booked and late complication solved Man Utd bid for electric Barcelona forward to be accepted; Liverpool working on two LaLiga moves Ad Man Utd had initially fixed their gaze on PSG’s Manuel Ugarte. Personal terms on a five-year deal with a club option for a sixth season were quickly ironed out. However, the Red Devils baulked at PSG’s lofty €60m valuation. That is the fee PSG paid to sign Ugarte from Sporting CP one year ago and in their determination to break even, they forced Man Utd to shelve the move and look elsewhere. READ MORE:  The biggest Manchester United transfers of all time: Leny Yoro enters top 10 after £52m move Man Utd bid for Frenkie de Jong – report Manchester World  claimed one week ago that  Man Utd would make a renewed effort  to sign the player Ten Hag installed as his No 1 transfer target upon taking charge two years ago –  Frenkie de Jong .

  By Matt Strudwick Tributes have poured in for the fiance of Union J's Jaymi Hensley who has died after falling from a hotel window. ADVERTISEMENT Oliver Marmon, 33, died in the early hours of yesterday morning after plummeting from the three-star Hind Hotel in Wellingborough, Northampton, on Sunday night.  00:02 02:24 Read More His bereft family posted heartbreaking tributes calling him a 'spiritual, gentle soul' who was 'beautiful both inside and out'. Hairstylist Oliver and Jaymi had been in a relationship since 2009 with the loved-up couple announcing their engagement in 2014.  They met when they were both aged 18 and have recently shared smiling selfies of themselves on Instagram on trips to Norway and France. The couple were due to wed on September 24 with Jaymi last year using a quote from the late Queen Elizabeth II to describe Oliver as his 'strength and stay' during their 14-year relationship.  +9 View gallery Union J's Jaymi Hensley (right) w...

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