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⚡The Billion-Dollar Battle for Club Atlético de Madrid — What’s Really at Stake 👉 When investment firm Apollo Global Management, Inc. steps into football, it isn’t just buying goals — it’s buying governance. ‼️ Report suggests (Cédric LEFEBVRE 👏 ) Apollo is in advanced talks to acquire a 51% controlling stake in Atlético de Madrid for roughly $1 billion, valuing the club at around €2 billion. If completed, it would mark one of the most significant power shifts in Spanish football’s modern era. 👉 But this isn’t just about money — it’s about control, ideology, and valuation logic. 🔻 The context Atlético is a footballing brand built on defiance — a club that thrives in chaos, competes above its means, and has a global emotional pull that far exceeds its commercial scale. Yet, like many traditional European clubs, it faces the same tension: heritage vs. capitalization. 🔺 The friction As per Cédric LEFEBVRE minority investors Ares Management and Quantum Pacific Group are reportedly pushing back, arguing Apollo’s €2bn valuation undervalues both their holdings and the club’s long-term growth curve. ‼️ This isn’t just a financial standoff — it’s a case study in modern football ownership models: - Private equity wants liquidity and control. - Legacy shareholders want continuity and identity. ⚖️ The bigger picture Football is entering a new phase where valuation multiples are shaped by media assets, digital ecosystems, and cultural export potential, not just trophies. If Apollo closes this deal, it establishes a benchmark — 4x sales — that could reset expectations across mid-to-top-tier European clubs. 💡 365247s Insight • Private equity’s playbook is shifting — from distressed takeovers to cultural brand acquisitions. Football isn’t just a business; it’s a content engine. • Spanish clubs are undervalued globally. The domestic TV model lags behind the Premier League, but digital monetization potential (especially in LatAm & MENA) remains untapped. • For Atlético, Apollo’s value isn’t just cash — it’s connectivity. Access to U.S. capital markets, commercial tech partnerships, and a pipeline of media-led revenue streams could redefine how the club competes off the pitch. ‼️ The next few months in Madrid won’t just decide ownership. They’ll decide what kind of business football wants to be. 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV Full Credit (Originally seen) Cédric LEFEBVRE (Read the original post and check out his profile here: https://lnkd.in/erpfUXQF) #FootballFinance #SportsBusiness #LaLiga #PrivateEquity #AtleticoMadrid #Investment #SportsOwnership #365247Sports #FootballValuations #MediaAndMoney

🎾 Backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), SURJ Sports Investment’ partnership with the ATP Tour marks a watershed moment for global tennis. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia will now join the elite circle of #ATPMasters1000 hosts — signalling that the Kingdom’s investment in sport is no longer about access, but influence. ✅ What’s in play The PIF–ATP partnership goes beyond sponsorship — PIF holds naming rights to ATP rankings and powers the new Tennis IQ analytics platform. Now, SURJ Sports is the leading bidder to host a Masters 1000 in Saudi Arabia — expanding tennis’ elite calendar into the Middle East for the first time. This isn’t just an event; it’s a play for legacy, infrastructure, and influence. 🎯 Strategic takeaways Emerging-market expansion: Saudi is integrating into tennis’ value chain, not just hosting it. Brand & luxury positioning: A Masters 1000 aligns with Saudi’s premium sports identity. Sponsorship evolution: Deals now revolve around ecosystem access — event + talent + tech + content. Global calendar impact: A new hub reshapes player schedules and rights valuations. 🔍 Why it matters? For strategists and investors, this is a blueprint for how sovereign-backed capital fuses sport with national branding. For brands and marketers, it’s proof that the next growth wave in sport is regional transformation, not replication. 📌 If you’re at the junction of sport + brand + investment, this is a clear signal: the arena is widening, the playing field is evolving, and value creation is about more than one match. 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV #Tennis #SportsBusiness #BrandStrategy #Investment #GlobalSport #EmergingMarkets #SportsTech #Sponsorship #365247Sports #PIF #ATP

🚨 With Warner Bros. Discovery up for sale as per CNBC and reports of interest from Netflix, Comcast, and Paramount… the entire global sports ecosystem could be on the edge of a seismic shake-up. 🎯 What’s at stake? Just about everything in sports media: 🏆 Olympics (Europe) 🎾 Grand Slams (Roland-Garros, Australian Open, US Open) ⚽ The Premier League, UEFA in the UK 🏀 National Basketball Association (NBA) (TNT), 🏒 National Hockey League (NHL), 🏈 NCAA March Madness 🚴 Tour de France, ⛷️ Winter sports, 🥊 Ultimate Fighting Championship, 🏁 Motorsports 📺 TNT Sports U.S., Eurosport, Bleacher Report, HBO Max and more 📉 WBD is carrying over $40 billion in debt, and while it plans to split into streaming + networks, unsolicited takeover interest has ignited urgent questions: 🤔 Who could take over live sports if WBD is sold? 1️⃣ Netflix – Says it’s not too interested, but already airing some National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) games. If it gets WBD’s streaming content, Netflix Sports could level up fast. 2️⃣ Comcast/NBCUniversal – Already has U.S. Olympic rights. If it adds WBD’s European rights, it could dominate Olympic broadcasting worldwide. 3️⃣ Paramount (CBS) – Combining CBS Sports with WBD’s TNT Sports would create a powerhouse with rights to the NFL, NCAA, PGA TOUR, UEFA Champions League, UFC, and more. 🧾 365247 has prepared an exclusive, in-depth report on how the WBD sale could reshape: - Sports broadcasting and media rights - Global and U.S. leagues - Streaming vs cable power dynamics - Investor and sponsor strategies - The future of live sports distribution 🧠 Read the full breakdown here, the next 60 days could redefine the power map of sports broadcasting: https://lnkd.in/eDDpPkUE 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV 🚨 We’re talking about the future of how sports is consumed, sold, and valued. This isn’t just a media shake-up. It’s a reengineering of the global sports business model. #SportsBiz #MediaRights #Linkedin #LinkedinSports

🚨👇 Crypto Just Bought a Football Club — And It’s Not a Gimmick. House of Doge, linked to the Dogecoin Foundation, has officially acquired the largest stake in U.S Triestina Calcio 1918 , a 106-year-old Italian club currently in Serie C. 1️⃣ That makes Triestina the first European club directly owned by a crypto company — not a sponsorship deal, not fan tokens — actual ownership. 💡 What’s happening • House of Doge, through Brag House Holdings, now controls Triestina Calcio. • The move aims to stabilize a struggling historic club and rebuild it from the ground up. • The new owners plan to integrate cryptocurrency into the club’s daily life — tickets, merchandise, and even fan experiences could soon be powered by Dogecoin. • This isn’t marketing — it’s the first test of blockchain as a real operational tool in European football. 🧠 Why this matters European football is facing a new wave of investors — private equity, sovereign wealth funds, and now, crypto ecosystems. But what makes this deal different? This is ownership built on digital infrastructure, not just digital money. Triestina could soon: ✅ Let fans buy match tickets and merch with crypto ✅ Use blockchain for transparent memberships and voting ✅ Tokenize club assets or future revenue streams ✅ Attract a global, tech-native fan base It’s an experiment that could completely redefine how smaller clubs raise funds, build communities, and stay relevantin a changing sports economy. ⚽ From the ground up Founded in 1918, Triestina has lived through bankruptcies, rebirths, and decades in lower divisions. Now, backed by Dogecoin capital and Web3 technology, it’s becoming a living case study in digital sports ownership— a mix of heritage and innovation. If this works, crypto won’t just sponsor football — it’ll own it, power it, and maybe even transform it. Would you trust your club being run by a crypto company if it meant financial stability and global reach? 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV 📖 Read the full article here at 365247 Media: https://lnkd.in/e4iRCtZq #SportsBusiness #Football #Crypto #Web3 #Blockchain #Dogecoin #SerieC #Triestina #SportsOwnership #FanEngagement #Innovation #SportsTech #365247Sports #FutureOfFootball #DigitalTransformation

🚨 Sixteen years ago, Morocco made a $65 million bet on the future of football. In 2009 the Académie Mohammed VI de Football was launched with one simple mission — build a football-nation from the ground up. Fast-forward to today: 🌍 Semi-finalists at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 🥉 Bronze in football at the 2024 Olympics 🏆 2025 U17 AFCON winners 🏆 2025 U20 World Cup winners 💡 Here’s how they built it — and why it matters beyond football: 1) Framework for growth: The academy blends elite training + schooling for ~13-18 year-olds, ensuring talent is developed both on the ball and off it. 2) World-class infrastructure: Over ~18 ha near Rabat, the campus includes multiple FIFA-standard pitches, lodging, classrooms and a medical-rehab centre — all built with long-term vision. 3) Inclusive scouting and access: Talent isn’t just drawn from urban hubs — young players from across the country and different backgrounds are given route-in. 4) Sustainable model: Academy is structured for reinvestment — player development & sales feed the next generation rather than profit extraction. 5) Culture + identity: More than a facility: built as a “village” around a central square, tying to Moroccan heritage while delivering global standards. 6) Strategic national alignment: Not just a club initiative — embedded in national sports policy under leadership, meaning full-ecosystem support. 7) Patience with performance: The investment made in 2009/10 is paying off now — this is about decades, not seasons. Backed by this model, Morocco never “fell-into” success — they engineered it. And the story is far from finished. 🇲🇦⚽ 👀 For anyone looking to invest into Moroccan Football, this could be the perfect time! 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV #SportsBusiness #FootballDevelopment #YouthDevelopment #Morocco #AcademyModel #SportsStrategy #GlobalFootball #AfricaRising #TalentPipeline #LeadershipInSport

‼️ With Saudi Arabia expressing interest in hosting an NFL game, 365247 has developed a comprehensive report examining the business of sport across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. 🔛 What we found? A multi-trillion-dollar transformation is already underway. The Gulf isn't just hosting events — it's building a global sports economy. Here’s why it matters: 🏟 $2 Trillion GCC Sports Tourism by 2030 ⚽ Saudi to host FIFA World Cup 2034 🏁 F1, UFC, Esports, NBA, Tennis, Golf – you name it, the Gulf’s hosting it 🎮 Riyadh’s Esports World Cup: $70M prize pool, 25+ titles, 2,000+ players 🏋️♂️ UAE as an active leisure paradise: marathons, triathlons, combat sports 💰 $22.4B Saudi sports market by 2030 | 39,000+ new jobs | $13.3B GDP impact We break down: 🔹 All major events hosted/scheduled (2020–2034) 🔹 Nation-by-nation deep dives: Saudi, Qatar, UAE 🔹 Strategic motivations: Vision 2030, economic diversification, soft power 🔹 How global investors, brands & execs can plug in now 🔹 What's next: Esports Olympics, Asian Winter Games, and a unified GCC sports visa? 📖 The Middle East is not just playing the game. It’s rewriting the rules, read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eaz5NhHd 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV #SportsBusiness #MiddleEast #Vision2030 #GCC #SportsTourism #FIFA2034 #Esports #Formula1 #UFC #NFL #Investment #TourismStrategy #Qatar2022 #Dubai #Riyadh #Doha #SportsEconomy #EventStrategy #Sportstech #MENA #ActiveTourism #GulfGrowth

🚨 With Formula 1 sealing a landmark media rights deal with Apple, the business of motorsport just entered its next gear. 🏎️ Starting 2026, Apple TV ++ becomes the exclusive U.S. broadcaster of F1, replacing ESPN — in a deal worth a reported $700M over 5 years. That’s nearly 30x what F1 earned from U.S. rights just seven years ago. 💡 But this isn’t just a streaming deal — it’s a power play between tech, media, and global sport. 📱 Apple will: • Stream every session — practice, qualifying, sprint, race — in 4K • Integrate live updates into iPhones via widgets and Apple Sports • Offer bilingual English-Spanish feeds to reach 40M+ U.S. Spanish speakers • Bundle F1 TV access into Apple TV+ subscriptions • Promote F1 across Apple News, Fitness+, and Maps 🎬 The partnership follows Apple’s record-breaking F1 film with Brad Pitt ($629M box office) — proof of how storytelling and sport now move in the same orbit. 💰 Since Liberty Media’s 2017 takeover, F1’s value has tripled to $24B, teams are now worth over $1B each, and 80% are profitable under the cost cap. 🌍 The new F1 is younger, faster, and global: • 42% of fans are under 35 • 41% are women • 3 U.S. races (Austin, Miami, Vegas) draw Super Bowl-sized crowds • Sponsorship revenue doubled to $632M in 5 years 📊 Today’s 365247 deep-dive breaks down: • The Apple x F1 business logic • The billion-dollar economics behind team valuations • How Liberty Media turned F1 into a streaming-era entertainment empire Read the full 365247 report: https://lnkd.in/eJEwSe-t 👉 Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily sports business intelligence: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV #F1 #AppleTV #SportsBusiness #MediaRights #LibertyMedia #Motorsport #StreamingWars #Formula1 #Sponsorship #Investment #SportsFinance

Buying a football club isn’t just about glory. It’s about building a business. The smart investors see a club as a platform, not a team — a mix of brand, media, real estate, talent, and community. Here’s why investors are rushing in: ⚽ The brand lives forever. Club identity = global marketing power. 💥 Fans are loyal for life. They don’t switch “brands” — that’s free retention. 🏟️ Stadiums make money all year. Concerts, hospitality, retail — not just matchday. 🎯 Academies produce assets. Homegrown players = on-field success + profit. 📱 Clubs are media companies now. Every story, docuseries, and social post drives value. Do it right: ✅ Treat the club like a long-term project — build systems, not headlines. ❌ Don’t chase fame or fast flips — it’s not a video game. The playbook for smart owners: 1️⃣ Buy undervalued clubs with room to grow (especially if they own their stadium). 2️⃣ Have a football identity — know your style and stick with it. 3️⃣ Build your academy and player pathway. 4️⃣ Link with other clubs globally (U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa). 5️⃣ Act like a content brand — own your story, build fans worldwide. Where the biggest opportunities are: 🇺🇸 U.S. — Soccer boom + 2026 World Cup = massive upside. 🇪🇺 Europe — Historic clubs, huge fanbases, modern upgrades needed. 🌏 Asia + Africa — Young fans, talent pipelines, long-term growth. In 2025, buying a club isn’t a vanity project. It’s a sports empire in the making — for those with vision, patience, and strategy. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/euh5eJrq 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV — 365247 | Sport × Culture × Commerce #SportsBusiness #Football #Investment #PrivateEquity #Stadiums #FanEngagement #Media #SportsFinance #Ownership #FootballClubs #GlobalSports

🚨 With the news about Project B (A basketball-league rivalling the likes on WNBA and NBA) in full motion. 🏀 Backed by the Saudi PIF, Novak Djokovic, Candace Parker, and ex-tech execs from Google & Skype, Project B plans a $5 billion global league blending elite sport, entertainment, and geopolitics. 🌍 Launching in 2026, it will feature: • A globe-trotting tournament series across Asia, Europe & the Americas • Record-breaking player salaries + equity stakes • An explicit aim to rival the NBA & WNBA — not complement them 💥 But behind the promise lies a paradox: a women’s league funded by a state still criticized for limiting women’s rights. Is it athlete empowerment or sportswashing 2.0? 📊 Today’s 365247 report breaks down: • How Project B plans to out-innovate the NBA model • The investors and ideology driving it • Its potential to disrupt, divide, or transform global basketball Read the full deep-dive: Project B — Can Money, Media & Morality Coexist in Modern Basketball: https://lnkd.in/ekrd2ebG 👉 Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily sports business intelligence: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV #SportsBusiness #Basketball #NBA #WNBA #SportsInvestment #SaudiPIF #Sportswashing #SportsBiz #SportsIndustry #LinkedInSports

‼️ 365247 spent the last week digging through ownership filings, investment disclosures, and performance data from football’s biggest multi-club networks — and the scale is staggering. • 330+ clubs now sit under 17 ownership groups • City Football Group alone spans 13 clubs across 5 continents • Red Bull GmbH’s empire connects Salzburg, Leipzig, Bragantino & New York • 777 Partners, Eagle Football, and BlueCo are redefining cross-border control • Even PE firms like RedBird Capital and V Sports are turning football into global portfolios ⚽ Meet the new power brokers: City Football Group, Red Bull GmbH, 777 Partners, Eagle Football Holdings Ltd., V Sports, Sport Republic, INEOS Group, Pacific Media Group, Mercury13, Crux Football, BlueCo, RedBird Capital Partners, Brera Holdings PLC, Trivela Group, Velocity Sports Partners (ALK Capital LLC), and United World Group. These groups control 300+ clubs worldwide — turning football into a connected ecosystem of data, player pathways, and global fandom. Despite UEFA’s tighter scrutiny, these networks now influence everything — from player transfers and fan engagement to financial fair play itself. In 2025, multi-club ownership isn’t a trend — it’s the new operating system of football. Today’s 365247 report breaks down: • Who owns what? • How the business model actually works? • And what the next decade of globalized club ownership looks like? 📖 Read How 330+ clubs — and football’s future — are now in the hands of a few global giants: https://lnkd.in/e4xzrUeK 👉 📩 Don’t Just Watch Sport, Understand It. Join the 365247 Newsletter for daily insights: https://lnkd.in/eMKjbXpV #SportsBusiness #sports #sportsbiz #linkedinsports #football