Football, sports business.

It was a sport... It has become an economic activity, important in the world.
This transformation began a long time ago, a little before 1900 in England where solid revenues allowed the development of professionalism.

The economic weight of football

In France, the football economy corresponded, a few years ago, to a turnover of 5 billion euros, and in the world the equivalent of 400 billion.

Real Madrid has the most important financial weight in the world with 831 million euros, ahead of Manchester City with 830 million and our Paris Saint Germain with 800 million euros.
These sums come mainly from broadcasting rights, seductive merchandising, ticketing, sponsorship and also the transfer of players, without forgetting the supporters who invest in a club through an association. Some French clubs accessed this possibility which allows them to quickly raise funds and thus save their clubs. It is also an entry of its supporters into the management of the club, therefore into the control of this same club since they have a decision-making power.

Some football clubs have taken another option by taking the stock market listing and opening the club's capital to the greatest number of investors. In France, Olympique Lyonnais has chosen the IPO (only French club) on this option, but some foreign clubs, and not the least, have favored this listing, like Ajax Amsterdam, Borussia Dortmund and A.S. Roma.

Who finances the salaries of professional football players?

The clubs pay the salaries of footballers, who are linked to a club by a fixed-term employment contract (a CDD). This contract must be approved by th

e Legal Department of the Professional Football League and cannot be less than a sports season set at one year. This contract cannot have a duration of more than five years, but can be renewed.

Professional footballers' salaries?

The salary for a first professional contract is set at €2,800 gross in Ligue 1. But this salary can very quickly evolve in a dazzling way depending on the qualities of the player and therefore his results. You all know some footballers who have experienced very rapid "growth" and therefore a salary with several zeros.
In France in Ligue 1 the average salary of football players is 130,000 euros with necessarily strong disparities since we are going to the peaks with the salary of Killian Mbappé which amounts to 132 million per year.
In England the payroll of Manchester United weighs around 400 million euros.
Kevin de Bruyne for his part receives more than 24 million per year in his club Manchester City.