Adam Williams

Parachute payments – the sums given to cushion the fall of clubs relegated from the Premier League to the Championship – are one of the…

For Sunderland and their peers, subsisting financially in the Championship is a lot like living in the flat below a tenant who’s constantly staging riotous…

Kyril Louis-Dreyfus was an unknown quantity when he became the youngest chairman in English football upon his takeover of Sunderland in 2021. The heir to…

As takeovers go, the stakes could hardly be higher as Reading owner Dai Yongge thrashes out a deal. The Royals’ stadium, its status in the…

Reading FC and Donald Trump aren’t often mentioned in the same breath – but the Dai Yongge regime at the Select Car Leasing Stadium seem…

Blackburn Rovers absentee owners Venky’s are not actively looking to sell the club despite growing pressure on the India-headquartered regime. Rovers were tipped for Championship…

Famously, Blackburn Rovers have had more than their fair share of near misses in the transfer market. In 1995, during the summer when they were…

West Brom and Reading have been through it financially in recent years. The Baggies have turned a corner under new ownership, and the same will…

Takeover agreements usually come with a non-disparagement clause, which is just as well given the mess that Shilen Patel has inherited Guochuan Lai at West…

The Championship is an outlier in football’s financial ecosystem. It’s the wealthiest non top-flight league in the world, the ninth richest in the game overall,…