Grand Budapest Intel

This week on The SportBusiness Podcast, Jonathan Rest and Joseph Perry return from the Champions League final to pore over big European football topics with Martin Ross.

THE NEWSROOM: High stakes for latest Uefa club comps sponsor secured by RFP/UC3, UCL piracy numbers, why now for Uefa’s national teams tender and who’s winning AFC’s agency tender?

INSIDE THE DEAL: The ECB’s sponsorship strategy overhaul, aided by Two Circles, and driven by fresh thinking and new inventory opportunities. Matthew Williams has all the details.

AOB: Absent World Cup kits, F1 back on German FTA TV and a pawsome return for the Stanley Pup

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Co-hosts: Jonathan Rest, Martin Ross

Contributors: Joseph Perry, Matthew Williams

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources:

1. EXCLUSIVE: Bet365 close, Alibaba signs as Uefa eyes €1bn windfall
2. Epstein: AB InBev and PepsiCo UC3 deals send ‘strong message’
3. EXCLUSIVE: Uefa invites national team rights bids
4. EXCLUSIVE: AFG-Sela preferred AFC bidder
5. Centralisation backed despite Benfica resistance
6. EXCLUSIVE: Sky retains exclusive ATP Tour rights
7. New assets, new approach: inside the ECB’s sponsorship reset
8. Live F1 returns to RTL following Sky takeover

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