The World Football Summit Podcast

This week we welcome Rishi Jain, Director of Impact at Liverpool Football Club, a prime example of what a football club should represent: Their legacy and values are unquestionable. They have become one of the clubs with higher revenues in Europe. But also, their commitment to sustainability is remarkable, and this is what we discuss with Rishi, in a conversation that covers The R

This week, we welcome Peter Bellamy, Chief Commercial Officer at Endeavor Streaming and former speaker at WFS Europe to the show to deep-dive into the opportinities that D2C Streaming enables. Pete and I discuss: The evolution of Direct to Consumer Streaming The Strategy and the rollout that football properties need to follow. Revenue and business impact on their business model Wh

Dr. Suresh Letchmanan, Managing Director of Asia Pacific at Borussia Dortmund is our fantastic guest this week. We bring you more Bundesliga-related business initiatives as Suresh and I discuss: The brand, the values, and the legacy of the club. The pillars behind BvB's international strategy. The role of the players in that strategy. Career advice, future potential, and more!

We tend to think that the football industry is the one that evolves around the 11-man game played in fields of grass in roaring stadiums. Nothing farther from the truth! There are many modalities of football and today, my guest on the show, Tighe O'Sullivan, and I deep dive into the beach football ecosystem, its role within the industry, and its potential. This was a fun one an

This week we deep dive into the German Football Industry and for that, we welcome today’s guest, Ben McFadyean, who is an expert on the space. Ben and I discuss the CVC/Bundesliga deal, Euro 2024 and given that Ben is a fan of Borussia Dortmund, we analyze the club’s sports business model. Of course, we could not leave the recent deal Nike signed with the German Federation to

This week, Christoph Winterling, Commercial & Marketing Director at Bologna F.C. joins us for a deep dive into some of the club’s business initiatives. He and I discuss: Engaging the local fans and how they have been able to increase average attendance from 17K to 25K. Their international strategy and driving growth from the international fans. How the club embraces innovati

This week, Keith Wyness, Former CEO at clubs like Aberdeen, Everton, and Aston Villa joins me for a fun conversation about the state of the English Premier League. But that's not all as we also ask him about the most important business lessons he has learned throughout his career, and his views on the ambition of the Saudi Pro League to become a top-tier football league. Given

The football industry is embracing new technologies at an exponential rate. One of these groundbreaking shifts relates to the adoption of virtual technologies, which helps football properties connect with any stakeholder around the world at any time and drive operational efficiencies across the sports business. And our guests today are experts on precisely that. After working with

This week, the guys from FIFPRO are back, and this time, for a deep dive into the dynamics in the Asian football industry. FIFPRO, as you probably know is the global trade union, representing the voice of around 66.000 professional footballers and their national unions to ensure they are heard at the international level. Our guests are Takuya Yamazaki (FIFPRO Asia/Oceania Chair) a

Today, we welcome another amazing female leader in football to the show. Aisha Nazia, who is involved with the World Freestyle Football Association, is also an advocate for “technology for a purpose” and was a speaker during WFS Asia. This was a great conversation about the application of different technologies in sport, how the football industry compares to other industries ab