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:

Enjoy!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

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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 his role as a consultant for them, I thought his opinion would be very relevant.

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

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 top sports bodies across more than 40 events, Virtual Venue has demonstrated its ability to deliver cost savings, reduce carbon footprints, enhance event quality, and boost team productivity. Today, Sandro Batista & Vasco Pinheiro, Managing Partners at the firm, join us for today’s episode.

We discuss a bunch of things, including, the product, the use cases, and what they have learned from working with top-notch clients.

Enjoy!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

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) and Brett Taylor (Head of Research and Policy at the Professional Footballers Association of Australia).

The three of us have an interesting conversation that covers the report they have published analyzing the impact of the changes in the Asian Champions League on players and clubs.

We look at it from different angles including performance, the commercial angle, or even travel logistics.

Enjoy!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

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 about tech implementation, frameworks, the role technology can play in driving positive change through sport, advice for female leaders…

And so much more!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

It seems everything related to the world of web3 is ready to make a comeback and we wanted to understand where the space is heading.

This is why we are thrilled to welcome a true expert in the field to the show today. Pet Berisha, the man behind the Sporting Crypto newsletter and the Sporting Crypto Podcast is our guest on the show.

During the conversation, we discuss:

Enjoy!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

This week we welcome one of the best sports business broadcasters in the game, Ben Jacobs, for a wide-ranging conversation that covers:

This one has it all...Enjoy!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

Steven Mandis, author of books like "The Real Madrid Way," or "What Happened to Serie A?" is our guest today.

He is also a Senior Academic Advisor to FIFA, he is helping UAX Rafa Nadal School of Sport in America. Overall, he is a true football business expert.

This was a fun one as we discussed a bunch of things, including:

And much more!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

Today, Alexander Bielefeld, Director Global Policy & Strategic Relations at FIFPRO, is our guest on the show.

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.

Alex and I discuss a bunch of things, including:

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on:

This week, we deep-dive into the Deloitte Money League Report, approaching leadership transitions and the need for innovation within football clubs.

And more!

World Football Summit: The football we want, and need.

This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world.

You can learn more about us on: