This week, we review some topics that are impacting the football industry and things to look out for in 2024, including:

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.

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Are you one of those folks in the industry wondering what is behind Saudi Arabia’s push toward becoming a leading global football hub?

This week, we travel back to WFS Asia, which took place in December 2023 to find out, thanks to an amazing panel that included the participation of:

And you will listen to them speak about:

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:

This week, we welcome Ahmed Al Khalifa to the show. Ahmed is the General Secretary at Riffa FC, a football club from Bahrain and a former alumnus at Johan Cruyff Institute.

This was a wide-ranging conversation, where we discussed:

I think this conversation will surprise you, so I suggest you stick around...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:

One of the best things about WFS events is listening to the leaders and organizations pushing the industry forward. At WFS Asia we had the awesome opportunity to listen to how Serie A is approaching their international strategy, and we thought that this is a panel you would enjoy…a lot!

The panel included the participation of:

And you will listen to them speak about:

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:

We have a fun episode aligned for you to finish off the year, as we welcome Kasper Kronenberg, Editor in Chief and Co-Founder at Off the Pitch, one of the best football business intelligence services and databases in the world.

If you are into “club valuations” around the world (including Europe, the MLS, Saudi Arabia, Women’s Football…) and topics related to governance, this is an episode you do not want to miss!

But that’s not all! We also talk about the origins of the business, entrepreneurship, and lessons Kasper has learned throughout his career…this one has it all!

Next year will be a busy one with WFS events in London, Mexico, and Sevilla…check it out on our website!

Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter, where every week we send updates, trends, and everything that goes on at our events. Find the link in the show notes.

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, Natalie Bowles, Member Services Manager at the League Managers Association, and Kristian Dobrev, Deputy CEO at the Football Business Academy join us on the show to talk about developing a career in the sports industry, leadership, how to stay on top of current trends, the value of a good education…

If you are an “aspiring” sports business professional, this is a conversation for you.

This episode is brought to you by Juan Valdez, which is a 100% premium Colombian coffee brand.

You can order it online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠es.juanvaldez.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and they actually have a special discount for World Football Summit Podcast listeners. Enter the code WFSpodcast at checkout, which is applicable to their whole-bean coffee. And…they deliver to all markets in Europe! So give it a try and let me know what you think.

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 Unmish Parthasarathi to the show. Unmish is the Founder of Picture Board Partners, which he launched after a brilliant career at brands like IMG, ESPN, FOX, and the International Cricket Council. I met Unmish because he is also a speaker at World Football Summit Asia and I realized he could be someone who brought a lot of value to you guys.

During the conversation, we discuss:

I think this conversation is going to surprise you, so I suggest you stick around!

This episode is brought to you by Juan Valdez, which is a 100% premium Colombian coffee brand.

You can order it online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠es.juanvaldez.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and they actually have a special discount for World Football Summit Podcast listeners. Enter the code WFSpodcast at checkout, which is applicable to their whole-bean coffee. And…they deliver to all markets in Europe! So give it a try and let me know what you think.

You can also buy tickets for WFS Asia, taking place on December 12-13th, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on our website!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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:

If you are a follower of the podcast or simply interested in the football industry, I am pretty sure you have asked yourself about which are the markets with the greatest potential for football…right?

On today’s show, we are going to try and answer that question thanks to our friends from LTT Sports. We have just launched in collaboration with them a detailed report that looks into a group of markets to assess where most of the growth will come from. And just a little spoiler, it seems it would not be from Europe!

Today is the first of a series of conversations we will have over the next couple of months about this topic and on today’s show, Konstantin Kornakov & Fathi Abou El Gadaiel (former speaker at WFS Africa) join me to discuss the main findings of the report, trends and we discuss 3 specific markets. I was tempted to tell you which ones they were, but I think it’s best you listen to the episode!

Download the report on our WEBSITE.

This episode is brought to you by Juan Valdez, which is a 100% premium Colombian coffee brand.

You can order it online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠es.juanvaldez.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and they actually have a special discount for World Football Summit Podcast listeners. Enter the code WFSpodcast at checkout, which is applicable to their whole-bean coffee. And…they deliver to all markets in Europe! So give it a try and let me know what you think.

You can also buy tickets for WFS Asia, taking place on December 12-13th, ⁠⁠⁠⁠on our website!⁠⁠⁠⁠

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 another amazing female leader in football to the show as I get to sit down with Ashlee-Fontes Comber, Owner & CEO of the Tallahassee Reckoning.

Ashlee and I had a fantastic conversation about what it has been like to build the football team, what makes it unique, their business model, and more.

She also shares some great advice for female leaders in football and her views on the current state of Women’s Football.

This is a great conversation for those of you out there interested in the women's game!

This episode is brought to you by Juan Valdez, which is a 100% premium Colombian coffee brand.

You can order it online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠es.juanvaldez.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and they actually have a special discount for World Football Summit Podcast listeners. Enter the code WFSpodcast at checkout, which is applicable to their whole-bean coffee. And…they deliver to all markets in Europe! So give it a try and let me know what you think.

You can also buy tickets for WFS Asia, taking place on December 12-13th, ⁠⁠⁠on our website!⁠⁠⁠

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 Preeti Shetty, another amazing female leader in football, for an awesome conversation about her different roles:

- CEO of Upshot.

- Director at Brentford FC.

- She is involved with Ready, a platform aimed at educating women in the industry with new technologies.

- Entrepreneur after launching "Valeur" with another remarkable female leader in football: Arianna Criscione.

Preeti and I talked about her different roles, entrepreneurship, what went wrong in web3, leadership advice for female leaders, and the importance of using data to create a positive social impact...

This episode has it all! It is brought to you by Juan Valdez, which is a 100% premium Colombian coffee brand.

You can order it online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠es.juanvaldez.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and they actually have a special discount for World Football Summit Podcast listeners. Enter the code WFSpodcast at checkout, which is applicable to their whole-bean coffee. And…they deliver to all markets in Europe! So give it a try and let me know what you think.

You can also buy tickets for WFS Asia, taking place on December 12-13th, ⁠⁠⁠⁠on our website!⁠⁠⁠⁠

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: