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Kieran Maguire

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Kieran Maguire is a football finance expert.

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"Their numbers were good partly due to the fact that they had some very successful player sales and they contribute towards covering losses."
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"Newcastle are very much on the wrong side of history."
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"Spurs' matchday income has increased from £45m in 2016-17, the season they left White Hart Lane, to £126m in 2024-25."
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"In the case of Spurs, their infrastructure costs are around £70m a year - but those are excluded."
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"You could only do that from..."
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"We've got a new tranche of clubs, sort of the the algorithm kids, who are recruiting from the international markets."
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"The number of charges is as high as 130."
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"City have said they are 'innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League' and would pursue 'appeal avenues open to it, on the basis that the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe.'"
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