Portugal Historically, it was the bridge that catapulted some of the biggest Latin American talents looking to succeed in Europe. Today, other leagues such as the MLS also want to compete for this throne, and the leading lights of Portuguese football are currently defining what place they should occupy in the industry.
With a Total sales of around 1,000 million eurostoday three clubs (Benfica, Porto and Sporting Club) They control 77% of the company and the rest explore different ways to compete with them. These days they met at the Thinking Football Summit, a forum created by Liga Portugal to professionalize the sector in the country. And a concept has taken hold there: timeshare groups.
There are already several teams that have become part of these groups with multiple teams in their portfolio, with the idea that this will give them access to money, knowledge and synergies that will give them more opportunities to compete with less budget. And curious ideas, like Work in cycles with capital gains from transfers to stabilize income from player saleswhich today remains the main source of income for many teams that do not abandon a model that seemed to implode with the pandemic.
