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23.12.2014 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) Currency swings have increased Russian clubs’ wage costs by almost 40 percent. Slovak players will not be affected, as they are paid in euros. The highest-paid player in the Russian football league, Brazilian Hulk,...

09.12.2014 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) Clubs that contributed to a player’s development are entitled to training compensation. Few of them, however, know about it. Michal Janec, a product of Žilina football, was loaned in 2012 to second-league Liptovský...

04.12.2014 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) A Spanish football club has been bought by the ninth-richest Singaporean, Peter Lim. He will clear the team’s debts and wants to complete the stadium. Ten years ago, it was one of the most successful football clubs...

30.10.2014 - (Economic Daily, Peter Kovac) Professional athletes are to become club employees. Clubs fear increased costs. He is a professional footballer and, like most of his teammates, is currently self-employed. With a monthly income of €2,500, he takes...

30.10.2014 - (Economic Daily, Peter Kovac) Jozef Tokos, football agent and sports lawyer UEFA is pushing for footballers to become regular employees of clubs. Is such a change necessary? I am convinced there is no other way. Today, the law is clearly being...

10.10.2014 - (Sport, Robert Kotian) (...) So, in this parliamentary term too, money will remain the main issue. Thanks to former minister Eugen Jurzyca and his team of advisers, a system was introduced for funding sports associations, national represent...

20.06.2014 - (Economic Daily, Pavel Novotny) Unsuccessful defenders can say goodbye to big bonuses and lucrative new marketing contracts. Thirty-five million dollars for the World Cup title, hundreds of thousands of dollars for clubs for players’ participatio...

17.06.2014 - (Economic Daily, Tatiana Juraskova) If Germany succeeds in Brazil, the Bundesliga champions will earn hundreds of thousands. FIFA pays clubs for footballers playing at the World Cup. Seventy million dollars — that is the amount FIFA will distribute a...

12.06.2014 - (Economic Daily, Lubomir Macek) The Bosnian players are ready to achieve a big surprise in the World Cup. Their team reminds Slovak national team in many aspects.  It was a big surprise four years ago. Almost unknown team of Vladimir Weiss fulfil...

20.03.2014 - (Economic Daily, Tatiana Juraskova) According to the France Football ranking, Argentina’s star striker had the biggest earnings boost this year The ranking of the world’s highest-paid footballers reports a change at the very top. After English star D...