Football Leaks

Football Leaks
Website footballleaks2015.wordpress.com
Commercial No
Launched September 2015
Current status Online

Football Leaks is a website that reveals transfer fees, wages and contract information about famous footballers. The website has been described as the football version of WikiLeaks.[1][2]

Leaks

The website reveals transfer fee, wage and contract information about famous footballers, and was begun in September 2015. Its first leak was about third-party agreements between FC Twente and Doyen Sports, which led to the KNVB banning Twente from European football for three years.[1][2][3] They leaked that AS Monaco paid €43 million, rather than around €60 million as had been estimated.[4] The website also revealed that when Neymar signed for FC Barcelona, he received an €8.5 million signing fee, and now earns €77,000 a week and has a buyout clause of €190 million (£152 million).[5][6][7] A leak revealed that Gareth Bale's transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid was over €100 million, more than the €96 million the club had paid for Cristiano Ronaldo.[8] The website also revealed that Ronaldo earned €1.1 million for doing a photoshoot with Mobily.[9] The website has also leaked that James Rodríguez's transfer from Monaco to Real Madrid was €75 million plus €15 million in additional clauses.[10]

In January 2016, it was claimed that Football Leaks was being investigated by the Portuguese authorities over claims of blackmail and extortion.[3] In February, Liga de Fútbol Profesional President Javier Tebas blamed FIFA for the leaks of contract details of three La Liga players.[11] In April 2016, the website announced that it was temporarily ceasing its leaks.[12][13][14]

In early December 2016 several European magazines (Der Spiegel, El Mundo and Sunday Times) began to publish information about tax avoidance by several football stars.[15] Some of the information was collected by Football Leaks.[16]

Creators

One of the creators of Football Leaks conducted an interview with Der Spiegel in February 2016; he used the pseudonym John during the interview.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 Gordan, James Patrick (16 December 2015). "Football Has Its Own Version Of WikiLeaks Now". Paste. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Bucholtz, Andrew (16 December 2015). "Shadowy Football Leaks Site Exposes Soccer Clubs' Questionable Dealings, Faces Reprisals". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 Malyon, Ed (23 January 2016). "Football Leaks website investigated by police over €1million BLACKMAIL plot involving leading sports agency". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Kiely, Ben. "Football Leaks reveals exactly how much Monaco paid for Radamel Falcao". SportsJoe.ie. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Brown, Luke (11 April 2016). "Football Leaks reveal Neymar's Barcelona contract dwarfed by rival stars". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Football Leaks reveal Neymar earns modest £77,000 a week". Sky Sports. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Fernandez-Abascal, Eduardo (11 April 2016). "Neymar: Football Leaks reveals Barcelona star earns almost €10m a season with €190m release clause". International Business Times. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Percy, John (21 January 2016). "Gareth Bale contract leak sparks panic at Real Madrid". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Football Leaks: €1.1m for a photo shoot". By433.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Lea, Greg (4 April 2016). "Football Leaks: James Rodriguez could cost Real Madrid €90M". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Tebas: FIFA at fault for contract leaks". Football Espana. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Paul, Sumeet (27 April 2016). "Controversial website Football Leaks could be lining up big revelations". CaughtOffside.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  13. ↑ Buschmann, Raphael (6 May 2016). "Enthüllungsplattform: Football Leaks legt Pause ein". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Football Leaks anuncia interrupção". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Football Leaks: Ronaldo and Mourinho accused of tax avoidance". BBC News. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "Football Leaks, the soccer's business secrets: Cristiano Ronaldo and Mourinho go offshore". espresso.repubblica.it. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  17. ↑ Buschman, Raphael (28 February 2016). "Wanted Man: A Visit with A Football Leaks Creator". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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