Overview

• The Premier League opens Friday after top clubs poured over $2.5 billion into summer transfers, led by Liverpool’s British-record signing of Florian Wirtz.
• Heavy summer outlays by Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and others have set the stage for an unusually open Premier League title race.
• A recent CJEU ruling allows national courts to review CAS/TAS awards against EU law, challenging sports arbitration’s traditional finality.
• A UK court judge found new Premier League financial rules discriminatory toward Manchester City, raising questions about the league’s regulatory autonomy.
• LaLiga secured permission to stage Villarreal versus Barcelona in Miami after Relevent’s successful legal challenge to FIFA’s initial opposition.