E50 – Global Game, New Markets: Inside Cádiz CF & Al-Kholood – ft. Ben Harburg

DESCRIPTION

In this episode, we explore with Ben Harburg how football investment is evolving across continents — from Cádiz CF’s strategic growth in Spain to the first-ever foreign ownership in Saudi Arabian football with Al-Kholood. Together, these two stories reveal how the business of football is shifting toward new markets, new audiences, and new ideas of what “community-first” really means.

We explored several intriguing questions:

• What drives investor interest in emerging football markets like Saudi Arabia?
• How does Cádiz CF’s global strategy influence modern club management?
• What does a community-first approach look like in a globalized football world?
• How is multi-club ownership changing the way clubs share knowledge and talent?
• What lessons can European clubs learn from Saudi Arabia’s privatization model?