Paul Macdonald

Paul Macdonald

Brand Owner

Paul Macdonald is a writer, journalist, editor and co-founder of the FootballTransfers website.

Starting out covering La Liga for Goal.com in 2008, Paul watched Pep Guardiola's Barcelona side become the best team in the world, winning the treble in that season. Paul progressed through the ranks at Goal, becoming Deputy Editor on the International edition before becoming Head of Planning for the site.

This involved taking a team to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, with the most digital journalists on the ground than any other publication.

Paul has also covered the Copa America in Chile as well as Euro 2016. In 2017 he established FootballTransfers, which is now one of the largest and fastest-growing websites dedicated to the football transfer market in the world.

Articles from Paul Macdonald

Premier League money
  • 3 May 2026

£3.6bn revenue - Why your Premier League club doesn’t earn as much you think

EFL Championship Blackburn Ipswich
  • 2 May 2026

EFL TV Deal: What the clubs earn, including parachute payments

Celtic and Rangers, Old Firm
  • 1 May 2026

SPFL TV Money 2024/25: What Celtic and Rangers earn domestically

Premier League losses
  • 30 Apr 2026

Premier League TV rights and distribution: Where does the money go?

Richarlison, Europa League trophy
  • 29 Apr 2026

Europa League Prize Money: A breakdown of what teams make from UEFA’s second competition

Aston Villa - Ajax, Conference League
  • 29 Apr 2026

Uefa Conference League Prize Money: Is this a competition worth winning?

Champions League prize money
  • 28 Apr 2026

Champions League Prize Money 2025/26: How Clubs Reach €150m+ in TV Revenue

PSG, Champions League
  • 27 Apr 2026

UEFA prize money & TV pot: Who earns what from €4.4bn windfall?

Champions League, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola
  • 18 Feb 2026

Uefa's Champions League revamp only serves to strengthen the Premier League

Jason Wilcox, Jim Ratcliffe, Ruben Amorim, Man Utd
  • 6 Jan 2026

Man Utd fans can't trust INEOS after Amorim - A real reckoning is needed

Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Manager Power Ranking
  • 12 Dec 2025

Manager Power Rankings: Guardiola and Arteta go head-to-head for top spot

Erling Haaland, Pep Guardiola, Man City
  • 5 Nov 2025

Thank you, Erling Haaland - a genuine talent in a world of average ones

Alexander Isak, Newcastle United
  • 20 Aug 2025

The true reason why Newcastle fans are losing their mind over Alexander Isak

Mike Maignan, Rayan Cherki, Neto, transfer rumours
  • 9 Jun 2025

Monday Rumour Mill: Maignan, Cherki, Rashford and more

Kevin De Bruyne, Man City, NFL
  • 21 Apr 2025

Why the Premier League is now the NFL - and Kevin De Bruyne is the latest victim

Kylian Mbappe, PSG, Real Madrid, 2024/25
  • 17 Apr 2025

Kylian Mbappe: The Real Madrid transfer that should never have happened

Joey Barton at Rangers
  • 7 Mar 2025

Rangers’ 10 worst transfers of all time

Man Utd, Jim Ratcliffe
  • 13 Feb 2025

Man Utd dealt HUGE financial blow over summer transfer plans

Pep Guardiola, Man City, 2024/25
  • 7 Feb 2025

Man City launch fresh legal case against the Premier League

Omar Marmoush, When does the transfer window close
  • 4 Feb 2025

Five key takeaways from the 2025 January transfer window