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

Todd Boehly, Chelsea owner
  • 2 Apr 2023
'Chelsea are badly run' - the comment that will haunt Todd Boehly's FARCICAL ownership
Graham Potter, Chelsea, 2022/23
  • 2 Apr 2023
The magic is gone - Potter and Chelsea just KILLED the 'project manager'
Bukayo Saka, Mikel Arteta, Arsenal, 2022/23
  • 26 Mar 2023
How much do Arsenal earn from TV, matchday and commercial revenue?
Casemiro, Man Utd, 2022/23
  • 24 Mar 2023
Football Quiz: Can you name the 50 most expensive transfers of all time?
Antony Man Utd 2022-23
  • 19 Mar 2023
How much do Man Utd earn from TV, matchday and commercial revenue?
Mo Salah, Liverpool, 2022-23
  • 5 Mar 2023
Liverpool 7-0 Man Utd: Varane a pub player, Shaw's 'career ended', Bruno a child
Erik ten Hag, Xavi
  • 27 Feb 2023
'New Pep' or overrated? Why Xavi is at risk at Barcelona
Marcus Rashford, Erik ten Hag, Man Utd, 2022/23
  • 26 Feb 2023
Manager of the year? Ten Hag's Man Utd miracle
Todd Boehly, Chelsea, 2022/23
  • 26 Feb 2023
How NOT to run a football club, by Todd Boehly and Graham Potter
Joan Laporta, Barcelona, crisis
  • 24 Feb 2023
Barcelona allegedly paid referee over €6 MILLION as scandal deepens
Kylian Mbappe, PSG, 2022/23
  • 15 Feb 2023
VAR and referees aren't killing football, the rules are
Gakpo, Antony, Madueke
  • 23 Jan 2023
Antony, Gakpo, Madueke - how many Eredivisie signings were actually good?
Noni Madueke, PSV, 2022/23
  • 19 Jan 2023
Who is Noni Madueke? PSV's young Englishman that Chelsea want
Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, Erling Haaland
  • 19 Jan 2023
‘City? Really?’ - The biggest takeaways from Deloitte Money List
How the Super League could treble revenue of the breakaway clubs
  • 19 Jan 2023
Deloitte Money List shows The Super League should have been allowed to happen
Kai Havertz Chelsea 2022-23
  • 10 Jan 2023
The question is - what is the point of Kai Havertz?
Todd Boehly, Chat GPT
  • 5 Jan 2023
Is Todd Boehly using ChatGPT to make his transfer market decisions?
Lionel Messi, Argentinië, 2022
  • 19 Dec 2022
The month that ended Ronaldo’s career: Messi puts 'knife to Cristiano’s heart'
Lionel Messi, World Cup 2022
  • 18 Dec 2022
The debate is over - Lionel Messi is the GOAT
TV Rights 2
  • 29 Nov 2022
World domination for Premier League as €10.4 BILLION TV rights deals blow La Liga and Serie A away