Paul Macdonald

Paul Macdonald

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

Kevin De Bruyne, Man City, NFL

Analysis
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

Analysis
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

Breaking
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

Man City manager Pep Guardiola, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, Liverpool coach Arne Slot

21 Jan 2025

Manager Power Rankings: Slot top of the tree, Pep's rep SINKS

Mohamed Salah, Liverpool

18 Dec 2024

FSG's Liverpool 'side hustle' reaches RECORD valuation

Elon Musk, X

14 Nov 2024

The Guardian is right: Twitter is post-truth, and sports publishers should ignore it

Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Liverpoo, 2024/25

11 Nov 2024

The MASSIVE cost of Liverpool transfer DOOMSDAY revealed

Erik ten Hag Man Utd 2024-25

28 Oct 2024

Ten Hag wasn’t MAN enough for Man Utd

Champions League, TNT Goals Show

23 Oct 2024

TNT's Champions League Goals Show Review: A study in superhuman stupidity

Lassana Diarra, FIFA

4 Oct 2024

How a former Chelsea star's court case could KILL the transfer market

Pep Guardiola, Champions League

3 Oct 2024

Congratulations UEFA, your 'new' Champions League is already a joke

Neymar, Santos, Poker

2 Sep 2024

Why Neymar might be football’s record transfer - forever

Todd Boehly, Chelsea

2 Sep 2024

This was the grubbiest transfer window ever - and that's saying something

Erik ten Hag, Gareth Southgate, Man Utd, 2023/24

8 May 2024

Ten Hag is leaving Man Utd - and the players know it

Paul Pogba, Juventus, 2023/24

2 May 2024

How much does Paul Pogba earn and what is the France star’s net worth?

Mo Salah, Liverpool, 2023/24

2 May 2024

How much does Mohamed Salah earn and what is the Egypt legend’s net worth?

Kylian Mbappe, PSG, 2023/24

2 May 2024

How much does Kylian Mbappe earn and what is the France star’s net worth?