Sports Financing: Large-Scale Stadium Deals in European Football
Session 8, 27.11.2025, 11.45-12.30 Uhr
The global football market continues to grow steadily. Football stadiums are one of the drivers of this growth. In this roundtable discussion, you’ll find out why Goldman Sachs finances stadiums in Europe, how this differs from other types of financing in professional football, how deals vary between European countries, and how such financing is structured.
Im Gespräch

George Tembon
Senior Vice President, Global Sports Financing Group,
Goldman Sachs
George Tembon specialises in origination, structuring and deal execution of advisory and financing engagements related to sports teams, facilities, and leagues in the United States and Europe. George focuses on debt, underwriting and advisory, sports M&A, and a variety of recourse and non-recourse project financings for leagues, ownership groups, teams, and their related entities. In Europe, George has been involved in finance transactions of football clubs like FC Barcelona, FC Valencia, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Aston Villa, among others.
Gastgeberin

Anke Rindermann
Managing Director, Global Corporate Ratings,
Morningstar DBRS
Anke is a Managing Director at Morningstar DBRS, leading the European Corporate Ratings team, and has global responsibility for the auto and telecom sectors. She joined in 2023, after 16 years at Moody’s, where she led Corporate Rating teams and strategic projects. She also held roles at Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank. Anke speaks English and German.
Dieser Roundtable findet auf Englisch statt.