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

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

Joey Barton at Rangers

3 Oct 2024

Rangers’ 10 worst transfers of all time

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?

Neymar, Al-Hilal, 2023/24

25 Apr 2024

How much does Neymar earn and what is the football legend’s net worth?

Xabi Alonso, Pep Guardiola

20 Mar 2024

Manager Power Rankings: Xabi Alonso CLOSES IN on Guardiola

Nicolas Pepe, Arsenal, 2021-22

29 Feb 2024

Arsenal's accounts reveal HUGE cost of worst-ever signing

Rodri

19 Feb 2024

'F*****g Rodri' represents the entitlement at football's top table

Lionel Messi, David Beckham, Inter Miami

24 Jan 2024

Messi at Miami is now a BILLION dollar deal

Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham, 2023/24

24 Jan 2024

Tottenham plan bid for MLS star capped by England