Football Transactions Manager

City Football Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports organization based in Manchester is seeking an experienced professional to lead football transactions across its clubs. The ideal candidate will have expertise in football operations, proven negotiation skills, and experience working with senior stakeholders. Responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of player trading and influencing negotiations. Fluency in multiple languages is a strong advantage. The position offers competitive benefits including annual leave and a discretionary bonus.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Discretionary bonus

Qualifications

• Experience working in football operations, ideally with clubs, agencies and players.
• Strong understanding of football transactions and negotiations.
• Ability to engage and negotiate with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver football transactions across assigned clubs.
• Act as a trusted partner to Sporting Directors and club leadership.
• Support and influence negotiations with clubs, players, and agents.

Skills

Experience in football operations or consulting

Negotiation and conflict resolution

Fluency in Spanish, Italian, French or Portuguese

Strategic and analytical mindset

Excellent organizational skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Closing Date of Applications – 16 February 2026

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a Simply Health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

• Lead and deliver football transactions across assigned CFG clubs, managing the full lifecycle from strategy through to completion.
• Act as a trusted business partner to Sporting Directors and senior club leadership, providing expert advice on player trading activity.
• Embed and uphold CFG Player Trading principles, ensuring consistent and compliant practices across all transactions.
• Support and influence negotiations with clubs, players and agents, offering both direct and indirect negotiation support.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with agencies, clubs and key stakeholders globally, identifying pathway, value-creation and strategic opportunities.
• Provide insight and recommendations to senior CFG leadership on player trading matters.
• Oversee transaction workflows and coordination, ensuring timely communication, analysis and decision‑making.
• Contribute to the development of group‑wide transaction strategies, processes and forums, helping CFG evolve with industry best practice.

What we are looking for

• Experience working in football operations, sporting, consulting or strategic commercial environments – ideally working directly with clubs, agencies and players across international markets.
• Strong understanding of football transactions, negotiations, contract structures and financial modelling with proven experience resolving complex negotiations or conflicts.
• Proven ability to engage, influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders and executives.
• Fluency in Spanish, Italian, French or Portuguese is highly desirable, with additional languages a strong advantage given the geographic scope of the role.
• High‑level communication and presentation skills, comfortable operating in complex, high‑pressure situations.
• Strategic, analytical mindset with strong commercial judgement.
• Confidence working across multiple clubs, cultures and jurisdictions.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Robust experience using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.