TOP 20 RICHEST FOOTBALL CLUBS IN THE WORLD.
Football provides the ultimate entertainment to many as stadia all over the world are seen to be full when an exciting match, especially a football club match is about to take place. It is regarded as one of the most popular world sport. Football clubs have made quite a lot of money from endorsements and the likes. We have here the richest football clubs in ascending order.
20. Leicester — is worth about £128.7 million, five tines their worth four years ago. Last season, Leicester City FC sure took the world by surprise when they became the champions of the British Premier League for the first time 132 years. The victory of the Foxes shot them into the top 20 this year.
19. Inter Milan — Milan’s second richest team may not stay in the 19th position for too long as there is a rise in the Premier League revenues. They are worth about £134 million and they have been in the top 20 for a long while.
18. West Ham — there is hope that West Ham would increase it’s earnings this year as it has, of recent, acquired the London Stadium. It’s current worth is about £143.8 million.
17. Zenit St Petersburg — this is the richest Russian club worth about £147 million. In 2005, Russian gas giants, Gazprom, took a controlling stake in the St. Petersburg-based side and put in millions into new signings and a new stadium.
16. AC Milan
The club is currently worth £160.6 million a £13 million increase. It is hoped that the new Chinese owners should help bring up the club’s future turnover.
15. AS Roma —The club has made extraordinary progress as they have been able to surpass AC Milan with a worth of about £163.2 million, without a kit sponsor. The Italian club had a good run last season.
14. Schalke — the Gelsenkirchen-based side is worth about £167.9 million gotten from their loyal fans of over 61 thousand, though they missed out of the Championship League last season.
13. Atletico Madrid — worth about £171 million. Madrid’s second biggest club reached the Champion’s League for the second time in three consecutive years thanks to goals scored by the talented star player, Antoine Griezmann. Increased broadcasting revenues has also boosted its turn over.
12. Tottenham — worth £209.2 million. Finishing third place in the Premier League last season was their best in club history. From broadcasting revenues and the likes, the club is set to remain in the money league for a long while.
11. Borussia Dortmund — the club didn’t have much increase in revenue due to their failure to qualify for the Champions League last season. Its current worth is about £212.3 million.
10. Juventus — worth is about £255.1 million. According to The Mirror, Italy’s biggest club was helped by a continued sponsorship deal with Jeep, which saw over 1.5 million shirt sales last season.
9. Liverpool — the club is currently worth about £302 million securing ninth place 3 years in a row despite lack of participation in the Champions League for a while.
8. Chelsea — is currently worth about £334.6 million, dropping out of the top 5 clubs.
7. Arsenal — is currently worth £350.4 million due to its Matchday revenues. A season ticket to watch Wenger’s side is the most expensive in Britain at £1014.
6. Paris St-Germain — currently worth £389.6 million. Since the superstar striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, was sold to Manchester United last year, they’ve dropped two places.This is the first time PSG have dropped out of the top 5 since they were famously bought up by Qatar Sports Investments for €120 million in 2011.
5. Manchester City — currently worth about £392.6 million. This is the first time Manchester City have breached the top 5 money league.
4. Bayern Munich — worth £442.7 million a 25% increase in turnover.after Bayern won their 25th Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal Final.
3. Real Madrid — £463.8 million. Winning the Champions League with a constant annual revenue gain of 7% wasn’t enough to keep Los Blancos on top for the 12th year running.
2. Barcelona — Bruce Springsteen earned the club nearly €8 million from the ‘River Tour’ at the Catalonian Nou Camp making the current worth about £463.8 million.
1. Manchester United — This is the first time Manchester United has hit the top with a worth of about £515.3 million, in over a decade. The ‘Red Devils’ have never been far from the top three. The club has huge sponsorship deals with Chevrolet and Adidas and a return to the Champions League.