Richest clubs 1 (1) Man Utd £171.5m 2 (4) Real Madrid £156.3m 3 (3) AC Milan £147.2m 4 (10) Chelsea £143.7m 5 (2) Juventus £142.4m 6 (7) Arsenal £115m 7 (13) Barcelona £110.1m 8 (6) Inter Milan £110.3m 9 (5) Bayern Munich £110.1m 10 (8) Liverpool £92.3m 11 (10) Newcastle £90.5m 12 (11) Roma £72m 13 (18) Celtic £69m 14 (16) Tottenham £66.3m 15 (15) Lazio £65.8m 16 (-) Man City £61.9m 17 (14) Schalke £60.5m 18 (-) Marseille £58.3m 19 (-) Rangers £57.1m 20 (-) Aston Villa £55.9m 5th richest club in the UK and we still cant buy any good players
Surely that is wrong, how can Man City be in there they are close to financial ruin hence why the had to of load Anelka quick smart in the last transfer window
The only thing i can think of is that its a list of top 20 clubs with the highest income as in shirt sales ticket money etc
From the BBC: Manchester United remain the world's richest club in terms of income - but Chelsea are closing the gap, according to a new report. In 2003/04 Man Utd's income was £172m, and Chelsea, who moved from 10th to fourth spot in the list, made £144m. But the Deloitte report concluded: "Chelsea will not think that future overall leadership is beyond them." The report also shows the world top 20 football clubs are set to break the £2bn ($3.8bn) income mark in 2005. Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal, Celtic, Newcastle, Rangers, Manchester City and Aston Villa were the other British clubs in the top 20. Chelsea made a pre-tax loss of £88m last year, but the Deloitte review does not include the cost of transfer fees or player wages, and concentrates solely on day-to-day income from football business. Income includes money from ticket sales, corporate hospitality, merchandising, television revenues, and non-match day stadium use such as for weddings or conferences
The list is based on turnover which is what the banks & other bods use to work out how much dosh they will let you get you hands on.
we havent got much debt left murray wiped it out with a share option but im suprised at some of the teams there.
