New Deloitte's Football Money League List announced: Real Madrid: ?202m Barcelona: ?179.1m Juventus: ?173.7m Man Utd: ?167.8m AC Milan: ?165m Chelsea: ?152.8m Inter Milan: ?142.8m Bayern Munich: ?141.5m Arsenal: ?133m Liverpool: ?121.7m <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"><div align="center">Man Utd drop down wealth league</div> Manchester United have dropped from second to fourth in the list of the world's wealthiest clubs, trailing Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus. United headed Deloitte's Football Money League for eight years until being deposed by Real Madrid last year. English clubs fill eight out of the top 20 spots in Deloitte's table, based on revenues generated during 2005/6. United remain the world's most profitable club, making a ?49.7m profit in the year to June 2006. British presence Deloitte's figures take into account income from ticket sales, merchandising and broadcasting contracts but do not include transfer revenues and does not calculate profitability. Between them, the top 20 clubs had sales of more than ?2.1bn. Real Madrid retained its crown as the world's wealthiest club, in terms of sales, despite securing no silverware for the third consecutive year. Its revenues rose to ?202m from ?186.2m the year before. Barcelona leapfrogged Manchester United into second place, boosted by their victory in the Champions League final, while Italian club Juventus moved up one spot to third. United dropped into fourth place after its revenues rose from ?166.4m to ?167.8m. Deloitte said it believed this fall may only be temporary as further expansion of their Old Trafford ground should significantly boost the club's match day income. "Manchester United may be in fourth position this year but with the completion of their stadium development we can expect them to move back up the list in 2006/07," said Deloitte's Paul Rawnsley. Chelsea dropped a place to sixth despite their revenues rising to ?152.8m while Arsenal, helped by their appearance in the Champions League final, jumped a place to ninth. The other British clubs to make it into the list were Liverpool(10), Newcastle United(13), Tottenham Hotspur(15), Manchester City(17), Rangers(18) and West Ham(19)....[+]</div>With Beckham and Ronaldo gone I doubt Real will top the list next year. Those two dudes, especially Beckham, was gold in terms of merchandising. But if, Real land a big star, like Cronaldo they will be able to remain #1.
Yeah during the 05/06 season when they were still in Serie A. I expect them to drop out of the Top 10 completely in next years list after a season of playing in Serie B. Less admissions, TV rights and merchandising as result of many of the stars leaving. Complete Top 20 in $: Real Madrid Spain $373.4 million FC Barcelona Spain $331.1 million Juventus Italy $321.0 million Manchester United England $310.1 million AC Milan Italy $305.0 million Chelsea FC England $282.3 million Inter Milan Italy $264.0 million Bayern Munich Germany $261.6 million Arsenal FC England $245.7 million Liverpool FC England $224.9 million Olympique Lyon France $163.2 million AS Roma Italy $162.3 million Newcastle United England $158.7 million 1.FC Schalke 04 Germany $157.0 million Tottenham Hotspur England $136.9 million Hamburger SV Germany $130.1 million Manchester City England $114.2 million Glasgow Rangers Scotland $113.1 million West Ham United England $111.0 million Benfica Lisbon Portugal $108.7 million
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">With Beckham and Ronaldo gone I doubt Real will top the list next year. Those two dudes, especially Beckham, was gold in terms of merchandising. But if, Real land a big star, like Cronaldo they will be able to remain #1.</div>Beckham's departure will affect the revenue but I think recent deals will more than compensate for that. Barca and Madrid have signed a 1+ billion Euro TV deals for the upcoming seasons. Plus next season Calderon said Madrid have a new shirt sponsor and that the club will be paid an "unimaginable" amount of money. Both are included in the calculation I know the TV contract is true, but the shirt sponsor I'm not sure yet, the President suffers from verbal diarrhoea...
<div class="quote_poster">BeggsY Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Glasgow Rangers ?? Where do they put it all cause they dont spend it on players</div> Thought that might of hit a nerve
<div class="quote_poster">HeadCase Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Thought that might of hit a nerve </div> Lmao. No because Rangers are richest team in Scotland and well its not doing anything for them is it ? Celtic are top of the league 19 points clear and 22 after the Hibs game tomorrow and Rangers are battling for Runners Up
