What is going on at chelsea?

dragg SG

in 2004-05 season, the total revenue of Real was 84 million pounds; man u, 50 mill; barca, 43 mill; liverpool, 39 mill; chelsea, 38 mill.

their total wage bill is 108 million pounds!!!

will RA stay there forever?

if not.....

Crying or Very sad

maybe it is time they do something to correct their image.

eemtij SG

Yes it is rather baffling. But Chelsea's revenue should be more than 38mil pounds. Let's just assume simple calculation.

Ave paying spectator per home game UCL & EPL : 42000
Ave ticket price : 45pounds
No. of Games : 30
Total Revenue : 56mil pounds of which some goes to the visiting team.

We will also collect some $$$ when we play away. Then there are FA Cup, Carling Cup, Franchising, Membership, Prize Money (about 10mil pounds in EPL plus at least 8mil pounds for UCL)), Appearance Fees, Endorsements etc etc etc.

I am confused....... 38mil pounds.....not possible

used SG

isnt chelsea and manu tickets the most ex in england?? somemore both sell significant amt of shirts. but y such a big gap betweent the 2?

kopiosatu SG

cost of running the stadium
cost of paying the players
cost of buying players at a super high rate
cost of mourinho getting fined all the time for talking too much

bryanseb SG

manager run away.

Chairman run away.

all the players all gone to other teams already.

The sponsor also run already. Very Happy

dragg SG

i think spurs charge the highest.

kopiosatu SG

chelsea doesn't sell as much shirts as man utd

one mustn't forget that chelsea has been starting their success only recently
and they are not really popular with the neutrals

international marketing wise they still have not reached the level of Real, Barca, United or Liverpool.

gasband SG

where you get those figures one? Mr. Green

dragg SG

straits times today.

the article is from london.

Rustyhong SG

aiyo ... at least still earn lehz ... 38M ... why will RA leave when it's earning??
Amount can slowly build up ... but if it's losing money ... then panic ....

dragg SG

revenue is 38 mill, salary alone already 108 mill!!!

eemtij SG

Some of us here are getting confused.

Revenue is not profit.

Revenue is all the money collected from all source of income.

Expenses are all money paid out when you buy things, pay salary and upkeep etc.

Very very simple calculation : Revenue - Expenses = Gross Profit (before tax)

Of course there are other factors such a purchase of assets, depreciation, acruals etc which I will not dwell into.