MANCHESTER UNITED are still the richest football team in
the world. The latest list published by Forbes business magazine
puts Uniteds wealth at £740million a massive £212m more than
second-placed Real Madrid.
Arsenal have leapfrogged AC Milan into third spot but Chelsea are
down in eighth at £274m. David Beckham has lost top spot to
Ronaldinho as the worlds highest earning player but Forbes say his
move to LA Galaxy could change that.
Ten Premiership sides appear on Forbes list of the worlds 25 most
valuable teams followed by Italy (four), Germany (four), Spain
(two), France (two), Scotland (two) and Holland (one).
Forbes, however, says United no longer command the largest yearly
revenues as Real Madrid (£191m), Barcelona (£169m) and Juventus
(£164m) who all have individual TV deals surpassed their
£158m.
