Table-toppers Arsenal heaped the pressure on North London rivals
Tottenham and their manager Martin Jol yesterday with a 3-1 win at
White Hart Lane. And it is likely to get worse for Spurs fans and
their board this week when the Gunners also outstrip them off the
field.
For the Gunners, it was an excellent start to a week that will see
them announce financial figures that place them above Manchester
United and Chelsea let alone Spurs and behind only Real Madrid
in the list of the world's richest clubs.
Arsenal's total turnover of all the business the club generate, it
will be revealed, has shot up to about £180m,about £22m behind Real
Madrid, while United's turnover stands at £167m. That is an
increase of almost 50 per cent in just one season, such has been
the effect of moving to the Emirates Stadium.
No wonder their currently buoyant board of directors, who believe
that they can even surpass Real financially next season, can rebuff
potential investors.
