Real Madrid and Barcelona lead the football rich list

Thursday, January 24th, 2013 1:17:26 by

La Liga giants once again dominate the Football Money League as English champions’ Manchester City enters the top 10 list.

 

Spanish champions’ Real Madrid have been crowned as world’s richest club for an eighth straight year. Madrid and FC Barcelona showed their domination once again as they are miles ahead from the clubs in England, Germany, Italy and France.

 

The Spanish duo are the only clubs with an annual revenue of more than €450 million according to the 2012 Deloitte Football Money League. The top-six positions are the same from last year’s list. Clubs from five different leagues are featuring in the top 20.

 

Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli have all improved five places from the previous list. English Premier League teams have the most representatives. On the other hand, Italian Serie A fails to impress in the rankings. Overall, combined revenues grow by 10 percent.

 

“It is an impressive achievement for Real Madrid to have surpassed €500m in revenue in a single year. Real have led the way in the phenomenal rate of revenue growth achieved by the game’s top clubs,” Dan Jones added.

 

“An unchanged top six emphasises the fact that these clubs have some of the largest fan bases and hence strongest revenues, in both domestic and international markets,” he stated.

 

“It’s always interesting to see the disparity between the top two in Spain and the rest of the league. There are no other Spanish clubs in the top 20. A key change that would improve the overall state of finances in Spanish football would be a collective broadcast deal,” Mark Roberts concluded.

 

English giants’ Manchester United also dominated the Money League for the first eight years of its publication. Los Blancos are the very first club to surpass the €500 million mark in a single year.

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