It’s all good news for Spanish giants Real Madrid and England’s Manchester United, but you will be surprised to see which clubs are fast on their heels with five Premier League teams making the top 20 list of Europe’s richest clubs.
The research to ascertain which clubs have the most money was done by the London School of Marketing.
As you might expect Real Madrid are number one with Manchester United in at second with Catalan giants Barcelona third.
A surprise however is that Manchester City now finds themselves in fourth place since being taken over by Sheik Mansour back in 2008 their market value has shot up an amazing 94%.
So powerful is the Premier League in the rankings that Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool hold the sixth, seventh and eighth place spots on the list ahead of Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain.
Jacques de Cock from London School of Marketing said: “Name and brand recognition is so important for the greatest clubs and the UK and Spanish teams dominate this market.
“Football clubs offer unique marketing opportunities as they represent five different promotional tangents that can be exploited.
He continued: “Football remains the only real global sport with a passionate and faithful following. The European football clubs travel much better than US sports and the largest clubs have supporters in over 80 countries, making targeted campaigns in various regions a real possibility.”
Here is the list below in reverse order.
20) Galatasaray – £187m
19) West Ham United – £196m
18) Newcastle United – £222m
17) Napoli – £224m
16) Atletico de Madrid – £277m
15) Inter Milan – £279m
14) FC Schalke – £363m
13) Tottenham Hotspur – £381m
12) Paris St Germain – £403m
11) Borussia Dortmund – £445m
10) AC Milan – £492m
9) Juventus – £531m
8) Liverpool – £624m
7) Arsenal – £832m
6) Chelsea – £870m
5) Bayern Munich – £1.492bn
4) Manchester City – £2bn
3) Barcelona – £2.007bn
2) Manchester United – £2.05bn
1) Real Madrid – £2.07bn
