“?Manchester United haven’t topped too many leagues in the last few years, but latest figures show that while they may not be getting everything right on the pitch, they’re not doing too badly off it.
“?Sky Sports report that the Old Trafford club have dethroned Real Madrid to return to the top of Deloitte’s Football Money League, for the first time in 11 years. United have recorded figures of £515.3m for the 2015/16 season – a number that goes down as the highest annual revenue for a football club in the history of the game.
#NEWSGRAPHIC Man United back at the top of the league: the money league 2015/16, that is @AFP pic.twitter.com/GlFjwVMkp5
The table is based on the measurements of a club’s earnings from matchday revenue, broadcast rights and commercial sources, and the clubs are ranked accordingly. It does not include either incoming or outgoing transfer fees either.
Real Madrid now sit third in the list, making a similar amount to Barcelona – though the Spanish champions have also leapfrogged them to second in the list. They’re followed by Bayern Munich and the only other English club in the top five, Manchester City, who recorded a figure of £392.6m.
The Premier League has eight teams in the top 20 list, with Arsenal (£350.4m), Chelsea (£334.6m) and Liverpool (£302m) all making it into the top ten, while Tottenham (£209.2m), West Ham (£143.8m) and Leicester City (£128.7m) also appear.
It’s a big success for Ed Woodward and co. at United however, who have no doubt been helped by the new influx of television money pumped into the Premier League over the last year.
Partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte Dan Jones said on United’s achievement: “Manchester United have had to wait 11 years to regain their position as the world’s leading revenue-generating club and it has taken phenomenal commercial revenue growth to help them achieve this.
“In recent years, their ability to secure commercial partnerships with value in excess of that achievable by their peers has been the crucial factor in enabling the club to regain their place at the top of the Money League.
“That said, they’ll face strong competition from FC Barcelona and Real Madrid to retain the top spot in next year’s edition, due to the lack of Champions League football, the weakening of the pound against the Euro and, over the longer term, as other clubs enter the commercial market demanding similar deals, using United as the precedent.”
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