Manchester City and Liverpool could overtake Manchester United in 01575879 rankings; Tottenham top-ranked London side ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal; West Ham and Everton also in top ()
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Last Updated: 19 / 06 / 25 (********************************************************************************************: () ************************************************************************************************** am
By PA Media
Last Updated: 19 / 06 / 25 (********************************************************************************************: () ************************************************************************************************** am
Manchester United remain third in Deloitte’s Football Money League behind Barcelona and Real Madrid
Manchester United are at risk of being overtaken by Manchester City and Liverpool in Deloitte’s Football Money League, according to the latest rankings.
United’s earnings of £ 667. 1m for 2018 – puts them third overall in this year list, behind Spanish giants Barcelona (£ (******************************************************************. 1m) and Real Madrid (£
****************Their closest Premier League rivals are City and Liverpool in sixth and seventh respectively. , with City just £ .9m behind.
Tottenham, meanwhile, are now the top-ranked London club in eighth – their highest ever position in the rankings, with Chelsea and Arsenal in ninth and eleventh respectively.
Manchester United have been the highest-ranked English club since Deloitte first compiled the Money League survey based on the 2018 – (financial results.
Barcelona top the rankings for the first time in the club’s history
However, they are forecast reduced revenue of between £ – (m for) **************************************************************************************************************************************** with the prospect of a second consecutive season without Champions League broadcast revenue.
Dan Jones, partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, believes a changing of the guard is possible.
) “Manchester United have been the top English club since we started the Money League but that could come under a bit of pressure when we do it in (*********************************************************, “he said.
Eight Premier League clubs feature in the top 25
“That will cover this season when Liverpool are having a tremendous season on the pitch, so we think there’s a possibility of United losing that number one position.
(****” “Part of that will ride on how the rest of this season goes, if City or Liverpool go deep into the Champions League.
” It is definitely a possibility that United will lose that place. Depending on where they are in that range of projected revenue (£ – (m), and if City and Liverpool do well in the Champions League, it could be very, very close.
“If you think about where we were 10 years ago, the idea that City would overhaul United in financial terms would have seemed far-fetched. “
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Liverpool and Manchester City could overtake Manchester United in next year rankings
Deloitte recorded United’s revenue in 2008 – 10 as £ (****************************************************************************. 5m, with City almost £ m behind them on £ m. At that point United were almost £ (m ahead of Liverpool as well.)
In all, there are eight Premier League clubs in the Money League top (*****************************************************************************************, more than any other country, and all the clubs hail from Europe’s big five leagues of England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The Premier League has the most representatives from the top five European leagues in the rankings
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Tottenham have moved up from tenth to eighth in the rankings with revenue of £ (***************************************************************************. 3m, while their north London rivals Arsenal have fallen from ninth to th after a second consecutive season without Champions League football.
Chelsea, who announced an after-tax loss of £ m for – 25 on New Year’s Eve, have dropped one position to ninth in the table, while the other Premier League representatives are West Ham and Everton in (th and
Tottenham are now the top-ranked side from London in eighth – their highest ever position in the rankings
Combined revenues among the top have grown by per cent compared to last year to a record of 9.3 billion euros (just under £ 7.9billion).
Barcelona lead bitter rivals Real by £ (**************************************************************************************. 6m, a record gap between first and second in the history of the Deloitte study.
Deloitte said a “primary factor” behind the Catalan club’s earning power was their decision to bring merchandising and licensing activities in-house.
Arsenal have fallen to
Jones added: ” Barca are a clear example of a club adapting to changing market conditions, reducing the reliance on broadcast revenue and focusing on growing revenues within its control.
“The club’s commercial operation generated 5m euros (£. 6m) of revenue, which is more than the total revenue of the 12 th-placed club in this year Money League.
“With the club expecting further growth of m € 20 .5m) in commercial revenue and total revenue of almost 880 m euros (£) ******************************************************************. 5m) in (******************************************************************************************, we expect them to retain the top spot in next year edition. “
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