Deloitte's Football Rich List has been released and it makes interesting reading given the FFP rules are to come into effect in two seasons time. It's probably the best indicator of who will meet the requirements and who is living dangerously close to the edge of oblivion. The main bit is that Real Madrid will not be moved as the World's Richest Club, nor will Barcelona in 2nd, Manchester United in 3rd or Bayern Munich in 4th or Arsenal in 5th who make up the top 5 yet again. But do not fear, 7 Premier League clubs made the top 20 due to the bumper £1.4bn overseas TV deal the Premier League has as well as various commercial endevours each club has undertaken in the last year. It kind of shows how commericially strong the PL is outside of it's own country and remains the one place where the PL has the upperhand over the other European clubs.
Premier League clubs occupied seven of the top 20 places in the league, though the first two spots were filled by Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Madrid generated £359.1 million despite a relatively disappointing season domestically and in Europe, while
Barcelona had an income of £325.9 million.
Manchester United were the highest-ranked British club with £286.4 million, followed by Arsenal (fifth, £224.4 million), Chelsea (sixth, £209.5 million), Liverpool (eighth, £184.5 million), Manchester City (11th, £125.1 million), Tottenham (12th, £119.8 million) and Aston Villa (20th, £89.6 million).City produced the biggest increase in revenue of any European club, up £38 million on the previous year, though it failed to keep up with players’ wages, which were 107 per cent of turnover.
While the revenue figures across Europe were striking - t
he top 20 clubs generated £3.5 billion between them, up eight per cent on 2008-09 - they painted only a partial picture.
Cost controls, specifically player wages, were shown to be still a major challenge across the game, and all of the English clubs in the table, with the exception of Arsenal, recorded a loss last season.
The
Deloitte analysis emphasised the importance of Champions League football to the elite clubs, and the fixed nature of the leading contenders.
The same clubs occupied the top 10 places as in 2008-09 with the top six unchanged, and
only two clubs, including Villa, were new to the top 20.
Dan Jones, a partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, said: “All bar three of the top 20 clubs achieved revenue growth during 2009-10 showing the continued resilience of football’s top clubs as the full impact of the global economic downturn took hold.
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EDIT: If you're a nerd/business student or just interested in how Deloitte constructed the list
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