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10 • Touchline • Issue 17
he annual Football Money league compiled by
accountancy firm Deloitte shows that Real Madrid
has retained its first place but English Premier
League club Manchester United has dropped out of
the top three in the rankings for the first time.
Real’s turnover increased by 1.2 per cent to €519m for the
2012-13 campaign despite failing to win a major trophy,
keeping it in front of Spanish la Liga rival Barcelona, whose
revenue remained at €483m. German Bundesliga club Bayern
Munich, which won the Uefa Champions League in 2013,
dislodged United in third place as total sales rose by 17 per
cent to €431m, securing the club’s highest ranking in the
Football Money League for 11 years.
United slipped to fourth despite increasing turnover by 13 per
cent to €424m.There are 6 Premier League teams in the top 20,
more than any other league.
The biggest mover in the top 20 clubs, whose collective
revenue rose by eight per cent to €5.4bn, was French Ligue 1
club Paris Saint-Germain. The club’s turnover rocketed by 81
per cent to €399m, moving PSG up by five places to fifth in
the rankings. Of PSG’s total revenue, €255m was generated by
commercial activities – more than any other club in the top 20.
Juventus was also a big mover, up four places to ninth to
register as the top Italian Serie A club in the table with €272m
thanks to a run to the Champions League quarter-finals in
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