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Touchline issue 23 | April 2016 | 21
MAN UTD SET TO BE FOOTBALL’S BIGGEST EARNERS IN NEXT YEAR
Manchester United is expected to become world football’s
biggest earning football club in the next 12 months according to
professional services company Deloitte.
In 2015, Spanish giants Real Madrid topped Deloitte’s Football
Money League for the 11th consecutive year, generating 577m
euro in 2014-15 with Champions League winners Barcelona
second with 560.8m euro and United third on 519.5m euro.
Manchester United slipped from second to third in the table
following a year-on-year drop in revenue, but Deloitte said the
Premier League club’s “strong commercial growth” and “ability
to agree impressive new sponsorship deals” such as the £75m-a-
year Adidas kit agreement, compensated for a lack of European
football last season. The firm concluded that there was a “strong
possibility” United would overtake the La Liga sides in next
year’s edition.
The wealth of the Premier League - mainly due to strong
broadcasting deals - means 17 Premier League clubs feature in
the top 30, with West Ham making the top 20 for the first time
since 2005-06, with revenues of 160.9m euro.
Position (last year)
Club
2014/15 Revenue (euro m)
1 (1)
Real Madrid
577
2 (4)
FC Barcelona
560.8
3 (2)
Manchester United
519.5
4 (5)
Paris Saint-Germain
480.8
5 (3)
Bayern Munich
474
6 (6)
Manchester City
463.5
7 (8)
Arsenal
435.5
8 (7)
Chelsea
420
9 (9)
Liverpool
391.8
10 (10)
Juventus
323.9
11 (11)
Borussia Dortmund
280.6
12 (13)
Tottenham Hotspur
257.5
13 (14)
Schalke 04
219.7
14 (12)
AC Milan
199.1
15 (15)
Atletico de Madrid
187.1
16 (New)
AS Roma
180.4
17 (19)
Newcastle United
169.3
18 (20)
Everton
165.1
19 (17)
Internazionale
164.8
20 (New)
West Ham United
160.9
SPORT ‘MORE EXCITING’ THAN TIME WITH THE FAMILY
Brits get more excited about watching football than spending
time with their family or partner, according to a study
commissioned by Nissan, the global automotive sponsor of the
UEFA Champions League.
56 per cent of Brits say watching football is the moment or
activity that gets them most excited, ahead of having sex or a
day out with family.
They also said their favourite football club was more exciting
than their job.
When asked to rate the two aspects of their lives they found
most exciting, 30 per cent chose their football club, compared
to16 per cent who chose their job.