Saturday, 20 April 2013

Real Madrid Tops Forbes List of Most Valuable World Football Clubs

On Wednesday, Forbes released its list of most valuable clubs in world football, and Real Madrid topped the list with a total value at a staggering $3.3 billion.

Thanks to rich sponsorship deals that are underpinned by the team's storied history of trophies—a record nine Champions League titles and 32 domestic championships—and star players that were or are global themselves—Raul Blanco, David Beckham, Ronaldo Lima, Cristiano Ronaldo—Real Madrid's revenue has increased 62% over the past three years with an average operating margin of 28%. More cash is coming to Madrid: Dubai's Emirates Airline is close to signing a long-term, $39 million-a-year shirt sponsorship deal with the team.

Manchester United wasn't far behind Los Blancos at a total value of $3.165 billion, followed by Barcelona ($2.6 billion), Arsenal (1.326 billion) and Bayern Munich ($1.309 billion).

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