REAL MADRID HAVE edged Barcelona to be ranked as world football’s most valuable club for a fourth consecutive year, while Arsenal have climbed into the top five.
Business publication Forbes have released their 13th annual list, with Champions League finalists Madrid now judged to be worth $3.65 billion, an increase on their $3.26bn from last year’s list.
Barcelona are not far behind, with their value at $3.56bn, while Premier League side Manchester United remain third on $3.32bn.
German champions Bayern Munich stay fourth with their worth now up to £2.68bn, while Arsenal have jumped from seventh to fifth after their value surged from $1.31bn up to $2.02bn over the last year.
Manchester City ($1.92bn) drop to sixth, while Chelsea ($1.66bn) slip to seventh due to the Gunners’ rise and Liverpool ($1.55bn) stay eighth.
Serie A winners Juventus are ninth on $1.3bn, while Tottenham ($1.02bn) replace AC Milan ($825m) — who drop to 12th — as the sixth English club inside the top 10.
Borussia Dortmund ($836m) are 11th and French champions Paris Saint-Germain ($814m) have dropped a place to 13th. Schalke stay 14th on $655m, while Atletico Madrid ($633m) are in 15th position.
Recently relegated Newcastle United ($383m) make the top 20 as they sit below Inter ($559m), West Ham ($542m), Roma ($508m) and Napoli ($396m).
Real Madrid’s standing as football’s most valuable club places them second in the sporting world, with only NFL team the Dallas Cowboys ($4bn) rated higher.
Forbes’ 20 most valuable clubs in world football:
1. Real Madrid — $3.65bn
2. Barcelona — $3.56bn
3. Manchester United — $3.32bn
4. Bayern Munich — $2.68bn
5. Arsenal — $2.02bn
6. Manchester City — $1.92bn
7. Chelsea — $1.66bn
8. Liverpool — $1.55bn
9. Juventus — $1.3bn
10. Tottenham Hotpsur — $1.02bn
11. Borussia Dortmund — $836m
12. AC Milan — $825m
13. Paris Saint-Germain — $814m
14. Schalke — $655m
15. Atletico Madrid — $633m
16. Inter Milan — $559m
17. West Ham United — $542m
18. Roma — $508m
19. Napoli — $396m
20. Newcastle United — $383m
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Newcastle and PSG only separated by 7 places! Thats cat..
And half a billion Euro.
No surprise arsenal in top five as arsene is as right as a ducks ar$e,would have been ironic if they were 4th,usual position in the league
How do they value the clubs? Is it market price? Assests? Or a bit of both?
That’s Wenger’s job safe for another few years.
Outside the top four? This is our worst season ever!!
Arse-nil were second most valuable in January but dropped to 5th by may ..lol..lol
Newcastle in the top 20 most valuable but won’t even be in the top 20 in England next season!
The Dallas Cowboys are almost the NFL equivalent of Newcastle too! As pound for pound results go, that’s the most shocking on the list
Imagine if united had a decent side. All this talk of them being finished is laughable. They might have a brutal team & useless manager at present but they are still a beast in global sports. All they need now is a mgr who knows his arse from his elbow
Yea Robert but it still doesn’t spot tje idiots here call Utd the new Leeds etc etc ..
United do have a decent side its just the manager who has lost the plot in recent years.
Imagine how much they would be worth if the Glazers were not taking money out of the club .
Lol mark what are you trying to say?
Imagine if had Newcastle had a decent side, imagine if Blackpool had a decent side… They’d be a decent side.. What’s the point of this?
This is the table that the arsenal board are interested in. Wenger does a great job for them steering their Business. To them it’s a Business not a football club so once the bottom line is healthy and continually growing they don’t care that the trophy cabinet is gathering dust.
That last suitcase full of money to the ref last week from barca tipped it into Real’s favour.
Cannot wait for that coveted 4th spot.