World Most Valuable Football Clubs Announced
Barcelona Football Club has moved slightly ahead of their LaLiga rivals Real Madrid to become Forbes’ most valuable football club in the world at £3.46billion.
Manchester United who are valued at £3.05billion, have moved down a place to fourth with German giants Bayern Munich above them in third.
The Red Devils have fallen out of the top three most valuable football clubs in the world, while Liverpool have jumped up three places to fifth and ahead of Manchester City, they are now valued at £2.98billion while City are worth £2.91billion.
Chelsea are England’s next most valuable club at £2.33billion with Arsenal just behind the Blues in eighth place, rated at just over £2billion.
Tottenham are now in the top ten at £1.67billion – just behind Paris Saint-Germain on the list.
1. Barcelona
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Club members
Value: $4.76 billion
2. Real Madrid
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Club members
Value: $4.75 billion
3. Bayern Munich
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Club members
Value: $4.215 billion
4. Manchester United
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Glazer family
Value: $4.2 billion
5. Liverpool
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: John Henry, Tom Werner
Value: $4.1 billion
6. Manchester City
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Value: $4 billion
7. Chelsea
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Roman Abramovich
Value: $3.2 billion
8. Arsenal
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: E. Stanley Kroenke
Value: $2.8 billion
9. Paris Saint-Germain
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Qatar Sports Investments
Value: $2.5 billion
10. Tottenham Hotspur
Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Joseph Lewis, Daniel Levy
Value: $2.3 billion
