It's May 28, 2024, 07:39:11 PM
United (£740m) retained top spot ahead of Real Madrid (£528m) and third-placed Arsenal (£466m) who nipped ahead of AC Milan, with Chelsea (£274m) in eighth. Barcelona's Ronaldinho (£15.2m) leapfrogged David Beckham (£14.8m) to become the highest earning footballer. However, Beckham's lucrative move to Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy was not taken into account. Five of the players in the richest players' list ply their trade in the Premiership - Wayne Rooney, Michael Ballack, Thierry Henry, John Terry and Steven Gerrard. United no longer command the largest yearly revenues, with their £158m surpassed by Real Madrid (£191m), Barcelona (£169m) and Juventus (£164m).Forbes' most valuable football clubs:1 Man Utd £740m2 Real Madrid £528m3 Arsenal £466m4 Bayern Munich £427m5 AC Milan £420m6 Juventus £289m7 Inter Milan £282m8 Chelsea £274m9 Barcelona £273m10 Schalke 04 £240m11 Liverpool £231m12 Lyon £175m13 Newcastle £132m14 Tottenham £124m15 Roma £114m16 Hamburg £112m17 Man City £106m18 B Dortmund £101m19 Ajax £100m20 Celtic £94m Highest-earning players:1 Ronaldinho (Barcelona) £15.2m2 David Beckham (Real Madrid) £14.8m3 Ronaldo (AC Milan) £11.7m4 Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) £8.7m5 Michael Ballack (Chelsea) £8.7m6 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) £8.2m7 Zinedine Zidane (ex-Real Madrid) £8.2m8 Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid) £7.6m9 John Terry (Chelsea) £7.1m10 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £7.1m
Yeah, I'd like to know what it's based on bearing in mind Man City are about £84m in debt.