Business advisory firm Deliotte has recently released the list of world's richest clubs. Real Madrid remain on top increasing their revenue by 20% to 236 million pounds. But Manchester United enjoyed a greater insrease in revenue to climb to second spot on the list. Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea respectively made up the rest of the top 5. A Deliotte official stated that due the Premier League's new multi-million TV deal, Manchester United are expected to regain their position as world's richest club in the next to years. Furthermore, 10 Premier League clubs are expected to feature in tyhe top 20 from next year.



But this rich list should be taken with a pinch of salt. Deliotte only considers the club revenue and not its costs and debts for this list, which is by no means an accurate criteria to assess a club's financial position. A more suitable indicator of a club's wealth would be the profits. For example, Manchester United still have huge debts. So how can they be the second-richest club in the world? Moreover, most fans care about their club's on-field success, not the position of their financial statements.

Anyway, for those of you who would like to know, here is the full list


1 Real Madrid £236.2m
2 Man Utd £212.1m
3 Barcelona £195.3m
4 Chelsea £190.5m
5 Arsenal £177.6m
6 AC Milan £153m
7 Bayern Munich £150.3m
8 Liverpool £133.9m
9 Internazionale £131.3m
10 AS Roma £106.1m
11 Tottenham £103.1m
12 Juventus £97.7m
13 Lyons £94.6m
14 Newcastle £87.1m
15 Hamburg SV £81.0m
16 Schalke 04 £76.9m
17 Celtic £75.2m
18 Valencia £72.4m
19 Marseille £66.6m
20 Werder Bremen £65.5m

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