Off Topic Deloitte Money League Table 2015-16 season - the top 10

MEGA rich Manchester United 1 Liverpool 9
Man Utd: Premier League club named world's leading revenue-generating club

Manchester United generated the most revenue of any football club in the world last season, according to a report published by Deloitte.

United dethrone Real Madrid - who held top spot for 11 years - after accumulating a record revenue of 689m euros (£515m) during the 2015-16 term.

The Premier League club saw commercial revenue grow by 100m euros (£71m).


Combined revenue for the top 20 clubs during the 2015-16 season grew 12% to 7.4bn euros (£6.41bn) - a new record.

It is the first time Manchester United have topped the annual Deloitte Football Money League since the 2003-04 season.

Real drop down to third, behind Spanish rivals Barcelona, who remain in second spot.

German giants Bayern Munich move up a position to fourth and Manchester City also climb a spot to fifth - having generated 524.9 euros (£392.6m) - up from 463.5 euros (£352.6m) during the previous season.

It is the first time they have reached the top five of the annual list.

Eight Premier League clubs make the top 20, with revenues totalling nearly 3.2bn euros (£2.4bn).

Champions Leicester City (20th) enter the top 20 for the first time. They produced a revenue of 172m euros (£128m) - which is almost five times the revenue generated two seasons before in 2013-14.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham remain in seventh, eighth, ninth and 12th place, with West Ham in 18th position.

Dan Jones, partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, said Manchester United's record revenues were achieved by "phenomenal commercial revenue growth".

He added: "In recent years, their ability to secure commercial partnerships with value in excess of that achievable by their peers has been the crucial factor in enabling the club to regain their place at the top of the money league.

"That said, they'll face strong competition from Barcelona and Real Madrid to retain the top spot in next year's edition, due to the lack of Champions League football, the weakening of the pound against the euro and, over the longer term, as other clubs enter the commercial market demanding similar deals, using United as the precedent."

Deloitte Money League Table 2015-16 season - the top 10
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utd got paid for cl football in this year.. next year they won't be paid for this so will fall back some but certainly thats a huge jump in revenue that is not soleyl explained by CL football

LFC holding station.. most of all i am interested in how fake city's position in the top 10 looks. That revenue is made up of family deals of their owenr and is so artifical.

LFc should get close to chelsea this season and until cheslea build the toilet bowl... CL football will close the gap next year for both club i hope but our stadium will help somewhat.. not that much but it helps.

 

Why wouldn't they get paid for being in the Champions League next season?

EDIT: Duh, you were implying they won't finish in the top 4 next year! Sorry, not enough sleep.

But for my money, yes they will qualify.

 

Yup they've no chance no matter how you bet unless arsenal finally implode.... right.. you better not be staggering on here with baby sick on your shoulder telling me lfc are finishing 5th.

 

And MU are still ****

 

Whether we like it or not, the mancs are going to be top of the financial tree for a while. If not the global one the EPL definitely.

The reality that people have to accept is that the CL revenue now is less than the premiership one. A few years ago, CL participation made a huge difference to clubs. Now a mid table EPL club gets more a year than a non EPL club playing in the CL and reaching the knock out stages. The EPL clubs don't need CL for financial reasons. They do for prestige or sponsorship contractual reasons.

People who thought that the mancs would suddenly slide down the financial tree because of their football were always going to be disillusioned.

 

I dont really agree in so far as yes the prem money is mad but that all drives wages.

The cl tv money still pays a lot of bills and gets you that extra 100k per week to pay zlatan and rooney... oh wait....

 

Exactly right.

If you look at the rich list, West Ham are nearly equal in turnover to AC Milan FFS.
AC Milan are one of the most successful clubs on the planet in terms of titles won, both domestically and European Trophies too.
West Ham have won jack **** in comparison, and have no where near the "Istoree" of AC, yet because of the PL and its HUGE TV deal, West Ham are rivalling the turnover of a club like AC.

 

So what about a EPL doing well in CL?