manchester united is the richest football in the world.
manchester united is the richest football in the world.
which is the richest football in the world?
manchester united
in 2010, "forbes" evaluated barcelona's worth to be around €752 million (us$1 billion), ranking them fourth after manchester united, real madrid and arsenal, based on figures from the 2008–09 season. according to deloitte, barcelona had a recorded revenue of €366 million in the same period, ranking second to real madrid, who generated €401 million in revenue. in 2013, "forbes" magazine ranked barcelona the third most valuable sports team in the world, behind real madrid and manchester united, with a value of $2.6 billion. in 2014, "forbes" ranked them the second most valuable sports team in the world, worth $3.2 billion, and deloitte ranked them the world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €484.6 million. in 2017, "forbes" ranked them the fourth most valuable sports team in the world with a team value of $3.64 billion. the world's highest paid sports team, in november 2018 barcelona became the first sports team with average first-team pay in excess of £10m ($13.8m) per year.
fc barcelona
association football is the most popular sport in england, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern laws of the game. with over 40,000 association football clubs, england has more clubs involved in the code than any other country as well as the world's first club (sheffield f.c.), the world's oldest professional association football club (notts county), the oldest national governing body (the football association), the first national team, the oldest national knockout competition (the fa cup) and the oldest national league (the english football league). today england's top domestic league, the premier league, is one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world, with six of the ten richest football clubs in the world as of 2019.
football in england