aston villa is the richest club in the championship.
aston villa is the richest club in the championship.
who is the richest club in the championship?
aston villa
in the rankings for the 2004–05 season, real madrid longs run at the top. three clubs that had appeared in the previous season's top twenty (marseille, rangers, and aston villa) were replaced by lyon, everton, and valencia.









































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in the 2003–04 season, five clubs recorded revenues of over €200m with manchester united once again being ranked as the richest club in europe.









































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english clubs dominated the money league for the 2002–03 season, with five premier league clubs occupying spots in the top 10.









































section::::annual review of football finance 2011.
deloitte football money league
a number of clubs across europe were historically in a position to spend substantially more than they earned as a result of the benevolence of their owners who made substantial financial gifts to the club, either by paying off existing debt, providing direct injections of cash, issuing extra shares or giving loans which are later written off. such a practice adversely affects the market by creating wage and transfer inflation as well encouraging other clubs to spend more than they can afford in an effort to remain competitive. for example, internazionale's enormous losses since the mid-1990s have been largely underwritten by their president, energy company owner massimo moratti. its archrival, milan, was also financially supported by silvio berlusconi (over €120 million between 2007 and 2010). the della valle brothers, meanwhile, also contributed €84.7 million to fiorentina from 2006 to 2009. juventus had re-capitalized twice in recent years, by about €104.8 million after the 2006 italian football scandal and in 2011 by €120 million. in ligue 1, paris saint-germain became the richest club in france and one of the richest clubs in the world after qatar investment authority became the majority shareholder of psg after buying 70% of the shares in 2011 by buying the club in a deal worth €50 million, which covered an estimated €15–20 million in debt and losses of €19 million from the 2010–11 season. psg splashed a french record €108 million and were the biggest spenders in the world for the 2011–12 season. in the english premier league, chelsea's massive transfer spending since 2003 has been paid for by their owner, the russian oil and gas billionaire roman abramovich, while manchester city is owned by one of the world's richest men, sheikh mansour bin zayed bin sultan al nahyan. since 2008, the owner has spent in excess of £1 billion on players and infrastructure at the club, though this has drawn considerable criticism from other clubs and football figures. arsenal manager arsène wenger, a major proponent of the ffp legislation, has referred to transparent owner equity investment as "financial doping".
uefa financial fair play regulations