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"LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Real Madrid held its position as the world's richest soccer club as English clubs climbed the rankings to claim three of the top five slots in an annual survey by accountancy firm Deloitte [DLTE.UL].Manchester United climbed two places to second in the latest 'Football Money League' table of the world's 20 biggest soccer clubs ranked by revenue, Deloitte said.London-based teams Chelsea and Arsenal also climbed to fourth and fifth places, respectively, while Barcelona dropped one place from second to third, Deloitte said.'This is the first time that any country has had three clubs in the top five of the Money League,' said Dan Jones, a partner at the Sports Business Group at Deloitte. 'Arsenal's move to the Emirates Stadium has transformed their revenues whilst Chelsea's revenue increase sees them return to the top five.'Real Madrid, which won the Spanish Liga last season, saw its revenues leap 20 percent to 351 million euros ($511.2 million) during the 2006/07 season, while Manchester United, also winners of last season's Premier League, posted revenues of 315 million euros, Deloitte said.'With the new Premier League television deals now online for the 2007/08 season, Manchester United have the opportunity to significantly close the gap on Real,' Jones said. 'A successful Champions League run may even see them challenge again for the number one position.'Combined revenues for the top 20 clubs'rose by 11 percent to 3.7 billion euros, the highest rate of growth since the 2002/03 season, Deloitte said.The top 20 included six English clubs, four from both Germany and Italy; three from Spain, two French and one from Scotland.'The performance of German clubs particularly catches the eye, with enhanced revenues being generated from new and improved stadia,' said Alan Switzer, Director in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte.'The stadium is a club's biggest asset and the majority of the Money League clubs are looking to complete stadium developments in the short and medium term.'The number of English clubs in the ranking fell from eight to six, although it may increase again next year, the accountancy firm said.'Clubs such as Aston Villa, Everton, Manchester City and West Ham United are already just outside the top 20 and with the revenue uplift from the new broadcast deals now benefiting the clubs, we expect to see the bottom half of next year's Money League dominated by English teams,' said Paul Rawnsley, Director in the Sports Business Group said."
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Manchester United can succeed Real Madrid as the world's richest club inside the next two years.Click hereThat is the view of business advisory firm Deloitte, who published their new Football Money League on Thursday.Real remain at the top of the league for the third successive year on the latest figures available, from the 2006-07 season, which showed their revenue increased by 20 per cent to £236million.However, United enjoyed an even bigger percentage increase to come in second at £212million, two places up on the previous season and ahead of Barcelona, Chelsea and Arsenal in third, fourth and fifth respectively.The Old Trafford club had dominated the money league since its inception in 1996-97 before Real took over, and Paul Rawnsley, director of Deloitte's sports business group, believes it is only a matter of time before they resume their position at the top with the impact of the new television deal due to be felt during the current campaign.He said: "Real Madrid are still at the top after an impressive 20 per cent growth in revenue, but Manchester United closed the gap and have the potential to catch Real up and take that top spot possibly next season or the season thereafter."To some extent, that will depend on how they perform relative to Real Madrid in the Champions League."With the new television money to be factored in, Rawnsley said: "We would expect to see as many as 10 of the top 20 being made up by English Premier League clubs in next year's table."There are different ways of measuring the health and quality of the league, but there has been period of strong financial growth in terms of broadcasting rights and matchday and commercial revenues."Yes, the clubs spend a lot of money on wages, but overall, the Premier League clubs are profitable."It is a different story lower down the leagues, but the Premier League is the highest revenue-generating league in the world."Premier League chiefs admitted last week that they are examining the possibility of playing a 39th round of matches outside England as they look to new revenue sources.Rawnsley admitted that as long as the brands of both the league itself and individual clubs remain attractive, English clubs can continue to dominate.He said: "In terms of the quality of the football and the quality of the competition, that is sustainable."It continues to have strength here in England and continues to grow in strength in terms of people wanting to watch matches and wanting to be associated with the English Premier League clubs and English football around the world."That could be fans overseas watching it on television and driving up the television rights, it could be sponsors from the USA or Asia or wherever else in the world who want to be associated with the game."But there is a balance to be struck. Fans want to see their club winning football matches and winning trophies because that is what football is all about."But on the business side of the game, clubs are competing against each other for players, and to able to get better players, they need and want to have more revenue."Exploiting their brand value, not just here but around the world, can generate that revenue."The football side and the business side are very much inter-related, but there is a balance that does need to be achieved."1 Real Madrid £236.2m2 Man Utd £212.1m3 Barcelona £195.3m4 Chelsea £190.5m5 Arsenal £177.6m6 AC Milan £153m7 Bayern Munich £150.3m8 Liverpool £133.9m9 Internazionale £131.3m10 AS Roma £106.1m11 Tottenham £103.1m12 Juventus £97.7m13 Lyons £94.6m14 Newcastle £87.1m15 Hamburg SV £81.0m16 Schalke 04 £76.9m17 Celtic £75.2m18 Valencia £72.4m19 Marseille £66.6m20 Werder Bremen £65.5m
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US >>>>>>>>>> JUVE11th is sick for us. Watch them bump up the ticket prices even more
LoL, this is the revenue from last years earnings so basically Juventus earned roughly the same amount of money in Serie B as your lot in the Premiership.
Not to mention that have a 60k seat stadium.
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If you have ever been abroad, you would know that Man U are selling those shirts and merchandise worldwide on sick levels.There's no way that Real actually pull in a huge revenue. They don't even have any star names playing there anymore. I'd wager Barca make more in shirt sales than Real now as well.

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Just saw this on SSN:TV REVENUE ONLY:Real - £120 MillAC - £80 MillMan U - £70 MillThis is purely based on the fact Real & AC have direct contracts to get broadcasting rights in their countries, whereas here, the money's shared.
MATCH DAY TICKETS ONLY:Man u - £92 MillArsenal - £90 MillReal - £50 MillAC - £18 Mill
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Don't care about this rich list malarky.As long as the trophy cabinet at old trafford is constantly losing space, then thats enuff for me

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Just saw this on SSN:TV REVENUE ONLY:Real - £120 MillAC - £80 MillMan U - £70 MillThis is purely based on the fact Real & AC have direct contracts to get broadcasting rights in their countries, whereas here, the money's shared.
MATCH DAY TICKETS ONLY:Man u - £92 MillArsenal - £90 MillReal - £50 MillAC - £18 Mill
rah feel sorry for real arsenal fanspriced out of a seat
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