English premier league club, Man Utd top rich list in record season

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 previously 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 Teams

(positions last
season)
Revenue in €m
(£m in brackets)
2015-16 Revenue
2014-15
1 (3)
Manchester
United 689 (515.3) 519.5
(395.2)

2 (2) Barcelona 620.2 (463.8) 560.8
(426.6)

3 (1) Real
Madrid 620.1 (463.8) 577 (439)

4 (5) Bayern
Munich 592 (442.7) 474
(360.6)

5 (6)
Manchester City 524.9 (392.6) 463.5
(352.6)

6 (4) Paris St-
Germain 520.9 (389.6) 480.8
(365.8)

7 (7) Arsenal 468.5 (350.4) 435.5
(331.3)

8 (8) Chelsea 447.4 (334.6) 420
(319.5)

9 (9) Liverpool 403.8 (302) 391.8
(298.1)

10 (10) Juventus 341.1 (255.1) 323.9
(246.4)