Thursday, May 15, 2008

FOOTBALL: THE RICHEST CLUBS IN THE WORLD

I was reading the Forbes magazine today (19th May 2008 edition) and found an article titled "Gunning for It All" at page 61. It is talking about the football business and Arsenal are chosen as the focus. The reason being Arsenal are the last of the Big Four who are not bought by foreigners yet. It touches on the difficulties the club endured for the construction of the new stadium and the aftermath of how it becomes among the giants in football world today. It also talks about the challenges ahead they will face with many potential vultures circling the club with great interest to buy at will!

Therefore, I will be sending Teg and Donny Ginola information of the article since they are their fans. Interestingly, the first page of the article has a photo of Mathieu Flamini. Here is the summary table of the current ranking of the richest clubs in the world.

Soccer Team Valuations

Revenues and operating income are for the 2006-07 season, converted into U.S. dollars based on June 30, 2007 exchange rates.
1Value of team based on current stadium deals (unless new stadium is pending) without deduction for debt (other than stadium debt).
2Includes stadium debt.
3Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Sources: Deloitte & Touche; company documents; Forbes.

Rank

Team

Current Value 1 ($mil)

Debt/Value(%) 2

Operating Income 3($mil)

1

Manchester United

1,800

60

111

2

Real Madrid

1,285

27

112

3

Arsenal

1,200

43

77

4

Liverpool

1,050

65

60

5

Bayern Munich

917

0

72

6

AC Milan

798

0

54

7

Barcelona

784

7

92

8

Chelsea

764

0

-5

9

Juventus

510

5

35

10

Schalke 04

470

48

36

11

AS Roma

434

12

48

12

Tottenham Hotspur

414

15

64

13

Olympique Lyonnais

408

7

15

14

Inter Milan

403

0

21

15

Borussia Dortmund

323

57

31

16

Newcastle United

300

43

12

17

Hamburg SV

293

0

41

18

Werder Bremen

262

0

11

19

Valencia

254

159

-49

20

Celtic

227

11

48

21

Everton

197

30

-1

22

West Ham United

195

23

-22

23

Manchester City

191

63

27

24

Aston Villa

190

12

-40

25

Olympique Marseille

187

0

13

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