Real Madrid remains world’s richest club –Forbes

Real Madrid have are officially the most valuable football team in the world, in terms of financial standing, for the fourth consecutive year.

According to US business magazine Forbes, Real Madrid’s value stands at 3.645bn US dollars (£2.52bn) and their annual revenue is $694m (£480million), which is just marginally ahead of their La Liga rivals Barcelona in both categories.

Real Madrid ranked as the world’s second richest sports team, behind only the Dallas Cowboys American football team which it valued at four billion dollars (£2.77bn).

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Six Premier League teams feature in the top 10, with United joined by Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.

Forbes’ top 10 world’s most valuable football teams:

1 Real Madrid – US$3.645 bn (£2.52billion), 2 Barcelona – $3.549bn (£2.46bn), 3 Manchester United – $3.317bn (£2.3bn), 4 Bayern Munich – $2.678bn (£1.85bn), 5 Arsenal – $2.017bn (£1.4bn), 6 Manchester City – $1.921bn (£1.33bn), 7 Chelsea – $1.661bn (£1.15bn), 8 Liverpool – $1.548bn (£1.07bn), 9 Juventus – $1.299bn (£900million), 10 Tottenham – $1.017bn (£704m)

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