They may
have suffered their worst season in Premier League history but
Manchester United have rocketed into second place in a list of the
world's wealthiest football clubs.
Despite
a campaign of turmoil, which saw David Moyes sacked as they struggled
to adapt to life without Sir Alex Ferguson and finished seventh, United
are behind only Real Madrid in the Deloitte's Football Money League.
The
Old Trafford outfit leapfrogged European superpowers Bayern Munich and
Barcelona after their revenues rose from to £433.2m from £363.2m.
Manchester United have moved up to second on the list despite not even being in the Champions League
Manchester United brought in more revenue for 2013-14 than any other club in the UK
Champions League winners Real Madrid are the wealthiest club in the world
Across
town, Premier League champions Manchester City remain the
second-richest English club, in sixth place globally behind Paris Saint
Germain.
League
leaders Chelsea remain in seventh, ahead of Arsenal in eighth.
Liverpool, no doubt buouyed by last season's ultimately unsuccessful
title tilt, rise from 12th place to ninth overtaking Juventus, Borussia
Dortmund and AC Milan.
United's
rise is down to its rapid commercial growth, and with more deals
announced this year they are expected to go from strength to strength
despite the debt that remains from the 2005 Glazer takeover.
In
the 18th edition of the report, which uses figures sourced directly
from each club and is put together by Manchester-based Deloitte’s Sports
Business Group, City recorded the largest increase of any outfit in the
top five - news Etihad bosses may see as a vindication of their
methods.
United broke the British transfer record to sign Angel di Maria from Real Madrid during the summer
They also spent £37m bringing Juan Mata to Manchester from Chelsea in January last year
Things weren't going well for David Moyes and United on the pitch but the opposite was true off it
The Premier League champions saw revenues rise from £271m to £346.5m a 28% increase.
Thanks
largely to the new broadcasting deals struck by the Premier League
Newcastle United (19) and Everton (20) break into the top 20 for the
first time.
Spurs
go up a place from 14th to 13th. In total English clubs make up five of
the top 10 and eight of the top 20 – more than any other country.
Dan
Jones, partner at Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, said: “It was a
very successful year for the North West clubs. No other region in the
world has as many clubs in the top 20 and these clubs play a major role
in the North West economy.
'Last
year Premier League clubs benefitted from much larger broadcast
revenues thanks to the latest round of deals. The Premier League is
currently undertaking its next round of sales of broadcast rights and
with the market expectation that another significant increase will
occur, it is likely that the Money League will have a strongly English
appearance in the coming years.'
Mata, Radamel Falcao and Di Maria in action for United in their recent Premier League clash with QPR
Half of the top 40 wealthiest football clubs are from the Premier League, according to a new survey
There are five English teams (Manchester City, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool) in the top 10
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