Manchester United retains their position
as world football's top earners, according to the latest annual 'Money League'
report by accountancy firm Deloitte.
United made £581million
during the 2016-17 season, piping Real Madrid to the top spot by just
£1.5million, the closest margin in the rich list's 21 years.
It is the 10th time the
Old Trafford club have topped the Deloitte list, with their Europa League success being crucial to
holding off Real, whose 12th Champions League win helped them swap
places with Spanish rivals Barcelona.
Bundesliga
giants Bayern Munich held onto
fourth spot and Manchester City stayed in
fifth place with revenues of £454million. Arsenal climbed to sixth, swapping
places with Paris Saint-Germain, and Chelsea, Liverpool and Juventus keep their
places to round out the top 10
Premier League clubs nearly took
half of the top 30 places recorded by Deloitte, with Crystal Palace, West Brom,
Bournemouth and Stoke in 26th to 29th place - Bournemouth's revenue of
£136.8million last season was £135.7million higher than their equivalent figure
in the first ever Money League report in 1996-97, when they finished 16th in
English football's third tier.
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