Stat of the Day: The world’s richest clubs
FC Barcelona is financially the eighth most powerful sports team on the planet, according a new report in Forbes Magazine. Despite a year without major honors, Manchester United topped the list of the world’s richest teams, with an estimated worth of $2.23 billion. FC Barcelona climbed to eighth place with a value of $1.31 billion. To put the football world into perspective, Milan was ranked 27th while Chelsea barely scraped into the top 50 in 45th place.
The top ten teams on the list look like this:
- #1 Manchester United ($2.23 billion)
- #2 Real Madrid ($1.88 billion)
- #3 New York Yankees ($1.85 billion)
- #3 Dallas Cowboys ($1.85 billion)
- #5 Washington Redskins ($1.56 billion)
- #6 Los Angeles Dodgers ($1.4 billion)
- #6 New England Patriots ($1.4 billion)
- #8 Barcelona ($1.31 billion)
- #9 New York Giants ($1.3 billion)
- #10 Arsenal ($1.29 billion)
Image: Joseba Etxaburu [REUTERS]
