June 7 – Business magazine Forbes has released its 14th annual list of the world’s most valuable ‘soccer’ teams with Manchester United returning to head the ranking with a value of $2.6 billion on turnover of $765 million, an 11% gain on its previous year’s numbers.
Forbes ranks Spanish giants Barcelona second ahead of Real Madrid, though Real won the Champions League.
A ranking produced by accountancy firm KPMG’s Football Benchmark intelligence unit came up with a broadly similar ranking though they placed Real Madrid in second spot. See http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2017/05/31/man-utd-beat-barca-real-top-euro-financial-league-spurs-knock-psg-10th-spot/
The success of Manchester United’s commercial strategy is emphasised in the massive revenue gap of $77 million – the different between Manchester United and both Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The 20 most valuable soccer teams this year are worth an average of $1.48 billion, 3% more than one year ago.
The Premier League dominates with six teams in the top 10 and eight in the top 20. Bayern Munich are the top of three Bundesliga clubs in fourth place. Juventus in ninth are the leading Italian club of five in the top 20, while Paris St Germain in 11th are the only French team in the list.
The Forbes methodology measures team values as “enterprise values (equity plus net debt) based on April 24, 2017 exchange rates. Revenues and operating income (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, player trading and disposal of player registrations) figures are for the 2015-16 season, converted into U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for that period. Operating income is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, player trading and disposal of player registrations. Debt includes stadium debt applicable to the team or team owner.”
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