“Barcelona” for the first time headed the ranking of the 20 most expensive football clubs of the planet according to the American Forbes. This is reported on the website of the publication.
“Barcelona” was estimated at $ 4.76 billion and shifted on the second line “Real Madrid”, estimated at $ 4.75 billion
Real “remains the leader in terms of commercial profit. In 2019-2020, the club earned $ 424 million on advertising and work with sponsors. The commercial profit of Barcelona amounted to only $ 377 million. However, the club earned $ 275 million on broadcasts. This is the highest rate among all football teams.
In the past 16 years, one of two teams occupied the first ranking. Five times it was “Real”, 11 times – Manchester United, notes Forbes USA.
In the third place of the rating was Munich “Bavaria”, an estimated at $ 4.215 billion in the top ten also included Manchester United ($ 4.2 billion), “Liverpool” ($ 4.1 billion), “Manchester City” ($ 4 billion), Chelsea ($ 3.2 billion), “Arsenal” ($ 2.8 billion), “Paris Saint-Germain” ($ 2.5 billion) and “Tottenham” ($ 2.3 billion).