As a football fan, you may wonder who the richest football clubs in the world right now are. Football or soccer being the sport with most fans scattered in virtually every country in the world has continually seen an increase in audience and this has had a positive financial effect on the industry. This is not unconnected to the fact that corporate businesses are constantly striving to leverage on the unifying bond of football to strengthen their brands and produce public appeal.

Football clubs, though bear no significant difference from any big corporation, has been one of the leading players in the profitability of football. In this article, we profile the 10 richest football clubs in the world as of January 2020, as revealed by Deloitte Football Money League (DFML).

1. Barcelona - $4.021 billion



Barcelona or Barca, as it is popularly known among fans, is perhaps the richest soccer club in the world. The Spanish club closed 2019, with about $840.8 million in revenue. The club, together with Real Madrid, has been rivaling for the top spot. The Catalan side made more than $350 million in commercial revenue.

F.C. Barcelona has sponsorship deals with Nike, their kit supplier, and Qatar Airways, who sponsor their shirts. The team’s broadcast rights generated about $250 million. Match days made F.C Barcelona a tidy amount of money. The previous year had the team make close to $160 million.

2. Real Madrid - $4.239 billion



Los Blancos’ performance on the pitch and off the pitch in 2018/19 season was really woeful as the side struggled without key player Cristiano Ronaldo. Though profit did not reduce as such, in terms of performance, Real Madrid had a dismal performance, which had repercussions on the financial growth of the club. Madrid finished in a not so convincing third place in the La Liga and was eliminated in the Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League. Probably, the club was greatly affected with the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, that it only saw a very disappointing €6.4 million increase in revenue generated from last year. Trailing behind domestic rivals, Barcelona, Madrid ranks as the second club with the most revenue generated with €757.3 million.

3. Manchester United - $3.808



Manchester United is eventually the richest club in England, with a complete judgment of $3.7 billion and a revenue of $795 million. The cherry Devils generated about $344 million business revenue through advertising their products and the finance deals they signed.

Manchester United’s kits are sponsored by Chevrolet. diffusion human rights earned the English group further than $250 million. Matchday salary totaled careful to $130 million.

4. Bayern Munich - $3.024 billion
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