Arsenal is the 10th richest club in the world, according to World Soccer Magazine. The Top 10 list with values in pounds (dollars): 1. Real Madrid 180.0 ($300.5) 2. Manchester United 148.1 ($247.2) 3. Juventus 139.3 ($232.5) 4. Bayern Munich 125.7 ($209.8) 5. AC Milan 115.5 ($192.8) 6. Chelsea 115.0 ($192.0) 7. Barcelona 105.7 ($176.5) 8. AS Roma 102.7 ($171.4) 9. Liverpool 99.0 ($165.3) 10. Arsenal 91.0 ($151.9) (This is the club's 2001-2002 income. For the full top 20 list, go to http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-richlist&prov=reuters&type=lgns) Interesting to see Arsenal was 4th in the EPL in income. Also a bit disheartening. It really shows that to compete year in and year out in the CL, Arsenal needs Ashburton Grove, and soon.
That is suprising Arsenal is 4th in the EPL. I think that speaks even more of Wengers greatness that he was won 2 doubles with the limited funds (vs. Man U.) I tottally agree we really need a 60k+ stadium (Ideally way more but then it would have to be out of Islington and Arsenal should always play with in walking distane of the Arsenal tube.) Would lead to much higher class of subs. If I was a Chelsea supporter I would be very upset at learning the club was worth 25m more then Arsenal and still can not field a better team then they can. Wenger = greatness.
... Surprised to see Arsenal so high up in world rankings. Despite holding 38'000, AW is competing fairly well.
Chelsea might be above us on their paper value, but their debts are crippling. They haven't been able to sign anyone for any kind of money at all in the last couple of seasons and it's in the paper this morning that they're willing to let Hasselbaink go on a free just to get him off the payroll.
#11 to 20 for those interested without wanting to leave this site: 11. Inter Milan £89.8 ($149.9) 12. Leeds United £81.5 ($136.1) 13. Lazio £80.0 ($133.6) 14. Borussia Dortmund £73.1 ($122.0) 15. Newcastle United £70.9 ($118.4) 16. Tottenham Hotspur £65.0 ($108.5) 17. Bayer Leverkusen £57.1 ($95.3) 18. Celtic £56.9 ($95.0) 19. Aston Villa £46.7 ($78.0) 20. Rangers £44.8 ($74.8) Remember this list is based on annual income for the 01/02 season. These also don't include income from transfers. Clearly total value of the club would be more when you add it all up (assest, transfers, etc. ) or less for those teams that have huge debts like Leeds.
Those aren't values, they're yearly income stats. Some of those clubs will be valued at over 500 million. With Man.Utd and Real being closer to one billion in value (Man.Utd were valued at one billion in 1999 after the treble).
I thought my side note pointed out that these were merely income from the 2001-2002 season. Sorry to have caused all the confusion.
With all this Becks news I just learned that Real have a rule that they get 50% of all players personal endorsment money...holy crap. They have some big name players and that is huge.