Manchester United still the world's richest football club - Forbes

[Bender]

Manchester United remain the world's most valuable football club, according to Forbes magazine.
The study estimates the Premier League champions are worth £1.4bn, which puts them top of the list for the eighth year in a row.
Real Madrid are ranked second, valued at £1.17bn, while Barcelona are third with an estimated value of £1.07bn.
BBC
Forbes rich list
1. Manchester United - $2,235bn (£1.4bn)
2. Real Madrid - $1,877bn (£1.17bn)
3. Barcelona - $1,307bn(£1.07bn)
4. Arsenal - $1,292bn £800m)
5. Bayern Munich - $1,235bn(£770m)
6. AC Milan - $989m (£615m)
7. Chelsea - $761m (£473m)
8. Liverpool - $619m (£385m)....
9. Juventus - $591m (£367m)
10. Schalke 04 - $587m(£365m)
11. Tottenham Hotspur -$564m (£351m)
13. Manchester City - $443m (£275m)

"Manchester United's global fan base of 330m helps make them the most valuable team in any sport," said Forbes.com.
Bayern Munich and Arsenal make up the top five in the rankings, with Chelsea and Liverpool ranked seventh and eighth respectively.
Tottenham Hotspur are just outside the top 10 in 11th place, with Manchester City up to 13th in the list.
Forbes also revealed Manchester United are worth more than both Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, while the club's run to last year's Champions League final, where they lost to Barcelona, commanded a £50m payout from Uefa.
The research added: "The top teams on the pitch are going to continue to get richer. This year's Champions League payout will be higher than 2011 for the 32 tournament teams."

[Craig_H]

Not sure how that works, when their debt still sits at a few hundred million.

[ChesterDave]

Forbes valuations are often ridiculous.

No way are United worth more than NYY.

[magicalbarnes]

For the past 15 years these kind of lists have always made depressing reading - apart from the era when Rafa was in charge. We earned some serious coin between 2005 - 2008.

[Craig_H]

Forbes valuations are often ridiculous.

No way are United worth more than NYY.

Also, they confuse 'most valuable' with 'richest'.

Clearly, Man City are far 'richer' than United.

[Gingawaria]

For the past 15 years these kind of lists have always made depressing reading - apart from the era when Rafa was in charge. We earned some serious coin between 2005 - 2008.

And it all went to paying off those 2 cunts bank loans. Makes me sick to think what those 2 did to us.

[spud_gun]

Forbes valuations are often ridiculous.

No way are United worth more than NYY.

Why not?

Baseball is a fairly niche sport compared to football.

NYY aren't the most valuable baseball team anyhow. Not sure why people hold them up as the standard bearer when it comes to 'franchise values'

[Alex]

Im pretty sure those figures are Gross income and not Net. So if you look at the Net, Utd will be much lower. Either that or its Turnover. There Bottom line is always going to be bad until they get rid of the debt.

[Suarez]

Why not?

Baseball is a fairly niche sport compared to football.

NYY aren't the most valuable baseball team anyhow. Not sure why people hold them up as the standard bearer when it comes to 'franchise values'

Who watches baseball in europe?

[Bender]

Who watches baseball in europe?

spud gun

[spud_gun]

Who watches baseball in europe?

me

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[Bender]

me

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[Mattshark]

Why not?

Baseball is a fairly niche sport compared to football.

NYY aren't the most valuable baseball team anyhow. Not sure why people hold them up as the standard bearer when it comes to 'franchise values'

Big crowds and around 70 home games a year with huge amount of merchandising in one of the worlds largest nations.

[CJ]

Im pretty sure those figures are Gross income and not Net. So if you look at the Net, Utd will be much lower. Either that or its Turnover. There Bottom line is always going to be bad until they get rid of the debt.

its not the turnover/income its the supposed market value of the club i think

[Alex]

That'll teach me for just reading the thread instead of the article again!