Red Devils replace Real as world’s richest club

Manchester Utd replaced Real Madrid as the world’s richest football club in 2015-16, and with €708m revenue forecast for 2016-17, over half from commercial activities, are expected to remain at the top next year

CLUB REVENUE
(€ millions)
Source of revenue
Matchday Broadcast Commercial

Manchester Utd 689.0 20% 27% 53%
Barcelona 620.2
Real Madrid 620.1
Bayern Munich 592.0
Manchester City 524.9
Paris St-Germain 520.9
Arsenal 468.5
Chelsea 447.4
Liverpool 403.8
Juventus 341.1
Borussia Dortmund 279.7
Tottenham Hotspur 283.9
Atletico Madrid 228.6
Schalke 04 196.5
AS Roma 192.3
AC Milan 179.2
Zenit St Petersburg 172.1
West Ham Utd 224.5
Internazionale 218.2
Leicester City 214.7
GLOBAL GAME
Top division club revenue range
€ millions
U.S. and Canada 10-30
Brazil 7-84
Japan 12-47
China 15-60
Australia and NZ 3-20
India 1-10
South Africa 2-15

Source: Deloitte