Last update 13 September, 2013 por Alberto Llopis
And rightly they say that money can not buy happiness, but it helps. In football as in other facets of life, Mr money is a powerful gentleman. Por ello, and eagerness to show which teams with the most potential in world football are, that is to say, clubs with higher budgets and more admissions. The list does not surprise as Real Madrid and Barcelona top the rankings, thanks to the lucrative television contracts generated by the unequal distribution of Spain in the audiovisual field. Great players, stages of enormous size and 140 million TV contract are the key to this power.
It stresses that one-third of computers in the list come from the Premier League, but the English league is the most income received by television, having a very equitable sharing between the 20 sets. Por supuesto, teams like Bayern Munich, Juventus or Milan can not miss in a classification where it misses the presence of some Portuguese team or Argentine.
REAL MADRID CF | 512.6 |
FC BARCELONA | 483 |
MANCHESTER UNITED | 395.9 |
FC BAYERN MUNICH | 368.4 |
CHELSEA FC | 322.6 |
ARSENAL FC | 290.3 |
MANCHESTER CITY | 285.6 |
AC MILAN | 256.9 |
LIVERPOOL FC | 233.2 |
JUVENTUS FC | 195.4 |
BVB DORTMUND | 189.1 |
INTERNAZIONALE | 178.2 |
Tottenham FC | 178.2 |
FC GELSENKIRCHEN-SCHALKE 04 | 174.5 |
SSC NAPLES | 148.4 |
OLYMPIC MARSEILLE | 135.7 |
OLYMPIQUE LYON | 131.9 |
HAMBURG SV | 121.1 |
AS ROMA | 115.9 |
NEWCASTLE UNITED FC | 115.3 |
VALENCIA CF | 111.1 |
MADRID ATHLETIC | 107.9 |
AFC AJAX AMSTERDAM | 104.1 |
VfB Sttutgart | 103.2 |
EVERTON FC | 99.5 |
ASTON VILLA FC | 98.6 |
FULHAM FC | 98.0 |
SUNDERLAND AFC | 96.4 |
GALATASARAY SK | 95.1 |
SC CORINTHIANS PAULISTA | 94.1 |
Of course it should be noted that part of these teams have a big investor behind it. That's why, in Hanged by Football, turn went over the ten richest presidents of the planet:
10. John Freriksen
The owner of the Frediksen of Vålerenga is very rich, but the fact of being located in the Norwegian league detracts a little whole ability to sign.
9. Philip Anschutz
The head of the LA Galaxy is the man with more money than the entire MLS, to the point of being able to sign David Beckham and other stars of great international draft. He estimated a net worth of 7 millones de dólares.
8. Alisher Usmanov
This is one of the most powerful Russian billionaires in the world. Arsenal shareholder, its role in the gunner club is still little, which gives little capacity for decision. But everything will come.
7. Francois-Henri Pinault
Francois-Henri Pinault is the richest owner of a football club in France, the Stade de Reims, besides Qatar Authority President Investestment who are the owners of PSG. It is considered one of the 100 world's richest men ( position 74 according to Forbes) with an estimated fortune 7000 millones de dólares.
6. Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal was the world's richest man according to the sixth list of richest people published by Forbes magazine (published on 2010), with a wealth of approximately 28.700 million US dollars at that time. Nowadays, his fortune is not so, because their investment is declining, as much as wanted su Queens Park Rangers.
5. Silvio Berlusconi
Milan owner and former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, He has been in the news a lot and is, Catchy character certainly the controversy. For all his pocket money is lacking, as it is estimated 5.9 billion dollars. Milan is a great club with great history, but it seems as if the money from Berlusconi has not helped them in recent times.
4. Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani
Primo Sheik PSG this man seemed to come to Malaga for the white team a footballing power. It has been halfway. For lack of desire, lack of motivation, but never for lack of money.
3. Sultan Karimov
A fortune 7,1 trillions of dollars are part of the heritage of the owner Anzhi, along with a yacht 90 metros. Fichar a Eto'o, Roberto Carlos, Traore, or play 200 kms from where trains are the extravagances of a team led by one of the great fortunes of the world Balompédica.
2. Roman Abramovich
The most famous of all football owners, Abramovich has splashed money around the Chelsea from 2003 and does not seem to be declining, because reconstruction is in progress Team. Based book signing is a custom in Abramovich, who could still be richer not suffered such great separation.
1. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The owner of Manchester City is part of Abu Dhabi Group bought the club States. He is also Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and has a wealth of $ 31 mil millones. Since his arrival, the team has gained a level, He has won a League, but it has never exceeded the knockout stages of the Champions. And is that money does not always ensure victory.