Manchester United have been named the world’s richest club after they ended Real Madrid’s 11-year stranglehold on top spot in Deloitte’s Football Money League.
United’s 2015-16 revenues of €689.0m (£515.3) – an all-time record for a football team – lifted them ahead of both Real and Barcelona for the first time since 2003-04.
Neighbours Manchester City climbed to a new high of fifth in the annual list – published today – while Leicester City gatecrashed the global top 20 for the first time following their historic Premier League title win Shirt-sleeve sponsorship: English football's new arms race
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United also ranked among the leading clubs last season, giving England twice as many representatives as any other country.
United, who flexed their financial muscle by
signing midfielder Paul Pogba for a world record fee of £89m in the summer, comfortably overtook Real and Barca despite the Spanish teams also enjoying growth.
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