Arsenal Now Listed As Richer Than Chelsea
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*MAN UNITED DROP TO THIRD IN RICH LIST* . . *Manchester United have dropped to third place behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in the 'rich list' of European clubs.* The Deloitte Football Money League sees the two Spanish clubs secure the top spots but mainly due to the continuing decline of the pound against the euro. Real Madrid has topped the 'rich list' for the last five years but Barcelona's unprecedented success last season where they won five trophies has seen them overtake United despite a 9% rise in income at Old Trafford. The overwhelming dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain is shown by the fact that no other La Liga side occupy a top 20 place, while there is a strong sprinkling of Italian and German clubs, including Bayern Munich who are fourth. The two Spanish giants have one significant advantage in revenue terms in that they negotiate their own individual television rights while the Premier League have a collective deal which is shared much more equally among all 20 clubs. The most notable change in the list, based on clubs' revenue excluding transfer fees, sees Arsenal leapfrog Chelsea, with the Gunners recording a 7% rise in revenue to £224million compared to their London rivals' £206million - a 3% fall in revenue. Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, told Press Association Sport: "Chelsea's revenue has dropped because last season was a bit worse than usual on the pitch, they had frozen season ticket prices and there was not a lot going on in big new commercial developments. "Arsenal have the advantage in matchday income with a new 60,000-seater stadium and they made the semi-finals of both the Champions League and the FA Cup. "All the English clubs were impacted by the continuing depreciation of the pound against the euro and the scale of this is shown by the fact that if exchange rates remained at their June 2007 level, United would be top of the money league table." Liverpool, who enjoyed an 11% revenue increase, rose a place to seventh above AC Milan. There are seven English sides in the top 20 in Europe - Tottenham are 15th, Manchester City 19th and Newcastle 20th. Positions (last year's position in brackets): 1 (1) Real Madrid £341.9million 2 (3) Barcelona £311.7m 3 (2) Man Utd £278.5m 4 (4) Bayern Munich £246.6m 5 (6) Arsenal £224.0m 6 (5) Chelsea £206.4m 7 (8) Liverpool £184.8m 8 (11) Juventus £173.1m 9 (10) Internazionale £167.4m 10 (7) AC Milan £167.4m 11 (15) Hamburg £124.9m 12 (9) Roma £124.7m 13 (12) Lyon £118.9m 14 (16) Marseille £113.5m 15 (14) Tottenham £113.0m 16 (13) Schalke £106.0m 17 (n/a) Werder Bremen £97.7m 18 (20) B Dortmund £88.1m 19 (n/a) Man City £87.0m 20 (17) Newcastle £86.0m
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(8) ... 8. lol.
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Or if you are asking about the £184.8m, it's the amount they generate last season as a going club before the expenses are taken into account...
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wow i am so surprise that liverpool is in 7th place
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What is there to be surprise about? If they were losing big money, those 2 American would have sold it long ago. It's because they can foresee an increase in the next few years that's why they and the Glazers won't be selling unless, a very big offer comes along... Also, Tv money is expected to increase for the 2010 - 2013 season...
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Lolx chelsea and arsenal swap places
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its no surprise.
the board will be damn happy but what about the fans?
rich but no trophies to show is only better than teams that are poor and win no trophies.
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For past 3 years chelsea onli won 1 fa cup so spending so much on players and salaries will guarantee trophies? Same apply to liverpool
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Originally posted by DemonFox:
For past 3 years chelsea onli won 1 fa cup so spending so much on players and salaries will guarantee trophies? Same apply to liverpool
only arsenal fans know if they are satisfied.
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if next season sell fabregas sure can up somemore right?
all this riches is only to benefits the owner what benefits does it do us fans any good without spending it on good players to improve the squad.
arsenal need a good goalkeeper and good powerful defensive midfielder or central defenders.
if we have schwarzer or jusse i think we could be top of the table now.
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Originally posted by reyes:
if next season sell fabregas sure can up somemore right?
all this riches is only to benefits the owner what benefits does it do us fans any good without spending it on good players to improve the squad.
arsenal need a good goalkeeper and good powerful defensive midfielder or central defenders.
if we have schwarzer or jusse i think we could be top of the table now.
there are quite a few good keepers at the smaller clubs in the premiership.
wenger should go for one of them.
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personally i like schwarze, jusse of bolton. alumunia is good for backup only.