Real Madrid Named World Most Valuable Team For The 4th Year In A Row

Real Madrid have remained the most valuable football team in the world for a fourth year in a row, according to US business magazine Forbes.

Real Madrid are ahead of Liga BBVA rivals Barcelona, with Manchester United sitting in third place.

Madrid’s value stands at $3.645 billion and their annual revenue is $694 million, a slight advantage over Barcelona in both categories.

Barcelona are shown to have a value of $3.549bn, with United said to be worth $3.317bn.

Six Premier League teams feature in the top 10, with United joined by Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.

The study also said Real Madrid ranked as the world’s second richest sports team, behind only the Dallas Cowboys American football team, which it valued at
$4bn (£2.77bn).

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Forbes’ top 10 world’s most valuable football teams:

1 Real Madrid: $3.645bn (£2.52billion)

2 Barcelona: $3.549bn (£2.46bn)

3 Manchester United: $3.317bn (£2.3bn)

4 Bayern Munich: $2.678bn (£1.85bn)

5 Arsenal: $2.017bn (£1.4bn)

6 Manchester City: $1.921bn (£1.33bn)

7 Chelsea: $1.661bn (£1.15bn)

8 Liverpool: $1.548bn (£1.07bn)

9 Juventus: $1.299bn (£900m)

10 Tottenham: $1.017bn (£704m)

Paul Ayorinde