Forbes released their list ranking the 50 most valuable sports franchises in the entire world and Manchester United came in fifth overall. MUFC, the second most valuable football club behind Real Madrid, had a valuation of $3.32 billion (€2.99 billion).
United took home the top spot in 2011 and 2012, with Real ($3.65b valuation) claiming the penthouse the past three years. Here’s the list of the top five below:
Most valuable sports teams:
1. Cowboys $4B
2. Real Madrid $3.65B
3. Barcelona $3.55B
4. Yankees $3.4B
5. Man United $3.32B— Kurt Badenhausen (@kbadenhausen) July 13, 2016
Rounding out the other football clubs were Bayern Munich at No. 12 ($2.68bn, €2.41bn), Arsenal at No. 23 ($2.02bn, €1.82bn), Manchester City at No. 28 ($1.92bn, €1.73bn), Chelsea at No. 36 ($1.67bn, €1.50bn), and Liverpool at No. 41 ($1.55bn, €1.40bn).
Back in December The London School of Marketing ranked the ten most valuable football clubs in the entire world, and Manchester United checked in at #2; topping all British clubs. With #4 Manchester City and #8 Liverpool, you have three of the top eight located in Northwest England.
Add in the two giant London clubs, #6 Chelsea and #7 Arsenal, and the English Premier League actually comprises half the top ten!
Here’s the full listing of the top ten, with the valuation figures in pounds
- Real Madrid £2.07B
- Manchester United £2.05B
- Barcelona £2B
- Manchester City £2B
- Bayern Munich £1.5B
- Chelsea £870M
- Arsenal £832M
- Liverpool £624M
- Juventus £531M
- AC Milan £492M
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