Football

Forbes Releases TOP 10 Of World's Most Valuable Football Teams

Thursday, May 08, 2014 at 3:22 PM by Khadijah Thabit 1 min read

Spanish club Real Madrid has taken the honorary first place in the latest ranking of world's most valuable soccer teams by Forbes Magazine.

Los Blancos have reportedly grown 4% in value this year and now are worth $3.44 billion.

The second place is occupied by another Spanish team, Barcelona, with a worth of $3.2bn.

Manchester United, which has been having hard times this season due to the unexpected sack of David Moyes, however became the third-most valuable club with the figure reaching $2.81bn.

Meanwhile Bayern Munich, owned like Real by club members, came 4th with $1.85bn having become the fastest-growing club.

Starting from the 5th position the rating goes as follows: Arsenal ($1.33), Chelsea ($868mln), Manchester City ($863mln), Milan ($856mln), Juventus ($850mln) and Liverpool ($691mln).

It is also worth mentioning that Real Madrid's star Cristiano Ronaldo has been admitted highest-earning football player in the world, while Barcelona's Lionel Messi comes second.

Source: Legit.ng

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