Soccer Money:
According to the American business magazine Forbes – Real Madrid is the second most valuable soccer club in the world. The calculation made to reach the value and the corresponding rating is through a model of historic revenues + multiples. Number one on the list was Manchester United.
Forbes SportsMoney top 20 list over the world’s wealthiest soccer clubs
To learn more about the specific data of Real Madrid click on the link below:
Real Madrid value
The clubs on the Forbes list are more or less the same as on the Deloitte’s list over the 20 biggest clubs by revenues. Only the order has been slightly shaked up.
The ranking and the value according to Forbes:
1. Man Utd is worth $ 1.84 billion.
Real Madrid is worth $ 1.32 billion
Arsenal comes in third with $1.18 billion
Fourth goes to FC Barcelona $ 1,000 billion
5. Bayern Munich $ 990 millions
Liverpool $ 882 millions
AC Milan $ 800 millions
Juventus $ 656 millions
Chelsea $ 646 millions
10. Inter $ 413 millions

So Manchester United is by far the most valuable club beating the number 1 and 2 on the Deloitte’s list Real and Barca handsomely. Forbes proposes that the vast differences in earnings and thus value among the top clubs and the increasing discrepancy is due to the global vs. local distinction. The global brands have far greater earning potential than the local brands. Two out of three revenue streams are however primarily local and national: stadium and TV while only the third that of marketing and sponsorships has more of a global dimension.

Below the top 10 list are the following clubs taking up the spots 11-20:
Schalke 04 $ 384 millions
Tottenham $ 372 millions
Lyon $ 333 millions
HSV $ 329 millions
AS Roma $ 308 millions
Werder Bremen $274 millions
Marseille $ 262 millions
Borussia Dortmund $ 261 millions
Manchester City $ 258 millions
Newcastle United $ 198 millions

So how is the distribution on countries.
The 5 big European leagues take up all the 20 top spots on the list:
England – 7
Germany – 5
Italy – 4
Spain – 2
France – 2

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