Thursday, July 14, 2011

Forbes name Manchester United most valuable SPORTS club on planet

Manchester United have been named by Forbes magazine as the most valuable sports team in the world for the third year in a row despite debts of £475m.




Forbes estimate that United's continued success on and off the pitch, as well as a new shirt sponsorship deal with Aon worth £20m-a-season over four years, means the club is worth £1.165billion.


Arsenal and Real Madrid also feature in a top 10 that is dominated by NFL teams.


FORBES MAGAZINE TOP 10:


1 Manchester United £1.165billion
2 Dallas Cowboys £1.13bn
3 New York Yankees £1.06bn
4 Washington Redskins £960million
5 Real Madrid £900m
6 New England Patriots £850m
7 Arsenal £740m
8 New York Giants £734m
9 Houston Texans £727m
10 New York Jets £708m.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

i wonder why so many US football clubs in the ranking?hardly heard of them..

Netto Drumz said...

yeah..maybe bcos it was from FORBES. so AMerican standard...but that football also different kind one

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