Real Madrid Beats Man Utd as World Soccer’s Richest Club
The latest Deloitte Money League is dominated by English teams, but none of them can outdo the Spanish giants.
Real Madrid players celebrate victory in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final.
Photographer: Michael Regan/Getty Images
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European champion Real Madrid displaced Manchester United as the world’s highest-earning soccer club as the English team’s under-performance on the pitch in recent seasons ate into its dominance off it.
United slumped to third place, below both Real and Spanish rival Barcelona based on revenue for the 2017-18 season, financial services firm Deloitte said in its annual Football Money League on Thursday. United was the wealthiest club for two of the past three years and eight times in the last two decades.