England’s football clubs outperform the competition
According to a study by Deloitte, England places six clubs in the ten richest and eleven in the top twenty places in this “Football Money League”. And the trend will not stop.
Trophy for the winner of the English Premier League, photographed in August 2017 in Brighton.
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With a turnover of 654 million euros, Paris SG ranked 5th among European clubs in 2021/2022, in a ranking in which the very powerful Premier League occupies 11 of the top 20 positions, according to a study by the company Deloitte.
With an increase of almost 18% compared to the previous season (€556.2m), PSG do better than the average of the top 20 (13%) and earn one place compared to the 2022 edition of this “Football Money League” published by the auditing firm, just ahead of Bayern Munich (653.6 million euros).
The almost generalized increase in revenues, with the exception of Juventus and Inter, can be explained in particular by the rebound in “match day” revenues (ticketing, catering) which multiplied by 10, going from 111 million euros to 1.4 billion euros for the Top 20, with the return of fans to stadiums.
Commercial revenues (sponsors, merchandising) increased by 8%, from €3.5 billion to €3.8 billion.
But above all, this ranking confirms the increasingly marked hegemony of English football, given that Manchester City finishes first for the second consecutive year with 731 million euros, ahead of Real Madrid (713.8 million euros) and Liverpool (701 million of Euro).
Seventh only last year, the Reds overtook Manchester United for the first time (4th with 688 million euros), on the strength of an incredible last season with 2nd place in the Premier League, the Champions League final and the success in the two national cups.
England hogs six of the top ten and eleven of the top twenty with new entrants such as Leeds (18th, €223m) or especially Newcastle (20th, €212m), whose takeover by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund it has not yet produced its full effects.
A sign of the times, Barcelona, who topped this table two years ago, are now only 7th (€638m) after their early exit from the Champions League and slower commercial revenue growth in the league. competition.
“The Premier League’s financial superiority is unlikely to be called into question in the coming seasons,” said Sam Boor, director of Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, as “these clubs continue to attract international investment.”
“The question now is probably not if but when the 20 Premier League clubs will be in the Top 30,” added Moor. I am currently 16.
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