The title of the richest team in the entire sports world was won by Real Madrid achieving revenues of more than 400 million euros in a single year.
The Spanish team comes first in revenue for five consecutive years, but the first time it showed both high income attributable to television broadcasts and very profitable for it has concluded agreements with the company Mediapro. Through this contract, the "Queen of Europe" has secured over 1.1 billion euros over seven championships.
The survey «Football Money League» the sports field of accountancy firm Deloitte, the Spanish team occupies the top position as revenues during the reporting period amounted to 401.4 million. Followed by compatriot and traditional rival Barcelona with revenues of 365.9 million euros and the third position occupied by Manchester United with revenues of 327 million. In the list followed by the British Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. But it is interesting, as the authors report that although the pound was still at the level of June 2007, Manchester United would be one that would hold the first position.
The first 20ada the richest clubs in the world composed exclusively of European clubs. First is that England has seven teams, Germany has five and Italy have four clubs.
In Spain, the two top teams Real Madrid and Barcelona benefiting from the status of the local league La Liga under which clubs can sell independently the television rights for matches. After Italy's decision to move to a system of collective selling of these rights, the La Liga will be the next football season alone among the top five leagues to allow members of the autonomous negotiation of television rights.
