Manchester United have retained their place atop the Premier League rich clubs list – valued at £2.84billion. At least six English clubs have made the list of the world’s richest clubs 2020.
The Old Trafford squad remain the second-most valuable club in Europe, according to KPMG. In a turbulent year, the Red Devils actually saw their value decrease by 2 percent.
And it was recently revealed they are in crippling debt, not helped by the coronavirus pandemic – with their monies owed rocketing by £127.4million to a total of £429m.
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But the big story came out of Anfield, as Liverpool leapfrogged Manchester City and Chelsea to sit second in England and fifth in Europe richest clubs.
The European champions and Premier League champions-elect saw a monster 19.3 percent bump to their value.
The Reds are now worth an astronomical £2.26bn, ahead of City (£2.21bn) and Chelsea (£1.88bn) – with the Blues seeing a 6.3 percent decrease in their clubs value.
Sitting Top of Europe clubs, still, are Real Madrid – valued at £2.95bn after seeing a small boost in the past 12 months.
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Barcelona (£2.71bn) and Bayern Munich (£2.44bn) slot in below Man Utd.
Tottenham and Arsenal both also make the top ten richest clubs but enjoyed very different years. Spurs saw a 15.8 percent bump in their value, skyrocketing into eighth in Europe – a one spot rise – at £1.75bn.
But the Gunners, Arsenal slipped into tenth of the top richest clubs, dropping two spots below their North London rivals and Paris Saint-Germain.
The Ligue 1 champions, PSG saw the biggest percentage boost in the whole top ten, with their stock rising by 36.7 percent.
Arsenal saw a 13.2 percent slip, now worth just £1.57bn, with the next-most-valuable Premier League side West Ham in 18th, closely followed by 19th-placed Leicester.
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However, next year could see all teams’ value slide drastically thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
All clubs in Europe have faced huge financial problems owing to the lockdown, with some players and staff told to take a pay-cut or even furloughed.
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