Manchester United and Real Madrid edge out Barcelona in KPMG football rich list as massive TV deals boost Premier League
- Real Madrid and Manchester United valued at £2.2bn on new rich list
- KPMG survey calculated enterprise value of world's leading football clubs
- Real continue to convert their on-field success into huge commercial gain
- United benefit from global fanbase and Premier League's huge TV deals
- Barcelona come in a close third, ahead of Bayern Munich in fourth place
- There are five English clubs in the top 10 as popularity of league pays off
Manchester United and Real Madrid are neck-and-neck as world football's commercial and financial powerhouses, according to a new rich list.
Both clubs have a value of just over £2.2bn each, putting them just ahead of third-placed Barcelona in the KPMG survey.
Real continue to capitalise on their proud tradition of success and large global fanbase to generate revenue, while United have benefited from lucrative domestic and global Premier League TV deals.
Real Madrid, seen here celebrating reaching the Champions League final, are joint-top of a new football rich list with Manchester United. Both clubs have an enterprise value of just over £2.2bn
Manchester United, who won the FA Cup last weekend, also have an estimated worth of £2.2bn
Barcelona come in third on the KPMG rich list, with an enterprise value of £2.09bn
The presence of five English clubs - United, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool - in the top 10 of the ranking owes much to television revenue, which is set to increase further from next season.
The study also shows how Real, United and Barcelona have far and away the greatest commercial pull around the world, with the value of those three clubs representing one-third of the near-£20bn cumulative value of the 32 clubs listed.
Barcelona come in third on the ranking with an enterprise value of £2.09bn, followed by German champions Bayern Munich on £1.63bn and Arsenal on £1.26bn.
Man City are sixth on £1.23bn, Chelsea seventh on £1.1bn and Liverpool eighth on £0.96bn. Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain round out the top 10, with Tottenham 12th and Everton 16th.
With a total enterprise value of over £7.6bn, the seven English clubs on the list account for almost 40 per cent of the overall total of £19.99bn.
Andrea Sartori, KPMG's global head of sports and the author of the report, said: 'Thanks to the deal signed by the English Premier League at the beginning of 2015 the difference in terms of broadcasting revenues among the leading European leagues and the Premier League has widened significantly, despite the booming price of domestic broadcasting rights across other parts of Europe.'
Bayern Munich's continued success on the pitch in Germany places them fourth in the rich list
Arsenal come in fifth on the list and are one of five Premier League clubs within the top 10
And the English clubs will only have their hand strengthened when the new three-year domestic television deal worth £5.14bn comes into effect in August.
It could mean that United are able to open daylight over Real and Barcelona as the world's richest club in next year's survey.
Enterprise value takes into account the true worth of the club and its assets rather than the wealth of its owner’s companies.
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