Manchester United named second most valuable football club

Friday 18 December 2015

Manchester United named second most valuable football club

Manchester United have been named the second most valuable football club in Europe, closely behind Spanish giants Real Madrid.

According to the valuation study released by experts from the London School of Marketing, five Premier League clubs made the top ten, while eight including Tottenham, Newcastle and West Ham made the top twenty.

Manchester City's improving football reflects on their financial standing as the Citizens becomes the fourth most valuable football club, closely following Barcelona in third.

Champions Chelsea were ranked sixth, followed closely by fellow London rivals Arsenal in seventh, and Liverpool on the eighth spot.

The top twenty is made up of eight English clubs, four Italian clubs, three Spanish clubs, three German clubs, One French and Turkish club respectively

Here is a list of the twenty most valuable European football clubs:

1. Real Madrid - £2,070m

2. Manchester United - £2,050m

3. Barcelona - £2,007m

4. Manchester City - £2,000m

5. Bayern Munich - £1,492m

6. Chelsea - £870m

7. Arsenal - £832m

8. Liverpool - £624m

9. Juventus - £531m

10. AC Milan - £492m

11. Borussia Dortmund - £445m