Barcelona is the most valuable football club according to Forbes, ends Real Madrid and Manchester United’s duopoly
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For the first time, Barcelona has topped Forbes’ ranking of the world’s 20 most valuable football clubs, pushing Real Madrid to second place. Real Madrid is valued at $4.75 billion, marginally behind Barcelona at $4.76 billion. For the prior 16 years, two clubs had dominated the top slot, with Real Madrid claiming five times and Manchester United claiming the spot 11 times.
Barcelona’s ascent coincides with the club’s public spat with superstar Lionel Messi, the world’s highest-paid player, who threatened to leave before the end of his contract last year.
Messi stayed put after a months-long cliffhanger, and the team’s president Bartomeu resigned amidst financial turmoil. Eventually, appointing Joan Laporta as the new president wasn’t enough to keep Leo Messi in Barcelona. The 7 times Ballon D’or winner signed with Paris Saint-Germain at the start of this season leaving his boyhood club.
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FC Barcelona tops the list of the world’s most valuable football clubs
- FC Barcelona
The Catalan club has moved to the first spot for the first time and they’re valued at a massive $4.76 billion.
- Real Madrid
The 13-time Champions League winners have been shifted to the second spot by their nemesis Barca. Dear slightly behind the Catalan club in valuation. They are valued at $4.75 billion.
- Bayern Munich
The most successful club, Bayern Munich, in Germany Bayern has climbed to the third spot being valued at $4.215 billion.
- Manchester United
The club with the most number of top spots in the previous tables has dropped down to the fourth place. The Red Devils are valued at $4.2 billion.
- Liverpool FC
This year‘s champions league final list and Merseyside team Liverpool claim the fifth spot on the list.
- Manchester City
The blue side of Manchester is sitting in the sixth place on the list. The team is currently valued at $4 billion. They recently signed Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, and it could impact their next year’s rankings.
- Chelsea
Last season‘s Champions League winners and the London club Chelsea sit in seventh place. They are currently valued at $3.2 billion.
- Arsenal
Another English club finds itself in the eighth position of the list – and it is Arsenal. The team from north London is valued at $2.8 billion.
- Paris Saint Germain
The club from Paris which has recently bagged the Jordan deal with Nike and has a star-studded line-up finds itself in the ninth place. The Parisiens are valued at $2.5 billion.
- Tottenham Hotspurs
The 10th position on the list is acquired by the English club Tottenham Hotspurs. The club has been valued at $2.3 billion.
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Ujan Chakraborty
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