Forbes and Sportico Valuations Rank Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United as Soccer's Most Valuable Clubs
Forbes has ranked Real Madrid as the most valuable soccer club, with a worth of $6.5 billion, significantly boosted by the renovation of the Santiago Bernabéu. According to Deloitte's Football Money League, it became the first club to surpass €1 billion in a single season's revenue. FC Barcelona, valued at around $5 billion, faces debt challenges but benefits from long-term TV rights sales and the Espai Barça initiative. Manchester United approaches a $6 billion valuation, supported by commercial revenue and a $1.3 billion investment from Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS in February 2024. Other valuations include Manchester City at approximately $5 billion, Liverpool at $5 billion, Bayern Munich between $4-5 billion, PSG at $4 billion, Chelsea at $4.25 billion, Tottenham Hotspur over £1 billion, and Arsenal between $2.5-3 billion.
Key facts
- Real Madrid is valued at roughly $6.5 billion and has held the top spot in Forbes rankings for several years
- Real Madrid became the first club to pass €1 billion in single-season revenue, per Deloitte's Football Money League
- Barcelona sold 25 years of domestic television income to Sixth Street and stakes in Barça Studios, deals called palancas in Spain
- Manchester United's valuation sits near $6 billion despite more than a decade without a Premier League title
- Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS closed a deal for roughly a quarter of Manchester United worth about $1.3 billion in February 2024
- Manchester City faces more than 100 alleged Premier League financial rule breaches, which the club denies
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opened in 2019 at a cost of more than £1 billion and hosts NFL games on a retractable pitch
- Chelsea was sold in 2022 to a consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital in a deal reported at £4.25 billion
Entities
Artists
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Kylian Mbappé
- Jude Bellingham
- Lionel Messi
- Alex Ferguson
- Jim Ratcliffe
- Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Pep Guardiola
- Jürgen Klopp
- Arne Slot
- Uli Hoeness
- Neymar
- Luis Enrique
- Daniel Levy
- Todd Boehly
- Roman Abramovich
- Mikel Arteta
- Stan Kroenke
- Alisher Usmanov
- Bukayo Saka
- Ethan Nwaneri
- Emile Smith Rowe
Institutions
- Real Madrid
- FC Barcelona
- Manchester United
- Manchester City
- Liverpool
- Bayern Munich
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Chelsea
- Arsenal
- Forbes
- Sportico
- Deloitte
- UEFA
- Premier League
- La Liga
- Bundesliga
- Ligue 1
- NFL
- NBA
- New York Stock Exchange
- Adidas
- Emirates
- Sixth Street
- Barça Studios
- La Masia
- Espai Barça
- Spotify Camp Nou
- Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
- INEOS
- Glazer family
- Abu Dhabi United Group
- City Football Group
- Etihad Campus
- Fenway Sports Group
- Boston Red Sox
- Major League Baseball
- Nike
- New Balance
- Dynasty Equity
- Allianz Arena
- FC Bayern München AG
- Audi
- Allianz
- 1860 Munich
- Qatar Sports Investments
- Qatar Tourism Authority
- Parc des Princes
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
- White Hart Lane
- Clearlake Capital
- FIFA Club World Cup
- Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
- Los Angeles Rams
- Denver Nuggets
- Colorado Avalanche
- Emirates Stadium
- Highbury
- Hale End
- Arsenal Women
- Fulham
- Monaco
- UEFA Conference League
- Europa League
- FA Cup
- League Cup
- Women's Champions League
Locations
- Spain
- England
- Germany
- France
- United States
- Australia
- Japan
- India
- Qatar
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
- Russia
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- Manchester
- Liverpool
- Munich
- Paris
- London
- Boston
- Montjuïc
- North London
Sources
- Quartz —