Real Madrid become world football's richest club

Avrupa Times/Vatan Oz-Spain's Real Madrid replaced England's Manchester United as world's richest football club, data revealed on Thursday.According to the latest Deloitte Football Money League statistics based on revenue for the 2017-18 season, Manchester United moved down to the third place, below Real Madrid and Barcelona. Among the top 10 are six English and two Spanish clubs. Germany and France joined the list each with one club each.English teams dominated the list, while Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona top the list."Generating record revenue of €750.9m [$851.7 million], Real Madrid return to first place in the Money League for the first time since 2014/15, posting the second-highest lead over second place (FC Barcelona) in Money League history (€60.5m) [or $68.6 million]," the Deloitte Football Money League said on Thursday.

"Overall, the 20 highest earning football clubs in the world generated a record €8.3bn ($9.4 billion) of combined revenue in 2017/18, an increase of 6 percent on the previous year," it said.

The Top 10 Revenue Generating Clubs are as follows:

2017/18 Revenue (€m)

Real Madrid 750

Barcelona 690.4

Manchester United 666.0

Bayern Munich 629.2

Manchester City 568.4

Paris Saint-Germain 541.7

Liverpool 513.7

Chelsea 505.7

Arsenal 439.2

Tottenham Hotspur 428.3