Forbes and our "Gold mine"

[DB10GOONER]

check this out. Goldmine??

http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0501/manutd.html

[REB]

Rank Team Country Current Value 1 ($mil) Debt/Value(%) 1-Yr Value Change(%) Revenue ($mil) Operating Income 2($mil)
1 Manchester United England 1,800 60 24 394 111
2 Real Madrid Spain 1,285 27 24 474 112
3 Arsenal England 1,200 43 31 329 77
4 Liverpool England 1,050 65 131 269 60
5 Bayern Munich Germany 917 0 9 302 72
6 AC Milan Italy 798 0 -3 307 54
7 Barcelona Spain 784 7 47 392 92
8 Chelsea England 764 0 42 382 -5
9 Juventus Italy 510 5 -10 196 35
10 Schalke 04 Germany 470 48 0 154 36
11 AS Roma Italy 434 12 94 213 48
12 Tottenham Hotspur England 414 15 70 207 64
13 Olympique Lyonnais France 408 7 19 190 15
14 Inter Milan Italy 403 0 -27 207 21
15 Borussia Dortmund Germany 323 57 63 122 31
16 Newcastle United England 300 43 16 175 12
17 Hamburg SV Germany 293 0 32 163 41
18 Werder Bremen Germany 262 0 NA 131 11
19 Valencia Spain 254 159 31 145 -49
20 Celtic Scotland 227 11 23 151 48
21 Everton England 197 30 24 103 -1
22 West Ham United England 195 23 25 115 -22
23 Manchester City England 191 63 -8 114 27
24 Aston Villa England 190 12 36 106 -40
25 Olympique Marseille France 187 0 19 134 13



Revenues and operating income are for the 2006-07 season, converted into U.S. dollars based on June 30, 2007 exchange rates.
1Value of team based on current stadium deals (unless new stadium is pending) without deduction for debt (other than stadium debt).
2Includes stadium debt.
NM: Not Meaningful.
Sources: Deloitte & Touche; company documents; Forbes.

[I Hate Hleb]

DB10, NOTHING IS SHOWING UP FOR ME.

REBEL, THANKS FOR THAT. NOW CAN ANYONE TRANSLATE THAT INFOMATION INTO ENGLISH!!

[REB]

it loses something when copied so here's the link

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/34/biz ... _Rank.html

[I Hate Hleb]

CHEERS MATEY.

[dvbrisgooner1]

Interesting stuff, though I'd question the debt value of Real Madrid - seems rather low for a Club that struggled to pay off the Anelka transfer and was trying to argue Arsenal in to taking lots of tiny instalments over a number of years.

[augie]

Interesting stuff, though I'd question the debt value of Real Madrid - seems rather low for a Club that struggled to pay off the Anelka transfer and was trying to argue Arsenal in to taking lots of tiny instalments over a number of years.

Wasnt that before the madrid local council/parmliment/council bought their old training base for a massively overpriced figure thus clearing madrids debts I find it odd that we are so high up seeing as we aint got a pot to piss in at the mo With the exception of the german clubs and celtic I think we have been rumoured to have been outmuscled in the transfer market by every club on the list in recent years

[SPUDMASHER]

Looks like Roman has not done much to increase the size of Chelsea. If he sells up he'll get hardly any more than he has invested overall.
Bloody shame really

BIG CLUB MY ARSE

[Red Gunner]

We are so rich and close to overtaking Real Madrid. So why do most clubs below us outspend us?

[Magic Hat]

Paying back for the stadium

[green gooner]

We are so rich and close to overtaking Real Madrid. So why do most clubs below us outspend us?

Can I phone a friend, go 50/50 or ask the forum

Somebody please answer that one

[Herbert144]

Yes, Arsenal are still paying for the Emirates Stadium - but if we keep going season after season without a trophy might that not affect attendances and therefore delay the time when the loans are repaid? In the meantime Man Utd and Chelsea keep strengthening their squads and the distance between us stays the same - or even grows bigger.

[Magic Hat]

Would have thought it grew smaller this year then the last two? Meanwhile shouldn't Liverpool and Spurs have overtaken us by now? Not like we don't have a talented team and transfer funds to improve it.

[WengerKnows]

wow , valencia seem to be in big trouble . the club is only valued at $254 million yet they have a debt of $404 million . Expect a massive firesale soon .