Also bei Reuters nicht. Allerdings wird hier das Pay-TV als eine der wesentlichen Einnahmequellen genannt. Auch die Stadien mit entsprechender
Infrastruktur(Merchandising, Restaurants, Shopping, Hotels) werden da genannt.
Edit: Ich mach mir mal die Mühe und schreib den ganzen Artikel rein:
ManUare still the richest club in the world football, as revenues from the game `s top 20 teams heads towards the two billion pound($3.78 Billion) mark this year, a report showed on Thursday.
United s income of 171.5 million pounds($323.8 million) for the 2003-04
season kept them top of the pile for the eight year in a row, according to the Football Money League report published by consultants Deloitte.
Spanish giants Real Madrid are second with 156.3 million pounds after halving the gap with United since last year, while Italy s AC Milan are third on 147.2 million pounds.
Chelea, bought by Russian Oil tycoon RA in July 03, and Barcelona, the Team they face in CL knockout phase at Nou Camp next week, are the biggest movers up the rich list.
Both clubs have jumped six places, with PL leaders Chelsea rising to fourth on 143.7 million pounds and Primera Liga leaders Barcelona moving up to seventh on 112 million pounds.
Chelsea failed to win any silverware in RA s first season but the appointment of Jose Mourinho and a further spending spree
on players looks likely to pay handsome dividends.
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Juventus slipped to fifth on 142.4 million pounds and Arsenal lie sixth on 115 million pounds, just ahead of Barcelona, who have benefited from large risesin broadcasting and matchday revenues.
Barcelona s income should increase further after this seasons CL run, though the Catalan club are still refusing any shirt sponsorship.
Arsenal can look forwardto the future benefitsof their new 60.000-seater Emirates Stadium, which is due to open for the 06-07 season.
The remaining top 10 places are filled by Inter Milan(110.3 mio pounds), Bayern Munich(110.1) and Liverpool (92.3)-- with Bayern having slipped from fifth place last year.
Underpinning the wealth of Europe s top clubs has been the advent of subscription TV over the past 10 years-- a situation the report believes is unlikely to chang.
Football is critical to the development of a strong an sustainable subscriber base for Pay-TV broedcasters sais Deloitte partner Dan Jones.
"Pay-TV needs top-level football as much as football needs Pay-TV s revenues, and therefore we expect broadcasting revenues for the "best properties" to hold their values."Along with TV, a key source of revenue is the clubs stadia on match and non-match days.
This area, which includes restaurants and conference facilities, is one where the top English clubs are proving sa successful that Real and AC Milan
could soon find themselves being left behind.
"Non-UK clubs.... do need to address this now" Jones said.
"With Chelsea s succes and Arsenal s Emirates Stadium development, we can foresee a scenario where English clubs fill the top three places in the 06-07 Money League.