Real Madrid tops football club rich list

Real Madrid lifted the Copa del Rey title this season but are in a race to finish second in LaLiga. Antonio Villalba/Real Madrid via Getty Images

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Real Madrid beat Man United as world's most valuable club - Forbes

For the first time Real Madrid has topped the rich list of clubs, as ranked by income, drawn up by accountants Deloitte. For the past eight years since the list was set up it has been headed by Manchester United. But the Spanish club has trebled its income from sponsorship and merchandise in the last four years to overhaul United. In particular it has made use of David Beckham and other top players to penetrate the lucrative Asian market.

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Real Madrid revenues were boosted by a third consecutive Champions League win

The top twenty clubs, with last year's ranking in brackets, and the total income figure are:

All the 20 clubs represented are from the "big five" European leagues, with Italy having four places, Germany and Spain contributing three clubs, and France one.

Nine of the best funded clubs are thus from Britain, four from Italy, four from Spain, two from Germany and one from France.

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