Forbes magazine, specialized in the world of business and finance, ranked FC Barcelona as the leader of the ranking of the most valuable football clubs worldwide. The Catalan team reaches a valuation of 4.760 billion dollars, which just surpasses the 4.750 billion of the Real Madrid, finalist of the Champions League and first place in the last list.
The choice of the Barcelona team as the number one, despite not winning any titles in the recent season, is due to the fact that the American publication based its analysis on the income and profits of the 2019-20 campaign. In that period, the institution was still led by Josep Maria Bartomeu and still had Lionel Messi among its ranks.
According to the Mundo Deportivo newspaper, Forbes did not take into account income from player loans, but did take into account the "business values (capital plus net debt)" and the "economy of the stadium" of the team. In addition, the average exchange rate to the American currency of those years was used.
Barcelona received good news after a bad sports year. Photo: EFE
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Despite everything, there are three other sports clubs that surpass Barça in the general ranking. They are the Dallas Cowboys (5.700 billion) of the NFL (American football), the New York Yankees (5.250 billion) of the MLB (baseball), and the New York Knicks of the NBA (basketball).
Most valuable teams in the world (in dollars)
- F.C. Barcelona: 4.760 billion
- Real Madrid: 4.750 billion
- Bayern Munich: 4.215 billion
- Manchester United: 4.200 billion
- Liverpool: 4.100 billion
- Manchester City: 4.000 billion
- Chelsea: 3.200 billion
- Arsenal: 2.800 billion
- PSG: 2.500 billion
- Tottenham: 2.300 billion