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although the numbers may be right for the last year, i doubt Barcelona and Madrid are not on top. Inter, Juventus, AC Milan and Bayern should be somewhere in there too.

Barcelona is been dominating since forever so I doubt Arsenal is has bigger "income" than los cules.

Most of the club that I mentioned above have too many members around the globe, they have had a lot of succes with the years and they are global brands.

An nlf college fan was trying to argue with me the other day.

The math is simple. Everybody knows a team like Bayern in Brazil and Argentina, and people would hardly know about the new england patriots or nfl... we are talking of the 2 biggest countries in south america.

Who knows where those numbers come from, and althought I could believe nlf makes great money due to commercial breaks and time outs, the biggest proof was NFL Europe, other than a good amount of people watching the super bowl, i doubt they are truly consumers of any football team.

If you tell me about the lakers, or chicago bulls, I will probably believe it more.

NBA is way more popular than nfl around the planet, and everybody knows who Jordan and Kobe are.

Im not saying your info is wrong, but I doubt it.

Madrid should be on top, success usually becomes profit and not other european club come close to Madrid in tittles, Ac Milan would be trying to catch up.



Barca has the debt issue; it could just be the new president slinging mud around, but if it's true, then they're in for some serious problems, especially if they insist on chasing after expensive players like they are with Cesc.

I read an article on the top ten soccer economic franchises a few days ago, but I can't find it now. You were right though, Bayern was among the top five IIRC, which makes sense. The German clubs seem to be the most stable financially, and they have the best turn out.

Arsenal isn't that much of a shock to me. Arsene majored in economics, did he not? I guess it makes sense he would run a tight ship.