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The authoritative Swiss Ramble reviews the latest Deloitte Money League: https://swissramble.substack.com/p/money-league-202122

Manchester City retained its spot at the top of the Money League with £619m, once again just ahead of Real Madrid £605m, with Liverpool £594m climbing four places to third, their highest ever position.

Four other clubs reported more than half a billion Pounds in revenue: Manchester United £583m, Paris Saint-Germain £554m, Bayern Munich £554m and Barcelona £540m (down three places). 

The number of English clubs in the Top 20 increased from 10 to 11, the first time that one country has contributed more than half the teams. English clubs occupy three of the top four places with City, Liverpool and United.

There are three London clubs in the Top 10: Chelsea £481m (8th), Tottenham Hotspur £443m (9th) and Arsenal £367m (10th). The Gunners rose from 11th, the first time that a new club has entered the Top 10 since 2018/19, thanks to their high match day income.

In addition, the lower reaches of the top 20 feature West Ham £255m (15th), Leicester City £214m (17th), Leeds United £189m (18th), Everton £181m (19th) and Newcastle United £180m (20th).  In percentage terms, West Ham had the highest year-on-year increase with 30%.


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