Manchester City have more financial muscle than any other club in world football – according to the Soccerex Football Finance 100. The study underlines how the global football landscape has changed dramatically over the past two decades, largely due to increased investor interest from billionaires across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas and escalating broadcast revenue. Manchester City topping the Soccerex Football Finance 100 will come as little surprise, being one of the most prominent cases of significant foreign investment transforming a club’s status and potential. This new annual report by Soccerex uses a bespoke methodology to evaluate and rank the top 100 clubs across the planet based on their finances. Manchester City topped the global rankings with a Football Finance Index (FFI) score of 4.883, which factors in five variables – playing assets, fixed assets, money in the bank, potential owner investment and net debt. Potential owner investment presumabl...