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In many leagues a minority of teams tend to control the majority of the wealth, as is the case in England, where the &lsquo;big four&rsquo; football teams (Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool) hold more wealth between them than most other English football teams combined.</p>

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Cheers - just marking work and not sure as there's no reference.
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id say there were five teams with a big wedge rather than 4.

 

I'd say it's false in term of the Premier as there a number of wealthy clubs

In Scotland I'd say the top two have 80% of the wealth

 

Who's the 5th (I'm guessing Man City or Everton).

 

It is unable to be qualified without statistics. Also Man City probably have more wealth than Arsenal or Liverpool.

 

It depends

On what is meant by wealth. Does it refer to spending power, assetts or more simply the balance sheet of the clubs? Chelsea are massively in debt aren't they? So you can't really say that they are wealthy in that respect but they have great spending power because of their owners wealth rather than their own.

Also like D/T says, i'd have thought 5 teams had money now with Man City having more than liverpool or manchester city.

ps Aren't arsenal greatly in debt? Just a few years ago their stadium plans almost went out of the window because they couldn't afford to build it.

 

Infact, 6 then given that villa are bank rolled as well.

 

Aren't Spurs in the top 10 or 20 richest clubs in the world or something too?</p>

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Based on income - </p><table border="0" style="margin: 0pt" class="toccolours"><tbody><tr style="background: #bfd7ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-size: larger"><th>Rank</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Revenue
(&euro; million)</th> <th>Country</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Real Madrid</td> <td>365.8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Spain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Manchester Utd</td> <td>324.8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Barcelona</td> <td>308.8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Spain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>Bayern Munich</td> <td>295.3</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>Chelsea</td> <td>268.9</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Arsenal</td> <td>264.4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7.</td> <td>Liverpool</td> <td>210.9</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8.</td> <td>AC Milan</td> <td>209.5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9.</td> <td>Roma</td> <td>175.4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10.</td> <td>Inter</td> <td>172.9</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11.</td> <td>Juventus</td> <td>167.5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12.</td> <td>Lyon</td> <td>155.7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> France</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13.</td> <td>Schalke 04</td> <td>148.4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14.</td> <td>Tottenham</td> <td>145.0</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15.</td> <td>Hamburg</td> <td>127.9</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16.</td> <td>Marseille</td> <td>126.8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> France</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17.</td> <td>Newcastle</td> <td>125.6</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18.</td> <td>Stuttgart</td> <td>111.5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19.</td> <td>Fenerbah&ccedil;e</td> <td>111.3</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Turkey</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20.</td> <td>Manchester City</td> <td>104.0</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td></tr></tbody></table>

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based on worth in US dollars</p><table border="0" class="sortable wikitable" id="sortable_table_id_0"><tbody><tr><th>ank<span class="sortarrow"></span></th> <th>Team<span class="sortarrow"></span></th> <th>Country<span class="sortarrow"></span></th> <th>Value ($m)<sup class="reference">[2]</sup><span class="sortarrow"></span></th> <th>Debt as
%of value<sup class="reference">[3]</sup><span class="sortarrow"></span></th> <th>% change
on year<span class="sortarrow"></span></th> <th>Revenue ($m)<span class="sortarrow"></span></th> <th>Operating
income($m)<sup class="reference">[4]</sup><span class="sortarrow"></span></th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Manchester United</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>1,800</td> <td>60</td> <td>24</td> <td>394</td> <td>111</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Real Madrid</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Spain</td> <td>1,285</td> <td>27</td> <td>24</td> <td>474</td> <td>112</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Arsenal</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>1,200</td> <td>43</td> <td>31</td> <td>329</td> <td>77</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Liverpool</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>1,050</td> <td>65</td> <td>131</td> <td>269</td> <td>60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Bayern Munich</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> <td>917</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>302</td> <td>72</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>AC Milan</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> <td>798</td> <td>0</td> <td>&minus;3</td> <td>307</td> <td>54</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>FC Barcelona</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Spain</td> <td>784</td> <td>7</td> <td>47</td> <td>392</td> <td>92</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Chelsea</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>764</td> <td>0</td> <td>42</td> <td>382</td> <td>&minus;5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Juventus</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> <td>510</td> <td>5</td> <td>&minus;10</td> <td>196</td> <td>35</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Schalke 04</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> <td>470</td> <td>48</td> <td>0</td> <td>154</td> <td>36</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>AS Roma</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> <td>434</td> <td>12</td> <td>94</td> <td>213</td> <td>48</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Tottenham Hotspur</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>414</td> <td>15</td> <td>70</td> <td>207</td> <td>64</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Olympique Lyonnais</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> France</td> <td>408</td> <td>7</td> <td>19</td> <td>190</td> <td>15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Internazionale</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Italy</td> <td>403</td> <td>0</td> <td>&minus;27</td> <td>207</td> <td>21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Borussia Dortmund</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> <td>323</td> <td>57</td> <td>63</td> <td>122</td> <td>31</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Newcastle United</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>300</td> <td>43</td> <td>16</td> <td>175</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Hamburger SV</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> <td>293</td> <td>0</td> <td>32</td> <td>163</td> <td>41</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Werder Bremen</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Germany</td> <td>262</td> <td>0</td> <td>n/a</td> <td>131</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Valencia</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Spain</td> <td>254</td> <td>159</td> <td>31</td> <td>145</td> <td>&minus;45</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Celtic</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> Scotland</td> <td>227</td> <td>11</td> <td>23</td> <td>151</td> <td>48</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Everton</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>197</td> <td>30</td> <td>24</td> <td>103</td> <td>&minus;1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>West Ham United</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>195</td> <td>23</td> <td>25</td> <td>115</td> <td>&minus;22</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Manchester City</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>191</td> <td>63</td> <td>&minus;8</td> <td>114</td> <td>27</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Aston Villa</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> England</td> <td>190</td> <td>12</td> <td>36</td> <td>106</td> <td>&minus;40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Olympique de Marseille</td> <td><span class="flagicon"></span> France</td> <td>187</td> <td>0</td> <td>19</td> <td>134</td> <td>13</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Valencia!!

No wonder they are up **** creek