[bitontheslide]

Manchester United are the most valuable Premier League club, according to a list released by business website Forbes on Wednesday.

United, valued at $6bn (£4.8bn), are second on the list behind Spain's Real Madrid $6.07bn - the first time two clubs have topped the $6bn mark.

Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal also make the top 10.

Forbes' valuation of Manchester United has increased by 30% since last year.

The Old Trafford club was put up for sale by the Glazer family in November, with Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Group both submitting bids to buy United

Real held on to the top spot from 2022 while increasing their value by 19%, with bitter rivals Barcelona in third having topped the list back in 2021.

Since Forbes began publishing the list of the world's most valuable football teams in 2004, only Real Madrid and Manchester United have ranked in the top five each year.

Elsewhere, Newcastle United's value has increased by 51% to $794m following their Saudi-backed takeover and qualification for next season's Champions League.

Who made the top 10?

1. Real Madrid - $6.07bn (£4.9bn)
2. Manchester United - $6bn (£4.8bn)
3. Barcelona - $5.51bn (£4.4bn)
4. Liverpool - $5.29bn (£4.2bn)
5. Manchester City - $4.99bn (£4bn)
6. Bayern Munich - $4.86bn (£3.9bn)
7. Paris St-Germain - $4.21bn (£3.4bn)
8. Chelsea - $3.1bn (£2.5bn)
9. Tottenham Hotspur - $2.8bn (£2.2bn)
10. Arsenal - $2.26bn (£1.8bn)

Others

15. West Ham - $1.03bn (£831m), 20. Crystal Palace - $806m (£650m), 22. Newcastle United - $794m (£640m), 23. Leicester City - $781m (£630m), 24. Aston Villa - $756m (£609m), 25. Everton - $744m (£600m)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65764359

[Nicky91]

so much money, so little personality in those clubs




also you can still do smart transfer even without too much budget


look at Fortuna Sittard, lots of clever scouting work being done here

this season we paid 1 million for Rodrigo Guth

but we have Ivor Pandur (first on loan, we permanently signed him for almost nothing) Dimitrios Siovas (for free, one of our top quality strengths in defence) Arianit Ferati (for free, one of our creative forces on midfield) Inigo Cordoba (for almost nothing, very good winger in our offensive strengths) Umaro Embalo (for free, from Benfica B, without any professional match experience, is a huge talent)



with much money you can buy buy buy loads of stars, but can they play together perfectly? that is more a question

[Zizu]

All those billions spent in the team and … yet again FRED starts in midfield..


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[Nicky91]

the likes of Man City, PSG shouldn't be on this list if i had a say in that


but yeah UEFA's own mini-adolf: Ceferin keeps protecting them