According to Forbes Magazine, Roman Abramovich was the 15th richest person in the world with a worth of over $23.5 Billion in May of 2008. Since then, things have changed dramatically for the Chelsea owner.
If you ever wondered how much it cost Chelsea in severance packages when Jose Mourinho and Avram Grant (and don’t forget their staff as well) were fired, now you have the opportunity as Chelsea have announced a 65.7 Million Pound loss for the business year ending June 30, 2008.
Spanish giants Real Madrid have retained their position as the richest football club in the world — according to an annual survey issued by accountancy firm Deloitte.
from Deloitte UK
Welcome to the Deloitte Football Money League 2008 (register to download your report). This is the eleventh year of the publication, profiling the largest clubs in the world’s most popular sport. The Deloitte Football Money League is the most contemporary and reliable analysis of clubs’ relative financial performance and is released less than nine months after the end of last season, as soon as all the clubs’ revenue figures are available to us. For the purposes of this publication, we look at the best publicly available measure of financial comparison: turnover from day to day football business operations.
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Sure things are looking like the 1920’s, but maybe this will help.
Nike and Scottish Premier League giants Glasgow Celtic are looking to finalize a new 5 year, 25 Million Pound deal (which could jump to 29 Million Pound depending on how far the go into Europe) that would start in July and build upon their current 5 year partnership.
After proving to Sir Alex and the board that he can still bring it when necessary and put teams like Chelsea on blast, Manchester United is set to offer 35 year old Ryan Giggs a new contract.
Want to roll like the President of the United States? It’s definitely going to cost you a pretty penny, but at least this phone is going to last a little longer than just one year.
With all the talk lately about Kaka and the 100 Million Euro bid by Manchester City, Bayern Munich fired off a warning shot to anyone even thinking about stepping up to the table for the services of Frenchman Franck Ribery.
