Manchester United climb to second on football’s rich list behind Real Madrid

Manchester United may have had their worst season on the pitch for two decades last year but they have reclaimed second spot in the list of the football’s richest clubs and now have Real Madrid in their sights.

Only the European champions stand ahead in terms of income while Barcelona by contrast are struggling to keep pace financially with their Spanish rivals, United and Bayern Munich.

The money league compiled by Deloitte sees Real established as the world’s richest club with revenues of €549.5m for the 10th year in succession while United are on €518m, Bayern €487m and Barcelona €484m.