Sunday, 01 Apr, 2007
Offbeat
Forbes' List of 25 Most Valuable Soccer Teams

The Forbes magazine (link
) has published its list of 25 most valuable soccer teams in the world.
The Top 25 World Soccer Teams are:
- Manchester United, England. Team value: $1,453 mil;
- Real Madrid, Spain. Team value: $1,036 mil;
- Arsenal London, England. Team value: $915 mil;
- Bayern Munich, Germany. Team value: $838 mil;
- AC Milan, Italy. Team value: $824 mil;
- Juventus, Italy. Team value: $567 mil;
- Internazionale Milan, Italy. Team value: $555 mil;
- Chelsea London, England. Team value: $537 mil;
- Barcelona, Spain. Team value: $535 mil;
- Shalke 04, Germany. Team value: $471 mil;
- Liverpool, England. Team value: $454 mil;
- Olympique Lyonnais, France. Team value: $343 mil;
- Newcastle United, England. Team value: $260 mil;
- Tottenham Hotspur, England. Team value: $243 mil;
- AS Roma, Italy. Team value: $224 mil;
- Hamburg SV, Germany. Team value: $221 mil;
- Manchester City, England. Team value: $208 mil;
- Borussia Dortmund, Germany. Team value: $199 mil;
- Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands. Team value: $196 mil;
- Celtic, Scotland. Team value: $185 mil;
- Everton, England. Team value: $165 mil;
- Olympique Marseille, France. Team value: $157 mil;
- West Ham United, England. Team value: $156 mil;
- Glasgow Rangers, England. Team value: $147 mil;
- Aston Villa, England. Team value: $140 mil.
Note: While calculating the 'team value' index, the Forbes analysts have taken into consideration the following factors: past transactions, enterprise values (i.e. market value and debt) of publicly traded teams and current stadium deal (unless a new stadium is pending).
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