The Barça team climbed to the top of the list with a valuation of 4.76 billion dollars
Barcelona beat its main rival, Real Madrid, to become the most valuable football club in the world with a valuation of 4.760 billion dollars, According to a list published by Forbes this Monday.
Real Madrid, who have topped the list five times in the past, beat Barcelona 2-1 in El Clásico last Saturday, but are in second place in the category of the most valuable clubs with a rating of 4,750 million dollars.
Forbes stressed that the average value of the 20 most valuable clubs has increased by 30% in the last two years at $ 2,280bn even though the COVID-19 pandemic affected revenue from ticket sales, which fell to $ 441bn last season, 9.6% less than in the 2017/18 campaign.
“The pain is far from over, with a growing decline in revenue during the current season, as most teams in Europe’s major leagues allow only a small group of fans to enter.” , wrote Mike Ozanian, assistant editor of Forbes.
European champions Bayern Munich (4,215bn) are third on the list, while the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ – Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur – are in the top 10.
French champion and Champions League runner-up Paris Saint-Germain climbed to ninth place after being valued at € 2,500m with a 129% increase in two years, the biggest increase among the top 10 clubs.