Real Madrid and Barcelona overtake Manchester United as top earning clubs

• Top 20 generated £7.4bn of combined revenue in 2017-18
• Six Premier League clubs in Deloitte’s money league top 10

Manchester United have been unseated as world football’s biggest earners after slipping to third behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in Deloitte’s annual report into club revenues. However, the underlying financial strength of the Premier League was emphasised as English clubs provided six of the top 10 in the accountancy experts’ money league, a record from a single country.

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