The summer transfer window was the richest in Premier League history


Total spending in the English Premier Football League transfer window for the calendar year reached £1bn for the first time in the Premier League’s history. Summer outlay passed £870m,… Read more “The summer transfer window was the richest in Premier League history”

Top 10 World’s Most Valuable Football Brands


  • Manchester United are up from 3rd in 2014 to top spot in 2015, according to Brand Finance (a leading brand valuation and strategy consultancy).
  • Manchester United are the first football brand to be worth more than a $1 billion dollars.
  • Bayern Munich drop to second in the rankings from a year ago.
  • Despite Barcelona doing the “treble” and becoming UEFA Champions League Winners earlier this month, their brand is only the sixth most valuable in the world according to Brand Finance.
  • 60% of the Top 10 Most Valuable Football brands in the world are made up of English clubs. This is mainly due to the fact that English clubs are more well known and better supported in huge markets such as India, China, North America and SE Asia.
  • The other 40% is made up of 2 Spanish, 1 German and 1 French team.
  • Happy to see my beloved Tottenham Hotspur complete the Top 10 🙂

Top 10 World's Most Valuable Football Brands

Source: The Brand Finance Football 50 2015, Brand Finance.

Top 10 European Football Financial League 2014


Top 10 European Football Financial League 2014

No surprise to see the likes of Arsenal and Celtic as well as the German clubs in the Top 10, due to their shrewd transfer dealings and huge match attendances respectively.

However the likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona are no where to be seen in this survey as they did not provide enough information to the surveyors.

Source: S&P Capital IQ