Manchester United were confirmed as the richest club in the world, making £175.8m last season to stay ahead of Italian giants Juventus and European champions AC Milan. Leeds reached their unlikely position as the figures do not include debts, so their huge losses did not come into the equation. Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea and Spurs were the other Premiership clubs to make the top 20. The rich list in full;
1 (previous year - 1) Manchester United £175.8m, 2 (2) Juventus £152.7m, 3 (4) AC Milan £140m, 4 (6) Real Madrid £134.7m, 5 (3) Bayern Munich £113.8m, 6 (12) Inter Milan £113.6m, 7 (8) Arsenal £104.6m, 8 (5) Liverpool £104.4m, 9 (13) Newcastle £97.1m, 10 (7) Chelsea £93.6m, 11 (10) Roma £92.6m, 12 (15) Borussia Dortmund £86.7m, 13 (9) Barcelona £86.3m, 14 (n/a) Schalke 04 £82.9m, 15 (16) Tottenham £66.9m, 16 (11) Leeds £64.3m, 17 (14) Lazio £62.2m, 18 (17) Celtic £60.8m, 19 (20) Olympique Lyonnais £58.9m, 20 (n/a) Valencia £56.3m.