Manchester United Named World’s Most Valuable Football Club

Manchester United claimed the world’s most valuable football club, with 20 Major League Soccer (MLS) teams in the global top 50 list.

In figures compiled by Sportico, via The Athletic, United are valued at $6.2billion, with Real Madrid ($6.06bn), Barcelona ($5.28bn), Liverpool ($5.11bn) and Bayern Munich ($4.8bn) completing the top five.

Los Angeles FC ($1.15bn) are the highest-ranked MLS club at 15th, with Atlanta United, Inter Miami, LA Galaxy and New York City FC all in the top 20.

The Premier League is the second-most represented league on the list with nine clubs in the top 50; however, their cumulative valuation of $29bn is almost double that of the 20 MLS clubs ($15.1bn).

La Liga clubs have the third highest league cumulative total at $13bn; but are represented by just three clubs (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid) on the list.

Serie A have six clubs on the list but none in the top 10, with Juventus (11th, $1.77bn), Milan (14th, $1.2bn) and Inter (16th, $1.06bn) leading the valuations of Italian clubs.