Premier League football clubs dominate richest in the world - BBC News

now let's turn our attention to the

beautiful game because the world's

richest football clubs appear to be

brushing off the current cost of living

crisis according to Deloitte English

Premier League dominates claiming about

11 out of the top 20 places by wealth

the Champions Manchester City retained

their top spot making

731 million euros in the last year the

return of fans to stadia post covid has

meant a significant return to match day

revenues but on the Day sales still only

make up about 15 of total revenues for a

club as a whole about 44 comes from

broadcasting 41 from commercial sources

well we're joined now by zal eduardia

the assistant director in deloitte's

sports business group

um zal this is really interesting some

of these numbers here and it sort of

begs the question do you think it's

possible in your view for other European

leagues to really catch up with the

Premier League clubs

so as you said the for the first time

we've got a majority of clubs in the

money League from the Premier League so

11 out of 20 and the Gap and the real

challenge for the rest of the big five

is whether they can begin to bridge that

Gap and it's going to really take

something special something Innovative

that they need to do to try and begin to

close that Gap during the Premier League

because

um it's not inconceivable that in a few

years all 20 clubs could feature in the

top 30.

now this sort of asymmetry in finances

that you're talking about in this study

do you think it sort of undermines the

sustainability of soccer as a sport

I think the game's governing bodies UEFA

and the Premier League included have

taken a number of measures to ensure

sustainability so uefa's Financial fair

play regulations has grammatically

improved the sustainability of the game

and we know in England there are a

number of reports and studies going on

at the moment as to how sustainability

again can be increased but the long-term

sustainability of the game and good

governance of football is really

important for the key stakeholders

now one area of real growth in the last

year two years is the development of the

women's game

um it is however important not to

overplay these numbers I think revenue

for for the clubs that are playing

women's games is about one percent

um of the total revenue so it's still

very very small and the numbers in your

survey they predate the UEFA European um

Women's Championship and they don't

include the US clubs so that's an

important caveat too but are there

opportunities that are emerging from the

women's game that might level things a

little

absolutely as you say the women's game

is at such a Mason stage of its Journey

it's hard to compare it to the men's but

with the exposure and and the record

levels of attendance and viewership

we're seeing in the women's game at the

moment with the right levels of

investment and good governance we can

really kick start a virtuous in virtuous

cycle in the women's game and it really

is a growth opportunity for clubs in the

years to come

thank you very much for your time and

your analysis salad wadia