Economic And Financial Indicators

摘要

Manchester United may be champions of Europe on the football pitch, but Real Madrid remainstop of Deloitte's annual Football Money League. Forafourth consecutive year, the Spanish club was the biggest revenue earner in world football. But its continued dominance of the Money League owed as much to swings in currencies as to on-field brilliance. The 21%increasein United's revenuesin 2007/08 oughtto have been enough to claim top spot. But once the club's sterling income was translated into euros, it fell short of Madrid's €366m. The slump in the pound (ratherthan a rogue refereeing decision) robbed United of a third title, to go with the UEFA Champions League and English Premier League.