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Here are Forbes' Top-10 most valuable football teams

June 07, 2017

United topple Real Madrid off its perch in Forbes’ list, Barca are at No 2 spot

Manchester United have replaced European champions Real Madrid as the world's most valuable soccer team, according to the annual list published by Forbes on Tuesday.

United were valued at $3.69 billion, an 11 percent jump compared to last year. That was a testament to the team's powerful brand and marketing acumen, Forbes said in a statement.

Six Premier League teams featured in the top 10.

Barcelona were second on the list with a value of $3.64 billion while Real Madrid, who held top spot for the last four years, fell to third place with a value of $3.58 billion.

Rounding out the top five were Bayern Munich ($2.71 billion) and ManchesterCity (2.08 billion).

German champions Bayern Munich ($2.71 billion) were ranked fourth while Serie A champions Juventus ($1.26 billion) were ninth.

Forbes also said the average value of the top 20 teams rose 3 percent over last year to $1.48 billion.

Scroll below to find out the Top-10 most valuable football teams…

1

Manchester United
Value: $3.69billion

 

 

2

FC Barcelona
Value: $3.64billion

 

 

3

Real Madrid
Value: $3.58billion

 

 

4

Bayern Munich
Value: $2.71billion

 

 

Manchester City
Value: $2.08billion

 

 

6

Arsenal
Value: $1.93billion

 

 

7

Chelsea
Value: $1.85billion

 

 

8

Liverpool
Value: $1.49billion

 

 

9

Juventus
Value: $1.26billion

 

 

10 

Tottenham Hotspur
Value: $1.06billion

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