Beckham, Abramovich tops British football riches

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British Richest Players  

David Beckham £87m

Michael Owen £32m

Robbie Fowler £28m

Sol Campbell £27m
Rio Ferdinand £22m

Ryan Giggs £22m

Andriy Shevchenko £22m

Thierry Henry £21m

Wayne Rooney £20m

Michael Ballack £18m                                     As at 7^th December 2006. 

FOOTBALL’S TOP INVESTORS in Britain  

R Abramovich (Chelsea) £10.8bn

J Lewis (Spurs) £2.1bn

D Desmond (Celtic) £1.25bn

M Glazer (Man Utd) £1.05bn

T Hemmings (Ch’ton,Preston) £900m

Sir A Sugar (Spurs) £790m

R Lerner (Villa) £789m

D Murray (Rangers) £650m

S Keswick, family (Cheltenham) £644m

D Sullivan (Birmingham) £595m  As at 7^th December 2006. 

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WORLD’S  RICHEST CLUBS. ANNUAL INCOME FOR 2004-05  

1(2) RealMadrid £186.2m

 2(1) Man Utd £166.4m

3(3) ACMilan £158m

4(5) Juventus £154.9m

5(4)Chelsea £149.1m

6(7)Barcelona £140.4m

7(9) BayernMunich £128m

8(10)Liverpool £122.4m

9(8) InterMilan £119.7m

10(6) Arsenal £115.7m

11(12) Roma £89m

12(11)Newcastle £87.1m

13(14) Spurs £70.6m

14(17) Schalke £65.8m

15(-)Lyon £62.7m

16(13) Celtic £62.6m

17(16)ManCity £60.9m

18(-) Everton £60m

19(-)Valencia £57.2m

20(15) Lazio £56.1m 

Source: BBC online.   (Previous season’s positions in brackets)  

(as at 16^th Feb 2006.)For more click here.