Manchester United is the highest-valued sports club in the world

Despite the last bad performances that are worrying a lot its fans, Manchester United's future are increasingly rise: according to Forbes' Kurt Badenhausen reports, contrary to what was achieved on the pitch the English team is climbing more and more the ranking of top valuable clubs in the world. In the last twelve months, the shares of the Red Devils, on the New York Stock Exchange, are up 55% to reach, while suffering the huge home defeat against Tottenham, a maximum value of $26.05 each.

According to the latest Forbes annual report, dating back to last July, the British were second in the ranking of the world richest sports teams, behind the NFL's Dallas Cowboys football and over Barcelona, Real Madrid and New York Yankees. But now the gap has been totally reduced, to draw the enterprise value of 4.8 billion dollars. The club has an incredibly strong base: the sponsors' muscle (here we had already analyzed those concerning the jerseys) is more and more solid and can count on 23 global partners, 9 regional partners, 13 financial partners and 10 among the media.