{"id":460790,"date":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/manchester-united-named-as-worlds-most-valuable-sports-team-by-forbes\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","slug":"manchester-united-named-as-worlds-most-valuable-sports-team-by-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/manchester-united-named-as-worlds-most-valuable-sports-team-by-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United named as world&#8217;s most valuable sports team by Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Michael Raven<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 11:32:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.0821299639\">\n<div readability=\"15.5321637427\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132300\/132338_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson &#8211; Manchester United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"27.4094292804\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> have been named as the most valuable sports team in the world by Forbes magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils, who are valued at $1.86 billion (\u00a31.16bn), beat NFL team Dallas Cowboys and the New York Yankees to top the list.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the top 50 sports teams in the annual list, all 32 NFL sides were included, while just eight football clubs from around the world made it.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid, in fifth place, are the second most valuable football club, while Arsenal and Chelsea are in seventh and 46th place respectively.<\/p>\n<p>United&#8217;s advertising revenue has a big impact on their valuation, with the club having an \u00a380m, four-year deal with shirt sponsor Aon and a \u00a3302.9m, 13-year deal with Nike.<\/p>\n<p>The club also gain their revenue from the club&#8217;s fanbase, with an estimated 333,000,000 supporters around the world.<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2574373\/manchester-united-named-as-worlds-most-valuable-sports-team\" title=\"Manchester United named as world's most valuable sports team by Forbes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United named as world&#8217;s most valuable sports team by Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Michael Raven 14 Jul 2011 11:32:00 Sir Alex Ferguson &#8211; Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Manchester United have been named as the most valuable sports team in the world by Forbes magazine. The Red Devils, who are valued at $1.86 billion (\u00a31.16bn), beat NFL team Dallas Cowboys and the New York Yankees to top the list. Out of the top 50 sports teams in the annual list, all 32 NFL sides were included, while just eight football clubs from around the world made it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United named as world&#039;s most valuable sports team by Forbes - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/manchester-united-named-as-worlds-most-valuable-sports-team-by-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United named as world&#039;s most valuable sports team by Forbes - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Michael Raven 14 Jul 2011 11:32:00 Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Manchester United have been named as the most valuable sports team in the world by Forbes magazine. 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