Football Money League - The Climbers and the Sliders (Part 2 of 2)
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Football Money League - The Climbers and the Sliders (Part 2 of 2)
Article by Robert Elstone, Austin Houlihan, Rich Parkes and Mark Roberts
Grounds for improvementThe Deloitte Football Money League is once again filled by clubs from Western Europe, but only six countries provide all 20 clubs on the list. England has the most (eight clubs), followed by Italy (five), Germany, Spain and Scotland (two each), and France (one club). What is different about the UK market which means that England and Scotland provide half of the Money League representatives?It's about balance…Despite the recent realignment of the broadcast market, clubs in mainland Europe still have a much higher level of dependency on broadcasting revenue than their UK counterparts. In Italy and Spain clubs can negotiate individual deals with broadcasters and this has resulted in a flight to quality, with the largest clubs commanding phenomenal amounts in broadcasting revenue. This also explains the disappearance from our top 20 of all bar the biggest Spanish and Italian clubs. In the 2003/04 season 'signing on bonuses' from broadcasters to the three big Italian clubs meant that broadcasting reve...See the full content of this document
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