Recently the Forbes Rich List and The Times newspaper came together to make a list of the top 10 richest Premier League club owners. There’s a new top dog and Newcastle trail Sunderland. Here’s some key positions…
#1. Queens Park Rangers [Net Worth of est. £32bn]
After the recent Tony Fernandes takeover the board issues for the Rangers have vanished. Neil Warnock was given money to spend on transfer deadline day and will expect the same in January. Hopefully QPR can recruit a goalscorer and some defensive reinforcements to secure their status as a Premier League club.
#2. Manchester City [Net Worth of est. £22.8bn]
Despite losing their #1 spot as richest club in the Premier League, Manchester City are still by far the most upwardly mobile club in world football. The money will continue to pour in and the team will improve, expand and dominate.
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#3. Chelsea [Net Worth of est. £13.4bn]
Roman Abramovich’s riches are old news now but he continues to be as reliable as ever in regards to financial support and knee-jerk managerial firings. This summer Chelsea spent big again, landing at least 2 signings in excess of £15m and several more who weren’t cheap. Abramovich is keeping Chelsea neck and neck with the huge spenders.
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#8. Sunderland [Net Worth of est. £1.3bn]
Ellis Short has been a success story for Sunderland so far and his financial support for manager Steve Bruce cannot be questioned. While the team’s on field results may not reflect the money that is being put in, if Ellis Short continues to back the club just as well in his new chairman position, Sunderland will see increased success sooner rather than later.
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#10. Newcastle [Net Worth of est. £1.2bn]
The last addition to the list is yet another club who doesn’t go absolutely crazy in the transfer market. The owner, Mike Ashley, has become an unpopular figure with Newcastle fans in the past but at the moment, enjoying their best start to a Premier League campaign for a considerable amount of time, those grudges have been forgotten to some extent.
Written by Sam Tighe
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What a complete load of tosh… Tony Fernades isn’t even a billionaire & his co-owner is only worth £14.5b making the the second richest club in the PL, not 1st, so I’d love to know where the other £17b has come from…. plus Short is only a Billionaire in American dollars, not Pounds sterling, unlike Ashley who’s actually worth £1.37b now….
shorts company is worth a reported u.s $25 billion. His personal fortune is estimated at u.s $2.2 billion. Which is something in the region of £1.4 billion. So, it roughly about right