Without money, nothing works in soccer. Anyone who doesn’t have millions can’t play at the top of the football business. Stay tuned as in this article of Gazettely, we will reveal the top richest football club owners in the world as of 2021. Stay tuned.
In the last few years, football has undergone a complete change of dimension thanks to because of money. Nowadays, it has become almost normal to see transfers taking place for unimaginable amounts of money or huge incomes like Neymar’s.
Football players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, have turned into marketing assets that can be bought and sold. Furthermore, the TV rights to obtain and broadcast championships and other competitions have become an area where the sums sometimes reach colossal sums.
The same applies to the financial strength of clubs… While most football fans think that the owners of Manchester City and PSG are the richest, the truth is quite different. While both clubs are, for example, ranked among the 10 most expensive squads in Europe, below we will take a look at the richest football club owners and there are a few surprises in this ranking.
Who are the richest football club owners in the world?
Although some of them own big European clubs, such as Roman Abramovitch with Chelsea or the Agnelli family who have owned Juventus since 1923 (and who have had the time to sell players sometimes at a high price), there are others who own more modest clubs. For example, Shahid Khan owns Fulham, which is playing in the English second division, or businessmen who have preferred to bet on MLS clubs rather than on top teams! If you are ready, let’s see who the richest football club owners in the world are.
Another middle eastern and the second Iranian to make it to our list of the richest football club owners is Mohammad Reza Zonouzi. So, the questions is, who is Mohammad Reza Zonouzi? Well, he is a shareholder, manager and owner of several companies in the manufacturing, service and banking sectors in Iran and also the owner of the Tractor S.C., which is amongst the most popular football clubs in Iran.
Zonouzi is known as one of the wealthiest Iranians and while his total fortune is not known to the public, but there were reports in 2011 that Mohammad Reza Zonouzi net worth is of $12 billion, but because of the economic downturn in Iran, it is said that his total fortune had declined in the recent years.
Since purchasing the Tractor football club which plays in the Iranian Premier League, he had made some high profile signings, including the three captains of the Iranian national team and the famous British coach John Toshack, however, other than a Hazfi Cup win, his team has so far failed to win any silverware. More recently, there are also some reports that Zonouzi is planning to sell the club.
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