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.
The former Qatari tennis player is considered to be the most powerful man in French football. He bought the French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2011 and transferred top international players to Paris for a lot of money. The most sensational transfer is that of the Brazilian Neymar, who moved from Barcelona to PSG for the record sum of 222 million euros, however, this year Al-Khelaifi was able to sign Lionel Messi too.
Starting in 2013, Paris Saint-Germain has won the French championship for many years. In addition, they have won the French Cup many times under Khelaifi, whose wealth is estimated at 19 billion dollars. Stay tuned to know more about the richest football club owners in the world.
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