Football finances

Football finances

Football clubs with a transfer value of at least $50 million

Football clubs with a transfer value of at least $50 million are included in the list below. All of the football clubs with a transfer value of at least $1 billion played numerous UEFA Champions League matches. The UEFA Champions League is the continental football championship with the highest prize money. Real Madrid are the most recent football club which became the most valuable sports club in the world. They became the most valuable sports club of the year numerous times. The four most valuable non-football clubs in the world are from the United States. Those clubs are the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, the New England Patriots of the NFL, the New York Knicks of the NBA and the New York Yankees of MLB. The Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots are American football clubs, the New York Knicks are a basketball club and the New York Yankees are a baseball club.

The football legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi and the boxing legend Floyd Mayweather became the first athletes with an annual pay of at least $100 million. The Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo and the Argentine legend Lionel Messi both won the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup several times. Ronaldo won his first world title with Manchester United and Messi won his first world title with FC Barcelona. Both players never won a FIFA World Cup title with their national football team. In 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both played their final FIFA World Cup match in Russia. Ronaldo lost his final match against the national football team of Uruguay and Messi lost his final match against the national football team of France.

★★★ At least $1 billion
★★ At least $100 million and below $1 billion
★ At least $50 million and below $100 million

🏆 At least one continental or world championship title
🚫 No continental or world championship title