Arsenal is the 7th most valuable football franchise.

Forbes magazine has rated Arsenal as the 7th most valuable sports franchise in the world assessing the club’s worth, following Stan Kroenke’s takeover, at $1.19 billion. Last year the Gunners placed 8th in the rankings valued at $1.18 billion.

Manchester United top the 2011 list valued at $1.86 billion, while Spanish giants Real Madrid, 5th, make up the third football club in the top ten.

German side Bayern Munich (19th), Champions League winners Barcelona (26th), Serie A champions AC Milan (34th), Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea (46th) and Italian giants Juventus (49th) are the only other football sides to make the top fifty.

The rest of the top fifty is made up predominantly of NFL sides although baseball’s New York Yankees place 3rd, while Formula 1 giants Ferrari (13th) and McLaren (37th) also break up the dominance of American Football sides.

Top Fifty Franchises

Manchester United / Football / $1.86 billion
Dallas Cowboys / NFL / $1.81 billion
New York Yankees / MLB / $1.7 billion
Washington Redskins / NFL / $1.55 billion
Real Madrid / Football / $1.45 billion
New England Patriots / NFL / $1.37 billion
Arsenal / Football / $1.19 billion
New York Giants / NFL / $1.18 billion
Houston Texans / NFL / $1.17 billion
New York Jets / NFL / $1.14 billion
Philadelphia Eagles / NFL / $1.12 billion
Baltimore Ravens / NFL / $1.07 billion
Ferrari / Formula 1 / $1.07 billion
Chicago Bears / NFL / $1.07 billion
Denver Broncos / NFL / $1.05 billion
Idianapolis Colts / NFL / $1.04 billion
Carolina Panthers / NFL / $1.04 billion
Tampa Bay Buccaneers / NFL / $1.03 billion
Bayern Munich / Football / $1.03 billion
Green Bay Packers / NFL / $1.02 billion
Cleveland Browns / NFL / $1.02 billion
Miami Dolphins / NFL / $1.01 billion
Pittsburgh Steelers / NFL / $996 million
Tennessee Titans / NFL / $994 million
Seattle Seahawks / NFL / $989 million
Barcelona / Football / $975 million
Kansas City Chiefs / NFL / $965 million
New Orleans Saints / NFL / $955 million
San Francisco 49ers / NFL / $925 million
Arizona Cardinals / NFL / $919 million
Boston Red Sox / MLB / $912 million
San Diego Chargers / NFL / $907 million
Cincinnati Bengals / NFL / $905 million
AC Milan / Football / $838 million
Atlanta Falcons / NFL / $831 million
Detroit Lions / NFL / $817 million
McLaren / Formula 1 / $815 million
Los Angeles Dodgers / MLB / $800 million
Buffalo Bills/ NFL / $799 million
St. Louis Rams / NFL / $779 million
Minnesota Vikings / NFL / $774 million
Chicago Cubs / MLB / $773 million
Oakland Raiders / NFL / $758 million
New York Mets /MLB / $747 million
Jacksonville Jaguars / NFL / $725 million
Chelsea / Football / $658 million
New York Knicks / NBA / $655 million
Los Angeles Lakers / NBA / $643 million
Juventus / Football / $628 million
Philadelphia Phillies / MLB / $609 million

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Ooh to be a gooner



Hahahaaha!!! I love the look of Barca so far behind.

So really, what Barcelona think is that they're going to take one of our players back to a club thats worth less than theirs. And pay less. For our captain. One of the best midfielders in the world. Most number of assists in any major league in Europe in the past 5 seasons. Goal scorer. Heartbeat. Inspiration. Somebody show this to Cesc.

Xavi can go wank off with Buschets or whatever his name is.

P.S. : Not a word about this to Nasri. For obvious reasons.

I actually had to CTRL+F to find Barcelona

How sad

this is sports franchises not just football, which is even better

WOW what an honour! This is a team that is on a tophyless drought.

tsgooner1 wrote:WOW what an honour! This is a team that is on a tophyless drought.

Not by the end of next season my friend

Arsenal really is a giant now a days...

All due to bernake take over and coz we have many foreigners

Now, if we were only less stingy with that "value"...

Value doesn't directly form money, you know. Thats why city is nowhere to be seen.