By John Considine
There are three teams in the last-16 of the Champions League that have not featured in the last five editions of Deloitte Football Money League. Ajax, Lyon and Porto have not featured amongst the Top-20 revenue generating clubs. The table below shows that the first two of these three clubs face two of the financial and footballing giants of the game.
Ajax are 2-1 down to Real Madrid after playing the first-leg at home. Madrid were 1st in the Deloitte Football Money League (DFML) in three of the last five editions. They are number 1 in the latest edition of DFML with revenues of €750.9m (47% of which came from Commercial revenues including the sale of Ronaldo). During the last five years they have also collected the Champions League trophy a few times. Is it any surprise that Sergio Ramos might have decided to serve a suspension during the second-leg (rather than play in it)?
Lyon held Barcelona to a scoreless draw and will now head to Barcelona. They may only need a score draw to progress but it seems a tall order. Barcelona have been 2nd three times in the last five editions of the DFML. DFML shows that Barcelona have total revenues of €690m and a similar distribution of revenues to Real Madrid (i.e. Commercial, Broadcast, and Matchday). In the case of Barcelona, they benefitted from a new four-year deal with Rakuten (there was a time when they spun a different story about shirt sponsorship).
Porto are the third club not to have featured in the Top-20 revenue generating clubs in the DFML. Porto lost 2-1 away to Roma. The gap between the two clubs is narrower than in the other two cases. There opponents, Roma, have only broke into the Top-20 on three occasions (twice at 15th and once at 16th).
Tonight Schalke 04 host Manchester City in one game and Atletico host Juventus in the other game. The away sides have better revenue generating records. It may count for little on a given night. However, it would be natural to expect those with the deeper pockets to advance.
Lyon held Barcelona to a scoreless draw and will now head to Barcelona. They may only need a score draw to progress but it seems a tall order. Barcelona have been 2nd three times in the last five editions of the DFML. DFML shows that Barcelona have total revenues of €690m and a similar distribution of revenues to Real Madrid (i.e. Commercial, Broadcast, and Matchday). In the case of Barcelona, they benefitted from a new four-year deal with Rakuten (there was a time when they spun a different story about shirt sponsorship).
Porto are the third club not to have featured in the Top-20 revenue generating clubs in the DFML. Porto lost 2-1 away to Roma. The gap between the two clubs is narrower than in the other two cases. There opponents, Roma, have only broke into the Top-20 on three occasions (twice at 15th and once at 16th).
Tonight Schalke 04 host Manchester City in one game and Atletico host Juventus in the other game. The away sides have better revenue generating records. It may count for little on a given night. However, it would be natural to expect those with the deeper pockets to advance.
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