Not sure how many of you saw this, the top 20 billionaire club owners:
1.Carlos Slim ($70bn) – Club Leon (Liga, Mexico)
2.Armancio Ortega ($51bn) – Deportivo de la Coruña (La Liga, Spain)
3.Alisher Usmanov ($20bn) – Arsenal (English Premier League)
4.George Soros ($19bn) – Manchester United (English Premier League)
5.Paul Allen ($15bn) – Seattle Sounders (Major League Soccer, USA)
6.Lakshmi Mittal ($15bn) – QPR (Football League Championship, England)
7.Rinat Akhmetov ($15bn) – FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian Premier League)
8.François-Henri Pinault ($14bn) – Stade Rennais (Ligue 1, France)
9.Roman Abramovich ($12bn) – Chelsea FC (English Premier League)
10.John Fredriksen ($12bn) – Vålerenga (Tippeligaen, Norway)
11.Philip Anschutz ($10bn) – LA Galaxy (Major League Soccer, USA)
12.Dmitry Rybolovlev ($10bn) – Monaco (Ligue 1, France)
13.Silvio Berlusconi ($7bn) – Milan (Serie A, Italy)
14.Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nayhan ($7bn) – Manchester City (English Premier League)
15.Dietrich Mateschitz ($7bn) – FC Salzburg (Austrian Budesliga)
16.Suleyman Kerimov ($6bn) – Anzhi Makhachkala (Russian Football Premier League)
17.Denis O'Brien ($5bn) – Celtic (Scottish Premier League)
18.Leonid Fedun ($4bn) – Spartak Moscow (Russian Football Premier League)
19.Stan Kroenke ($4bn) – Arsenal (English Premier League)
20.Joseph Lewis ($4bn) – Tottenham Hotspur (English Premier League)
And since that list was compiled, the boy from Anzi Mocca Chocalatta Yaya has gone bust, having to sell all his best players. So good old Joe, now down to his last $4bn at number 19, has decided to take on Usmanov & Kroenke, Abramovich, Sheikh Mansour etc in a big boys peeing contest.
Good on ya Joe, although maybe he's pumping it up for a sale?
Deep pockets top 20
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Alisher Usmanov ($20bn)
No wonder when he's offering 40million and a pound on Suarez
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Chicken.
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1.Carlos Slim ($70bn) – Club Leon (Liga, Mexico)
Sounds like a drug dealer
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Does Lakshmi Mittal still own QPR?? Are you sure this data is up to date
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I'm not sure the Deportivo one is true, they're skint.
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Kent, club is skint, owner isn't
Look at Arsenal, for example
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Should this be changed to "have financial stakes in" , as not all of them are sole owners etc ??
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Anzhi are in trouble, which is why they will get Levyed if Spurs go for Willian.
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Yep you shouldn't confuse owner's or majority shareholder's wealth with a club's wealth, just like any company.