19th Most valuable football club

[Spudulike]

Some interesting facts in the latest Forbes worlds football club rich list. 

 

 

Edited 13 April 2021 by Spudulike
Wrong link

[davieG]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2021/04/12/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-barcelona-on-top-at-48-billion/

 

 

19. Leicester City

Leicester, England

Owner/Controlling Shareholder: Khun Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha

Value: $455 million

Two-Year Change: NR

Revenue (2020): $189 million

Operating Income: -$49.3 million

Debt Value: 17%

[urban.spaceman]

In your face number 20. 

[FOXYTALK]

Big club

[Spudulike]

Midlands biggest club. 9th biggest in England. 

[AKCJ]

18 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Midlands biggest club. 9th biggest in England. 

You'll never sing that.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Personally I am stunned not to see Notts Forest on this list. 

[z-layrex]

2 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Personally I am stunned not to see Notts Forest on this list. 

Who?

[StanSP]

A debt value of 17%. Thought it'd be much higher than that. 

 

Club value nearly being half a billion is just mesmerising, really. Who'd have thought we would be in the top 20 clubs in the world just 10 years ago, let alone any time before that. 

 

Unreal. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Just now, z-layrex said:

Who?

They play at the "World Famous" City Ground, apparently.

[Strokes]

20 minutes ago, StanSP said:

A debt value of 17%. Thought it'd be much higher than that. 

 

Club value nearly being half a billion is just mesmerising, really. Who'd have thought we would be in the top 20 clubs in the world just 10 years ago, let alone any time before that. 

 

Unreal. 

What was the value of the club when kingpower bought it?

[davieG]

28 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

They play at the "World Famous" City Ground, apparently.

Not forgetting the Clough Cup the richest competition in the East Midlands.

[StanSP]

8 minutes ago, Strokes said:

What was the value of the club when kingpower bought it?

According to Nikkei.com, they bought the club for $76m (£48m) in 2010 

 

Other sources quote £40m. 

[ajthefox]

54 minutes ago, StanSP said:

According to Nikkei.com, they bought the club for $76m (£48m) in 2010 

 

Other sources quote £40m. 

I don't think it was as high as £48m, IIRC didn't Mandaric pay about £25m? I don't think there was much reason for the club's value to improve that much in that short space of time.

 

 

 

[davieG]

35 minutes ago, ajthefox said:

I don't think it was as high as £48m, IIRC didn't Mandaric pay about £25m? I don't think there was much reason for the club's value to improve that much in that short space of time.

 

 

 

This site says £39m

 

 

https://www.cityam.com/leicester-citys-owner-will-be-able-to-sell-club-for-more-than-10-times-what-he-paid-for-it-if-foxes-win-the-premier-league/

Self-made billionaire Khun Vichai, as he is known in his native Thailand, bought the Midlands side for £39m from serial football club owner Milan Mandaric at a time when they was saddled with debt following six seasons outside the Premier League.

[ozleicester]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Personally I am stunned not to see Notts Forest on this list. 

Well, you see, this is from the twenty FIRST century.

[Spudulike]

14 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Well, you see, this is from the twenty FIRST century.

Still 1981 in Nottingham. You have to turn your watch back 40 years as you go over the border. 

[SkidsFox]

28 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Still 1981 in Nottingham. You have to turn your watch back 40 years as you go over the border. 

A bit harsh. They've done their best to get to Year Zero by knocking down their flag ship BroadMarsh shopping centre.

[mozartfox]

3 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Personally I am stunned not to see Notts Forest on this list. 

I am even more stunned not see Celtic's Reserves in there, given Chris Sutton usually speaks the truth.   It is staggering though how the gap between ourselves and the Sheep and Trees has grown over a 7 year period.   God we are lucky.

[Brizzle Fox]

Sack the board, we're below Everton and West Ham. Unacceptable.