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Manchester United have moved from fourth to second in the list of the world's richest clubs, as Real Madrid stayed top for the third straight year.
Deloitte's Football Money League, which is based on revenues generated during 2006/7, was headed by United for eight years until the Spaniards deposed them.
Chelsea are fourth in Deloitte's table, even though the Blues regularly make huge losses. Arsenal are fifth.

In all, there are seven British clubs in the top 20 positions.

Three of the four clubs that dropped out of the list were also British - Manchester City, Rangers, and West Ham United.

And, looking ahead to next year's report, the authors state that "2007/08 could see England providing half the Money League clubs".

Spanish champions

The list shows that the game's riches continue to be monopolised by the same group of clubs, with only one change in the top 10 from the previous season.

Juventus dropped out because they played in the second-tier of Italian football in 2006/07, their place in the top 10 going to Italian rivals Roma.


Spanish champions

The list shows that the game's riches continue to be monopolised by the same group of clubs, with only one change in the top 10 from the previous season.

Juventus dropped out because they played in the second-tier of Italian football in 2006/07, their place in the top 10 going to Italian rivals Roma.

WORLD'S WEALTHIEST CLUBS BY REVENUE
1) Real Madrid: £236.2m
2) Man Utd: £212.1m
3) Barcelona: £195.3m
4) Chelsea: £190.5m
5) Arsenal: £177.6m
6) AC Milan: £153m
7) Bayern Munich: £150.3m
Liverpool: £133.9m
9) Inter Milan: £131.3m
10) AS Roma: £106.1m
Source: Deloitte: 2006/7

Deloitte's figures take into account income from ticket sales, merchandising and broadcasting contracts but do not include transfer revenues and does not calculate profitability.

Between them, the collective revenue of the top 20 clubs - which are all European - grew by 11% to £2.5bn in 2006/07, the highest rate of growth since 2002/03.

Real Madrid retained its crown as the world's wealthiest club, in terms of sales, in a season when it clinched the Spanish championship under Fabio Capello, and with David Beckham in the team.

Its revenues rose to £236.2m from £202m the year before.

'Close the gap'

Manchester United moved into second place, leapfrogging Barcelona and Juventus, thanks to a season in which they won the Premier League and reached both the Champions League semi-final and FA Cup final.

Real saw a 20% increase to take their total revenue, though Manchester United's revenue grew even more quickly, up from £167.8m to £212m.

Dan Jones, of Deloitte's sports business group, said: "With the new Premier League television deals now online for the 2007/08 season, Manchester United have the opportunity to significantly close the gap on Real.

"A successful Champions League run may even see them challenge again for the number one position."

Deloitte says the new TV money could help more English clubs into the top 20 in a year's time.

Meanwhile, Arsenal, helped by increased revenues at their new Emirates Stadium, jumped from ninth place to fifth, while Chelsea's move up to fourth spot means England are the first country to have three clubs in the top five.

The other British clubs to make it into the list were Liverpool (, Tottenham Hotspur (11), Newcastle United (14), and Celtic (17).

Ticket increases

Harry Philp, director of sports finance and advisory firm Hermes Sports Partners, said: "The top seven or eight clubs tend to usually be the same, and generally drawn from the big English, Spanish and Italian clubs.

"Real Madrid will have been helped by the very lucrative TV deal that they have, and the fact that their stadium is pretty much sold out for every game.

"Manchester United have been helped by their success on the field but also by ticket price increases.

"They have also done a lot of renegotiation of much of its financial arrangements.

"Arsenal have clearly benefited from the move to the Emirates."

The top 10 wealthiest clubs by revenue, in descending order, are Real Madrid, Man Utd, Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan and AS Roma.

happy val to all Lillywhite

dawson is out 4 3week

We will not be allowed to use our £9million Scotland full back Alan Hutton in the second half of their Uefa Cup campaign because of his previous club Rangers' failure to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Champion League.
Exactly the same situation happend with Ricardo Rocha after signing him from Benfica in January of last season.
What a mess.

BALE LATEST
BALE LATEST

Gareth Bale has had his cast removed as he continues his recovery from a sprained ligament in his right foot.

The 18-year-old suffered the injury in our Premier League match against Birmingham City in December and although the Wales international is making good progress he is expected to be out for the remainder of the campaign.

"Gareth's injury was reviewed today and although the surgeon was happy with the results of the X-rays he does not anticipate Gareth being able to play any further part in this season," said Sporting Director Damien Comolli.

"We are all disappointed for Gareth, but he is still very young and his long-term fitness is our priority."

Bale get well soon.

Our new signing Alan Hutton has said that the ambition of Juande Ramos was the key factor in his decision to move to the club.

Do u know that Aaron Lennon is
officially the shortest player on the
books of any Premiership club at 5ft 5in.
mow u know.

till then
i know it Chelsea i just feel like hearing it
form u. watch for Berba, the guy wan
wear metal.

Mustay:
xzay get ready to meed another london team in tha' final

which club?

Gilberto Fails Tottenham Medical
Brazilian left-back Gilberto will not be moving to
white hart lane after failing a medical.

The Brazilian is out of contract at Hertha Berlin in the summer, which is when he was expected to complete a Bosman move to White Hart Lane.

However, things sped up after Spurs were able to agree a cut-price deal with the Bundesliga club to sign him in January itself.

Gilberto jetted into London for a medical last week, but a deal was not struck for reasons left unspecified. It has now been confirmed that he then had a second medical, which he failed.

"The Brazilian national team player Gilberto will fulfil his contract until June 2008 with Hertha BSC," announced the Bundesliga side on their official website.

"The player is expected back in Berlin on Thursday."

Hitting out at the Premier League side, the statement continued: "Hertha and Tottenham Hotspur reached an agreement over the transfer of the player after the statutory medical last Sunday, when all conditions for a transfer were fulfilled.

"It is therefore all the more incomprehensible for Hertha the way Tottenham have now acted."

Spurs have yet to comment on this but, at 32, the player's age could have been a factor.

From The Treatment Table To Tottenham

Full name: Jonathan Simon Woodgate
Date of birth: 22 January 1980 (age 28)
Place of birth: Middlesbrough, England
Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position: Centre-back


Jonathan Woodgate was born on the 22nd January, 1980, in Middlesbrough, England, but didn't make his breakthrough locally. Although he was a member of the Middlesbrough academy system as a youngster, he moved to Leeds United as a promising sixteen-year-old centre-back. Indeed, it would not be long before he made his full debut for the Yorkshire club’s first team, with this coming in November 1998 at the age of 18.

His emergence in the first team coincided with a remarkable upturn in fortunes for the Whites. Under the guidance of David O’Leary, and alongside fellow products of the Leeds United academy, such as Ian Harte, Harry Kewell, Alan Smith, and Paul Robinson, combined with big money signings such as Mark Viduka and Rio Ferdinand, the club were able to go on a remarkable run.

As well as challenging the Premiership supremacy of Manchester United and Arsenal, the 2000-2001 season saw Leeds United reach the semi finals of the Champions League. This campaign saw Woodgate gain significant big match experience against such European heavyweights as Barcelona, AC Milan and Valencia.

However, while Woodgate’s Leeds United career was reaching new highs on the football pitch, off it troubles were brewing for the England international. A late night altercation at a night club in Leeds ended in a lengthy trial, and Woodgate being found guilty of affray. This led to him being banned from international selection, and destroyed any chance of him going to the World Cup in Japan in 2002.

Furthermore, this time period saw the beginnings of the injury problems that have so blighted Woodgate’s career. His final years at Leeds saw the player spend more and more time on the treatment table, whilst at the same time the club began to financially implode.

This financial crisis led to Woodgate joining Bobby Robson’s Newcastle United in January 2003 for £9 million. Here, Woodgate was quickly able to establish himself again as one of England’s finest centre half’s. However, the injury woes that characterised his final years at Leeds raised their head again. A serious thigh muscle tear cut short the 2003/04 season, and denied Woodgate the chance to represent England at Euro 2004.

Yet whilst he was lying on the Newcastle United treatment table in the summer of 2004, the then Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho surprised the whole of Europe by sanctioning a £13.4 million move to the Spanish club.

The extent of this thigh injury meant that he was only able to make his debut for Los Merengues in the following season during a remarkable match against Athletic Bilbao, in which he scored an own goal, managed to get sent off, and made sure that during his entire Real Madrid career Woodgate was only fit enough to take part in 12% of the club’s games.

Although his continued commitment led to him becoming a fans’ favourite, this lack of fitness led to Fabio Capello allowing Woodgate’s exit on loan to hometown club Middlesbrough in the summer of 2006.

After making an impressive debut for the club away to Arsenal, Woodgate was able to enjoy an unprecedented run of fitness in the team. This led to a re-call to the England squad, and a series of strong performances at the heart of the Middlesbrough defence. Sadly, injury was again to deny Woodgate a place in England’s World Cup squad in 2006.

This return to the treatment table did not prevent Middlesbrough from sanctioning the full transfer of Woodgate from Real Madrid for £7 million. However, a drop in form, the emergence of David Wheater, and the return to full fitness of German international Robert Huth, has led to Woodgate’s stay at the Riverside Stadium being cut short.

The decision of Gareth Southgate to make Woodgate available for a January transfer saw a transfer struggle involving ex-club Newcastle United, an un-named Premiership team, and Tottenham Hotspur being decided in the London club’s favour when Woodgate signed for a fee of around £7 million.

It is clear to see that Woodgate has the ability to excel at Tottenham. A fit Jonathan Woodgate remains one of England’s most able stoppers, with the chances of him repeating Michael Dawson’s latest defensive horror show against Manchester United being extremely small indeed. Furthermore, the prospect of Woodgate lining up alongside Spurs captain Ledley King will excite not just Tottenham coach Juande Ramos, but Fabio Capello.

Nonetheless, the ever-present prospect of long term injury will lead to some anxiety from the Tottenham fans who have grown begrudgingly used to Ledley King’s damaging injury absences. As such significant question marks remain over the long term impact that Woodgate can make at a resurgent Tottenham Hotspur.

Technical Skills

Jonathan Woodgate is an elegant centre back, capable of making the art of defending seem effortless. Furthermore, Woodgate’s physical stature means that he is more than capable of winning headers and making important tackles when the time is necessary.

Given both Woodgate’s excellent pedigree, and the troubles that Tottenham have had in their centre back positions, his signing should go a long way to correcting Spurs’ defensive problems. However, the prospect of him forming a formidable central partnership with Spurs captain Ledley King are low due to the pair’s history of long term absences due to injury.

National Team

Since making his England debut in 1999 versus Hungary, Woodgate has been only an occasional performer for his country, being capped a paltry six times. For someone of Woodgate’s ability, his lack of international appearances can be largely attributed to the chronic injury problems that have so far blighted his career. Indeed, over three years passed between his fifth cap, and his sixth cap, against Spain in February 2007.

Woodgate is also yet to appear for England at a major tournament. Whilst his absences at Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006 were due to injury, his non-selection for Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002 was due to both a lack of fitness and the repercussions of his high profile court case alongside Lee Bowyer. As such, Woodgate’s sparse international career must remain a source of significant frustration for the player.

Club Career – League Appearances (Goals)

1998 – 2003 – Leeds United – 104 (4)
2003- 2004 – Newcastle United – 28 (0)
2004 – 2007 – Real Madrid – 9 (0)
2006 – 2007 – Middlesbrough (Loan) – 30 (0)
2007 – Middlesbrough – 19 (0) #

where are the gunners fans dey

loyika:
Wormy

Hasn't life taught you to never count your chickens We lost in a cup game by a huge goal margin , I DARE SAY THAT IF YOU CARE TO GO THROUGH CHELSEA'S HISTORY (or lack of it), you will find defeats of that nature being inflicted on you all as well.

Have your fun as much as you want, just thank God your gaffer has already given the "Benitez Excuse" just in case you come up short at Everton.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article3234617.ece

I BLAME YOU!!

Xsay

Savour the moment, its been so long a coming, what with 21 games thats almost a season of games.

Besides, what will you do if you end up not winning the Milk Cup when all this ends. THE SPUDS ARE CRAP, always will be

Remember; JAZZ NO DEY WORK ALL THE TIME (It worked last night, lets see if ya'll don't resume your normal "Bent over backwards" position against the Scum on Sunday in the FA Cup

GOONER 89

Ya'll should shut up and let me complete my analysis now (Can't do it, if i keep having to reply to all your rubbish statements ).

u call 6-2 jazz
jazz no dey work for football
get that into ur head.

I knew arsenal were going to get whipped in the butt like a bitch.
We are far better dan u guys, and i know it was only going to
take time to proove that. for me Juande Ramos was the best
guy to takeover from martin jol. Adebayor, u a disgrace to Africa,
U r a mess even to your country as ur mates
(Essien, Drogba, Kalou, Mike and a host of others) are currently representing their Countries. You stay put in that bitch club playing Carling Cup and head butting your better one (Bendtner). :-XU are a disgrace. till we meet again next season.

David Bentley reckons it boring to be a player at Arsenal, and says he's enjoying himself much more at Blackburn Rovers,
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=555011

what u will see on tuesday
will be a shockin one.
just pray the goals will not b
like the one of reading.
my boys are ready. we give
una premiership but u can't
take this one from us. wetin
na only una like metals.
" To Dare Is To Do"

Spur has change alot under Ramos
so i want all the White lillies to start
using this trend so that it can be active
again.
" To Dare Is To Do"

It's has been a very bad season for us.
to me Jol is the best. but life u see have
up's and down. just because of injuries, the poor
guy lost is job.
d board has just appointed our former player
Gus Poyet as first-team coach under new boss Juande Ramos.
Poyet arrives from League One side Leeds United,
where he was assistant to Dennis Wise, after a
compensation package was agreed over the weekend.
The 39-year-old joins the club as one of two first-team
coaches, alongside Marcos Alvarez, who worked with
Ramos at former club Sevilla.
To me, spur is now Born Again,

It's has been a very bad season for us.
to me Jol is the best. but life u see have
up's and down. just because of injuries, the poor
guy lost is job.
d board has just appointed our former player
Gus Poyet as first-team coach under new boss Juande Ramos.
Poyet arrives from League One side Leeds United,
where he was assistant to Dennis Wise, after a
compensation package was agreed over the weekend.
The 39-year-old joins the club as one of two first-team
coaches, alongside Marcos Alvarez, who worked with
Ramos at former club Sevilla.
To me, spur is now Born Again,

Bolton to meet Bayern in Uefa Cup
Bolton were drawn in the same Uefa Cup group as German giants Bayern Munich, but Everton and Tottenham will fancy their chances of making progress.
Spurs face a reunion with Anderlecht, the team they beat in the 1984 final, while Everton's main threat is likely to come from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.

Aberdeen must overcome Greek outfit Panathinaikos and Atletico Madrid.

But it is Bolton, with Portuguese side Braga and Red Star Belgrade joining Bayern, who face the stiffest test.


Interview: Bolton chief executive Allan Duckworth

606: DEBATE
Give your reaction to the draw

Each team will play two matches at home and two away with the group stage starting on 25 October and the top three going through.

They will be joined by eight third-placed teams from the Champions League groups for the knockout round.

Bolton, Everton and Tottenham will play alternate games home and away and all start their campaigns hosting SC Braga, Larissa and Getafe respectively.

Bolton's second game on 8 November sees them face the tough trip to Bayern Munich and they have to travel to play Red Star Belgrade in a potentially crucial final group game on 6 December.

Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka says his side need to try to win their home games and attempt to earn a point on their travels.

He has cited his French international team-mate Franck Ribery as one of Bayern's main threats.

Anelka told the club's website: "I would love to go there (Munich) and upset the world of football by winning. It would put Bolton on the map in terms of being a European force.

"The match against Red Star will be evry intimadating. they always seem to raise their game in European competition and their fanatical fans are always very passionate at home."

Everton's final game is a trip to AZ Alkmaar on 20 December, while Spurs end with a visit to Anderlecht on 6 December.

"I am pretty satisfied," said Spurs boss Martin Jol at his side's draw.

"You can only assess it on paper on at the moment and my feeling is that it could have been a lot tougher for us.

"Anderlecht away will be a hard one, but it is in the final game for us and, hopefully, we will have done the business by then.

"They have got fanatical supporters, just like we've got, so that should be a special night with the history between the two clubs in this competition."



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UEFA CUP DRAW

Group A
AZ Alkmaar
Zenit St Petersburg
EVERTON
Nuremburg
Larissa

Group B
Panathinaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Atletico Madrid
Copenhagen
ABERDEEN

Group C
Villarreal
AEK Athens
Fiorentina
Mlada Boleslav
Elfsborg

Group D
Basle
Hamburg
Stade Rennais
Dinamo Zagreb
Brann

Group E
Bayer Leverkusen
Sparta Prague
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse
FC Zurich

Group F
Bayern Munich
BOLTON
Braga
Red Star Belgrade
Aris Thessaloniki

Group G
Anderlecht
TOTTENHAM
Getafe
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Aalborg

Group H
Bordeaux
Austria Vienna
Galatasaray
Panionios
Helsingborgs

thank God u are back dido

just

I-man:
Spurs fans are reputed masochists .You have to be into sado-masochism to be a Spurs fan.

Its obvious Jol isn't good enough to push them beyond 5th place.They should be looking at the likes of Juande Ramos and Fabio Capello but these men would probably be reluctant to take up the job.They need a world class manager if they want to be a world class team

Just mind the way u talk
online.

debosky:
sharrap there! ordinary Fulham you couldn't beat after scoring 3 goals, Kamara dey use una shine sef by scoring bicycle kick goal

Spurs will finish in the bottom half this season, mark my words

u wan put ur small tin ($)
una no see draw for d lane.

any tin can happen in football.
so spur can.
who go believer say villa go
nak Chelsea 2-0
all u need to do now is to pray
hard dat ur team is not caught
by d web of injuries.
''To dare is to do"

what about if u meet the
big boys Spur
wetin go happen then? 5-0 lol
at least this one go tell jose
say no small boy for football.
dat is by the way. d blues have not
win a game at villa since 1999.
wetin remain now na to beat dem for
Stamford Bridge.

where are all the blues
fuel don finish for una tank? @razor
small villa na useless una.

na fulham go use their head
take carry the wahala.

It"s a shame dat at this age some
ref favor some club in decision makin.
take for instance the decision made by
referee Styles to penalise Steve Finnan
for a challenge on Malouda.
which gave blues the equalizing goal.
in our own case a clear penalty was disallowed.
i luv the way we played yesterday, hey have proved
they can compete with the Premier League's 'big four.

Ironically enough, it was at the same end of the ground
that Pedro Mendes was denied a winning goal back in
the 2004-05 season.
wetin dey do this refs.

Vieira:


They beat derby 4-0? Big whooping deal.

But wait where are the tottenham fans??

This thread is being kept alive by other fans.

Anyway I hear that Jol is going to be sacked and they are bringing in Klinnsman

We are always around
maybe we do'nt like talkin too much ds days
@Razor
may b d table will look like ds

1. Tottenham

2. Liverpool

3. Chelsea

4.  Manchester City

5. Arsenal

6. Manchester United

7. Newcastle United

we are not hiding
losin 2 games is not
the end of the season
United are just 2 point ahead of spur,
so wt d big deal?
the big problem we have now
is injury. can u i magine Berbatov
just join the like's of King.
i can bet with my life dat gunners are not
finishin this season ahead of spur.
just watch and see.

we gat
Kevin-Prince Boateng