REAL MADRID | MOST VALUABLE SPORTING CLUB IN THE WORLD

While the 91M€ signing by Spanish Football Club Real Madrid of Gareth Bale is still causing comment & opinion around the Sporting World, American prestige Financial magazine "Forbes" has released its "Top Valuable Sporting Clubs in the World"

Here is an extract from the Forbes article:


"Real Madrid is now worth $3.4 billion, according to my math, $100 million more than we valued  the Spanish

SPANISH FOOTBALL MARKETING & TREND - SETTERS

Hi guys, been out on a "mini summer break" this weekend. There was three "big" matches played yesterday - Saturday - that saw Real Madrid defeat PSG, FC Barcelona won Valerenga & Atletico de Madrid lost overseas to Estudiantes. All were pre-season matches & you would have seen the results & scorers already.To get things back & rolling today's post is about two Football Players that look like they

REAL MADRID CF 2013 MOST VALUABLE SPORTS TEAM IN THE WORLD

According to the prestigious american financial magazine "Forbes", Spanish Football Club Real Madrid CF overtakes English giant Manchester United as "The 2013 Most Valuable Sports Team in the World" with an overall value of 3.3 Billion US$.



The calculations take into account numerous factors like all the assets ( including players, stadium, infrastructure) plus revenue sources & potential. For

FOOTBALL FINANCE | CRISTIANO RONALDO EARNS MORE THAN MESSI & NEYMAR

The prestigious American Financial magazine "Forbes" has printed their list of the "Highest Paid Sportsmen in the World". The Nº1 earner is American golf player Tigers Woods with 59,5 M€ followed by Tennis ace Roger Federer with 54,4 M€. In the Top 10 appears Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Drew Brees etc., as one would expect. But what about Football - Soccer - players ? 




The first & highest

NEYMAR NEWS - LATEST | FC BARCELONA OR REAL MADRID ITS UP TO NEYMAR

We have been following the Neymar "soap opera" here for months. I would assume that plenty of fans of Santos, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid & World Football in general will be interested in knowing how it will finish.Apparently, according to local Spanish Sports press, we could be in the final home stretch. 



There are two firm offers on the table that satisfy the 4 players rights owners of Neymar.

FC BARCELONA NEW UNIFORMS SEASON 2013 - 2014

Just bought yourself this season FC Barcelona shirt - uniform? After forking out between 80 - 100 € for an official version it must look great, correct? Well marketing speaking, you have just been "rolled", your old news, old school & behind the times.



FC Barcelona has presented its season 2013 - 2014 new uniform for home & away matches as we can see below. In fact, it does not differ

REAL MADRID POLITICS | JOSE MOURINHO TO LEAVE PRESIDENT FLORENTINO PEREZ TO STAY

Everything indicates that the "Mourinho era" at Real Madrid has come to its end. Scorched earth some claim, a created disaster area like a recently passed Hurricane. The "Special One" came to put back the glory back onto Real Madrid & will leave with only a Spanish Cup, Liga & Spanish SuperCup title. Not bad at all for any other Club, but not with Real Madrid that measures success with Champions

FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA PLAYING FOR CHAMPIONS "CASH"

Real Madrid
& FC Barcelona are not only playing next weekend for a place in the Champions
League Final, they are each playing for a "juicy" 6.5M€, figure UEFA
pays for being a finalist. Plus just to know,the winner of Champions League gets an
additional 10.5M€.



The UEFA ChampionsLeague is big business for the fortunate participating clubs. This edition is
bigger with 500,7M€ in fixed

WORLD SOCCER | REAL MADRID CF THE MOST VALUABLE CLUB IN THE WORLD

Prestigious Financial magazine & source "Forbes" writes the following headline:... "At $3.3 Billion, Real Madrid Knocks Manchester United From Top Spot".Spanish Football giant Real Madrid is the most valuable Club on the planet according to Forbes with revenues coming from stadium crowds, TV rights, Tours & sponsorship deals. The Spanish Soccer Club overtakes English Club Manchester United in

FC BARCELONA NEW UNIFORM TOPS FOR 2013 - 2014

So you just bought yourself the lastest FC Barcelona shirt for 80 - 90 € & you look sharp. Well in a couple of months you will be "old school" as FC Barcelona will have a new line -up of gear. Spanish Sports Barcelona based daily "Sport" has let known in advance how FC Barcelona will look next season. 




As you can see Barça regain their "old" look with strips & the black away from home shirt

SPAIN NEW ALL RED UNIFORM AGAINST FRANCE

Thought it maybe of interest to the readers. The Spanish National Football Team will try out a "new look" uniform against France tonight in their Group I World Cup 2014 Qualifier. Well its not exactly new, the novelty is that Spain will dress with red shorts - a first in its History - which will give Spain an all Red aspect. Below is a picture of how Spain will look tonight in Paris




Strong

TOP 20 WORLD FOOTBALL - SOCCER - EARNERS 2013

Football magazine "France Football" has released their list of Top World Football Players earnings for 2013. The notable surprise is that David Beckham currently at French Club Paris St Germain over takes FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi in the Nº1 position. The French magazine complies salaries ( fixed & extras ) plus publicity/marketing earnings to calculate the figure. What calls my attention (

FC BARCELONA ANNOUNCE PRE-SEASON ASIAN DATES

Great news I would imagine for all the Asian readers of Spanish Football Sport with the announcement by FC Barcelona that they will visit the Asian region in the pre-season. The month of August will have installed three friendly matches to delight the Asian Barça followers:

China ( 3 rd  of August )
Thailand ( 7 th of August )
Malaysia ( 10 th of August )

The teams that they will play against

REAL MADRID RETURNS WITH "SPANISH FLAVOUR" PROMISE

Presidential election time coming up soon at Real Madrid & that means lots of promises & fanfare. Today Spanish Sports paper "AS" talks about current President Florentino Perez & his long-time desire to make the team more "Spanish", that is, less foreign players & more local product. Its an idea that comes up every election time & never really gets done. 

This time around Perez has in mind a

REAL MADRID CHINESE NEW YEAR MESSAGE

This post goes out the the Chinese REAL MADRID Fans around the World who are celebrating the New Year. The Real Madrid Players Casillas, Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Kaka & Ozil send out their particular message.2013 is the year of the "snake" in the Chinese Horoscope.

FC BARCELONA LEADS FACEBOOK FANS 2012

The Portuguese website "Futebol Finance" has elaborated its particular " Football Facebook Index " , a barometer that examines the scope & scale of Club brands in the social media channels.

The 838 million users of Facebook (2012) now represent nearly 40% of the total number of Internet users on the planet. The 100 clubs that are part of " Football Facebook Index "meet the preference of more

FOOTBALL FINANCE | SPANISH FOOTBALL TOP INCOME WINNERS

Prestigious Financial Consultancy "Deloitte" has released its 16th "Football Money League" report. The conclusion is the Spanish Football is a money generating "machine" even if skewed towards the two giants : Real Madrid & FC Barcelona.






REAL MADRID CF become the first Football Club to surpass 500M€ in income for a year, in fact they finished with 512,6M€. FC BARCELONA finished second with