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’Chart du jour, European soccernomics edition
From our cousins at the Economist, a nifty graphic of Europe’s most valuable football fans:
As the weekly newspaper noted (links ours):
Europe’s most sucessful football club off the pitch, measured by revenues for the 2008-09 season,
Sportonomics – Manchester United edition
From Standard & Poor’s. Emphasis ours:
Manchester United term debt was better bid today after the company confirmed it had received a world-record £80 million offer for footballer Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.
Football hyperinflation
Is this for Real?
2003
Ronaldo became Manchester United’s first-ever Portuguese player when he signed for £12.24 million after the 2002–03 season.
2009
Manchester United said on Thursday they have received a world record 80 million pound ($131.2 million) bid for forward Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.