Manchester United have seen a leap in revenue over the last 12 months.
The Independent says United's dominance of English football, on and off the pitch, is underlined today with the release of a financial survey that shows a £45m leap in United's year-on-year income. Thanks in large part to last season's Premier League and Champions League double, United's turnover grew by 21 per cent in the 2007-08 season to £257.1m.
This makes United by far the highest-earning club in Britain, ahead of Chelsea (in second place, with income of £212.9m in the same period), Arsenal (£209.3m) and Liverpool (£167m).
The figures are revealed in the latest Football Money League report by Deloitte, in a survey that shows Real Madrid remain the world's richest club in terms of revenue, ahead of United in second, then Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Chelsea.
Only a drastic slump in the value of sterling has prevented United from reclaiming the title of "world's richest club" from Real.
