Football Rich List: QPR's Lakshmi Mittal tops list; Roman Abramovich remains third

07 October 2009 11:00
The London-based Indian steel magnate, who owns a 20 per cent stake in the Loftus Road club, is worth an estimated £18.4 billion, in the latest edition of the FourFourTwo.com Football Rich List. [LNB]Mittal has largely taken a back seat to owners Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone since investing in QPR in Dec 2007 but he would appear the real financial power at the club. [LNB] Related ArticlesMcLeish welcomes Birmingham's 'new era'Names behind Notts County takeover start to emergeAli al-Faraj is a mysteryLeague chairman Mawhinney slams playersFormula One rights owner Ecclestone is ranked eighth in the list with £1.466bn. [LNB]Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich remains third in the list with £7.8bn - an increase of £800 million on his position last year. That rise is more than the Russian's total outlay at Stamford Bridge since his takeover in 2003. [LNB]Arsenal shareholders Stan Kroenke (£2.709bn) and Alisher Usmanov (£1.3bn) are fifth and ninth respectively. The Glazer family, owners of Manchester United, are seventh with £1.75billion. [LNB]David Beckham is in a league of his own in terms of player value, with a fortune of £125m. [LNB]The England and Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder is well clear of Manchester United pair Michael Owen (£38m) and Wayne Rooney (£37m). [LNB]Two more United players, Rio Ferdinand (£30m) and Ryan Giggs (£24m), make up the top five. [LNB]England coach Fabio Capello is the richest manager with £30m ahead of Roy Keane (Ipswich) and Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) with £27m and £22m respectively. [LNB]Top 10 Rich List[LNB]1 Lakshmi Mittal (QPR) £18.4bn 2 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nayan (Manchester City) £17bn 3 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7.8bn4 Joe Lewis (Tottenham) £2.5bn5 Stan Kroenke (Arsenal) £2.079bn6 Denis O'Brien (Celtic) £1.73bn7 Malcolm Glazer and family (Manchester Utd) £1.5bn 8 Bernie Ecclestone (QPR) £1.466bn9 Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.3bn10 Lord Grantchester and family (Everton) £1.2bn[LNB]Last year's list[LNB]1 Shekh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nayan (Manchester City) £15bn
 2 Lakshmi Mittal & family (QPR) £12.5bn 3 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn 
 4 Joe Lewis (Tottenham Hotspur) £2.5bn
 5 Bernie Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn 6 Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) £2.245bn
 7 Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.5bn
 8= Lord Grantchester & The Moores Family (Everton) £1.2bn
 8= Dermot Desmond (Celtic) £1.2bn
 10= Lord Ashcroft (Watford) £1.1bn
 10= Malcolm Glazer & family (Manchester United) £1.1bn
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