Source: Daily_Mail
Football's rich list: Abramovich toppled by Man City's £15billion Sheik
Manchester City[LNB]'s hugely wealthy owner Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has toppled Roman Abramovich to head British football's rich list.[LNB]Sheik Mansour, a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, has a personal fortune of £15billion according to the Football Rich List, researched and published by FourFourTwo magazine.[LNB]The 38-year-old bought City in the summer, while Abramovich, Chelsea[LNB]'s Russian owner, has slipped to third in the list - his wealth is estimated at £7bn and he has been said to have lost over £3bn in the economic downturn.[LNB] Moneybags: A Manchester City fan holds a fake banknote adorned by the richest man in football, Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan[LNB] Chelsea boss Scolari seeks January cash assurances from Abramovich[LNB]Liverpool owners granted an extra six months to repay the club's debt[LNB]EXCLUSIVE: Despite relegation threat and cup exit, City's owners think they can buy Kaka and Terry[LNB]He has also been overtaken in the list by Lakshmi Mittal, the 58-year-old Indian industrialist worth £12.5bn who joined Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore investing in Queen's Park Rangers.[LNB] On the slide: Abramovich has slumped to third in the rich list[LNB]David Beckham remains the richest player associated with British football - his personal fortune of £125million being streets ahead of his closest rivals Michael Owen (£40m) and Wayne Rooney (£35m).[LNB]Beckham is 38th in the overall list, while England head coach Fabio Capello is at No 73 worth an estimated £25m with a £6m-a-year contract and a £10m private art collection.[LNB] No wonder he's smiling: Beckham has a personal fortune estimated at £125m[LNB]Manchester United[LNB]boss Sir Alex Ferguson is at No 78 in the list (£22m) and Arsenal [LNB]manager Arsene Wenger at No 92 (£14m).[LNB]Celtic [LNB]shareholder Dermot Desmond, the Irish entrepreneur, is the richest person in Scottish football - he is eighth on the list and said to be worth £1.2bn. Rangers [LNB]chairman Sir David Murray is 19th on the list, worth £600m.[LNB]Despite the huge fortunes of the wealthiest owners, football finance experts fear British football's bubble may be about to burst.[LNB]Professor Tom Cannon told the magazine: 'Season-ticket numbers will probably be down by about 10 per cent but renewals will be down by at least 15 or 20 per cent. That's where the problems will be as you go down the divisions.'[LNB] Rich List Top 201 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Man City) £15billion[LNB]2 Lakshmi Mittal and family (QPR) £12.5bn[LNB]3 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn[LNB]4 Joe Lewis (Tottenham[LNB]) £2.5bn[LNB]5 Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn[LNB] Loftus ambitions: QPR investor Bernie Ecclestone with (from left) his wife Slavica, and daughters Petra and Tamara[LNB]6 Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal[LNB]) £2.245bn[LNB]7 Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.5bn[LNB]8 Lord Grantchester & the Moores Family (Everton[LNB]) £1.2bn[LNB]=8 Dermot Desmond (Celtic) £1.2bn[LNB]10 Lord Ashcroft (Watford) £1.1bn[LNB]10 Malcolm Glazer and family (Man Utd) £1.1bn[LNB]Craven success: Fulham supremo Mohamed Al Fayed[LNB] 12 Simon Keswick (Cheltenham) £966m[LNB]13 Trevor Hemmings (Preston) £900m[LNB]14 Mike Ashley (Newcastle[LNB]) £800m[LNB]15 Randy Lerner (Aston Villa[LNB]) £750m[LNB]16 Tom Hicks (Liverpool[LNB]) £700m[LNB]17 The Walker Family (Blackburn[LNB]) £660m[LNB]18 Mohammed Al Fayed (Fulham[LNB]) £650m[LNB]19 Sir David Murray (Rangers) £600m[LNB]20 Steve Morgan (Wolves) £400m[LNB] Top 20 players(overall position in the main list in brackets)[LNB]Michael Owen[LNB]1 David Beckham (LA Galaxy, No 38 overall) £125m[LNB]2 Michael Owen (Newcastle, 56) £40m [LNB]3 Wayne Rooney (Man United, 61) £35m [LNB]4 Rio Ferdinand (Man United, 69) £28m[LNB]=4 Robbie Fowler (Unattached, =69) £28m [LNB]=4 Sol Campbell (Portsmouth[LNB], =69) £28m[LNB]7 Ryan Giggs (Man United, 77) £23m[LNB]8 Michael Ballack (Chelsea, 80) £20m[LNB]=8 Frank Lampard (Chelsea, =80) £20m [LNB]No 16: Ashley and Cheryl Cole[LNB] 10 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, 86) £19m[LNB]11 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United, 87) £18m [LNB]12 John Terry (Chelsea, 88) £17m[LNB]13 Didier Drogba (Chelsea, 89) £15m [LNB]14 Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea, 92) £14m[LNB]=14 Damien Duff (Newcastle, =92) £14m [LNB]16 Dimitar Berbatov (Man United, 96) £13m[LNB]=16 Ashley and Cheryl Cole (Chelsea, =96) £13m [LNB]=16 Fernando Torres (Liverpool, =96) £13m[LNB]19 Emile Heskey (Wigan[LNB], 100) £12m[LNB]20 Gary Neville (Man United, 101) £11.75m[LNB] Chelsea boss Scolari seeks January cash assurances from Abramovich[LNB]Liverpool owners granted an extra six months to repay the club's debt[LNB]EXCLUSIVE: Despite relegation threat and cup exit, City's owners think they can buy Kaka and Terry[LNB][LNB] [LNB]
