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Football Rich List: QPR's Lakshmi Mittal tops list; Roman Abramovich remains third
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. David Beckham is in a league of his own in terms of player value, with a fortune of £125m. The England and Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder is well clear of Manchester United pair Michael Owen (£38m) and Wayne Rooney (£37m). Two more United players, Rio Ferdinand (£30m) and Ryan Giggs (£24m), make up the top five. 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. Top 10 Rich List1 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) £1.2bnLast year's list1 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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