From first being introduced in 1997, when Manchester United topped the table with an annual income of £87.9m, the league has monitored the growth of loofinances over the past two and a half decades as football has boomed.During that time, the Premier League has become big business, with multi-billion pound takeovers and lucrative broadcasting deals now commonplace in the top tier of English football

The annual magazine always includes prominent European teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Juventus, and this year is no exception.

Where do teams like Manchester United, Manchester City, and Liverpool rank in comparison to their Premier League rivals? There are some unexpected names in the top 20 of the Deloitte Football Money League for 2022.

1. Zenit St Petersburg – €212m

2. AC Milan – €216.3m

3. Everton – €218.1m

4. Wolves – €219.2m

5. West Ham United – €221.5m

6. Leicester City – €255.5m

7. Inter Milan – €330.9m

8.Atletico Madrid – €332.8m

9. Borussia Dortmund – €337.6m

11. Tottenham Hotspur – €406.2

12. Juventus – €433.5m

13. Chelsea – €493.1m

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14. Liverpool – €550.4m

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15. Paris Saint Germain – €556.2m

16. Manchester United – €558m