List of football clubs around the world according to revenue, prepared by Deloitte.

Top 20 clubs in 2010-11 Deloitte Football Money League.
1. Real Madrid (£433m)
2. FC Barcelona (£407m)
3. Manchester United (£331.4m)
4. Bayern Munich (£290.3m)
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Adidas have unveiled the Champions League Finale Munich 12 ball design for the final set to be held in Munich, at the Allianz Arena.

Putting footballing rivalries aside for the benefit of the greater good isn't something that happens too often, but if it's happened anywhere, it's not surprising that it would be in the Bundesliga. Praised as "a model of financial virtue and good governance," the league has rejected gluttonous spending in favor of actually turning a profit.

54 years ago in Munich, 8 of Manchester United's brightest stars were killed when the aircraft that was bringing them back home crashed. Along with them, 3 of the backroom staff, 8 journalists and 2 other passengers also perished bringing the total casualty count to 21. Nothing could have prepared the city of Manchester and indeed the whole footballing world for a tragedy of that scale.

The Flowers of Manchester - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Daniele (from Red Rants) has a written a moving piece on the Munich disaster here's an extract:

Sam couldn't have been more focused if he had been watching a movie, so I moved on: "Harry Gregg, United's keeper, had been thrown out the cabin after the impact along with Bobby Charlton.

How To Choose Your Ideal Bundesliga Club - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Are you new to German football, and attracted to the much-lauded mix of exciting end-to-end football, standing fans, cheap beer and cheap tickets, not to mention the chance to watch football in a country where the national team can actually amount to something come crunch time?

You're looking at Munich's Olympiastadion, which will be the host to the Women's European Champions League Finale on May 17! The Olympiastadion was built for 1972 Olympics and it also hosted the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final. You may not recognize it because none of the games from the 2006 World Cup tournament were played there.

Valencia midfielder Ever Banega has agreed to stay in La Liga by signing a contract that will keep him at the Spanish outfit till 2015.

Banega, 23, has attracted the interest of both Merseyside clubs in the past while also being linked to Arsenal and German giants Bayern Munich more recently.

Female fans in Doha were seen watching Bayern Munich during their training camp last week. We're sure the loudest screams were reserved for a certain Mario Gomez! / via Bongarts

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Barcelona have announced that striker David Villa has underwent successful surgery, on his broken left leg on Monday and doctors said it would take him four to five months to recover. Quick question on that. Has any club every announced unsuccessful surgery?

"The surgery went fantastically well," Barca doctor Ricard Pruna said.

Nyon, Suiza fue la sede del sorteo de los octavos de final de Champions League que se llevó a cabo esta madrugada y que arrojó duelos atractivos para esta instancia.
Barcelona, actual campeón del certamen, enfrentará al Bayern Leverkusen mientras que entre los duelos más atractivos sin duda destaca el Milan ante el Arsenal.

FC Barcelona has been drawn against Bayer Leverkusen for the first knock out round of this season Champions League season. Barca fans could be very pleased having avoided a trip to east or to the other tough opponents. The first leg matches will be played on th 14th, 15th, 21st and 22nd of February.

UEFA has revealed the new visual identity for the 2012 UEFA Champions League final in Munich on 19 May based on German Expressionism and the city's modern architecture.

The UEFA Champions League last 16 draw takes place on Friday in Nyon with the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea and Napoli awaiting their fate in the knockout round. Two seeding pots have been formed, one consisting of group winners and the others of runners-up as follows: Group winners: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Benfica, [.

Quiet rumours about a Tottenham move for Manchester City's Carlos Tevez have been appearing in the press since the start of the season and while there was a brief acceleration in the stories after the Argentinean's alleged refusal to come on as sub in Munich, most Spurs fans have rightly ignored them.

By Chris Wright

As you're well aware by now, Man City played some lovely football, scored a couple of beautul goals and filed a decent victory over an already-through-and-therefore-decidedly-under-strength Bayern Munich side in their final Champions League group game to take their final points tally to 10, which would've been enough to squeak through were it not for Napoli's 2-0 win over Villarreal in Spain with the upshot of it all being that the Italian's went through with Bayern and City will be playing Europa League football next year.

This just wasn't a good day for Manchester. First United lost to Basel... sorry, still laughing at that... and then despite beating Munich 2-0, City is knocked out as well thanks to a Napoli win over Villareal earlier in the day.Video: FoxSports
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Watching Man Utd crash out of the Champion's League Group stage has helped me get over Liverpool's defeat to Fulham no end.
It is great to see our fiercest rivals lose at any time but to lose such an important match is terrific.
Basel beat Utd 2-1 with Streller and Frei scoring for the Swiss side while Jones added a consolation on 89 mins.

Why the 22,376 empty seats at Manchester United on Wednesday were a glorious sight for true football fans

How can fans mourn Speed but gloat about Hillsborough and Munich and why Torres deserves more stick than Carroll Why Christmas has come early for Tottenham and a cure for any fan with a case of the Blues What a glorious sight that was at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

How can fans mourn Speed but gloat about Hillsborough and Munich and why Torres deserves more stick than Carroll

Why the 22,376 empty seats at Manchester United on Wednesday were a glorious sight for true football fans Why Christmas has come early for Tottenham and a cure for any fan with a case of the Blues Football is always touched more than it expects when it loses one of its own.

How can fans mourn Speed but gloat about Hillsborough and Munich and why Torres deserves more stick than Carroll

Why the 22,376 empty seats at Manchester United on Wednesday were a glorious sight for true football fans Why Christmas has come early for Tottenham and a cure for any fan with a case of the Blues Football is always touched more than it expects when it loses one of its own.

Why Christmas has come early for Tottenham and a cure for any fan with a case of the Blues

Why the 22,376 empty seats at Manchester United on Wednesday were a glorious sight for true football fans How can fans mourn Speed but gloat about Hillsborough and Munich and why Torres deserves more stick than Carroll And so we go into Harry Hill's TV Burp mode as we announce the Best-Kept Straight Face Of The Week.

Liverpool have continued to be linked with a move for Manchester City and Arsenal target Marcos Reus, who has been in fantastic form for Borussia Monchengladbach.
The Reds boss Kenny Dalglish watched from the sidelines as Liverpool dominated the second half against table topping Manchester City but were unable to break the deadlock as Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw.

It isn't quite the beloved Buenos Aires Carlos Tevez is so desperate to return to, but the warmer climes and glamorous image of Milan seems a decent back-up option for the Argentine.
His relationship with high-flying Manchester City has been dead for a while, perhaps even before his contretemps in Munich last September.

Napoli president Antonio De Laurentiis has questioned Manchester City's strategy, claiming that their 2-1 defeat to the Italian side proves that the Citizens only know how to spend large amounts of money.

A massive investment in the club has allowed owner Sheikh Mansour to place a star-studded squad at the disposal of manager Roberto Mancini, who has followed last season's FA Cup success by taking the team five points clear atop the Barclays Premier League table.

Mario Gotze will aim to dazzle fans at the Emirates in tonight's Champions League clash, possibly giving Arsenal supporters a taste of the future as rumours suggest that the Dortmund star may be in line for a January transfer.

The 19-year-old midfielder has already impressed a host of top European clubs.

There are ways to make life easier for referees. This weekend was dominated by a lot of talk about the difficult and ungrateful job a referee has to make. There has been a lot of talk about pressure. None of that talk might actually help Babak Rafati, as it's mere speculation, why he attempted suicide.

Abou Diaby has been included in Arsenal's squad for tomorrow night's Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund.

The French midfielder, who's yet to play a game this season, replaces Tomas Rosicky who misses the match against his old club after picking up a thigh injury.

In this afternoon's pre-match press conference, Arsene Wenger expressed his delight over the return of the 25-year old midfielder.

It's quite simple for both Napoli and Manchester City today, if either side loses the match,they can say goodbye to their chances of moving onto the knock out stages.

City are probably the best team in Europe at the moment if you consider their current form, however, their hosts Napoli are no pushovers either.

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On this week's predictions we feature big games form Spain, England, Germany, the Athens derby, as well as the MLS Cup Final. You can listen to Damon and Damian discussing their predictions on this week's show.

Nick learned tonight: If you come in the snack room during the evening hours, you may get blogged about.
Royal-Dominique Fennell plays for Stuttgarter Kickers in the German Regionalliga Süd - the fourth division. It's actually the club where current MNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann got his start.

By Chris Wright

There's only one thing that Carlos Tevez loves more than a spur-of-the-moment South American city break with the kids and that's breaching his Man City contract, so you can imagine just how giddy he was after succesfully managing to combined this two twin passions yesterday.

The Barcelona first team squad were given a pleasant surprise today as they were each given brand new Audi's at at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan! The gift was in celebration of Audi and FC Barcelona's six-year partnership. The German car manufacturers are the Premium Partners and the Official Vehicle Providers for the European champions all [.

Martes 1 de noviembre de 2011 Racing Genk vs Chelsea Valencia vs Bayer Leverkusen Arsenal vs Marseille Borussia Dortmund vs Olympiakos Zenit St Petersburg vs Shakhtar Donetsk Apoel Nicosia vs FC Porto BATE Borisov vs AC Milan Viktoria Plzen vs Barcelona Miércoles 2 de noviembre de 2011 Bayern Munich vs Napoli Villarreal vs Manchester City Inter Milan vs Lille Trabzonspor vs CSKA Moscow Benfica vs FC Basel Manchester United vs Otelul Galati Ajax Amsterdam vs Dinamo Zagreb Lyon vs Real Madrid Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de Fútbol

Bayern home games have a fascination of their own. For the past couple of seasons I developed the habit of watching the first half of a FC Barcelona game to cap off a hectic and unpredictable day of Bundesliga action. I did it less for the uncertainty of the result, but the uncertainty of how many goals Barca could score before the break.

By Chris Wright

After a fortnight of ridiculous palaver, Man City announced last night that Carlos Tevez had been found guilty on five separate counts of breaching his contract on that fateful night in Munich and duly fined the Argentinian striker four week's wages for the dubious crime of 'refusing to warm up' against Bayern.

Categories: U.S. Mens National Team

Tags: Jurgen Klinsmann, Soccer News, US Soccer, USMNT

USSN takes a look around the web for latest news and opinion on the United States men's national team. Here is a round up of the best of the web this week; Bayern Munich president regrets hiring Klinsmann Bayern president Uli Hoeness told a German newspaper this week that hiring Klinsmann was an expensive mistake.

La Champions League de este 2011 segunda edición nos esta dando muy buenos goles y sorpresas de vez en vez.

Martes 18 de Octubre 2011

CSKA Moskva 3-0 Trabzonspor

Napoli 1-1 Bayern Munich

Lille 0-1 Internazionale

Basel 0-2 Benfica

Real Madrid 4-0 Lyon

Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax

Oţelul Galaţi 0-2 Manchester United

Manchester City 2-1 Villarreal

Miércoles 19 de Octubre 2011

Chelsea 5-0 Genk
Porto 1-1 APOEL
Leverkusen 2-1 Valencia
Marseille 0-1 Arsenal
Milan 2-0 BATE
Barcelona 2-0 Plzeň
Olympiacos 3-1 Dortmund
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Zenit

The Museum & Stadium Tour of Manchester United's Old Trafford ground, the self-styled "Theatre of Dreams" is hugely popular with football fans from all over the world, not just Manchester United supporters.
Participants of our tour included visitors from Hong Kong and Russia as well as Swansea City supporters in Manchester for their team's Monday night game with Manchester City.

Sir Alex Ferguson calls for end to chants about Munich and Hillsborough

• Fans should respect rivals' histories, says Ferguson • 'Liverpool v Manchester United is biggest game of the season' Sir Alex Ferguson has called on Manchester United and Liverpool supporters to put an end to the chanting that has marred previous fixtures as he prepares for a match he maintains is still bigger than the Manchester derby.