Barcelona remain soccer’s top money-makers

Madrid stayed top for the ninth straight year after revenue rose slightly to 518.9 million euros ($703 million), while Spanish rival Barcelona had revenues of 482.6 million euros ($654 million).

In Germany, Bayern’s income leapt 17 percent to 431.2 million euros ($584 million) as the German club won the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup.

United’s growth was slower – 13 percent to 363.2 million pounds ($602 million) – as the team collected the Premier League title before manager Alex Ferguson retired in May.

Income at Qatar-owned PSG soared by 180 percent to 398.8 million euros ($540 million) as it won the French league for the first time in 19 years.

Two Premier League rivals are directly below City, with Chelsea seeing turnover drop slightly to 260 million pounds ($431 million) and Arsenal’s rising to 243.6 million pounds ($404 million).