Champions League: 13 of the 16 remaining teams are in the Top 20 of the Deloitte Money League

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13 of the 16 teams that have qualified for the knockout stages of the 2013-14 Champions League are part of the Top 20 of the 2014 Money League, an annual ranking of European clubs according to their income, prepared by the audit and consultancy firm Deloitte.

Only Olympiakos, Zenit St. Petersburg and Bayer Leverkusen do not appear in the Top 20. 9 out of 16 clubs belong in the Top 10 of the same list. Juventus (Serie A) is the only member of the Top 10 not to have qualified for the knockout stages (third in Group B at the group stage, behind Real Madrid and Galatasaray, the Italian club dropped to the Europa League and faces Trabzonspor in the Round of 16 on 20 and 27/02/2014).

The Round of 16 begins on 18/02/2014, with matches between Manchester City (Premier League) - FC Barcelona (La Liga) and Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga) - Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1).

"FC Barcelona and Manchester City generate the second and sixth highest revenues in world club football. The pressure will be on to capitalise financially by progressing to the next stage of the competition," said Dan Jones…

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