KPMG: valuation of the 32 main European clubs fell by 15% (-€6.1bn) between 2020 and 2021

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"The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have been clearly reflected by the financial performance indicators of Europe's most prominent football clubs. For the first time in our annual reports, all 29 clubs who participated in our analysis last year suffered an annual decrease in their EV, and, consequently, the aggregate Enterprise Value of the 32 most prominent European football clubs has dropped by 15% year on year (-€6.1bn), down to €33.6bn, a value slightly higher than the 2018 level," explained KPMG Football Benchmark on 27/05/2021.

The football-dedicated business intelligence platform of the international network of audit and consulting firms, published the 2021 edition of its report "The European Elite - Football Clubs' Valuation: Dribbling around Covid-19", which presents the ranking of the 32 biggest European clubs according to their financial value, on 27/05/2021.

Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) is the football club with the highest valuation (€2.909bn, -16% compared to last year), ahead of FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander, €2.869bn, -10%) and Manchester United FC (Premier…

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