Champions League: head-to-head Inter Milan - Atlético de Madrid (Round of 16, 1^st leg, 20/02/2024)

With a brand valued by Forbes at $1.54bn (€1.43bn) in May 2023, Club Atlético de Madrid (LALIGA EA Sports) are 13^th place in the American magazine's ranking, while FC Inter Milan (Serie A TIM, $1.03bn/€960m) are in 16^th place, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the first leg of their 2023-24 Champions League Round of 16 match at the San Siro (Milan, ITA) on Tuesday 20/02/2024 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

The Milanese club posted a turnover of €386m in 2022-23, slightly more than their Spanish rivals (€364.1m). It's a similar story on social media, with Inter boasting 58.9 million followers on 01/02/2024 (on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X), compared with 52.7 million for Atlético.

In terms of the amounts paid out by UEFA to the clubs taking part in the 2023-24 Champions League, Club Atlético de Madrid can already count on €70.1m in guaranteed revenue (excluding the market pool), compared with €56.9m for Inter Milan. This difference can be explained in particular by revenue linked to the UEFA coefficient ranking (€31.8m for the Madrid club, compared with €20.4m for Inter).

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