It's April and the end of the season is over, boosted by the Nations Euro Cup and the Olympics this summer. Out of the Top-5 European Clubs only 3 remain fighting for the Champions League. Manchester Utd was not there from the very beginning, and they actually failed miserably in the Euro Cup after their double defeat against At. Bilbao. The other club missing is actually Arsenal, also leading a poor season.
In the meantime, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are still in big fight in all competitions, and so is Bayern München. The big newcomer this year will probably be Chelsea. We'll see whether the earnings for ManU derived from winning the Premier League serve to balance the account with their rival. Arsenal will sure remain behind, in light of their recurrent inhability to obtain earnings from their marketing efforts and their lack of success both in the island and the continent this season.
For the big three there's still for sure earnings to be made out of a handful of matches: Liga/Bundesliga and the Champions League. Real and Barça still have 1 more game to play home at the Liga, and another one at the Champions League, maybe two if they make it to the final. Barça still has to play the final of the Spanish Cup, bringing in an advantage over Real Madrid. In the meantime Bayern also has still one more game home to play at the Bundesleague, to add up to their earnings in the semifinal and perhaps the final of the Champions League. However they will lose the earnings derived from winning their local competition in favour of Borussia Dortmund. Again either FC Barcelona or Real Madrid will surely top the table of highest revenue-making football clubs in the world.
And T-shirts, of course: the Champions League winning team will sell plenty of T-shirts, at an averable OTC price of ap. 80 € is a big deal, not to speak of the special prices awarded by UEFA. We'll see how numbers add up at the end. Just a couple of weeks to go and this season will be over.
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