Liverpool strengthen position over Man City as FSG get £300m boost

Liverpool might be struggling to cope with Manchester City in the Premier League title race, however, they are doing good for themselves off the pitch.

The Reds has seen a £330m jump in the valuation of the club over the past 12 months, an achievement that will excite fans.

According to a new publication from US sports business website Sportico, its annual valuation report into the world’s biggest football teams saw Liverpool placed fourth on the global list.

Liverpool were behind Barcelona in third, Real Madrid in second, and Manchester United in first place.

Liverpool’s valuation was pegged at $5.11bn (£4.1bn), a rise of 8.8% year-on-year. That sum was, however, some £860m less than what Manchester United were deemed to be worth.

Meanwhile, Manchester City were ranked sixth on the list who despite a treble win last year and the highest revenues of any of the 50 teams on the list had a valuation of $4.75bn (£3.8bn).

Premier League sides and London teams, Arsenal (£3.13bn), Tottenham Hotspur (£2.79bn), and Chelsea (£2.78bn) occupied eighth, ninth, and tenth spots, respectively.

Sportico’s methodology was based upon on multiple factors, which included: historical sales, market (size, saturation, and interest by prospective owners), strength of brand, on-field performance (historical and recent), terms of facility lease, debt burden, and additional obligations, as well as expected future team and league economics.