MANCHESTER City’s new owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan is the richest man in British football with Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich down to third place in FourFourTwo magazine’s annual Rich List published yesterday.
The 38-year-old Sheikh, who is from Abu Dhabi and took over at City in September, is estimated to be worth £15 billion
That is more than twice as much as Russian Abramovich, 42, who slips from first to third spot on seven billion pounds.
Another new entry at number two is the Indian-born Lakshmi Mittal, worth £12.5 billion. He joined Formula One’s Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore by investing in Championship (second division) side Queen’s Park Rangers.
England manager Fabio Capello is also a new entry. The Italian is worth £25 million and is joint 73rd on the list, with a £6 million a year contract and a £10 million private art collection. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is at number 78 with £22 million while Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger is at 92 with 14 million.
Top 10 (worth in pounds):
1. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan (Manchester City) 15 billion
2. Lakshmi Mittal and family (QPR) 12.5 billion
3. Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) 7 billion
4. Joe Lewis (Tottenham Hotspur) 2.5 billion
5. Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone (Queen’s Park Rangers) 2.4 billion
6. Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) 2.24 billion
7. Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) 1.5 billion
=8. Lord Grantchester and the Moores family (Everton) 1.2 billion
=8. Dermot Desmond (Celtic) 1.2 billion
=10. Lord Ashcroft (Watford) 1.1 billion
=10. Malcolm Glazer and family (Manchester United) 1.1 billion.
– SuperSport
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