Paper talk: Europe’s most profitable football stadiums ranked. Juve eye Udinese star
Arsenal’s Emirates stadium tops the list with € 132 million (the 30% of the club’s balance sheet). The North London stadium is followed by Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu (€ 129.8m), Barcelona’s Nou Camp (€ 116.9m) and Manchester United’s Old Trafford (€ 114m).
Chelsea sit 5th in the table as they cashed in € 93.1 million thanks to incomes of Stamford Bridge, then there is the Allianz Areana (Bayern Munich, € 89.8m), the Parc des Princes (PSG, € 78m), Anfiled Road (Liverpool, € 75m), the Etihad Stadium (Man City, € 57m) and the Signal Idna Park (Borussia Dortmuns, € 54.2m).
PSG’s stadium is the only one in the list which is not owned by the club (though they pay € 75 million to the city of Paris each year) whilst Juventus are the first Italian club in the ranking as the bianconeri sit 12th with € 51.4 million cashed in from the J Stadium in the 2014-15 campaign.
The Old Lady has become the most powerful Serie A side also in financial terms. The Serie A giants are looking for a new midfielder and according to Tuttosport, Udinese star Rodrigo De Paul is one of Juventus’ winter transfer targets.
Scouts of the bianconeri will keep a close eye on the former Valencia man next week-end when they two sides will meet in a J Stadium clash.
AND THE REST
AS Roma are interested in signing Sampdoria sensation Lucas Torreira, 21. (Corriere dello Sport)
Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio could be called for Juventus’ next Serie A game against Udinese. The Italy International picked up a knee injury in April and has yet to return to the pitch since then (Gazzetta)
Bayern Munich could decide not to make Kingsley Coman’s move permanent at the end of the season, with the Frenchman who would return to his old club Juventus (Gazzetta)
Ignazio Abate is going to take AC Milan’s captain armband after the knee injured suffered by Riccardo Montolivo (Gazzetta)
Napoli winger Lorenzo Insigne has registered four assists so far but has yet to score his first Serie A goal this season (Corriere dello Sport)
Chinese government owned company China Huarong Asset Managent is among the companies that will complete AC Milan’s takeover by the end of November (Corriere dello Sport)
Juventus ace Marko Pjaca is not going to recover in time for Udinese clash, whilst Giorgio Chiellini could make it even if he’s not going to start the game (Tuttosport)
