Published on www.transfermarkt.de these are the 3 richest clubs in Europe (regarding the value of their players on the transfer market)followed by the value of their MVP (all figures in millions of euros): 1.Real Madrid (342,1 M) MVP: Ronaldo: 45 M 2.Chelsea (314 M) MVP: Didier Drogba: 40 M 3.Manchester United (301 M) MVP: Ruud Van Nistelrooy: 33 M In Belgium: 1.Anderlecht 64,75 M MVP: Kompany: 10 M 2.Club Brugge 47,7 M MVP: Balaban: 6,5 M 3.Standard 36,55 M MVP: Conceiçao: 5 M 4.Genk 21,9 M MVP: Priske: 2,5 M 5.Gent 14,5 M MVP: Jbari: 1,5 M 6.Lokeren 11,4 M MVP: De Beule: 1,5 M 7.Beveren 10,87 M MVP: Né: 2 M 8.Mouscron 10,8 M MVP: Beloufa: 1,2 M 9.GBA 10,44 M MVP: Snoeckx: 0,9 M 10.Lierse 10,25 M MVP: Mitu: 1 M 11.Westerlo 9,65 M MVP: Delen 1 M 12.Mons 9,44 M MVP: Datti 1,7 M 13.St-Truiden 8,94 M MVP: Buvend 1,2 M 14.La Louviere 8,92 M MVP: Klukowski 1 M 15.Cercle Brugge 8,02 M MVP: Begeyn 0,8 M 16.Charleroi 7,02 M MVP: Laquait 1,2 M 17.Brussels 5,97 M MVP: Snelders 1 M 18.Oostende 5,1 M MVP: Okon 1 M This last ranking could look like the end of this championship...we'll see in May...
player salaries are supposed to be a maximum of $1.73 million, but probably closer to $2million. I think most teams are under $4 million for everything...staff, advertising...except stadium rentals. They don't have any scouts to pay for, the youth programs bring in revenue, they run youth camps for more revenue...a lot of things are handled by the MLS office in NYC.