The coronavirus pandemic that has been ravaging the planet since the end of 2019 – with human losses – has caused, like other industries, huge damage to football as well. Primarily club football.According to the data of the auditing companies, the richest clubs suffered the most financially. Deloitte’s calculations show that the decline in the total turnover of the 20 largest European clubs in the last two seasons went down by over two billion USD, while the average income per team in that period was 445 million USD a year. According to Il Sole 24 Ore, that means that the clubs ‘went back in time’ to the financial level they were at in 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons, when they earned an average of 433.5 and 459 million USD, respectively.’Locking up’ Mbappe & Co. convinced Real Madrid to bring a replacement for CasemiroSince the beginning of the pandemic, Real Madrid earned the most and made an average income of 731 million USD per season. Then follows Barcelona with 711 million, Bayern 684 million USD… For the first time Manchester City had not only a bigger influx than the city rival Manchester United, but also compared to everyone else in Europe.However, all that money did not help the clubs to avoid significant losses, primarily due to too high costs that could not be reduced at the same pace as the revenues due to Covid.The 12 clubs that unsuccessfully planned to establish the Super League recorded a cumulative deficit in the two-year period (2019-2021) of 2.85 billion USD! In the 2019/20 season, they were in the minus of 879 million USD, and a year later they ended up with a negative double of that amount.Barça made the biggest deficit of 635 million USD. Behind the Catalan club are three Italian clubs in terms of losses: Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan…Sat 16:30: (6.25) Freiburg (4.40) Bayern (1.50)Truth be told, even the most famous teams that did not side with the Super League did not end up with positive financial results – so PSG made a loss of 467 million USD, Roma 428 million USD, and Borussia Dortmund 128.5 million USD while Bayern (as they usually do) did a great job and ended up with a positive balance. The always practical Bavarians signed the final accounts from the previous two seasons with a total plus of 8.5 million USD…
