Manchester United remains most expensive football brand at $1.17 bnJune 11, 2016 - 17:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - English football club Manchester United (MU) remained the most expensive brand among the world's most valuable football clubs for a second year in a row, consultancy firm Brand Finance reports. MU’s brand value now stands at $1.17 billion. The figure, however, dropped by 3% against last year's estimate of over $ 1.2 billion. The Spanish Real Madrid (about $1,15 billion) is the second most expensive football brand, FC Barcelona ($993 million) comes in third, while Manchester City ($905 million) and Bayern Munich ($867 million) follow in the fourth and fifth spots, respectively. Also included in the top 10 are Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain FC, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham. Borussia Dortmund remained in the 12th spot for the second year. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |