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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |