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Man Utd lose over £118million as seven Premier League clubs make Football Money League top 20

Manchester United remain the highest-ranked of seven Premier League teams in the top 20 of Deloitte's Football Money League, with Liverpool having risen to fifth, while Real Madrid have closed the gap on Barcelona at the top

Pandemic causes £975 million loss of revenue for top football clubs

Manchester United remain the highest-ranked Premier League team in the Football Money League - despite seeing revenues drop by £118.1million in 2019-20.

United's revenues are down 19 percent, to £509million, leaving them behind Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

According to forecasts from Deloitte, the coronavirus pandemic is due to end up costing Europe's 20 biggest clubs around £1.8billion (€2bn).

The finance firm’s annual money league shows that the top 20 revenue-generating clubs lost around £975million (€1.1bn) during the 2019-20 season.

That was due to factors including the lack of spectators and effects on broadcast income, which accounted for a staggering £830m of the deficit.

There are also issues of deferred prize money for many clubs, some of which will be made up in the 2020-21 accounts.

But the ongoing effects of the virus see the drop in revenue projected to reach £1.8bn (€2bn) between the 20 clubs.

Man Utd Chief Executive Ed Woodward (L) talks to Man Utd co-owner Avram Glazer(Getty Images)