10 top-earning football clubs from shirt sales and merchandise - ranked
It wasn't until the mid-1970s, more than a century after the FA Cup's inauguration as the first major football competition, that fans could buy the same kit as their sporting idols. Admiral pioneered the newfangled idea in 1973, manufacturing Leeds United's iconic white strip in their title-winning campaign after a Travel ling sales man had a chance encounter with manager Don Revie at the club's training ground. Five decades on, shirt sales and the flood of accompanying merchandise are a staple of each club's financial portfolio. Leeds may have been the pioneers but just miss out on the continent's list of the ten highest earners (they sit 16th). Here are the sides that have out-sold the rest of Europe. All data via UEFA 's European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report for the 2023 financial year. 10. Tottenham (Nike) - £63m Summer arrival Micky van de Ven sporting Tottenham's 2023/24 kit / Visionhaus/GettyImages Daniel Levy thinks in the long...