In Germany there is also Sc Freiburg, constantly making profits… Awesome club… Sincerely a completely unbiased Freiburg fan

I'm glad to see that Atalanta at least got a mention, such a well run club with one of the best scouting and youth sectors in Europe.

do you now that bayern has kept a profit for 27 consecutive years, got loan for their stadium and paid it in full 16 years before the due date which is crazy for a team as big as bayern.

Bayern is literal definition of super club. Huge fan base, successful, top notch infrastructure and profitable on top of that, people tend to overlook how huge they actually are

"If you think about it hard enough. Everything is pointless, really, isn't it?" - Alfie (true nihilist)

I think an important part for Bayern to point out as well is they paid off the loan for their stadium 16 1/2 years early. So no albatross around their neck like some clubs stadium situations

can we please have more Eredivisie video's

This is one of the most authentic channels on KZfaq! Genuine research must be done, hard work must be invested. I really enjoy this channel for the complete football stories, the only and off the field insights. One of the channels that genuinely deserves KZfaq money. And one of the channels that’s is motivated by the truth rather than the money. Welcome. Big love to you. Your work is legendary.

Comments section be like : " do a video on which Malaysian 2nd tier side has the nicest cheese in their canteen"

There’s a saying going on these past few years, that Ajax is becoming the Bayern Munchen of the Netherlands.

Bayern should be an example for every club. Best well-run football club in the world. I've massive respect for them

I'm not Dutch, but respect for saying Ajax the way it is supposed to be pronounced.

Writing suggestions is not profitable for me, however I will still do it. Day 16: Top 7 second/amateur teams in football (Hertha BSC II which almost won the DFB Pokal, Real Madrid Castilla who lost to their first team in the spanish cup in 1980 but got into Europe)

It would be interesting to see another what on earth is going on video this time focusing on saint etienne. They are a big club with an illustrious history, winning league titles season after season yet find themselves embroiled in a relegation battle this season.

Nice to mention the "profitable" MLS clubs in the video. I remember listening to a BBC World Service article one night about how Seattle Sounders FC had already turned a profit before they'd even kicked a ball in anger in their debut season in 2009, mostly due to having the largest season-ticket base in the league's history up to that point. Being in a salary-capped league where an entire team's payroll for the season (excluding the that limited number of Designated Player salaries each team has access to, allowing them to sign star players) is still about USD$5mn doesn't hurt either. That said, the fuzzy logic and arcane mathematics that go into determining profit/loss in MLS (not to mention the rest of the major North American pro-sports leagues) and the bizarre world of Allocation Money (aka Garberbucks) within MLS, and how clubs use differing types of Allocation Money to pay players and acquire them from other clubs - might be worth a video of its own, albeit at the risk of Alfie's sanity.

That dig at 1:11 made my day.

Hey Alfie, can you make a video on the idea of playing B teams in the lower divisions of England. Just like it is Spain with Barcelona B, Real Sociedad B or in Germany. Would be better for player development or it would kill the passion of the lower leagues?

Top 7 players active/all time who have never won a league title

So glad you could shout out ATL for me! Now, will you make that Sub-Saharan Africa-based Best XI video, pretty please?

Could you do: 7 3-way transfers, 7 best underdog youth league runs or 7 closest league campaigns. Thanks

And to think Florentino Perez said they were “losing money” yet in a season where pretty much everyone lost huge they still are in the black… as for Bayern all that money on top of paying off the Allianz Arena entirely in about a decade

Please do a video about the Portuguese 'club' , 'Belenenses SAD' , that recently went to a game with only 9 players against Benfica .Its a 'fake' club playing in the First League , but the 'Original' club had to start in the Non League Portuguese Football .

I fully agree with all these respective inclusions of these respectice footballing clubs and Bayern Munich have been extremely so smart in terms of recruiting the respective players and offloading the respective players whom they would not need to utilise correctly to balance their finance which is extremely so appreciatable daily and ever,good friends!!!:-D

Love that my top three favorite football clubs were placed in the top three on this list in my exact order of preference. A nice reminder that they won't be financially tanking anytime soon. Great video 👍

11:54 pretty accurate pic

Ya Tottenham are a great club in terms of business. But as a fan it’s impossibly frustrating not to see any of that money put back into the squad or recruitment. I mean the new stadium is great and all but ffs can we please put some of that investment into the team?

There is a team from Glasgow that play in green and white that regularly turn a profit and have little to no debt.

Alfie Can you do a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they were very close to moving to ireland How they went up the English football leagues. It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel

Video idea: 7 current longest serving players at the same club

What is going on in the Turkish Super Liga please 🙂

Do a video on the worlds youngest club owners plz

You should a video on Hakan Sukur...from Turkish legend to Uber driver in New York because he was accused by Erdogan to be a complice in a state coup...

For such a new expensive stadium, I'm not sure why Tottenham's stadium didn't seem to have heating equipment to keep the pitch from freezing over a month ago.

Idea: the decline of the belgian league

I didn't know that my team (Brest) were profitable, but I should have expected it

can you maybe make a video about Leganes?

Do Athletic Bilbao not make a profit Alfie. Just a question since they don't spend almost anything on players due to their transfer strategy?

Glad you got the worst of the examples out the way first. It was more fun when we were on the verge of going broke and had ultras kicking heads in every week tbh. Less morally ambigious too.

3:11 Wow she looks quite 'witchy' 😳😳😭😭

What happened to Panathinaikos?

You talking about facts without numbers, miracles

Thanks a lot Bartomeu

Surprised Southampton not in the mix - use to be good developing academy players into big money sales

Really enjoyed the video. I reckon Man City in the years to come will be up there, if they continue to dominate in England and get their hands on a champions league. Their commercial value will grow, as I think their popularity among younger generations will be large if the success on the pitch continues, and considering how well run the club is, I’m pretty sure it will.

Surprised Sevilla didn't make the list seeing how much money they make just from monchis scouting network

7 greatest premier league teams of all time

Can you do a "whats going on at barnsley fc" video please? There is something fishy going off with the new owners

When your club gets mentioned in the honorable mentions 😎

I'm surprised benfica didn't make the list due to their high transfer sales, but I guess the tv money isn't there

12:10 nice

If you’re winning, you’re gonna get attention, attention can be used for branding and you can turn that it to higher dividends. It can be an indirectly source of earning money… but it shouldn’t really be the goal, because if you’re focusing on earning money, you most likely handicap you ability to compete and that’ll lose you money on the long run. In sport.. win, win, win or punch above your weight.

How about Benfica? They were in debt but sold many players with good price, or Shakhtar? And Spanish Huesca was 2-3 years ago? a club with no debt, i don´t know now but i assume they make so kind of profit or at least + - 0 breaking point.

Hope you learn to dance like Shota, should he be your new manager at Hull. One of my favourite ex rangers players

This was a great Video! But you missed once. how could you not at least put dortmund into your honorable mentions? To me, if you go by financially run and profitable Dortmund is the third best managed club in the world

The rest of the Bundesliga, especially capital club Hertha BSC, 2nd city giants HSV and Dortmund should learn from Bayern on how to grow organically on and off the pitch! 🇩🇪

Do you have a discord?

“Everything’s pointless really” - who hurt you Alfie?

Flamengo has a super avit for 8 years consecutivelly.

Day 344: Ways to fix VAR with your suggestions

Top 7 clubs with a cheese room

Tbh you can see why Roman Abrohamovich does the ruthless shit he does, he loses money if they do shit

Was a little surprised to see Tottenham was in so much debt but I guess they financed that new stadium entirely on their own and someone has to foot the bill?

Would love to know which teams in Scotland are actually profitable?

Yay, top 5

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FSG need to start spending.

Can we get an opposite 7 teams losing the most money

What about the 7 biggest clubs that lost the most money

Its taken city years, theyve spent £1 billion in 10 years, cant win in europe and this is the first season they ever made a profit, what legends, hehe

after the intro I was expecting a foreign heavy list, but then more than half the list is English...

Hey Alfie, Video Idea. If newcastles new owners are attempting to "sportswash" their reputation and exert soft power, I thought it would be interesting to explore how that has been an absolutely horrific and embarrassing failure as, since they took over in October, the amount of coverage of the Saudi human rights issues and questions over their ownership of this or any other business has never ever been discussed as much as in the last 3 months. You could extend the video into how sportswashing has never ever worked and therefore isn't a thing. After all it didn't work for the Nazis in 1936, or the Russian Olympics, or the quatari world Cup or the world cup+Olympics in Brazil. In fact huge sporting events and ownership over sports franchises tends to INCREASE visibility of a countries or companies more shady and/or immoral practices. By extension you can discuss how, considering that sportswashing has never ever worked and so isn't a thing, you can talk about just how mindnumbingly stupid you think the Saudis are for thinking it would work this time. Wow they must be very very dumb.

I knew Bayern would be #1 as soon as I saw the video title

Bayern also raids all the best players in Germany to kill all competition within the Bundesliga. It's easy to do it that way when no one else can compete...

Real Madrid also spent on a stadium.

In Finance consistency opens up heavy long term investments. That‘s why Bayern and Ajax are amongst the most profitable clubs because they almost automatically win the domestic title every year. If you then have well trained people in management who have knowledge about the football business it is a key for success. Bayern had two giants of the football business at the top: Hoeneß and Rummenigge. Not only were they amongst the best players of their generation, they also invested a lot in a network full of the most important contacts in football. Rummenigge was the chairman of nearly every important association and Hoeneß followed a vision for German football from his early beginnings. He therefore maintained a lot of contacts in politics. You can‘t even think about German football without Hoeneß. He is the absolute don pulling strings everywhere. On top Beckenbauer played also a big part in Bayern’s success. Florentino Perez acts in a same way. Maybe that‘s why Bayern and Real have such a good relationship although being fierce competitors.

Proves how ridiculous and greedy the European Super League was

Say what you want about Mike Ashley but he’s one hell of a businessman

15:17 ironic...

Football clubs should neither be profitable nor be making losses that or covered by owners imo. All money that a club generates should stay within the club, but no external money should really be put into a club except when it is absolutely necessary to keep it alive. They should be run in a sustainable way and not as a business ventures or as a toy for owners.

I have more ambition in my small toe than Mike Ashley ever did running Newcastle United

the new newcastl owners are scary

Shame the big Manc clubs couldn't help Bury...

My boys Ajax at number 2 ❌❌❌ Competing with the big boys despite not being given joke amounts of money with TV rights. Proud

2:03 am I the only one who finds that one lady looking back at the camera extremely creepy ?

Benfica?

Omg is that Man United I thought they were still paying for buying the worlds most expensive fridge for 82 million and then not using it!

Football clubs aren't ran to make a profit? The Glazers would very much disagree.

Isnt benfica also a profitable club?

Look up who helped pay for madrids stadium upgrade...

Just a little headsup. In the eredivise it isnt a top 1 and then a top 2, Feyenoord has the same revenue as PSV has. Only they have less spending room due to high costs and loans. But in revenue they almost got the same as PSV. Budget: Ajax 160 m PSV 85 m feyenoord 65 m az 27,5 m

7:45 No they don't. They spend < £140m. Manchester United spend 63% (£127m) more. Not quite "about as much"

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 266) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

To make a video about the profit of clubs but not mentioning and considering their debts at the same time, is somehow pointless in my opinion. Most clubs mentioned, are in deep debt (Real over a billion)..

Spurs is 3rd 😳

Bayern Munchen will always be profitable as they own the Bundesliga. they win the league title basically 9 times every 10 years. so yeah...

Tottenham Hotspur as the 3rd most profitable club can't even back thier managers...I wonder why ;))

So that might be for the Premier league??but in the Bundesliga a club that isn't profitable....cant really sustain first league play for an extended time. So OF COURSE there are teams that have had financial troubles in the BUndesliga BUT these also fell OUT of the Bundesliga quite fast BECAUSE of that fact? so i don't recall get this videos purpose? Because actually most Football clubs in the first league in the Bundesliga per example are and Always WERE profitable?

And then there is eveton..

You forgot Mumbai City FC

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