The Richest Teams in International Football (...or soccer, depends if you're an American or not...)

The premiere international football leagues are taking their annual hiatus from our TV sets.

And in case you didn't get that, these major international football leagues are currently in their offseason and just because we really don't have anything to write about other than the ongoing 2007 Copa America tournament (...and the MLS... if you watch that shit...) we'll just take a look what team is the richest of the rich.

Obviously, Real Madrid is No.1 after signing the likes of David Beckham and Robinho, among others. Real Madrid is one of two international football clubs from Spain that earned the highest revenue during the Spanish La Liga season.

Real Madrid has a revenue of $373.4 million, keeping its No.1 spot atop our little ''football money league.''

Of course, that ''other'' Spanish football team rich enough to compete with Madrid is the powerhouse team of Barcelona FC. Barcelona, after signing the likes of Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry, has a revenue of $331 million. They jumped four places behind the filthy rich Madrid team.

''The two (Spanish) clubs have had contrasting strategies, with Real focusing on driving commercial revenue from recruiting its 'galatico' players and Barcelona having a more balanced revenue profile,'' report editor Dan Jones said.

Of course, Barcelona ain't done signing players yet and after losing the 2007 Spanish La Liga title to rivals Real Madrid, expect them to spend some more, especially now that David Beckham is already out of the Spanish league.

Juventus, who has a revenue of $321 million, is surprisingly the third richest team in all of football while Manchester United, now the defending English Premier League champions, is in fourth place with a revenue of $310 million.

Yep, Man-U is the ONLY English team in the top four. Jeez... These Spaniards sure love spending a lot for their football eh?

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