QPR's Bernie Ecclestone #4 on FourFourTwo's "Rich List" in Sport

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British football awash with billionaires
From ireland.com - Tuesday, 6th November, 2007

British football's spending power is burgeoning with new investors worth more than £11 billion becoming involved in the sport during the last 12 months.
FourFourTwo'slatest football 'rich list' is dominated by the billionaires who have taken over Premier League clubs.
David Beckham may have a fortune of £112million but the richest player is down in 45th place in the list.
Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich is comfortably the richest man in football with an estimated value of £10.8billion.
The newcomers are headed by another Russian, Alisher Usmanov, who has taken a significant stake in Arsenal and whose personal fortune is said to be £2.76billion.
Two new players on the list are Chelsea's Didier Drogba, 29, who is at 96 with a £14million fortune and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, who creeps in at 100th place with a bank balance of £12.25million.
FourFourTwoeditor Hugh Sleight said: "Of the 25 new entries this year only two are players, who now number just 14. So while their wages rise, their bank balances pale into insignificance compared to the men who pay them."
The other new entries are Mike Ashley at Newcastle, Stanley Kroenke at Arsenal and Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft, who bought 42 per cent of Watford.
The total value of this year's Top 100 is £41.7 billion compared to £20.45billion four years ago.
Top 10 Rich List:
1 Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, £10.8billion Joe Lewis, Tottenham, £2.8bn 3 Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal, £2.76bn 4 Bernie Ecclestone, QPR, £2.5bn 5 Mike Ashley, Newcastle £1.6bn 6 Dermot Desmond, Celtic £1.6bn 7 Malcolm Glazer, Man Utd, £1.25bn 8 Stanley Kroenke, Arsenal £1.2bn 9 Trevor Hemmings, Preston, £980m 10 Lord Ashcroft, Watford, £950m

Players top 10 Rich List:
1 David Beckham, LA Galaxy, £112million 2 Michael Owen, Newcastle £37m 3 Robbie Fowler, Cardiff £30m 4 Wayne Rooney, Man Utd £30m 5 Sol Campbell, Portsmouth, £28m 6 Andriy Shevchenko, Chelsea £25m 6 Rio Ferdinand, Man Utd £25m 8 Ryan Giggs, Man Utd £23m 9 Michael Ballack, Chelsea £18m 10 Steven Gerrard, Liverpool, £15m Report

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