The figures are from Deloitte's annual report relating to the year ending 2008. The figure for the Premier League debt therefore includes last year's relegated clubs with Newcastle (owing £25 million), Middlesbrough (£93m) and West Brom (£48m) all in the red.
Some comparrisons are surpriseing for all the stick the Board gets - is it fair to say they run a decent business? - if not what would you suggest to improve profit form a buisness point of view?
ARSENAL
Net assets: £179.28m
Net debt: £332.82m
Pre-tax profit to May 2009: £45.5m
Annual wage bill: £104m
Top earner: Arsene Wenger £7.5m (inc bonuses)
Chairman: Peter Hill-Wood (England)
Made his money: Banking; selling shares to former vice-chairman David Dein in 1980s
Major shareholders:
Stan Kroenke (USA) 28.7% (Worth £2bn); Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan) 25%; Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith (England) 15.9%; Danny Fiszman (England) 16.1%
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Arsene Wenger.
ASTON VILLA
Net assets: £50.3m
Net debt: £72.26m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £7.56m
Annual wage bill: £51m
Top earner: John Carew, Ashley Young both £2.75m
Chairman: Randy Lerner (USA)
Owner: Randy Lerner (USA) 90%
Worth: £1bn
Made his money: Investment, owner of Cleveland Browns.
Other shareholders:
Charles Krulak (USA), Bob Kain (USA), Michael Martin (USA), Doug Ellis (England)
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Randy Lerner.
BIRMINGHAM CITY
Net assets: £11.64m
Net funds: 2.41m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £4.3m
Annual wage bill: £26.6m
Top earner: Lee Bowyer £2m
Chairman: David Gold (England)
Net worth: £450m
Made his money: Pornography, aviation, newspapers
Owner: Carson Yeung (China)
Net worth: £150m
Made his money: His company Grantop International Holdings expect to complete a takeover withiin days.
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Carson Yeung.
BLACKBURN ROVERS
Net assets: £24.02m
Net debt: £16.92m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £3.03m
Annual wage bill: £39.6m
Top earner: El-Hadji Diouf £2m
Chairman: John Williams (England)
Worth: £3m
Major shareholders:
Club owned by trustees of the late Sir Jack Walker
Worth: Around £400m
Future: Various groups have expressed interest in takeover but none have matched the trustees' expectations.
WHERE THE POWER LIES: The Walker trustees.
BOLTON WANDERERS
Net assets: £7.61m
Net debt: £53.54m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £8.02m
Annual wage bill: £39m
Top earner: Kevin Davies £1.3m
Chairman: Phil Gartside (England)
Net worth: £30m
Owner: Burnden Leisure, chaired by Eddie Davis (England)
What he's worth: £90m+
Where he made his money: Sold his electronics company for £90m in 2005
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Eddie Davis.
BURNLEY
Net assets: £4.48m
Net debt: £6.63m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £1.76m
Annual wage bill: £9.76m
Top earner: Owen Coyle £1.5m
Chairman: Barry Kilby (England)
Worth: £30m
Made his money: Europoint software company
Other shareholders:
Mike Garlick, lifelong fan joined board in 2006.
Worth: £50m
Made his money: As MD of MBA IT consultancy
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Barry Kilby.
CHELSEA
Net assets: -£414.9m
Net debt: £710.56m (£400m since converted into shares)
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £84.5m
Annual wage bill: £172.09m
Top earner: John Terry £7.5m
Chairman: Bruce Buck
Worth £10m
Owner: Roman Abramovich
Worth: £8bn
Made his money: Oil, gas, property
Other shareholders:
Bruce Buck; Eugene Tenenbaum
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Roman Abramovich.
EVERTON
Net assets: -£19.76m
Net debt: £36.75m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £26,000
Annual wage bill: £44.48m
Top earner: Tim Cahill £2.25m
Chairman: Bill Kenwright (England)
Major shareholders:
Lord Grantchester
Worth: £1.2bn
Made his money: Littlewoods pools business runs in the family
John Woods
Worth: £20m
Made his money: Computer software
Robert Earl
Worth: £150m, has 23% stake in Everton
Made his money: Building casino resorts
WHERE THE POWER LIES: David Moyes.
FULHAM
Net assets: -£158.51m
Net debt: £192.82m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £1.6m
Annual wage bill: £39.34m
Top earner: Andrew Johnson £2.65m
Chairman: Mohamed Al Fayed (Egypt)
Owner: Mohamed Al Fayed (Egypt)
Worth: £650m
Made his money: Owns the biggest corner shop in the country
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Mohamed Al Fayed.
HULL CITY
Net assets: -£12.25m
Net debt: £17.16m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £10.33m
Annual wage bill: £13.96m
Top earner: Jimmy Bullard £2m
Chairman: Paul Duffen (England)
Worth: £1m
Majority shareholders:
Russell Bartlett (England)
Worth: £10m
Where he made his money: Fortis Property Company
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Russell Bartlett.
LIVERPOOL
Net assets: -£75.66m
Net debt: £299.84m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £41m
Annual wage bill: £90.43m
Top earners: Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres both £6.5m
Co-Chairmen: George Gillett, Tom Hicks
Major shareholders:
George Gillett (USA), Tom Hicks (USA)
Gillet: Net worth £500m
Made his money: owner of Gillett Entertainment Group; sold Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team for £360m earlier this year
Hicks: Net worth £500m
Made his money: Private equity; funding takeovers of Dr Pepper and 7-Up
WHERE THE POWER LIES: At either end of the directors' box.
Khaldoon Al Mubarak: City chairman
MANCHESTER CITY
Net assets: £24.53m
Net debt: £137.53m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £32.64m
Annual wage bill: £105m
Top earner: Emmanuel Adebayor, Robinho both £7.5m
Chairman: Khaldoon Al Mubarak (UAE)
Owner: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Net worth: £17bn
Made his money: Oil, oil, oil
Other shareholders:
Forget it
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Abu Dhabi.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Net assets: £36.08m
Net debt: £649.43m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £44.78m
Annual wage bill: £121.08m
Top earners: Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney both £5.5m
Chairmen: Joel and Avram Glazer (USA)
Owner: Malcolm Glazer (USA)
Worth: £1.5bn
Made their money: Everywhere. Jewellery, food, broadcasting, property, gas, oil
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Malcolm Glazer.
PORTSMOUTH
Net assets:- £47.5m
Net debt: £50.1m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £16.88m
Annual wage bill: £54.68m
Top earner: David James £3m
Chairman: Al Faraj
Owner: Al Faraj
Net worth: Unknown
Made his money: Petro-chemicals
Other shareholders:
Sulaiman al-Fahim
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Let's wait and see.
STOKE CITY
Net assets: -£5.97m
Net debt: £102,000
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £4.32m
Annual wage bill: £11.8m
Top earner: James Beattie £2m
Chairman: Peter Coates (England)
Worth: £400m
Made his money: Owner of online betting firm Bet365
Major shareholders:
Philip Rawlins (England)
Worth: £30m
Made his money: Started The Sales Consultancy
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Peter Coates.
SUNDERLAND
Net assets: £49m
Net debt: £71.2m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £4.89m
Annual wage bill: £37.09m
Top earner: Darren Bent £2.5m
Chairman: Niall Quinn (Ireland)
Worth: £10m
Made his money: Professional football
Owner: Ellis Short (USA)
Net worth: £1bn+
Made his money: Loan Star Funds in Dallas
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Ellis Short.
TOTTENHAM
Net assets: £42.6m
Net debt: £29.7m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £2.98m
Annual wage bill: £52.92m
Top earners: Ledley King, Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane (all £3.5m)
Chairman: Daniel Levy (England)
Worth: £25m
Made his money: Working for Joe Lewis
Owner: ENIC (Run by Joe Lewis - owns 82.5% of shares)
Worth: £2.5bn
Major shareholders:
Bill Bottriell - still holds a large stake and worth £70m; Sir Keith Mills - worth £125m, made money from Nectar cards.
WHERE THE POWER LIES: ENIC.
WEST HAM UNITED
Net assets: £14.95m
Net debt: £100m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £37m
Annual wage bill: £63.3m
Top earner: Scott Parker £3.5m
Chairman: Andrew Bernhardt
Owner: CB Holding (Iceland)
Major shareholders:
Straumur-Burdaras Bank own 70%, 30% by Byr and MP Banks in Iceland following collapse of Bjorgolfur Gudmunsson's Landsbanki
WHERE THE POWER LIES: With anyone willing to take on the club's savage debts and crippling wage bill.
WIGAN ATHLETIC
Net assets: -£48.1m
Net debt: £66.4m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £11.2m
Annual wage bill: £38.35m
Top earner: Titus Bramble £2m
Chairman: Dave Whelan
Worth: £200m
Made his money: JJB Sports
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Dave Whelan.
WOLVES
Net assets: £66.2m
Net debt: £20.68m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £4.07m
Annual wage bill: £13.86m
Top earner: Michael Mancienne £1.5m
Chairman: Steve Morgan
Worth: £350m
Made his money: Dream of owning Liverpool is over, but he sold Redrow Building for £240m and DeVere Hotels stake worth £100m
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Steve Morgan.
Some comparrisons are surpriseing for all the stick the Board gets - is it fair to say they run a decent business? - if not what would you suggest to improve profit form a buisness point of view?
ARSENAL
Net assets: £179.28m
Net debt: £332.82m
Pre-tax profit to May 2009: £45.5m
Annual wage bill: £104m
Top earner: Arsene Wenger £7.5m (inc bonuses)
Chairman: Peter Hill-Wood (England)
Made his money: Banking; selling shares to former vice-chairman David Dein in 1980s
Major shareholders:
Stan Kroenke (USA) 28.7% (Worth £2bn); Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan) 25%; Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith (England) 15.9%; Danny Fiszman (England) 16.1%
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Arsene Wenger.
ASTON VILLA
Net assets: £50.3m
Net debt: £72.26m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £7.56m
Annual wage bill: £51m
Top earner: John Carew, Ashley Young both £2.75m
Chairman: Randy Lerner (USA)
Owner: Randy Lerner (USA) 90%
Worth: £1bn
Made his money: Investment, owner of Cleveland Browns.
Other shareholders:
Charles Krulak (USA), Bob Kain (USA), Michael Martin (USA), Doug Ellis (England)
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Randy Lerner.
BIRMINGHAM CITY
Net assets: £11.64m
Net funds: 2.41m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £4.3m
Annual wage bill: £26.6m
Top earner: Lee Bowyer £2m
Chairman: David Gold (England)
Net worth: £450m
Made his money: Pornography, aviation, newspapers
Owner: Carson Yeung (China)
Net worth: £150m
Made his money: His company Grantop International Holdings expect to complete a takeover withiin days.
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Carson Yeung.
BLACKBURN ROVERS
Net assets: £24.02m
Net debt: £16.92m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £3.03m
Annual wage bill: £39.6m
Top earner: El-Hadji Diouf £2m
Chairman: John Williams (England)
Worth: £3m
Major shareholders:
Club owned by trustees of the late Sir Jack Walker
Worth: Around £400m
Future: Various groups have expressed interest in takeover but none have matched the trustees' expectations.
WHERE THE POWER LIES: The Walker trustees.
BOLTON WANDERERS
Net assets: £7.61m
Net debt: £53.54m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £8.02m
Annual wage bill: £39m
Top earner: Kevin Davies £1.3m
Chairman: Phil Gartside (England)
Net worth: £30m
Owner: Burnden Leisure, chaired by Eddie Davis (England)
What he's worth: £90m+
Where he made his money: Sold his electronics company for £90m in 2005
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Eddie Davis.
BURNLEY
Net assets: £4.48m
Net debt: £6.63m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £1.76m
Annual wage bill: £9.76m
Top earner: Owen Coyle £1.5m
Chairman: Barry Kilby (England)
Worth: £30m
Made his money: Europoint software company
Other shareholders:
Mike Garlick, lifelong fan joined board in 2006.
Worth: £50m
Made his money: As MD of MBA IT consultancy
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Barry Kilby.
CHELSEA
Net assets: -£414.9m
Net debt: £710.56m (£400m since converted into shares)
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £84.5m
Annual wage bill: £172.09m
Top earner: John Terry £7.5m
Chairman: Bruce Buck
Worth £10m
Owner: Roman Abramovich
Worth: £8bn
Made his money: Oil, gas, property
Other shareholders:
Bruce Buck; Eugene Tenenbaum
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Roman Abramovich.
EVERTON
Net assets: -£19.76m
Net debt: £36.75m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £26,000
Annual wage bill: £44.48m
Top earner: Tim Cahill £2.25m
Chairman: Bill Kenwright (England)
Major shareholders:
Lord Grantchester
Worth: £1.2bn
Made his money: Littlewoods pools business runs in the family
John Woods
Worth: £20m
Made his money: Computer software
Robert Earl
Worth: £150m, has 23% stake in Everton
Made his money: Building casino resorts
WHERE THE POWER LIES: David Moyes.
FULHAM
Net assets: -£158.51m
Net debt: £192.82m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £1.6m
Annual wage bill: £39.34m
Top earner: Andrew Johnson £2.65m
Chairman: Mohamed Al Fayed (Egypt)
Owner: Mohamed Al Fayed (Egypt)
Worth: £650m
Made his money: Owns the biggest corner shop in the country
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Mohamed Al Fayed.
HULL CITY
Net assets: -£12.25m
Net debt: £17.16m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £10.33m
Annual wage bill: £13.96m
Top earner: Jimmy Bullard £2m
Chairman: Paul Duffen (England)
Worth: £1m
Majority shareholders:
Russell Bartlett (England)
Worth: £10m
Where he made his money: Fortis Property Company
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Russell Bartlett.
LIVERPOOL
Net assets: -£75.66m
Net debt: £299.84m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £41m
Annual wage bill: £90.43m
Top earners: Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres both £6.5m
Co-Chairmen: George Gillett, Tom Hicks
Major shareholders:
George Gillett (USA), Tom Hicks (USA)
Gillet: Net worth £500m
Made his money: owner of Gillett Entertainment Group; sold Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team for £360m earlier this year
Hicks: Net worth £500m
Made his money: Private equity; funding takeovers of Dr Pepper and 7-Up
WHERE THE POWER LIES: At either end of the directors' box.
Khaldoon Al Mubarak: City chairman
MANCHESTER CITY
Net assets: £24.53m
Net debt: £137.53m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £32.64m
Annual wage bill: £105m
Top earner: Emmanuel Adebayor, Robinho both £7.5m
Chairman: Khaldoon Al Mubarak (UAE)
Owner: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Net worth: £17bn
Made his money: Oil, oil, oil
Other shareholders:
Forget it
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Abu Dhabi.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Net assets: £36.08m
Net debt: £649.43m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £44.78m
Annual wage bill: £121.08m
Top earners: Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney both £5.5m
Chairmen: Joel and Avram Glazer (USA)
Owner: Malcolm Glazer (USA)
Worth: £1.5bn
Made their money: Everywhere. Jewellery, food, broadcasting, property, gas, oil
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Malcolm Glazer.
PORTSMOUTH
Net assets:- £47.5m
Net debt: £50.1m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £16.88m
Annual wage bill: £54.68m
Top earner: David James £3m
Chairman: Al Faraj
Owner: Al Faraj
Net worth: Unknown
Made his money: Petro-chemicals
Other shareholders:
Sulaiman al-Fahim
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Let's wait and see.
STOKE CITY
Net assets: -£5.97m
Net debt: £102,000
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £4.32m
Annual wage bill: £11.8m
Top earner: James Beattie £2m
Chairman: Peter Coates (England)
Worth: £400m
Made his money: Owner of online betting firm Bet365
Major shareholders:
Philip Rawlins (England)
Worth: £30m
Made his money: Started The Sales Consultancy
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Peter Coates.
SUNDERLAND
Net assets: £49m
Net debt: £71.2m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £4.89m
Annual wage bill: £37.09m
Top earner: Darren Bent £2.5m
Chairman: Niall Quinn (Ireland)
Worth: £10m
Made his money: Professional football
Owner: Ellis Short (USA)
Net worth: £1bn+
Made his money: Loan Star Funds in Dallas
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Ellis Short.
TOTTENHAM
Net assets: £42.6m
Net debt: £29.7m
Pre-tax profit, 2008: £2.98m
Annual wage bill: £52.92m
Top earners: Ledley King, Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane (all £3.5m)
Chairman: Daniel Levy (England)
Worth: £25m
Made his money: Working for Joe Lewis
Owner: ENIC (Run by Joe Lewis - owns 82.5% of shares)
Worth: £2.5bn
Major shareholders:
Bill Bottriell - still holds a large stake and worth £70m; Sir Keith Mills - worth £125m, made money from Nectar cards.
WHERE THE POWER LIES: ENIC.
WEST HAM UNITED
Net assets: £14.95m
Net debt: £100m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £37m
Annual wage bill: £63.3m
Top earner: Scott Parker £3.5m
Chairman: Andrew Bernhardt
Owner: CB Holding (Iceland)
Major shareholders:
Straumur-Burdaras Bank own 70%, 30% by Byr and MP Banks in Iceland following collapse of Bjorgolfur Gudmunsson's Landsbanki
WHERE THE POWER LIES: With anyone willing to take on the club's savage debts and crippling wage bill.
WIGAN ATHLETIC
Net assets: -£48.1m
Net debt: £66.4m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £11.2m
Annual wage bill: £38.35m
Top earner: Titus Bramble £2m
Chairman: Dave Whelan
Worth: £200m
Made his money: JJB Sports
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Dave Whelan.
WOLVES
Net assets: £66.2m
Net debt: £20.68m
Pre-tax loss, 2008: £4.07m
Annual wage bill: £13.86m
Top earner: Michael Mancienne £1.5m
Chairman: Steve Morgan
Worth: £350m
Made his money: Dream of owning Liverpool is over, but he sold Redrow Building for £240m and DeVere Hotels stake worth £100m
WHERE THE POWER LIES: Steve Morgan.
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