Football is a lucrative business and people are making a killing out of this field. Players are making huge amounts per day if not per year. Kenyan players like Oliech,Mariga,Wanyama and many others who play for foreign teams makes more than the country’s executive make per month. Wanyama for example is speculated to be earning sh.4m per week in his new club,Southampton.
Latest Forbes list of richest football clubs puts Real Madrid,Man-U,Arsenal,Bayern and Chelsea amongst the top. Locally football scenes have revolutionised over times and is paying as much as it ought to. Players are pocketing six figures salary and teams affording foreign coaches.
According to an expertise survey courtesy,the following is the list of top five wealthiest Kenyan football clubs.
5. THIKA UNITED-KSH.22m
Through sales of their merchandise,and corporate sponsorship from Brookside Dairy and the gates collections,the team is valued at 20m.
4.Tusker-Ksh.46m
A big portion of their income streams from the main sponsor and the employer EABL. Like other clubs it derives revenue from the sales of merchandise and gate collections as well as the annual grants from the football body in Kenya.
3.SOFA PAKA-KSH.51m
East African Portland cement is their main sponsor. Watoto WA Mungu as they are popularly referred to,is owned by a Congolese businessman. The club have one of the best paying rates compared to the other clubs. They also share the same revenue collection avenues synonymous with others.
2.AFC LEOPARDS-KSH.53m
One of the biggest clubs in the country with a massive following largely from the Western part of Kenya,Ingwe as they are popularly known draws much of their cheques from their main sponsor Mumias Sugar which pumps millions into the pot. Gate collections,KPL annual grants,sales of Jerseys and so on builds their financial grounds.
1.GOR MAHIA-KSH.64m
Topping the list is K’Ogalo or Sirkal as lovers prefers,the club is said to br commanding the biggest following as compared to the rest. Gor gets millions penned to them by Tuzo who is their main corporate sponsor,the sales of club’s merchandise which is put at millions going by the followers loyalty into buying original products from the selected stores.
Gates collections especially home matches bases the biggest revenue collection for Gor. A typical match will earn them cool 3million,this is assured by the mass attendance of the fans into venues.
Figures courtesy.
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