Players' shirts are considered one of the most important financial assets for sports clubs, as they provide them with large incomes from sponsorship and sales contracts according to their popularity and the spread of their fans around the world.
In this report, the American "Sports Show" website reviews the list of the most valuable and best-selling football club shirts in the world:
10- Paris Saint-Germain
The Paris Saint-Germain team is at the bottom of the list, and has started making profits from sponsoring its shirt since 1986, and has achieved significant incomes, especially in recent years.
Sales and profits are expected to increase with the transfer of Argentine star Lionel Messi to his ranks.
According to the data released by the club last year (2020), 750,000 shirts were sold worldwide, and sales are expected to witness a significant boom during the current year after Messi's arrival.
9- Manchester City
Manchester City owns one of the most popular shirts in football today, and has generous paying sponsors, such as Nissan and Etihad Airways and Telecommunications.
According to an official statement issued by the club, the shirt sponsorship income amounted to 336 million dollars between 2019 and 2020.
It is also reported that City sold more than one million shirts in 2020, and earned millions of dollars.
8- Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund began receiving sponsorship income for his shirt in 1974 under the supervision of the Dortmund city authorities, and after two seasons, he signed a contract with Samson until 1978.
Dortmund has sold more than 1.2 million shirts between 2019 and 2020, and is making huge amounts of money through sponsorship contracts and sales of his shirts around the world.
In 2020, the Borussia home shirt has undergone some changes, with the "PUMA" logo placed on the right side of the chest, with black stripes on the sleeves, making it more attractive.
7- Chelsea
Chelsea's shirts - the Champions League champion - are among the best-selling in the world of football today, and the club sells more than 1.5 million shirts around the world annually.
The Chelsea logo includes a blue circle with a lion surrounded by a golden inner and outer frame.
In 1983, Chelsea put on his shirt the first logo of a sponsoring company, "Gulf Air", and later signed sponsorship agreements with several companies, including "Emirates Airlines" and "Samsung", which gave him one of the largest sponsorship deals worth more than 20 million euros.
Currently, Chelsea is earning a large sum from sponsorship contracts with three telecom companies, as well as two sportswear brands NIKE and ZAPP delivery service.
6- Juventus
In 1981, Juventus began sponsoring his shirt with ARISTON, and later signed major deals with Nike, JEEP and Adidas.
And the sales of the Juventus shirt have increased since his contract with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, whose shirt with the old lady became the best-selling single player in the history of football.
The latest statistics show that Juventus sold 1,615,000 shirts during the last period all over the world.
In his new shirt design, Juve has returned to the distinctive classic look and prominent black and white stripes.
5- Liverpool
Liverpool FC is the first club in football history to sign a shirt sponsorship contract, and that was with Hitachi in 1979.
After that, Liverpool made huge profits from sponsorship deals with companies such as Crown Paints, Candy and Standard Chartered, and from selling shirts around the world.
The club earned a huge amount last year (2020) by selling one million and 670 thousand shirts.
4- Barcelona
Barcelona is one of the most famous football clubs in the world, but it refused to put any sponsorship logo on its shirt until 2006.
Barcelona's first shirt sponsorship contract was with UNICEF, worth $1.5 million, after which the club signed huge deals with Nike, RAKUTEN and Qatar Airways.
Last season, the Catalan club sold one million and 925,000 shirts around the world.
3- Bayern Munich
The Bayern Munich jersey is one of the most popular football jerseys around the world.
Bayern sold two million and 575,000 shirts last year, earning millions of dollars, in addition to sponsorship income.
Bayern signed their first shirt sponsorship deals in 1965 with Adidas, before signing very big deals with companies such as Allianz and Deutsche.
This season, Bayern changed their shirt to a slightly darker red color, with the classic white adidas logo on the right side, and the Qatar Airways logo on the sleeves.
2- Real Madrid
Real Madrid began signing shirt sponsorship deals in 1985, and the first deal was with PARMALAT.
Later, the club signed sponsorship deals with many companies, including Adidas and Emirates Airlines, which pays $84.1 million annually to the royal club.
Last year, the riyal sold 3 million and 120 thousand shirts around the world.
1- Manchester United
Manchester United is at the top of this list, with sponsors such as AIG, Aon and Vodafone paying him huge sums, and he gets $290 million per season for sponsorship contracts. .
Manchester United also makes a lot of money through sales around the world, and last season, they sold 3 million and 250 thousand shirts.
The club's global audience has increased dramatically since it was supervised by Sir Alex Ferguson, and is considered the most popular United shirt ever in the world of football.