UEFA has presented the revenue distribution system for the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League, allocating the estimated income from that competition and the UEFA Super Cup.

Shares in Manchester United have begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Ten percent of the club was sold in the initial public offering (IPO), raising $233m (£150m), a move that now values the Premier League club at $2.3bn (£1.5bn).

Inter Milan has reached an agreement with Chinese investors who are set to become the company’s second largest shareholder and invest in a new stadium.

FC Barcelona have closed the season 2011/12 with record revenues and profits, as announced by the clubs financial vice-president Javier Faus. During the season 2011/12, the club earned €494.9 million, while expenses were revealed to be €441.1 million.

Manchester United continue to top the Forbes list as the most valuable football club in the world but Real Madrid are gaining ground.

Manchester United also remain ranked as the most valuable team in any sport, worth $2.24 billion (£1.4 billion).

The 21st edition of the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance was launched on 31 May 2012. This definitive guide to European football finance provides not only a track record up to the end of the 2010/11 season, but also includes some pointers as to how the industry has developed in 2011/12 and is likely to change in the future.

Clubs in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League shared €754.1m in participation, TV pool and performance-related revenue, Chelsea FC and FC Bayern München receiving the most.

Manchester United continue to top the Forbes list as the most valuable football club in the world but Real Madrid are gaining ground.

A new study has shown that clubs in the Premier League sell replica shirts at cheaper prices than clubs in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The combined value of kit supplier contracts for England’s 20 top-flight sides this season hit £90 million. However Premier League clubs’ shirts are still the cheapest in all of Europe’s top five domestic football competitions.

At a time when it is deeply mired in an economic crisis, Spain is still on average the most expensive place in Europe to watch a top flight game.