NEWCASTLE UNITED and Sunderland have both been named in this year’s top 30 in Deloitte’s annual football rich list.

The Tyne-Wear rivals are among 14 Premier League clubs in that group, highlighting how powerful the English league remains worldwide. That figure is only likely to grow further in the next few years with broadcasting rights expected to increase.

Manchester United, despite their worst season on the pitch in decades, are the highest ranked English team after reclaiming second spot behind Real Madrid in the rankings, which are put together by the Deloitte Football Money League every year.

Real’s revenue of £459.5 for 2013/14 sees them more than £28m ahead of Manchester United’s intake of £433.2m. The next Premier League club is Manchester City in sixth, behind Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Paris St Germain.

After that Premier League clubs become more prevalent, with Newcastle ranked 19th for the way owner Mike Ashley has got “Newcastle United commercially in the strongest position in their history”, according to the report. Commercial income increased by 50 per cent to £25.6m even though they do not have regular European competition to call on.

There is no disguising that the reason why so many English clubs are scattered among the world’s richest is because of the Premier League’s £3bn TV rights income for the period 2013-16.

The Deloitte money list (revenues for 2013/14, in euros)

1.Real Madrid (549.5m)

2. Manchester United (518m)

3. Bayern Munich (431.2m)

4. Barcelona (484.6m)

5. Paris St Germain (474.2m)

6. Manchester City (414.4m)

7. Chelsea (387.9m)

8. Arsenal (359.3m)

9. Liverpool (305.9m)

10. Juventus (279.4m)

Selected others:

13. Tottenham (215.8m)

19. Newcastle (155.1m)

20. Everton (144.1m)

21. West Ham (137.4m)

22. Aston Villa (133m)

25. Southampton (126.9m)

27. Sunderland (124.8m)

29. Swansea City (118m)

30. Stoke City (117.6m)