Soccer-Commercial income powers Europe's richest clubs as financial divide widens, study shows研究显示，足球商业收入推动欧洲最富有的俱乐部不断壮大，而贫富差距却日益扩大。
MADRID, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Europe's richest football clubs have built a commercial engine that generates almost half their income, helping underpin an expanding financial elite whose membership has proved harder to change than its revenues, a study shows.
FILE PHOTO: General view of the match ball. Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - October 14, 2026 . Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo
MADRID, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Europe's richest football clubs have built a commercial engine that generates almost half their income, helping underpin an expanding financial elite whose membership has proved harder to change than its revenues, a study shows.
The report by consultancy Football Benchmark and World Football Summit charts two transformations: commercial income has displaced broadcasting as the leading revenue source for the highest earners, while growth across European football has failed to narrow the financial divide.
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马德里，10 月 22 日（路透社）——一项研究表明，欧洲最富有的足球俱乐部已经建立了一个商业引擎，该引擎创造了近一半的收入，从而支撑起一个不断壮大的金融精英阶层，而事实证明，改变这个阶层的成员比改变其收入更难。
咨询公司 Football Benchmark 和世界足球峰会发布的报告描绘了两大转变：商业收入取代了广播收入，成为高收入者的主要收入来源；而欧洲足球的整体增长未能缩小经济差距。
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