Manchester United have endured some troublesome seasons following their departure of their legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson, but with the arrival of Jose Mourinho last summer as well as the signings of some top players like Ibrahimovic and Pogba could mark the beginning of a winning feel. A sign if this is how they were the highest earning football club of 2016.

United are currently sitting in sixth position in the Premier League, a title run looks highly unlikely from here on but their performances in domestic competitions and Europa League has made the fans quite optimistic of a silverware this season too. They have moved to the EFL Cup final by beating Hull City 3-2 on aggregate, they have reached the knockout stage of the Europa League and are still in the FA Cup.

Despite some fairly average and below than expected performances from a club as big as Manchester United, they have raked a revenue of $737 million and have in process overthrown Real Madrid as the football club with the highest earn in the world. The other surprising thing is that they have outdone Barcelona too in this department who had likes of Suarez, Messi and Neymar.

This news doesn't come as a surprise to many as United are one of the big clubs in one of the highest level Premier League. Premier League clubs largely benefit from high lucrative TV deals. A perfect example being Leicester City, who capped off an unexpected title-winning campaign by generating upto fives time the revenue in their 2015-16 season as compared to 2013-14 season.

As per the earnings, Premier League could face an obstacle with the arrival of Chinese League big time, they are starting to splash the cash and get some of the big players of European leagues. They have already signed Oscar, Carlos Tevez and Axel Witsel in this window alone.

Despite this, a number of Chinese investors are deciding to invest their money to the already established English top flight clubs instead. With the type of money that these investors could bring in, fans could potentially see United and other English clubs dominating Europe once more within the next couple of years.

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