5 most valuable football clubs in the world

#4: Bayern Munich - $2.713 billion

The Bavarians are Germany's biggest club

As far as clubs with grand histories go, none can better that of German giants Bayern Munich. A club that has won 27 league titles and 18 national cups along with 5 Champions League titles, the Bavarians were and still are a footballing powerhouse.

Bayern is run like a joint stock company, that is a company whose stock is not listed on the public stock exchange, but is privately owned.Three Germany-based corporations, the sports goods manufacturer Adidas, the automobile company Audi and the financial services group Allianz each hold 8.33% of the shares, 25% in total.

Their beautiful stadium, the Allianz Arena, has a capacity of 75,000 and took an incredible €340 million to construct.