Not only were they the first Mexican team to go public, they have now also achieved a new milestone worldwide. America sold partial 49 percent of its shares to General Atlanticwhich has among its most attractive assets the New England Patriotsteam of the NFL.
The Azcárraga family once again took a big step in the internationalization of the azulcrema brand, although it generated a lot of doubts in the process. Many people thought that the total value of the team was one billion dollars, which is false. The new company created to give value to everything related to the team –América, Banorte Stadium and surrounding land- It is 490 million dollars.
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That is to say, General Atlantic It invested approximately 240 million dollars, a not insignificant figure for the azulcrema team. Now, despite not being one of the most expensive clubs in the world, the Águilas team began to rub shoulders among the upper echelons of sports society.
What other football teams worth hundreds of thousands of dollars?
The approaches were immediate and America will now be able to say that it rubs shoulders with the greatest in the world, although very far from the kings of the sport. A recent Forbes list of the most valuable teams in the world – of any branch – put four soccer clubs among the most expensive.
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Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona y Liverpool They are on Forbes’ list of the 50 most expensive sports teams in the world. The four European clubs exceed the threshold of one billion dollars (with five and six respectively), although there are other teams with a lower value.
Outside of that list of teams in any sport, there are several clubs with a value higher than one billion dollars, such as: Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, AC Milan, Inter de Milán, West Ham United y Newcastle United.
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The most expensive in Concacaf?
Although the data has not been updated, Forbes also released a list of team valuations in mid-2025, in which some MLS teams stood out with a value above one billion dollars.
He LA Galaxy, LAFC by Inter Miami They were on that July list, being the only Concacaf teams to exceed that threshold. However, although the goal seems distant, the azulcrema team could increase its value, with several factors involved.
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