ManU's Wayne Rooney has seen his personal fortune grow £10M ($14.4M) this year as he tops the Sunday Times Rich List. Rooney, 30, tops a list dominated by Man City and Chelsea footballers because of his £82M ($118.3M) wealth -- this list "includes British people, or those based in Britain, who are under 30." Tennis brothers Andy and Jamie Murray are in second place with a "joint worth" of £58M ($83.7M), though £57M ($82.3M) of it is contributed by the world No. 2 Andy. Golfer Rory McIlroy "has enjoyed the biggest increase in wealth," earning an extra £18M ($26M) to take him up to £56M ($80.8M) in total and to third place in the list. Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale is "up to fourth on the list after a year in which he became the second-richest footballer." He earns around £15.6M ($22.5M) a year and is worth £34M ($49M) -- a £13M ($18.8M) increase from last year (London INDEPENDENT, 4/23).
Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande recorded a deficit of $147M in '15. The club booked annual revenue of 380M yuan ($58.5M) in '15. Evergrande "spent heavily during the off-season," buying striker Jackson Martinez from Atlético Madrid for €42M ($47M). The club named Li Yimeng its president last week in place of outgoing Liu Yongzhuo, "in an effort to seek to improve the club's management and try to increase income" (THE STANDARD, 4/22).
