The Taylor Swift effect and further revenue away from soccer have helped Los Blancos, with the Miami Dolphins' home game later this year only expected to help keep them at the top.

For a second consecutive year, they topped Deloitte’s Money League, released today. The figures are for last season, which ended with another Champions League title for Real Madrid, enabling them to become the first football club to push through €1billion in annual revenue, earning €1.05bn (£884m; $1.08bn).

Broadcast revenue was stable at €4. 3 billion as each of the "Big Five" leagues - England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany - remained in the same domestic broadcast cycle as the preceding season.