Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal tops 2009 UK football rich list

Lakshmi MittalLondon, Oct. 8 : London-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal stands at the top of a football rich list prepared by the sports-oriented web site FourFourTwo. com.

According to The Sun, the wealthiest people connected to the British game is as follows:

1. Lakshmi Mittal, QPR, £18.4bn

2. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Man City, £17bn

3. Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, £7.8bn

4. Joe Lewis, Tottenham, £2.5bn

5. Stan Kroenke, Arsenal, £2.079bn

6. Denis O''''Brien, Celtic, £1.73bn

7. Malcolm Glazer and family, Man United, £1.5bn

8. Bernie Ecclestone, QPR, £1.466bn

9. Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal, £1.3bn

10. Lord Grantchester and family, Everton, £1.2bn

11. Lord Ashcroft, Watford, £1.1bn

12. Dermot Desmond, Celtic, £1bn

13. Mike Ashley, Newcastle United, £900m

14. Randy Lerner, Aston Villa, £800m

15. Mohamed al-Fayed, Fulham, £650m

16. Tom Hicks, Liverpool, £500m

16. George Gillett, Liverpool, £500m

18. Sir David Murray, Rangers, £450m

19. The Walker family, Blackburn Rovers, £400m

19. Peter Coates, Stoke City, £400m (ANI)