Steel magnate Lakshmir Mittal tops 2009 UK football rich list

LONDON - 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 pounds

2. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Man City, pounds17bn

3. Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, 7.8bn pounds

4. Joe Lewis, Tottenham, 2.5bn pounds

5. Stan Kroenke, Arsenal, 2.079bn pounds

6. Denis O’Brien, Celtic, 1.73bn pounds

7. Malcolm Glazer and family, Man United, pounds1.5bn

8. Bernie Ecclestone, QPR, 1.466bn pounds

9. Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal, 1.3bn pounds

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

11. Lord Ashcroft, Watford,1bn pounds

12. Dermot Desmond, Celtic, 1bn pounds

13. Mike Ashley, Newcastle United, 900m pounds

14. Randy Lerner, Aston Villa, 800m pounds

15. Mohamed al-Fayed, Fulham, 650m pounds

16. Tom Hicks, Liverpool, 500m pounds

17. George Gillett, Liverpool, 500m pounds

18. Sir David Murray, Rangers, 450m pounds

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

20. Peter Coates, Stoke City, 400m pounds (ANI)