The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph published the list of the 100 richest people of football in the UK. Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea Football Club, tops the list. His personal fortune is estimated at 10.8 bn pounds.Besides Abramovich four non-British citizens are also on the top ten list of the most well-off people of the British football. Alisher Usmanov, whose wealth is estimated at 2.76 bn pounds, became the leader among «novices». He purchased 14.5 percent of the shares of Arsenal Football Club. Among new investors of British football there is also a former prime-minister of Thailand Taksin Sinavarta who became a shareholder of Manchester City Football Club.Nevertheless, only 14 football players, that is 7 people less than in the previous list, are on the top hundred list of football rich men. It’s worth mentioning that the income of some football players is reaching the revenues of the football club owners where they play.At the same time with the growth of investments to the British football grows the popularity of this kind of sport. Thus huge money of millionaires and billionaires increases the popularity of British football in Great Britainand all over the world. For the last year wealthy people have invested 11 billion pounds to the football of the country, writes RIAN news.