Manchester City's new owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan is the richest man in British football with Chelsea's Roman Abramovich down to third place in FourFourTwo magazine's annual Rich List published on Wednesday.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich slipped to third on British soccer's rich list, replaced at the top by the man behind Manchester City, Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The annual list compiled by the soccer magazine FourFourTwo puts Sheik Mansour, whose Abu Dhabi United Group bought City from former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in September, at the top with a personal fortune of $22.2...