two of europe’s biggest games take place on sunday, as the pre eminent teams of england duel, before the grand two in spain go head to head liverpool host manchester united at anfield at 130pm, followed by real madrid visiting the nou camp to face barcelona at 8pm united’s trip to liverpool is a contest for champions league qualification, while el clasico will once again go a significant way to deciding the destination of la liga whatever the results, the four clubs remain historically the best in their countries but how do they all measure up for scale, success, and spending? luis suarez tries to get between karim benzema (left) and sergio ramos during october's clasico  liverpool's kolo toure battles with manchester united's wayne rooney during their last meeting  english football’s biggest game vs spanish football’s biggest game  global tv viewing figures  the incredible global appeal of all four teams means that fans will be watching in just about every country around the world the premier league contest is the more popular, with as many as 700 million viewers   but then it is being screened in nearly four times as many countries liverpool vs manchester united (el vitriol): 600 700million  barcelona vs real madrid (el clasico): 400 500million  countries broadcast  el vitriol 212 v 56 el clasico  liverpool captain steven gerrard kisses a television camera during last season's clash at old trafford  real's cristiano ronaldo and barcelona's lionel messi are a huge draw for tv viewers all over the world  annual turnover (2013/14 revenue) all four teams feature in the top 10 list of europe's wealthiest clubs and, in the last set of figures, real madrid came out on top, finishing £263m ahead of manchester united they leave liverpool, worth £2558m, trailing real madrid: £4595million (€5495m – no 1 in europe) manchester united: £4332million (€518m – no 2 in europe) barcelona: £4052million (€4846m – no 4 in europe) liverpool: £2558million (€3059m – no 9 in europe) el vitriol £689m v £8647m el clasico  real madrid's revenues allowed them to sign gareth bale for a world record fee of £85m  manchester united broke their transfer record to sign angel di maria for £60m last summer  shirt sales (average per year) here, real and united are neck and neck, both shifting up to 15 million replica shirts each year real madrid: 12million – 15million  manchester united: 12million – 15million  barcelona: 1million – 12million  liverpool: 700,000 – 900,000  el vitriol 24million v 27million el clasico  replica shirts galore as liverpool fans support their team during a pre season visit to melbourne  twitter followers  the two spanish clubs leave their english rivals in the dust when it comes to followers on the social media network and it's real that come out on top by the odd 800,000 tweeters real madrid: 152million  barcelona: 144million  manchester united: 463million  liverpool: 407million  el vitriol 87m v 296m el clasico  real madrid win the twitter war between the four clubs with a remarkable 152m followers  costliest starting xis  after totting up the fees of each starting xi, real come out on top by over £100m with a combined total of £364m united's record summer spending carried them above barcelona into second place real madrid: £364million  manchester united: £2556million  barcelona: £2518million  liverpool: £1755million  el vitriol £4311m v £5158m el clasico  cristiano ronaldo is the star attraction in real madrid's lavishly assembled team  lionel messi and neymar are barcelona's star attractions in another expensive team  global superstars  a subjective measure, based on in imperfect cocktail of award nominations, trophies won, world cup performances, transfer fees barcelona: lionel messi, luis suarez, neymar, xavi, andres iniesta  real madrid: cristiano ronaldo, gareth bale, james rodriguez, toni kroos  manchester united: wayne rooney, angel di maria, radamel falcao  liverpool: none (raheem sterling in time) el vitriol 3 v 9 el clasico  liverpool will hope that raheem sterling will develop into one of the world's best players  wayne rooney is manchester united's captain and one of their star attractions  major trophies  perhaps the measure each club is most proud of the number of pots in the trophy cabinet real madrid are the most successful, with a 63 major cups overall, including 32 league titles and a record 10 european cups in the battle of the english clubs, liverpool just edge united real madrid: 32 league titles, 10 european cups, two uefa cups, 19 copa del rey wins (63) barcelona: 22 league titles, four european cups, four uefa cup winners’ cups, 26 copa del rey wins (56) liverpool: 18 league titles, five european cups, three uefa cups, seven fa cups, eight league cups (41) manchester united: 20 league titles, three european cups, one uefa cup winners’ cup, 11 fa cups, four league cups (39) el vitriol 80 v 119 el clasico  real madrid lifted their 10th european cup when they beat atletico in lisbon back in may  liverpool won the fifth of their european cup in dramatic circumstances in istanbul a decade ago  manchester united won the second of their three european cups against bayern munich in barcelona in 1999  barcelona's players celebrate their 2011 champions league win over man united with boss pep guardiola  stadium sizes  all four play in wonderful stadiums that are famed footballing cathedrals the nou camp in barcelona is biggest with a capacity not much shy of 100,000 nou camp: 99,354  bernabeu: 85,454  old trafford: 75,811  anfield: 45,522  el vitriol 121,333 v 184,808 el clasico 
liverpool man united anfield barcelona real madrid nou camp around 700m premier league £4595m 15m el clasico
two of world football's biggest fixtures take place on sunday . liverpool play man united at anfield with top four place at stake . barcelona meet real madrid at nou camp in top of the table clash . around 700m will watch premier league encounter around the world . real madrid lead the revenue charts with wealth of £4595m . both they and man united sell 15m replica shirts each year . real have won the most trophies and have most twitter followers . read: two fans take part in q&a ahead of sunday's el clasico showdown 