GIBBI, Today

May 10, 2025

Stories:

The 50 most valuable soccer clubs in the world are worth a total of $86 billion, accordind to data compiled by Sportico. LaLiga’s Real Madrid rank first at $6.53 billion, while Premier Leagues’ Crystal Palace is #50 at $610 million
The top 15 richest teams are all in Europe, but MLS landed 19 clubs overall in the top 50, followed by EPL with 14
The top 5 richest teams:
- Real Madrid - $6.53 billion
- Man United - $6.09 billion
- FC Barcelona - $5.71 billion
- Liverpool - $5.59 billion
- Bayern - $5.21 billion
GIBBI View: América is the only Liga MX’s club that is in the top 50 at $770 million, where even that Liga MX’s teams have better players and quality than MLS’s teams, MLS’s team have better valuation and the league is increasing every year

Saturday:
- Toluca vs Rayados (19:00 CT on Nemesio Diez Stadium)
- América vs Tuzos (21:10 CT on Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium)
Sunday:
- Cruz Azul vs León (19:00 CT on Olímpico Universitario Stadium)
- Tigres vs Necaxa (21:10 CT on Universitario Stadium)
GIBBI View: Remember that this weekdays there were played the quaterfinals - first leg games where Rayados defeated Toluca 2-0, Tuzos & América tied 0-0, Necaxa & Tigres tied 0-0, and Cruz Azul defeated León 3-2; My Prediction: Teams that qualify to semifinals are Toluca, América, Cruz Azul and Tigres

Apple has “made progress” on a chip for potential smart glasses that would be competitors to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The chip is apparently based on the chips Apple uses for the Apple Watch, though the company has removed parts and is being designed in such a way that it can handle the “multiple cameras” that the smart glasses might have
Apple wants mass production of the chip to start by the end of 2026 or sometime in 2027, so the glasses themselves could come out within that timeframe
Apple is also reportedly working on glasses that use augmented reality, which sounds similar to what Meta is chasing, too. Meta showed off its Orion glasses last year, but those won’t be sold to the public
GIBBI View: This is the first news that I read about a company that is going to compete against Meta in smart glasses, so I think that the smart glasses will be a tremendous tool in 5 or 10 years from now, and Apple and Meta are going to dominate this market

Carlo Ancelotti's time at Real Madrid appears to be coming to an end, according to several reports in the specialist media, marking the end of a significant chapter for the Spanish giants
Despite winning two La Liga titles, three Champions League trophies and several other accolades during his second spell in charge, recent defeats and a lack of silverware this season have cast doubt over his future
In a meeting between Brazilian officials and the Real Madrid coach, the Italian accepted the offer and will join the most successful team in World Cup history
GIBBI View: Real Madrid is the best club in football history and I think that Ancelotti is one of the best head coaches in football history, but even that Ancelotti has won a lot of important trophies with Madrid in this second stage Madrid can’t allow to have a bad season (even that had a tremendous seasons before this year) because they’re the best club ever; it looks like that Xabi Alonso (Bayern Leverkusen’s head coach) is going to be Real Madrid’s head coach for 2025-2026 season, but the question is who’s going to manage Madrid in FIFA Club World Cup 2025?

Nintendo has projected sales of its highly anticipated Switch 2 console will reach 15 million units by the end of next March. The Japanese gaming giant says that forecasted figure for the Switch 2, which is set to launch June 5 at a price point of $450, is assuming President Donald Trump’s U.S. tariff rates are maintained throughout that period
In February, Nintendo had estimated 11 million of its current generation Switch consoles and 150 million games would be sold by the end of its full fiscal year, which runs April 1-March 31. On Thursday, Nintendo reported actual sales of 10.8 million Switch consoles and 155.4 million games over the past 12 months
For its fiscal year 2026, which began April, 2025, Nintendo projects 15 million units sold of the Switch 2 and 45 million Switch 2 games. During that same period, Nintendo expects the first edition of the Switch to sell 4.5 million consoles and 105 million games
GIBBI View: This is another effect of Trump’s tariffs, so let’s see if Trump decides to reduce or eliminate the tariffs to most of the countries, because it’s affecting the world economy

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