Shure: Okay, well done stonebro. You've missed my point entirely, that is to say that Barcelona still spend *lots* of money on players. Maybe not as much as Real but then they are... unique aren't they? Compared to a lot of other clubs though, Barcelona have some serious financial clout.
Yes they do, but Reals case is just perverse. Barcelona did spend 40 million on Zlatan, in my opinion way too much on a player who has yet to justify the pricetag (if you had seen some of the misses he's had this season), but at least it was within budget and the club could afford it. But then Real goes and spends
80 million on Ronaldo. Where did those money come from? Oh, the new president magically conjured them up. Real certainly didn't have them in their bank accounts before he showed up.