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The Premier League club has transferred almost one billion francs in transfer funds to other clubs for the current squad. The comparison with the earlier triple winners from Barcelona and Munich shows: Winning the league, cup and Champions League has also been achieved much more cheaply.
When the Champions League final kicks off in Istanbul this Saturday, the luxury boutique and the poor house of football will be facing each other. At least that’s what the sums that the finalists Manchester City and Inter Milan have spent on the players who are likely to be in the starting XI in the final suggest that.