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by bbg2401 1033 days ago
The larger football clubs in La Liga and Serie A still dominate transfer records when fees are adjusted for inflation. Having lived through the annual record breaking transfer fees spent by Italian clubs in the 1990s, and the regular 9 figure transfer fees spent by Spanish clubs from the 2000s onwards, I find it so difficult to see them in the same victimised light as does the author of this video.
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I was going to mention that. It didnt seem to be a problem when Real was paying stupid money to assemble the galcticos. Or Italy was paying €50m for Buffon in 2001. English domination of the game really does rub people up the wrong way. But honestly they've earned it by managing and marketing the game better than the rest of Europe.