We've heard the warnings for years. How football has become all about the one-percenters. The combination of Financial Fair Play, the Bosman Ruling and a boom in commercial and stadium revenue which has disproportionately flowed to the big boys have created a lop-sided landscape.
The ultra-rich get richer. The rich struggle to keep up. The middle class gets hammered. And the poor? Well, they become invisible.
It's hard to deny this. The Deloitte Money League list is imperfect, but it illustrates matters fairly clearly. There are four clubs with revenues north of $545 million in the most recent version: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United.