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Any institution that has assets can borrow. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have annual income of half a billion euros a year and over 100,000 members each. What's more Real Madrid has made, on average, 30 million euros profit in each of the last 10 seasons. Maybe you could link the report you...

The imbalance of TV money in Spain mostly makes it difficult for the other Spanish teams to hold onto their best players and they're then moved on not only to England but also Germany, Italy, Russia etc. That's why I hope Atletico win it this season as I don't think they will be able to repeat...

In fact, Dan, being members' clubs their finances are more open, far more open, than those of the top English sides - Barcelona couldn't even cover up the extent of their own shady transfer dealing because of it. Just to address that point of the training ground sale in 2001, this has become...

When that great lie gets repeated and repeated, people come to believe it's true. So, give me any evidence at all that Real Madrid is (or ever has been) funded by any government and I'll concede. You won't be able to produce any evidence, though.

It depends what you mean by spending. If you're talking about wages, for the last few seasons they've been outspent by Barcelona. The difference between them and the two English clubs you mention though is that they actually have the resources without relying on an owner. Anyway, my...