This summer we have seen a huge amount of spending especially by Real Madrid, and to a lesser extent Manchester City.

Whereas other teams such as Arsenal and Manchester United have remained faithful to their young players and youth academies.

This season will be the ultimate test of whether money can buy success and trophies.  Will Real Madrid manage to walk away with everything or will the Galácticos fail to jell…

In my opinion the big spenders will see some short term gains, but much less than they might expect.  It takes a long time to forge a brilliant team, not just 11 talented individuals.   In the long term the teams which develop their own players and buy to fill in the gaps will be the most successful.

However it’s the wannabe Galáctico teams which are in the most trouble.  Such as Chelsea; they wanted to buy big name players, and have neglected their own development programs, and now the money is drying up they could be in real trouble.

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