This chapter explores the stark financial contrasts between large and small football clubs, particularly focusing on how teams like Real Madrid leverage vast budgets. It highlights the challenges faced by smaller clubs and emphasizes the ongoing financial struggles that remain despite the media's focus on the wealthier teams.
Football clubs must work under a strict policy of Financial Fair Play - or FFP - but what does it mean? And how does it work?
With the summer transfer window now open, clubs are in business, buying and selling players. But football’s governing bodies are keeping a close eye on how much they spend.
We take a look at how top-flight clubs in the Spanish league, La Liga, are managing the financial constraints.
(Image: Real Madrid unveils new signing, Kylian Mbappe, at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Spain, in July 2024. Credit: Getty Images)
Presented and produced by Ashish Sharma.