Dermot Corrigan

De­spite all that has hap­pened at Barcelona so far this sea­son, the sum­mer looks to be a busy one with more ac­tion.

Bar­ca sits top of La Liga, topped its Cham­pi­ons League group but things are a bit more com­pli­cat­ed in the board room.

They are best known for spend­ing mil­lions on play­ers like Gareth Bale but Real’s mon­ey is mak­ing a real dif­fer­ence.

As Real and Bar­ca make record sign­ings, a deep­en­ing fi­nan­cial chasm threat­ens to en­gulf their Span­ish chal­lengers.