Madrid splashing the cash on Mbappe and us splashing the cash on Bellerin. Seems like the gap will just grow...
this..
barca wins 2009 treble: real buys CR7, alonso, benzema; barca sells etoo
barca wins 2011 CL: real buys bale and modric within a couple of years; barca lets thiago go around this time and fails to think about long-term replacements for our ageing fullbacks and midfield
real wins back to back CLs 2016 & 2017: real signs lucas vasques and marco asensio, chases mbappe; barca signs arda, andre gomes, chases bellerin
there is a clear pattern here and it is
no mystery why we're in the predicament we are in and why we are unlikely to win another CL while real looks set to continue dominating.