Erh, no. I answer your point, directly by giving you the example of the biggest club in the sport. Real Madrid = money and they did well spending their money, reason why they have so many accolades.
People say, football wasn't like this before and i'm explicitly showing you that from the infancy it was. Kopa is a legend of Madrid and has been important on their early success in CL. The guy sees himselfs as the pioneer in football business (basically money ruling the sport), so why is it describes as "decades of hard work" while it was in reality "decades of hard work and dosh of money".
The difference right now is admittedly, PSG doesn't work well.
See what "decades of hard work" and "less money" does with Milan AC (once Berlusconi sugar daddy was over).