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Football finance

Real Madrid paid record prices for two top footballers last- week but can they go higher?

Last week Real Madrid broke the transfer world record when they paid 131 million dollars or 80 million pounds for the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. Meanwhile clubs across Europe are spending record sums on salaries in order to keep their best players. Alex Capstick asks whether football can sustain this level of expenditure:

10 minutes

Last on

Tue 16 Jun 2009 04:40GMT

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Jun 2009 04:40GMT

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project