
Real Madrid and Barcelona are the world’s best paid teams
We've made it halfway through the four unbearably tense matches in 18 days between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and now we know that these games aren't just pitting Spain's two best football clubs against each other, but the two highest-paid sports team in the world. Yes, according to SportingIntelligence.com, the two Spanish giants with their massive TV contracts and dizzying collection of international superstars have overtaken the New York Yankees as the teams that throw the most cash at their players.
From Sporting Intelligence's report on the matter:
The average first team pay at Barcelona has been calculated at £95,081 [$152,130] per player per week, or £4,944,211 [$7,910,737]...