Promising eastern players are often snapped up by richer western clubs as teenagers, coaches said.

The total revenue of the 20 richest clubs in the footballing world was over a record €3.73 billion.

The total revenue of the top 20 richest clubs in the world is now over €3.3 billion.

Tell me how the rich clubs from the big cities are going to spend all their television money to amass the best players.

It's about the rich clubs getting talent on the cheap.

"Otherwise," he said, "you will be accused of having another rich women's club."

In effect, that kind of deal serves as a tax shelter for richer clubs.

At the same time, the country's richest clubs continued to grow, with the wages of top players increasing further.

The richer clubs have agreed to do that, but only if the players accept a cap on their salaries.