Article: Madrid could have had ten SPL teams for their GBP 80m transfer fee . . . and GBP 10m change

REAL Madrid could have bought the entire playing staff of ten Scottish Premier League clubs and still had GBP 10 million change from the GBP 80m outlay they are expected to use to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

The combined total valuation of the 110 players that started the final SPL fixture of the 2008-09 season for the ten top-flight sides outwith the Old Firm is GBP 68,704,000 according to the European football website www.transfermarket.co.uk.

Champions Rangers can boast a transfer total of just over GBP 40m from the 11 players who started their league-clinching match at Tannadice, while Celtic's combined valuation, based on the team that took the field against Hearts at Parkhead, is GBP ...

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