It could be said of any team who tries to build long term that isn't in that elite, super-rich bracket. And it runs all the way down. In buying Lewandowski, Bayern only did to Dortmund what Dortmund did to Lech Poznan. Poznan wins the league with Lewandowski as top scorer then Dortmund jumps in, buys him, and the following year Poznan finish mid table. Dortmund plays the same game as every other club, their fans are just pissed cos they're not at the very top of the spending chain the way Bayern is, but Dortmund would do exactly the same as them if they were. And they are doing exactly the same thing to clubs below them. Every club who buys players in from outside is.
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