Days after splashing over €90 million for the services of Gareth Bale, Real Madrid have announced a rise in profits and a 27.4 percent reduction in their net debt in their accounts for the 2012/13 season.
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The Spanish giants saw their income continue to grow as revenue rose to €520.9 million, up 1.3 percent on last year's record breaking total that saw a football club earn more than €500 million for the first time ever.
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Net profit also grew a staggering 52.4 percent from €24.2 to 36.9 million as costs were stabilised during a relatively quiet time in the transfer market last year when Luka Modric was their only major purchase.
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And that profit allowed for a significant reduction in the net debt from €124.7 to 90.6 million.
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Those figures don't even include a lucrative new shirt sponsorship deal with Fly Emirates worth €29 million a year which came into effect at the beginning of the current season.