If there is a team competing with Manchester united on any player am rest assured certain that the other team would be the one to end the deal, Manchester united this summer transfer is really something else at one certain point it felt as if they were the champions of the league feeling so relaxed because even the champions Liverpool are up and signing players knowing fully well how the next season will be tough.
Your attestation is definitely wrong, yes the clubs in the champions league are definitely going to have upper hand than Manchester United because of the competition but seriously there is this pedigree that comes with playing for Manchester United. Why I said your attestation is wrong is because Cunha had other clubs coming to sign him but he stuck to Manchester United, same thing with Bryan Mbeumo, it was gathered that Chelsea also showed interest and were willing to hijack the deal but the player stuck to Manchester United and this clubs couldn’t hijack the deal.
So it is not every time we see champions league been used as the yard stick, sometimes the player also looks at environment, ease to break into the first team and also childhood dream of playing for the club and most importantly the wages and other benefits too.
Real Madrid has never had financial issues the last time I remember and they had experienced growth due to the trophies they won in the last 5 years so right now it they have decided to start making profit with buying and selling of players like the Dortmund team you mentioned I hope they don't sell their star players like Dortmund and start getting the issues of underperformance and not being able to win trophies. If Real Madrid could focus on the business and still be dominating in the game and continue winning trophies then it's a good one for the team.
Real Madrid have always been dominating and topping the chart for the most profit made in club football, we shouldn’t even compare the two clubs, because Real Madrid have the ability to attract even big names and small names and it is the small names that they develop and sell off not that they will sell there big names like the way Dortmund does there business. Should Madrid ever sell off there big players it will be for a more bigger player