No, the glamour will still be there, the allure, with the estimated combined cost of all the players on show a heady 1 billion.

The combined cost that had to be written off was 188 million.

The deal will help them to combat the credit crunch by shaving 60 million, or 7 per cent, from their combined cost base.

The combined cost of the damage and value of the stolen items was £33,711.

The midfielders could arrive for a combined cost of just over 3million.