When Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City won the Premier League in 2015-16, their first-choice full-back pairing of Danny Simpson and Christian Fuchs cost a combined £2 million. As Pep Guardiola's Manchester City attempt to win the Premier League in 2017-18, their first-choice full-back pairing of Kyle Walker and Benjamin Mendy cost a combined £95m.
This is an extraordinary statistic that says so much about so much: the improbability of Leicester's triumph, the sheer amount of money Guardiola...