When Barcelona spent £132million (€150m) on new players last summer they thought they why were buying a fast track back to the top of European football, but Manchester United threw the definitive bucket of ice-cold water over those pretensions on Thursday night.
Off the back of signing Robert Lewandowski and beating Chelsea to both Raphinha and Jules Kounde, Barça budgeted for at least a quarter-final place in the Champions League this season.
When they went out at the group stage it was a huge financial blow and Thursday night's defeat removed any hope that they might get the £13.