You're missing the point again.
We lost ( or we were about to lose) millions. Hundreds of millions.
We had players earning 3,4,5+ millions per year. Del Piero, Trez, Buffon, Ibra, Mutu, Cannavaro, Thuram, Vieira, Nedved, Camo, Zambrotta, Emerson.
What we were forced to do was to earn money...