The difference is that the rest of Germany's clubs have no spine, whereas despite being financially a cripple comparatively, our domestic rivals still try to screw with us. (Inter bidding for Dybala, Roma outbidding for Iturbe - great bullet dodged, Lazio quoting stupid prices for Candreva). That being said Italian fanbases are way more punitive with betraying players than German fans are. In German, they boo. In Italy, you become a pariah. It makes it way more difficult for a rival to sell to us for a fair price. In Germany, Hummels says he wants to go to Bayern, Dortmund drop their pants and bend over. For that reason, the Bundesliga is a pathetic league. Juventus is dominant in spite of clubs trying to screw us, while Bayern just appears to have all the other clubs on leashes.