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Hertha BSC Berlin To Increase Spending To $87.7M For Bundesliga Return05 / 22 / 13Newly promoted Bundesliga club Hertha BSC Berlin "will spend distinctively more money next season than it did in its last season in the top flight" in '11-12, according to the SID. The club calculates expenditures of €68.1M ($87.7M), which is about €10M ($12.9M) more than during its last B... Tags: Franchises, Europe |
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