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The Bundesliga’s ten biggest bucks

After Bayern Munich and Dortmund bestrode Europe like a colossus in the 2012-13 season, the market value of the top Bundesliga footballers has soared. We count down the league's costliest players.

The Bundesliga's ten biggest bucks
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Predictably enough, the Champions League finalists make up the entire top ten list, according to the expert estimates determined by the online portal transfermarkt.de. Perhaps even less surprisingly all but two of the players in the top ten are Bayern players.

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The red Bavarian juggernaut powered to three titles last season, wrapping up the Bundesliga with a record-breaking six games to spare, and then winning the Champions League against their old rivals Borussia Dortmund, before dismissing Stuttgart in the German Cup Final.

But it was a Dortmund player – Robert Lewandowski – whose market value leapt the most over the past season, partly by virtue of putting four past Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final. It remains to be seen whether he will leave the Rhineland club in the summer.

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RACISM

VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

READ ALSO: Football star Vinicius highlights racist behaviour from Spanish fans

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