That is not neccessarily true. I am now in my 8th season. Apart from the first season, I have spent SOME money in all of them. Since I've completed 7 seasons, that's 20 different competitions (7 league, 7 cup and 6 champs lge), and I've won the grand total of 2 trophies (both CL). So I don't consider myself better off for spending money.