...according to this ranking the forward from psg Kylian Mbappe is in first place and close behind is the new man city forward Erling Haaland
Sometimes i can't imagine how much City bought Haaland for; when i look at Erling Haaland's market value in this ranking, and compare it with what City paid Dortmund (€60m) to acquire his services, then i think from City's perspective it was an absolute bargain, and a wonderful piece of transfer business from the Etihad club, i know they aren't selling Haaland anytime soon, absolutely not; but i can imagine if they are to put Haaland up for sale right now, he'll be on for above €100m. City are definitely going to have Haaland for a very long time, and he's going to score a plethora of goals and win numerous titles with City.
Can Mbappe to Madrid happen sometime in the future? After the saga of a few months ago.
Honestly Man City paid a reasonable sign-on fee for the signing Haaland from Borussia Dortmund compared to Man Utd sign-on fee of Brazil winger Anthony £86m from Ajax whose market value is not in the top 10 mentioned above, though he has not been given enough chances to prove himself, nevertheless I don't think his market value will worth that of Haaland at the end of the season, another similar new signing was Isak from Real Sociedad worth 60 million pounds by Newcastle whose market value no where in top 10, I believe some of these clubs embarked on panic signings thus paid outrageous fees for those players.
Man United often buy players too expensive, so I'm not surprised if Man United buy Antony for too high a price. Maybe because Man United made
a mistake by buying Antony close to the transfer market closing, so Ajax raised the price of Antony. In fact, if Man United bought Antony at
the beginning of the summer transfer window, I'm sure Ajax would sell Antony at a price that wasn't too high. Man United wasted a lot of time with
the negotiation process to get Frenkie de Jong, which ultimately Man United failed to get De Jong. Hopefully Antony can make a big contribution to
Man United, so Man United does not regret spending a high transfer fee.
It's the same with Newcastle which in my opinion is too expensive to spend a transfer fee to bring in Isak, indeed some Premier League clubs
who have very strong financial strength often buy players at unreasonable prices. In contrast to Man City which I think is smarter in issuing
transfer fees, like you said they brought in Haaland and a few other players for a more reasonable price. Even Man City rejected Brighton's request
for Marc Cucurella's exorbitant transfer fee. A team should not be too obsessed with players and pay too high a fee, later if the performance of
the player purchased is not as expected, they will feel regret.