got another rumours today
- Man city wants Leroy Sane from Schalke with the prices £40 millions
- Arsenal wants Everton player Romelu Lukaku and Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon
- Jose Mourinho interested to bring Paul Pogba from Juventus and they will offering prices £80 millions
bold - last 2 years offers and money clubs are asking for are just simply getting ridiculous. completely insane
Blame the money clubs, namely Barca, Real, United, etc... and lately Man City. They have been the inflating price of the transfers.
I am not sure why you put United on that list - only big signing they had (in last 5 years) was Di Maria (and it was a stupid one, and they kinda "had" to buy somebody)
Thinking back about it, yeah you're right. But I would like to point out Memphis Depay's transfer fee is also too expensive considering the quality they got. How much did United spend total under LVG?
There are only 3 clubs actually inflating prices in last 3-4 years - Man City, Chelsea, and PSG.
Add Real and Barca to that list. I know there'll be more future Bales and the Neymars with crazy transfer fees coming. The price of football is getting crazier and higher. Sure they got the quality they paid for. But the prices are way inflated compared to 20 years ago.
Yeah Depay's fee was high, I agree, but i think everybody was expecting a lot from the guy, especially after the World Cup when he played well.
(im glad LVG is gone haha)
Would you agree (to some extent) that Bale's and Neymar's (and Suarez) transfer fees are kinda justified? Meaning them being in top5-6 players in the world?
With today's standards, sure, it's justified only because those are the prices for them in the market. But do you think the Bales and the Neymars of 20 years ago would cost 80M - 100M British Pounds? No right? 20 years ago people wouldn't think transfer fees would reach these crazy levels.
They inflated the market and people are making money out of this. Namely the agents.
I am more annoyed with clubs paying big bucks for some (lets say) unknown names... like 30M for Sane.
That's a prime example of inflating the price. Then when he performs well, sell him for a much bigger price.
The players have somewhat become a commodity.