Obviously money in the game is absolutely crazy im not defending that. I agree we definitely sold Lacroix too cheap, but I notice a lot of fans seem so sure on a players value, im just curious how you define their worth ?
The bowen thread is full of people who're adamant he's not worth 50 mill, why not ? We're quick enough to criticise the fees paid for both Johnson and Strand Larsen, 35 and 48 mill, how much do you think your average premier league player should be worth ?
30 years ago, Shearer went for a world record fee of 15 million, in today's money that's 240 mill. Yorke, juninho and Ravenelli all went for over 10 mill. A marquee signing 30 years ago was between 5-10 mill, which equates to 80-120 mill today. 3 million on a player wasn't unheard of, we sold Martyn to leeds that year for 2.25 mill.
do you understand the market and value of a player or do we just see 50 mill and say that's too much ?
The bowen thread is full of people who're adamant he's not worth 50 mill, why not ? We're quick enough to criticise the fees paid for both Johnson and Strand Larsen, 35 and 48 mill, how much do you think your average premier league player should be worth ?
30 years ago, Shearer went for a world record fee of 15 million, in today's money that's 240 mill. Yorke, juninho and Ravenelli all went for over 10 mill. A marquee signing 30 years ago was between 5-10 mill, which equates to 80-120 mill today. 3 million on a player wasn't unheard of, we sold Martyn to leeds that year for 2.25 mill.
do you understand the market and value of a player or do we just see 50 mill and say that's too much ?