Meatwad wrote:
Claudius wrote:
Meatwad, thanks for posting this. It debunks the commonly held myth that player transfer fees and wages are spiraling out of control. I've stated as much without numerical backing. As large as the Paul Pogba fee would be, it still falls in line with United's other massive outlays. The Veron and Rio fees were ridiculed at the time as being outrageous. I think the Pogba investment is more Rio than Veron - young, talented player who will be backbone of team for years
same person who did the united one, now for us:
That Overmars fee looks massive in this context, but are we sure about the turnover numbers? The year was '97, not '96, and why it should be significantly lower than two years previously is hard to understand. According to Wikipedia we bought for a total of almost 17 m that season. Which may go some way to explain our success that season, as it would take a spend of almost 300 million to equal it this summer.
