PSG and City aren't the only ones throwing money around. Football has become increasingly marketable in the last years, especially in the last 10 years, the development has been ridiculous . That yields much more money for clubs and no, not only oil clubs. United signed a massive deal with Adidas, and Chevy before that. Bayern signed a new Adidas deal recently that quadruples the money they get from their existing contract. The new La Liga TV deal will double the amount that clubs get, even the top clubs will see their TV money increase by millions. The sponsor we get after Qatar will pay a lot more, and the next time we negotiate with Nike, we'll ask for at least twice as much as we're getting now.
Oil clubs have somewhat sped up the development of increasing market values but they didn't cause it at all. Clubs have more money to spend now, so they spend it. 90m today is not a lot. What else would we do with the money? Donate it? Pogba is not only a great player but he will also strengthen our position in sponsorship talks. He's 21 & maybe the best player at a soon-to-be CL finalist, as well as probably the best midfielder we could realistically get, and we need a midfielder. It's not a high risk transfer at all.
I did not write that. What I wrote is that they have contributed to the inflation on the transfer market, that their transfers have often been ridiculously overpaid and that they should not be taken as a measuring stick for other clubs in this regard.
This is why inventions such as the FFP have been created and been deemed necessary. I fully support the FFP personally and consider it as a healthy step in the right direction.
I know that football is constantly changing and that the financial strength of all clubs is increasing, especially the top clubs.
That does not mean that we should overpay for the sake of it or just because we can.
As I said can anyone mention a single midfielder at the age of 22 with the track record of Pogba who was sold for 100 million euros (!) in recent memory? The answer is that nobody is able to do that because this is yet to happen.
Lastly as I wrote before, I don't consider this to be solely a question of money but rather a question of sporting necessity combined with finances. Or just a question of whether his transfer fee will be justified.
Anyway, not to disappoint the guys here who want the club to buy him, but I highly doubt that we will buy him considering our transfer ban and the fact that the likes of Man City and PSG are likely willing to offer Juventus silly money and an insane salary.
Anyway why are people here not talking about the rumors about his insane wage demands and how that could disrupt the squad harmony? Or that we need to strengthen other positions in the near future other than just the midfield? That our wage bill is the highest or one of the highest of any sports team in the world already and that we have not unlimited funds?
Those are all questions (others as well) that seem to be brushed aside because people want us to buy Pogba this much.
Because he's easily better than both Koke and Gundogan not to mention the latter is injury prone.
Your one-liners and arguments in this debate have been really convincing. I am sold completely!
