The Transfer Market Absurdity

I’m working hard on my vocabulary for this one,but I’m stuck with absurd,outlandish, ridiculous and bizarre. The European football transfer market is all this and more. And it’s come to a point where I don’t know what to make out of it any more!

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To say that managers are handed treasure chests to shop is an understatement. They’re handed vaults, very big ones. In my attempt to make sense of the way things work, I came across an interesting insight that said the moment a player is linked to a move to an English club, his value is upped by anywhere between 40% to 50%. In the 2016 season, Paul Pogba to United was the only transfer that crossed the £50 million mark. This season, Lukaku, Morata, Lacazette and Walker have already strolled past the number and they could still have company!

WALKER, IN BECOMING the world’s costliest defender, drew some Twitter-ire from Gary Lineker, who had this to say — “Fullback, Kyle Walker becomes the world’s most expensive defender at £50m plus. Imagine how much he would cost if he could cross the ball.”