2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I still feel that market has inflated way more than it should have. The price of players didn't really change all that much from 2000-2014. The 2015/16 season is when things started to become ridiculous and then a season later it got even worse. How are players costing double and sometimes triple the amount they were getting signed for only 4 or 5 years ago? Imagine buying a 21 year old Hazard today, he would have cost us £70-100m. 

I just don't think these rising prices are sustainable.

All falls in line with TV deals and sponsorship. More money in the sport, players are gonna cost more.

1 hour ago, ForeverCarefree said:

No way, he was in great form for Blackburn when we signed him and he formed a great partnership with Robben.

It was only an injury to his shoulder that saw his form drop off.

I liked Duff! Thought he was a very good player who did a very good job for us, but i didn't think he was world class. We got by far the best young keeper and the player touted as the next great Dutch talent for far less, so that's why i thought Duff was over priiced. Imo, he was a?12 million level player. But, Roman could afford it, so i'm glad we got him, regardless of the price.

1 hour ago, Dixons said:

I liked Duff! Thought he was a very good player who did a very good job for us, but i didn't think he was world class.

He was World class this night....

 

7 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I still feel that market has inflated way more than it should have. The price of players didn't really change all that much from 2000-2014. The 2015/16 season is when things started to become ridiculous and then a season later it got even worse. How are players costing double and sometimes triple the amount they were getting signed for only 4 or 5 years ago? Imagine buying a 21 year old Hazard today, he would have cost us £70-100m. 

I just don't think these rising prices are sustainable.

Man Uniteds revenue in 2005 was 260m - top 

Their revenue in 2019 was 666m whilst RM was 750m. 

Realistically, a 16m player in 2005 should be 40-50m in todays money. 

This growth has become more pronounced across all Premier league clubs very recently where they have seen their revenues increase in the past 5 years consistently. What that means is that clubs are less incentivised to sell players, why sell a player on a 4-5 year contract when his value will be higher in a year and you can get a year out of him? That contributes even higher to the value of a player. It is why Leicester, West Ham, Everton and Palace are all each asking insane money for players that 10 years ago, they'd have just sold for market value. 

 

Edited June 19, 20197 yr by bisright1