Halaand one has been reported as 60m + about £40m in agent fees / payments to his dad. And yet no one seems to quote the price as £100m, despite that being what City will actually pay. Our 90m fee for Pogba includes the large agent fees I believe so a bit weird
Not to mention if Haaland fails they just sign someone else for ‘50m’. Honestly it’s different rules for them due to the lobbying they have going on to keep in the good books with our government.
When countries / politics are attached to the game this is what happens. It’s one rule for them another one for everyone else.
We’ll see the same with Newcastle maybe on a greater scale in the future don’t worry. They’ll have company then on who can lobby the hardest with our government and the football bodies.
Part of the reason the bigger clubs tried to break away was they understand football currently is infected by clubs like City at the very top. The Qatar WC been the biggest example.
The English government loves it because of the free investment on the flip side. They are super happy to sell our clubs to the highest bidder due to who we have in power currently.