30 Jan 2026 17:46:26
Where to you begin to understand some of the transfer fees.
If wolves get 40/50 m for strand Larsen I think I'll go to the garage and get my old boots out ?
Im sure there are half a dozen players in the championship that could offer more for a while lot less.
On top of that the he cost of buying potential now is just insane.
50m plus on players that have not matured or developed yet is common place.
I understand the 'epl tax' but it really is bonkers.
Another thing I would like to understand is why centre forwards that do well in seria A rarely replicate their numbers in the premiership?
All through the history of the epl cf's coming from italy have not been as successful as those from France Spain or south America, i'm just not sure why that is.
Henry Bergkamp and zola i think are the major anomalies and had real longevity and none were strictly cf's and were not doing great in italy when they left.
30 Jan 2026 18:45:37
In addition to the epl tax, there is also a man utd tax, where the price mysteriously goes up 10-30 million as soon as we get involved. Almost impossible for us to pull a cheap gem from the Portuguese ligue 2. Suddenly they will be the most promising player in Europe and the club won't even listen to offers below $80m.