Yeah. But it's the price to pay. And contrary to others here I think
it would be a stupid move to bring up this sum just to prove "we are back". Even if we win the CL next year, which I'm positive about, we still would have to be thrifty the upcoming years, because, to us, this still is a shitload of money. Other clubs really don't need to care about money, at some point their owners will insert some more coins again to deal with their way too high expenses.
I don't agree here. And even if he regularly disappears, he scored 30 goals last season for Bayern. Of course Bayern is Bayern and Napoli is Napoli. But there is no reasonable comparison possible here anyway. However, I agree with you that
Higuain is a great player. Just not for that price. That's more than twice the price tag of Dybala (who still had to prove himself at a great club, sure).
But from a different point of view: if the goal is to win the Champions League. Let's say we have an agreement with Pogba to stay another year, no matter what, because he is an integral part of fulfilling our goal. We probably will want to make sure we have all the ingredients needed. So do whatever it needs and spend money big time. Then next year, should Pogba leave, we would have no money problems at all, after winning the Champions League AND selling Pogba. Still risky. But let's take it
Both would have a huge impact here, dont you think?