If we ever sold Padoin it should be for like 30m.
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Look at all the #10s we have had. When we bought them, adjusted for inflation, did any come remotely close to 60m? Nope. We will find on this year or next.
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Well, if anyone is still bulking at the fee for Zaza, here is your answer why.
Yeah sure. But looking to the past in this instance for predictions about the future does not work.
Young talents playing in obscure leagues, if spotted quickly could be regularly snapped up at a bargain price back in the day. Now, Mr John Smithinho playing in the Brazilian 2nd division scored 25 goals and nut megs 15 people gets himself 20 youtube montages, media coverage and a club pres hyping him up as the next GOAT. He will cost you sometimes 10's of millions and despite that fee he will still be a huge risk.
Now obviously there are exceptions, many of which actually have found their way to Juve thankfully as of late. But these situations are not common. It's not every year there's a collection of world class gems being shunned by a coach or refusing a contract or wants desperately to move to a country with a different life style.
Now you have a hoard of elite clubs looking for these next big things, and paying a pretty penny to get them. Failing that, clubs from lower tiers pick the players up and then slap a huge price tag on them, by the time the top clubs notice them it's too late and they cost a bomb.