It's so surprising how team are splashing millions of dollars on average players these days. It would have been interesting to see how it would have been if Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Messi and Zidane are the young players of this generation, Messi and Ronaldo specifically will be worth billions in their peak right now if players like Rice and others could worth this amount. The reason why Wenger and the rest didn't do what they are doing today is because football isn't value again.
In another scenario, I will look at it that inflation has caught up with football also that’s why players are now being sold for higher prices than they used to be less in before market. Just like you said, if this was the era of Messi, Ronaldo, Kaka, Ronaldinho and Zidane, they would have worth more and that’s not because the current players wages are much but because inflation could have caught up with it and they’ll be forced to pay more for them.
The speculations around Osimhen is controversial than realistic, I'm not sure if there is any team in Premier League or Laliga or Germany that will accept the bid of Napoli, the guy is good no doubt but marketing in football is business and I don't think he is there, by performance he is good but strategically in marketing he is not having that hype that's why I'm not even sure if he is going to get any of the club from these regions. I hope he get out of Seria A neck for good.
Napoli are making it difficult for the player to be marketable and attractive to other clubs that have interest in him. He’s a good player and his potentials cannot be overemphasised after his victory with Napoli two years back when they won the Scudetto for the first time in their history. He might still get a good offer from one of the top clubs in Europe’s league and what he does, it won’t be a thing of surprise at that time because he’ll be worth it more at that time than he is now.