Quote from: Phoenix Anka on Today at 04:12:51 PM

Quote from: shinratensei_ on Today at 02:53:52 PM

One of main problem in the football transfer these days is inflation. Time flies so fast in football. I'm getting shocked when Newcastle paid 90m for a striker who came from nowhere. Meanwhile, 90m could give us Ronaldo at 2009. It seems the inflation in football is uncontrollable.
Sometimes, i think football these days much more on business instead of passion. Priced a player that literally no one’s heard of close to the 100m is so crazy as hell. Things worsen when Newcastle agreed to buy him.

We may be seeing 4th tier player may be priced millions soon.

Yes, I agree. Inflation in football has risen abnormally. Players are now being transferred for transfer fees that are far higher than they deserved in previous years. I think the World Football Committee should investigate this matter. They need to cap football transfer fees. If this continues, other European and world-class teams with limited financial means will be unable to find players to play for. I was very surprised to hear what Newcastle United paid for this transfer. They could have added Osimhen to their squad for less. At the very least, they would have had him prove himself and acquired a top-quality striker.

I would've complained on seeing that imagine cause if you consider the work rate of Cristiano and the player Newcastle just bought you'll see that Cristiano was at his peak then and worth the penny whereas Nick Woltemade have not even scored half of what Ronaldo scored back then nor even close to being good as him.

However the time frame matters, I know the market is seriously inflated but people should expect the price of players in 2025 would be similar or close to how it was in 2009, if it were now Cristiano Ronaldo would be worth more than €90m maybe close to €200m or more for his performance and work rate.