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Salaries, TV rights, transfers ... Has the football planet gone mad?

2020-02-24T18:33:06.075Z


WIDE ANGLE - The end of winter marks the return of the European Cups. For some clubs, a premature elimination would look like an industrial disaster.


How much are Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo or Mbappé worth? To tell the truth, the amount of a possible transfer in football fluctuates constantly. Last summer, FC Barcelona did not want to spend more than 170 million euros to bring back the Brazilian star, ceded to Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2017 for 222 million euros. In 2019, the Catalans still released 120 million to attract the French Antoine Griezmann, from Atlético de Madrid. Another tricolor, Paul Pogba, should animate the next transfer window. Manchester United would demand at least 120 million euros. Real Madrid - which offered 85 million to bring him in this winter - and Juventus from Turin are in the running.

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In ten years, the biggest transfers in European football have doubled. Each transfer window seems to subscribe to new peaks. The amounts are such that the clubs now pay in several installments, spread over two or three years, without counting the bonuses. The attackers

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Source: lefigaro

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