Wh a a a a a a t????

[frankie]

I have just heard on the news that some club has just paid 100Million Pounds for a footballer transfer!  Am I alone in thinking that is an obscene amount?

[Judi_bk]

Absolutely 

[Drax]

but Grealish is a great talent and City will probably benefit from his 6 year contract and the friendship he already has with Phil Foden.

Signing Grealish just before Messi decided to leave Barca might have thrown a spanner in the works as I'm sure Messi would have liked to played for City.

[frankie]

Maybe, I do not follow football since the days of jimmy Greaves (I used to do his garden in Brentwood when I was at a loose end and helped a friend out).  I suspect other sportsmen get as much, if not more ie Lewis Hamilton but it was just the shock of hearing the amount that made me pause...

[Drax]

Now we've got representatives for Messi negotiating with PSG. As a "free agent" without a transfer fee his wages are likely to be phenomenal.

[Judi_bk]

I think most of these top sports people are a business rather than an individual.  They have trainers, managers, PR handlers etc

[Drax]

even individual chefs to control their diets 

[jimmymac]

Yes Grealish is a great talent but has still has a lot to prove, including the £100 million fee paid for him By Man City. No player is worth that, including Messi who has been a fantastic player for Argentine and Barcelona but getting a bit old in football terms now.
I remember when the £1million transfer was broken and the public outcry over that, those were the days. It could have been Trevor Francis from Wolves to Nottingham Forest, I might be wrong, I often am these days.

[frankie]

I ned an individual chef to control my diet but do not have 100Millin to spare....