Quote Originally Posted by parksey View Post
benteke is like 23

edit: i read "average" as "overage"

anyway, i think 30mil for a young striker of benteke's quality is more than fair. for some reason people seem to not realise, or refuse to accept, that transfer fees are just inherently bigger than they were 10 years ago. the amount of money available tos clubs is rising every year and thus so is the price of players.
It has nothing to do with inflation from 10 years ago.

I look it as value for money.

Arsenal signed Alexis Sanchez a QUALITY proven international player for similar money 12 months ago.

If comparing the two signings head to head Benteke is easily worth half of what Sanchez is.


Its really about what others are paying for players.
Liverpool here have massively overspent on what Bentekes true transfer worth is just like Man City did signing Sterling