Jose Mourinho said it close to a year ago and he was indeed proven right. The Manchester United Manager said that in time, the £89.3 million ($115m, €101) paid for Paul Pogba just one summer ago would come to be looked upon as cheap.
Although we’re not there quite yet, it is amazing how short the United midfielder’s reign as world’s most expensive player came to an end. Even more amazing is how far that amount was surpassed. In fact Paris Saint-Germain had no problem in more than DOUBLING the amount United paid for #Pogback- £200.6 million ($263.5m, €222m)
Jose Mourinho says the transfer fee for Neymar isn’t expensive in itself, but he sees consequences for PSG.
“When we paid that amount for Paul (Pogba) I (said) that he was not expensive. Expensive are the ones that get into a certain level with a certain quality, I think Neymar is going to happen the same, I don’t think he’s expensive.”
“I think he’s expensive now because you are going to have more players of £100 million and £80 million and £60 million and I think that’s the problem because Neymar is one of the best players in the world.
“Commercially he’s very strong and PSG thought about it, so I don’t think the problem is Neymar, it’s the consequences.”
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