Prices for Premier League midfielders are shocking

[norfolk mackem]

Morgan Schneiderlin for £25m

James McCarthy for £20m

Aren't they just steady away premier league players but nothing special ?

 

[Church]

Yep, the big clubs enormous wealth is pulling the prices of all players higher and higher, leaving the non-CL teams with a real headache when it comes to buying. That £8m for a Leeds Utd defender is yet another example.

 

[Lonz]

I read the £20m asking price for McCarthy and nearly spit out my Weetabix.

 

[LD19SAFC]

It's not just midfielders either. All prices are a joke now a'days

 

[Cack Stottie]

Fulham (in the Championship) paid £11m for Ross McCormack last season.

Players playing in England are over priced in general.

 

[bennett83]

Morgan Schneiderlin for £25m

James McCarthy for £20m

Aren't they just steady away premier league players but nothing special ?

Madness but not surprising,

 

[Dave_39]

it only going to get worse next summer when new tv deal starts

 

[sessions]

I read the £20m asking price for McCarthy and nearly spit out my Weetabix.

Trouble is the top teams bar Wenger will pay that amount for average players. Its becomeing so detached its a f***ing joke

 

[Daz...]

Makes it all the more important we produce or find players to sell onto these clubs.

 

[Lonz]

It was always going to happen with all that TV money coming in. A lot of mid-table teams are looking to strengthen now instead waiting until next year.

 

[Dexter]

@Bear values James McCarthy at £50m iirc.

 

[kreig]

These players often don't make the grade at the top clubs. They then struggle to find a new club due to an inflated belief in their own talent and the unwillingness to reduce their salary (not always but often)

 

[Qwerty]

Transfer fees aren't the trouble that money stays in football Wages and agent's fees are the problem.

 

[poolie]

Schneiderlin is a very good player IMO but you do have to pay big sums of money for top cm's that already play in this league.

He probably still would not of came but we should of offered Swansea 8-10m for Ki last summer, the lad is a top player.

We do need to add quality in that area and I think we probably will see 2 new cm's arrive. If we want quality though we will probably have to look abroad unless we are prepared to pay big money

 

[Cack Stottie]

Yet, when we sell players we seem to get fuck all for them.

 

[Ale taster]

It's not just midfielders either. All prices are a joke now a'days

I know !
At this rate we'll get £50,000 for Vergini.
Absolutely crazy, worlds gone mad.

 

[Euro Plums]

Yet, when we sell players we seem to get fuck all for them.

We don't tend to have any 'in demand' players - they're usually at the end of contract, end of loan or we're paying someone to take them off our hands!

 

[KarlM]

Any average Joe goes for daft money these days. Fees have become so inflated over the last few years.

 

[IAmZlatan]

Even flops like Capoue are being signed for £6m, this is what big TV deals do.

 

[sessions]

Transfer fees aren't the trouble that money stays in football Wages and agent's fees are the problem.

Dead on, read on SkY that that little shite at Liverpool is gonna get a 4 mill spin off from his agent if he signs for city

What the fuck is his Agent getting !!!!