Current transfer fees
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hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
Football was already obscene, and this is even worse. £35m for Mane, £25m for Bolassie. There are 5 million people on the Council House waiting list FFS. God I'm old 
I totally agree.Football was already obscene, and this is even worse. £35m for Mane, £25m for Bolassie. There are 5 million people on the Council House waiting list FFS. God I'm old
This was to be my follow on point.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
You could probably build a 200-bed hospital for the price of Pogba.
jaycee
Player Valuation: £60m
Maybe some sort of tax on transfers?
When you see the struggle grass roots football has its ridiculous the amounts paid out and the amount charged to watch a game,when sky first started broadcasting the reasoning behind it was to keep prices down after the introduction of all seater stadia
Inflation will always drive up prices but that's limited. The pivotal aspect is that the PL have been able to continually increase their TV revenue.
As long as they can continue to attract larger deals with huge influxes of extra cash, then prices will continue to rise and rise.
Once the TV and media revenue plateaus then I think we'll see a much more steady increase of fees, or even a period of actual stability.
Not sure where I read it (I'll go some Googling) but I remember an article suggesting that there's at least one more bumper deal expected.
After that, then experts suggest that it'll be much, much more difficult for the PL to keep increasing the global rights revenue by much further.
As long as they can continue to attract larger deals with huge influxes of extra cash, then prices will continue to rise and rise.
Once the TV and media revenue plateaus then I think we'll see a much more steady increase of fees, or even a period of actual stability.
Not sure where I read it (I'll go some Googling) but I remember an article suggesting that there's at least one more bumper deal expected.
After that, then experts suggest that it'll be much, much more difficult for the PL to keep increasing the global rights revenue by much further.
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El Principito
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The TV money hasn't actually changed anything. Players have just cost twice as much as they would have last season.
Brad Smith cost Bournemouth £6million, Napoli holding out for £60million for Koubalily!
Brad Smith cost Bournemouth £6million, Napoli holding out for £60million for Koubalily!
Hoping it kills the galacticos. They need a food piping down. The dirty mercs of this world will hopefully come to England instead if Spain because they could outspend everyone and don't have the same taxes.
Sunderland afc
Player Valuation: £8m
Been like this for years.
What was it 35 million for Carroll? More recently 50 million for sterling.
Stupid money
What was it 35 million for Carroll? More recently 50 million for sterling.
Stupid money
Ashtonian
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Can see the fees hitting their limit now. Can't see many 30 million average players still being signed in the future. Think it this year alone was a knee jerk to the tv money and everyone technically clambering to be competitive with each other to various degrees.
Even we got suckered in by palace, and 18 million for kone is still a massive pay hike to be fair.
Even we got suckered in by palace, and 18 million for kone is still a massive pay hike to be fair.
They will keep going up IMO
If the TV money increase doesn't match the increase on transfer fee's, then clubs will start charging even more for tickets
At that point I see two scenarios
1 - Going to the football becomes a past time enjoyed only by the rich and or by day trippers who do it as part of a holiday. These people will be less invested in the teams, so despite reasonably full stadia the atmosphere will get increasingly worse until it takes some of the shine of the game, but the TV companies will keep paying and Football will essentially become like big Boxing matches, with obscene ticket prices for the best seats and most people just watching it at home because they can't afford to go. I reckon at that point they'll be showing 3-4 live games a day on the Saturday
2 - People just stop going to the match because they can't afford to go anymore. The rich decide they can't be bothered going either. Matches go on in front of increasingly emptier stadia every week, until the TV companies turn around and decide they won't be renewing at such a high price anymore, because ratings are dropping. At this point, clubs realise that they can no longer charge the big ticket prices and offset the lack of custom with the TV money. Most will have to lower ticket prices to get people back in the stadiums again, but they'll be unable to spend as much as they could on players. Player fees will likely remain what they are for top names but will drop considerably for the mid level players. Most clubs will have midling players on high wages that they won't be able to get rid off and these players will hang onto these big wages as long as they can before leaving on bossman deals. The transfer market as we know it will essentially crash, with some clubs likely to go under completely or only just scrape by due to the huge drain caused by the inflated wages not being plugged by the lower TV deal and ticket prices. Crowds will gradually start slowly growing again but the damage will be done and a lot of clubs will need decades to recover from the crash
If the TV money increase doesn't match the increase on transfer fee's, then clubs will start charging even more for tickets
At that point I see two scenarios
1 - Going to the football becomes a past time enjoyed only by the rich and or by day trippers who do it as part of a holiday. These people will be less invested in the teams, so despite reasonably full stadia the atmosphere will get increasingly worse until it takes some of the shine of the game, but the TV companies will keep paying and Football will essentially become like big Boxing matches, with obscene ticket prices for the best seats and most people just watching it at home because they can't afford to go. I reckon at that point they'll be showing 3-4 live games a day on the Saturday
2 - People just stop going to the match because they can't afford to go anymore. The rich decide they can't be bothered going either. Matches go on in front of increasingly emptier stadia every week, until the TV companies turn around and decide they won't be renewing at such a high price anymore, because ratings are dropping. At this point, clubs realise that they can no longer charge the big ticket prices and offset the lack of custom with the TV money. Most will have to lower ticket prices to get people back in the stadiums again, but they'll be unable to spend as much as they could on players. Player fees will likely remain what they are for top names but will drop considerably for the mid level players. Most clubs will have midling players on high wages that they won't be able to get rid off and these players will hang onto these big wages as long as they can before leaving on bossman deals. The transfer market as we know it will essentially crash, with some clubs likely to go under completely or only just scrape by due to the huge drain caused by the inflated wages not being plugged by the lower TV deal and ticket prices. Crowds will gradually start slowly growing again but the damage will be done and a lot of clubs will need decades to recover from the crash
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Everything has a cycle, it will continue rising with exposure and sponsorship, until a massive club crumbles. We have already seen the warning signs with Pompey, Leeds and Villa.
Once one or two of the bigger clubs crumble, lets say it was Spurs and Liverpool for arguments sake, then I guarantee questions will be raised.
Either that or the big companies like sky for example pull the plug.
Just as a little side note, I think its worth mentioning that other sports have bigger contracts than us, im sure some American sports offer like £35m a year contracts to players ? @USABlue @Garrick (sure your from the US of A right ?)
Once one or two of the bigger clubs crumble, lets say it was Spurs and Liverpool for arguments sake, then I guarantee questions will be raised.
Either that or the big companies like sky for example pull the plug.
Just as a little side note, I think its worth mentioning that other sports have bigger contracts than us, im sure some American sports offer like £35m a year contracts to players ? @USABlue @Garrick (sure your from the US of A right ?)
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