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Wyrdness on 29 August 2017
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ArchangelMadzz said:
Ka-pi96 said:

And if they don't win any champions leagues? If another player ends up outshining him (perhaps the also ludicrously overpriced Mbappe even)? If they can't resell him for anywhere near that?

Or also, if they do fall foul of FFP regulations, as could well happen, and get kicked out of European football for a season or two?

Plenty of ways they could end up regretting spending so much on just 1 player. And just because 1 team were willing to spend that much on him, doesn't mean the market as a whole would value him anywhere near that amount.

 

Wyrdness said:

Not if they get barred from the CL because of the financial fair play then they're stuck with 200m quids worth in a domestic league they would have most likely won anyway with out spending that much.

Like there's any way FIFA are gonna do shit to PSG. They're owned by the government that bought the world cup, tey have FIFA in their pockets unfortunately. 

 

He's already shining in the league and there is no guarantee at all of a champions league but the money he makes and the value they could sell him for I can honestly easily see why they made that assessment and why they find him worth it. Players like him is what make a league grow and mbappe staying in the league is huge. The more people that watch ligue 1 the more expensive the TV rights become and the more money PSG get. 

 

When this first came out I thought the same this fee is ridiculous they can't justify it etc etc. But honestly after assessing it and digesting it for a few weeks I totally understand why they valued him at that much. The way the sport has become it's a lot to do with what goes on off of the pitch.

FIFA don't have a say in FFP UEFA do and the latter aren't owned by FIFA either they're one of the governing bodies of FIFA.

Things like this won't make Ligue 1 grow because as a league it lacks the full competitive draw of other top leagues no offence to L1 but it will be like one of these, believe me Neymar may shine there but he's facing inferior teams to before and because PSG will be the only ones spending such money it risks being like the Scottish League where one team will just end up dominating. This won't bring the French league recognition or make it grow it'll just make PSG stand out.

Nah the fee is still stupid no matter what, football is just inflated prices.