He was the world's most expensive player at one point. Fired Blackburn to the Premier League, won the golden boot at Euro 96, England captain, all time PL top scorer.Not for me, great goal scorer but not a superstar especially outside Newcastle.
In THIS market that is CRAZY money, although I might add I don't believe a single word of it.Agree. Very few superstars around. This category is for Messi, ronaldo, maradona, goater :-)
Good was it?This thread is going the same way the Dias one did.
Outside of the UK he was a nobody, ask most football fans outside the UK who is Shearer and most would give you a puzzled look.He was the world's most expensive player at one point. Fired Blackburn to the Premier League, won the golden boot at Euro 96, England captain, all time PL top scorer.
I think you're confusing 'superstar' with 'sexy'.
Cutting off our nose.We won't sign Haaland as long as he is a client of Raiola's.
Think PR teams have a big input on "superstar" stuff.He was the world's most expensive player at one point. Fired Blackburn to the Premier League, won the golden boot at Euro 96, England captain, all time PL top scorer.
I think you're confusing 'superstar' with 'sexy'.
You think Messi and Ronaldo at their prime would be worth 160m in today's market?In THIS market that is CRAZY money, although I might add I don't believe a single word of it.
Today , with the state of football finances, Karry Kane is worth no more than 100m and that is high.
160m is Messi/Ronaldo money at their prime, money that would be partial recouped from merchandise/ endorsement's.
Outside of the UK, who would buy a Kane shirt in all seriousness?
As someone just rightly said, any young City fan in the majority would have Foden on his shirt, Harry Kane would be well down the list.
In this Covid market? Yes I do.You think Messi and Ronaldo at their prime would be worth 160m in today's market?
Mbappe cost that much when he was 18 and had played one season with Monaco. Haaland will cost that much after one full season in a top league.
Messi and Ronaldo, at their peak, would cost at least 300m today IMO.