I have a question re undisclosed fees.

[Pam]

The De Jong transfer fee is undisclosed, sensibly enough, so why is it that the media claim to know we paid 17 Mill for him?

 

[pee dubya]

Because the media make things up?

Actually i think Hamburg might have mentioned a specific fee at some point, can't really remember.

 

[Pam]

Don't think they did. Cook inferred yesterday that Hamburg had treated the process respectfully (the implied criticism of Milan was hard to miss) and the club probably talked about an asking price, which isn't the same thing.