Well we have paid a lot less for a comparable defender to VVD. In fact early days but so far a better one.
Had we paid £75 million for him then the next one would be more. It is what is happening with these absurd prices and why we are right to take a stand to try to stop it.
Leicester complained about how much they will have to pay to replace Mahrez but the more they ask for him the more they will be asked for whoever they go to then because they know they have the dosh.
It is a rising spiral once you get onto it and we are trying to act sensibly.
We broke our record by a tiny amount and would have done so again by a few thousand for Mahrez.
But if we had given £20,000 on top of our record say then that would be the expectation next time round.