Football players are overrated twice.

No sane person would give 90 million euros for Neymar

When two clubs hold an auction, they pay a record fee for the player. It’s crazy, but the market. And Saudi sheikhs overrate players who could cost less. Weird moment. Neymar does not play for half the season and 90 million euros were forfeited for him. The winger is injured again, his debut at Al-Hilal has been postponed. “One of the best players in the world,” as the Saudis call him, was not needed by the European giants.

For a 31-year-old striker and a market value of 60 million euros, nobody would give him that PSG one and a half times more. The Parisian club will make a profit that had been excluded from an adequate transition. Now they say that for a year-old Neymar, called Salah, Saudi Arabia is ready to shell out 90 million euros. The sheikhs took Firmino away as a free agent, and are now convincing Klopp to say goodbye to Mohamed with the capital gain.

Salah is an incredible player, but in the normal world age affects value. He is a thirty year old, estimated at around 65 million euros. But not all European clubs will pay this money either. Both because almost all the giants have debts, and because of Salah’s reluctance to change teams. But if the player is given 180 million euros and Klopp offers a big fee for the veteran, then Mo will go to Fabinho and Henderson.

Malcolm and Otaviu are vivid examples of inadequate overpayments

Nobody in Europe would give 60 million euros for Malcolm. IN PSG in winter they offered rent without the right to guaranteed purchase. Even 30 million euros to lend a hand in isolation RPL it was extremely difficult. Young Zakharyan left for Spain for 12.5 million euros. The sheikhs showered Zenith with money – a repetition of the Chinese trick with Witsel and the Hulk. Now Semak has a transfer budget, which the competitors do not have RPL.

A similar trick was pulled by Porto yesterday. Rivals Benfica gave attacking midfielder Otaviu to Al-Nasr to Ronaldo and Mane for 60 million euros. The footballer played in Portugal for a long time, he was signed for 2.5 million euros. The cost has grown, it was estimated at around 35 million, but 60 million outside the ceiling. The explicit overpayment is for Saudi Arabia. And this is not normal, because it opens the way for fraud.

How do we know that Chelsea are not bringing owners’ money into the club, taking advantage of the Americans’ deals with the Saudis? It is clear that the amounts do not seem incredible, for Koulibaly and Mendy they overpaid about 12 million euros, and Kante left as a free agent. But Chelsea co-owner Boely realized there was another loophole. Now Lukaku is training with the London youth team and has not spoken to Pochettino.

If the sheikhs convince Lukaku to take the money, the English will ask for a 90 million transfer, even if the 30-year-old forward costs half as much. There will be many such stories. Midfielder Neves is estimated to be 40, and the Sheikhs paid Wolves 55 million euros. Fulham striker Mitrovic is valued at 28 million euros by the transfer market, while the London club earned 53 million euros. The amount is inadequate, Serbian is not worth that much.

It is even strange that Lazio did not receive the 100 million euros for Milinkovic-Savic, as Lotito dreamed. A significant part of transfers to Saudi Arabia are inflated amounts. And the salaries are also inadequate, many would agree for less money. Also, nobody knows who the commissioners are. Ronaldo’s friend Regufe, who made Cristiano’s transfer to Al-Nasr, received 30 million euros.

And without sheikhs it is clear that the market is sick

Let’s study just one example to understand the absurdity of the situation. Portuguese Joao Felix moved from Benfica to Atlético Madrid for 127 million euros. Where does this sum come from? Out of nowhere, they just made it up. Now Chelsea have not redeemed the attacking midfielder’s contract after the loan. Barcelona try to remove a player who had an argument with Simeone. In addition, the Catalans drag Felix into the club, bypassing Xavi. It’s crazy, but just in case, Agent Mendes has a lot of these deals.

And officials have been sabotaging all important football reforms for years. They do not protect the rights of the players. For example, frequent cases of sexual harassment in women’s football are ignored. It’s not about Rubiales’ kiss to the Spanish striker after the victory of the Red Furies world Cup, although this action is also inappropriate. We speak of rape in clubs and national teams, where girls cannot be protected from wealth and fame. Their mouths were also watering after complaints about loads bringing players to their knees.

Another example of ignoring a serious problem is the lack of response to the actions of Saudi sheikhs. There’s no point in wasting money like this. Nothing will work. Benzema has already dealt with coach Espirito Santo in the desert. And Ronaldo behaves inappropriately, attacking the referees. Where there is no control, no respect, but everyone receives huge sums of money, psychosis begins. The gold rush at its worst.

Hardly any of the giants are punished for fraud

So the sheikhs now believe they can do anything in the transfer market. “Chelsea” PSG and Manchester City has not been expelled from European competition and modest clubs have survived suspensions and suspensions. Many frauds could be stopped. Ceferin couldn’t help but know what his friend Agnelli was doing at Juventus, but for years he remained silent. Now everyone is silent in response to the actions of the sheikhs.

You cannot ask for justice, it is impossible. But the call for justice is logical. After the corruption scandals, officials had enough time to write laws on agents and player value training. Also with regard to the salary cap, which is necessary so that the grants do not fail if the global financial crisis were to cover. All important things are ignored.

But the sheikhs of Qatar and Saudi Arabia can do anything, even flood the market with money that is not supported by either revenue or club logic. American billionaires inside Premier League even without a belt without control. Boeli made €1bn in transfers, even though clubs from European Union they would be severely punished for such a blatant evasion of the rules of financial fair play.