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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I'll never understand soccer transfers - the market always seems so inconsistent even in the same transfer window.
Courtois (arguably the better keeper) is only worth £35 to Real Madrid but somehow Alisson is worth £62 which is pretty much double the previous record bid for a goalkeeper.
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Its like poker. There really is no market and each team has their own values.
Alisson is worth £62M to Liverpool because we have to pay for him, we want the player but have no leverage. The player could stay and Roma would be happy, so if he wants to go you have to blow their socks off.
Plus, with Karius and Mignolet around Roma know we're desperate. Price goes up.
Courtois is worth £35M to Real Madrid because he wants to go there and Chelsea being a tire fire at the moment and him being close to out of contract have no leverage.
Its the same as what Devo was saying about St. Pep.
City get some players because they want to play for Pep, thats a negotiating point, at the same time teams know that City are loaded with cash so the price goes up.
And then theres English teams buying English players! Theres a premium on that!
Really, unlike in hockey there arent really any standards or comparables, it really depends on the player, the manager, the teams, their Cities, their contracts and the circumstances of the moment.
Or they just use a Yahtzee cup and pay what the dice demand. Whichever works.