Arsene Wenger Says It's Crazy Signing One Player For £100m, Gives Alternatives

Paul Pogba

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger feels the €120
million transfer fee Manchester United are
believed to be willing to pay for Juventus
midfielder Paul Pogba is "absolutely crazy", but
has admitted the Old Trafford sides revenues
might justify it.
The France international is widely expected to
set a new world transfer record, beating the
€100m Real Madrid paid to sign Gareth Bale from
Tottenham, by swapping Turin for Manchester.
Wenger thinks fees might approach the €200m
mark in the not too distant future if the current
developments continue.
"The Pogba transfer fee? It is completely crazy if
you cannot afford to pay it. If you can afford to
pay it you can justify it. But it is completely
crazy if you compare it to normal life. That is for
sure," Wenger was quoted as saying by The Daily
Mail.
"But we live in a world where every activity that
is worldwide makes a lot of money. Football has
become a worldwide competition and that is why
clubs can afford to do it.
"Does it make sense in the way the player can
give you that investment back? Nobody ever
could calculate.
"Since I am in this sport I always thought the
record cannot go higher and I was always
wrong. Maybe in a few years it will be 200, 300,
who knows..."