I have spent most of the evening watching BBC Sport's live text of Transfer Deadline Day. The BBC really offer a brilliant service here, but what's amazing is the amount of money being spent on players. Torres for £50m, Carroll for £35m, Suarez for £23m and they are only the big ones. Can football, or more importantly, the clubs, afford to maintain this level of spending on individuals like this. And we haven't even mentioned the wages!
Torres: class player but exceptionally injury prone.
Carroll: been in trouble with the law back home in Newcastle and currently injured, meaning that presumably the medical has been waived.
Suarez: unproven in English football.
I have a real fear that English football will collapse financially if clubs continue spending at this rate, and to think that Chelsea are tightening their belt. They can tighten it a whole lot more now that they are £50m lighter!
As many have siad on various social networking sites - if Carroll is worth £35m, how much would people pay for Messi?
The mind boggles!
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