FinBarcelonafan
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It's not like that if you do your homework. We didn't even lose money on Malcom, even though most would call him a failed transfer. I mean, yeah, you miss if you sign some absolute bum like Dest for 30-40m. But if you don't hit total flops, you usually get most of the money back if not bank a decent profit.
Basically, if you're skilled a bit, the best that can happen is you hit a home run, and the worst is a minor loss. With many that can land in the middle, player is not quite Barca material, but many teams will jump in and pay good money for him because he is still quality.
Happened with Sanchez and Malcom, two of the very few examples of young players signed in that price range (one from Serie A, and one from Ligue 1). We lost way more on overhyped flops that cost the club a huge amount.
Basically, you need a bit of discipline. 40-50 is good sum for a promising player of a young age that didn't prove himself at the top level yet, with low CL experience, not a starter for a high quality NT, those sort of metrics. As you approach 80m the player has to be dead on quality with multiple solid performances at the top level vs big teams, with CL or big league experience and so on.
Great points but you forgot one thing, we need these players to perform instantly and we can't take another gamble before we have sold this. PSG can just buy another gamble and try again, instantly basically. It changes the game quite a bit.
So for us the biggest issue isn't even financial(at first), but failing on the field, then our team suffers and then other things.
It's the Chelsea model: PSG does it with brain now. Chelsea without brain. Chelsea buys literally anyone who is willing to join their team.