Perseus1966 wrote:Biggest surprise is the amount of money they spent for washed up players.
Neither is washed up, and given how ageist the player market traditionally is, both are probably severely underpriced. The financial estimate on an EPL goal is ~3M now, so Ronaldo would have to score 8-9 goals this season to pay back his fees (ignoring wages).For a counterpoint, look at the market valuation history of Alvaro Morata, who despite spending most of his career at ~15 goals a season as a rotation option has been consistently worth >40M for the last 4 years for being near the peak striker age while his actual performance peak was in the year before that.