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Originally Posted by Ra_Z_Boy
Where is the Martial for Ł60m coming from? It was Ł36m plus add ons.
Ł16m of those add-ons are almost a foregone conclusion as he needs just another goal with Utd. and around 12 more caps with France. The other Ł8m is if he's nominated for a Ballon d'Or, and that one seems a bit more unlikely although that nomination list is usually 20-25 players long.
The main point though, is that Monaco hasn't done this by pouring obscene amounts of money into the club, but rather with shrewd signings of young players. They haven't spent more than Ł14m on a player since Summer '13, but obviously Rybolovlev coming into the picture and briefly splashing money around raised the profile of the club. They were in Ligue 2 just 5 seasons ago after all.