131 million dollars, really?

Although this might be a bit late, I feel the need to blog about the absurd transfer fee that the superpower soccer team Real Madrid bought Christiano Ronaldo for. For 131 million dollars they bought the rights to the player and his contract from Manchester United. 131 million dollars, which equals out to close too 211,000 euros a week. The 131 million dollars was just the rights to the player, not his contract as well, which leads me to ask, is any person worth that much money? Espeically in our struggling economic times, how can a club who is already in debt shell out that much money for not just one player, but 5 others who turned out to cost the club 360 million dollars this summer alone. Flooding this much money into the market will obviously cause inflation and Real Madrid now have a debt of 296 million euros. What are your thoughts, is winning worth that much money? Are those players worth that much money? \

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