30 Jan 2026 17:46:26
Where to you begin to understand some of the transfer fees.
If wolves get 40/50 m for strand Larsen I think I'll go to the garage and get my old boots out ?
Im sure there are half a dozen players in the championship that could offer more for a while lot less.
On top of that the he cost of buying potential now is just insane.
50m plus on players that have not matured or developed yet is common place.
I understand the 'epl tax' but it really is bonkers.


Another thing I would like to understand is why centre forwards that do well in seria A rarely replicate their numbers in the premiership?
All through the history of the epl cf's coming from italy have not been as successful as those from France Spain or south America, i'm just not sure why that is.
Henry Bergkamp and zola i think are the major anomalies and had real longevity and none were strictly cf's and were not doing great in italy when they left.

1.) 30 Jan 2026
30 Jan 2026 18:45:37
In addition to the epl tax, there is also a man utd tax, where the price mysteriously goes up 10-30 million as soon as we get involved. Almost impossible for us to pull a cheap gem from the Portuguese ligue 2. Suddenly they will be the most promising player in Europe and the club won't even listen to offers below $80m.

2.) 31 Jan 2026
31 Jan 2026 11:42:21
EPL clubs are the most financially secure and have the least need to sell players, add the January tax and it starts to make sense.

Wolves didn't want to lose Strand Larsen, but they are almost certainly getting relegated, if they kept him until the summer then they'd be lucky to get 35m for him as a relegated team, maybe less if he has a relegation clause in his deal.

While for Palace they will definitely lose Mateta this summer if not sooner by the looks of it. They will also lose Glasner in the summer and they need to steady the ship.

Strand Larsen is a very good EPL striker, as seen last season. Unfortunately this season he has been feeding on literal scraps. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get 8-10 goals or more between now and the summer for Palace.

While I'm disappointed as a fan not seeing United spend in January to bring in a quality player who could be the difference between us getting UCL or not this year. I also understand why the club aren't prepared to pay over the odds for player who might not be their first choice this January. Keeping the powder dry for the summer and the next permanent manager.