“Certainly from Manchester United’s perspective we believe
these kind of sums to buy players are a thing of the past
and when you look at our results compared to some other
clubs, it is difficult to see them having the resources to
pay money like that,
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing but we are now seeing
transfer prices come down.
“Buying Rio was the right decision at the time and it
remains so. He fitted into the right age profile and we look
upon him as a long-term investment.
“We made the decision to buy him in light of our overall
wage structure and transfer budget we set ourselves and we
achieved those targets.”
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