Comments on: Why Kaka is Not the Most Expensive Footballer of All Time http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kamil http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146137 Kamil Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:46:28 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146137 Still Ronaldo is not the most expensive player in the world. If we want to compare this transfer with Zidane's transfer we must compare value of euro in 2001 and now. The best way is to compare gold price in euro. Since 2001 gold has doubled (2001 - less then 350euro/unce, 2009 - more then 700 euro/unce), so in that case 76 mln euro for Zidane is about 150 mln euro now. Still Ronaldo is not the most expensive player in the world. If we want to compare this transfer with Zidane’s transfer we must compare value of euro in 2001 and now.
The best way is to compare gold price in euro.
Since 2001 gold has doubled (2001 – less then 350euro/unce, 2009 – more then 700 euro/unce), so in that case 76 mln euro for Zidane is about 150 mln euro now.

]]> By: ferryman http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146099 ferryman Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:24:22 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146099 And why were all posts marked as posts from the US before I submitted mine? And why were all posts marked as posts from the US before I submitted mine?

]]> By: ferryman http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146098 ferryman Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:22:41 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146098 LOL. Why are only ppl from the US comment this? And why are you so obsessed about the inflation, I wonder. (No need to answer, it just needed to be asked ;) LOL. Why are only ppl from the US comment this? And why are you so obsessed about the inflation, I wonder. (No need to answer, it just needed to be asked ;)

]]> By: harken203 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146094 harken203 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:07:02 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146094 Not after inflation. Not after inflation.

]]> By: J http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146090 J Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:06:20 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146090 Ronaldo's fee has made the entire discussion academic. Ronaldo’s fee has made the entire discussion academic.

]]> By: Shadi http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146088 Shadi Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:46:59 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146088 thank you for sabotaging football . thank you for sabotaging football .

]]> By: MattyDub http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146087 MattyDub Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:44:01 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146087 That's what I thought, the whole deal was done in Euro's. Nothing to do with England so Zidane keeps his record... That’s what I thought, the whole deal was done in Euro’s. Nothing to do with England so Zidane keeps his record…

]]> By: Jose159 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146085 Jose159 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:48:40 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146085 aj, I just understood why I failed Econ. aj, I just understood why I failed Econ.

]]> By: el_horse http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146084 el_horse Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:48:05 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146084 @jose Inflation is never accounted for and that's my biggest issue with this. Zidane's transfer was 10 years ago. 10 years of inflation compounding at roughly 3% pa which is about 35%. So 10 years on we should add 35% to the zidane's silly money thus getting a figure in excess of eur100mln This is what (in today's money) real paid for zidane There was recently a book out saying that moratti senior wanted to get pele from santon around 1960 for the equivalent of euro5mln but considered that sum not to be moral.in todays money (at 3% which is probably a wrong inflation assumption over 50 years) that's 22mln Imagine getting (young) pele today for that money @jose

Inflation is never accounted for and that’s my biggest issue with this. Zidane’s transfer was 10 years ago. 10 years of inflation compounding at roughly 3% pa which is about 35%. So 10 years on we should add 35% to the zidane’s silly money thus getting a figure in excess of eur100mln

This is what (in today’s money) real paid for zidane

There was recently a book out saying that moratti senior wanted to get pele from santon around 1960 for the equivalent of euro5mln but considered that sum not to be moral.in todays money (at 3% which is probably a wrong inflation assumption over 50 years) that’s 22mln

Imagine getting (young) pele today for that money

]]> By: Applesauce http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146079 Applesauce Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:16:05 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/why-kaka-is-not-the-most-expensive-footballer-of-all-time.html#comment-146079 The real way to figure this out would be to compare the fees with the GDP at the time in the nation of question. That's how you could find true value. We can all agree on the bottom line. It's a lot of cash that's not in our pockets. :D The real way to figure this out would be to compare the fees with the GDP at the time in the nation of question. That’s how you could find true value.

We can all agree on the bottom line. It’s a lot of cash that’s not in our pockets. :D

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