[Christian]

Originally Posted by GeoTav

You're definitely wrong: while in Argentine, clubs tend to sell or give their players (Argentine has become the first "exporting country" of players), in Brazil, they tend to become stronger financially and understood how the European clubs deadly want some of their players, it's why they are now able to get big money for them even when they played only one single season in their first team ...

Actually, I even think we launched this trend with Pato: the kid had only played a few games, not even an entire season in first team, and we bought him 24M if I remember well. Why would Santos sell Neymar or Ganso for less when these guys are already proven stars in their country for example ?

Some clubs in Argentina aren't bad at getting alot of money for their players. Aguero went for 25'ish M euro's, Gago of all people want for 20M euro's and Higauin went for 15'ish M euro's if I'm not mistaken.