The transfer market is f****d.
The transfer market is following an unavoidable truth of life: everything is getting ridiculously expensive.
We all know the universal agony of walking into a grocery store, grabbing your favourite beer, only to see the price has skyrocketed. You reminisce on cheaper days, remembering a time when you could have bought an entire case for the price of one, lonely, and expensive bottle of liquid vitamin B.
In adult talk, this is called inflation.
That got me thinking: what do Bayern Munich’s top 10 most expensive transfers of all time look like when you adjust for inflation?
Well, here is the updated top ten list calculated by scaling historical fees against a football-specific inflation index while factoring in the rapid growth of global football revenue, club spending power, and average market prices over time rather than standard consumer price inflation.
Adjusted fee — €70.3m
Adjusted fee — €75.7m
Adjusted fee — €77.25m
Original fee — €39.25m
Adjusted fee — €90.75m
Adjusted fee — €93.2m
Original fee — €41.5m
Adjusted fee — €116.5m
Adjusted fee — €137.5m
Adjusted fee — €139.5m
