comment by Arctic Monkey (U14534)
posted 16 seconds ago
comment by Stretty - Mata is the Juan (U3123)
posted 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
Hes only 27 and cost 60 mil. He hasnt got any worse physically, i know we drastically over paid for him and have got closer to what his actual worth is, but yes in my book weve lost 15 mil.
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It isn't as high as that given the exchange rates at the time & what they are now.

We bought him for £59.7m (74.625 euros at the time)
Sold him for £44m (63m euros)

So the loss was 11.6m euros, £8m at todays exchange rate. It's not great but not as high as people have made out.

Given most transfers across Europe will be done in euros, it will have been kept in a euro account.
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Interesting. In that case I don't think we have lost anything on him when you consider his contract is a year shorter and he is a year older.

Tbh for the return he gave us it was well worth paying the £8M for.