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  Jan is right it is monopoly money
  
  There isn't a major club that is not financially overstretched. My club (yes all have a laugh) is Portsmouth which I supported as a boy going into the ground for 1shilling and sixpence and having schoolboy trials at Fratton Park.
  
  Their plight is well documented and still in administration and hoping to find someone to bankroll them.
  
  I cannot understand the high transfer fees when in fact the player is after five or so years "out of contract" and is worth nothing financially to the club. I think "contract periods" were introduced so that the player would have freedom of workplace (i.e not contracted for life to one club) which I can fully support.
  
  From a business angle it does not make sense to pay these £30million plus fees for what seems a relatively short contract period when the "investment" becomes zero....This plus the excessive wages must be a large part of reason for the financial plight of many clubs.
  
  Rooney gets up my nose when he plays for England and dosn't even have the respect of singing (or opening mouth) for the National Anthem. I put this point some time ago on the FA comment site and was told "He is metally concentrating on the game ahead".If selected for your country should show some gusto of National Anthem...the England Rugby Boys do.

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