Marouane Fellaini Quotes

Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.

I can no longer understand what the parameters are for valuing a player. It's all too random and in the hands of whoever has more money.

Paul Pogba cost Manchester United €105 million. Does he play like this?

Now astronomical wages are making it very difficult to take somebody who might not even have a transfer fee attached to them, because of the net value that they want and the net value that they're worth.

Nowadays, it's hard to know if a player really deserves the money spent on him, because transfer values are high.

For you to even enquire about one player, he is expensive. You go to buy a right-back, a left-back, or a central defender, and he is expensive.

I have become a bargain - where do you find a player who scores 28 goals in Serie A and costs €28m? Nowhere, right?

I would have been happy to play in Holland for a big club, but I can see the point of selling me to an English club. It's very simple: Dutch clubs are not going to spend £16m on a player like me.

It doesn't matter if they buy me for, I don't know, £38 million or £40m - I am not guaranteed to play the games.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

It's not uncommon for a big free agent to come to a new club with a big contract and not perform up to his standards.

I don't think running backs have ever been under-valued.

If you ask me if I would like to see Isco in Barcelona, I would say yes.

In Italy... people think that they can win matches with only systems. I say this is impossible because, otherwise, there wouldn't be players that cost 100 million euros and others who cost 1 million.

To be realistic, the big Dutch clubs cannot afford me. That's not because of my wages; it's the transfer fee.

In the face of a big offer, no player is not for sale.

I really like Manchester City. They have put everything into trying to sign me so that I can be there and that is welcome.

If we don't need the players who are available to sign, then why are we going to sign?

To be honest I didn't have a clue that I was the most expensive Scottish player. It's not something that comes into my head.

The City project is much more than about signing a single player with a strong name, that would eventually cost a lot more.

When a club pays money it's because it's his value in the market.

What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty.

I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.

What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.