Rivaldo Quotes

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

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.

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

People do focus on the transfer fee, but that's football.

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

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.

If you asked all the goalkeepers in my era, they will tell you that they were worth a lot more than the price they were bought.

When a striker does well it is normal that he is courted by other teams.

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.

The main problem with English players has always been the price.

OK, so I never had a transfer in my career, but I used to love deadline day: Dimitar Berbatov turning up at Manchester airport with hours to go, Robinho coming to Manchester City instead of Chelsea.

In Spain, players have an official price tag, just like shirts hanging in a shop do.

Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player.

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

There is some right old rubbish talked about Gareth Bale's time with me at Tottenham. Was I ever going to sell Bale? No. Was I going to loan him? No.

When a club has €200m left on its transfer budget in the final days of the transfer period, why shouldn't they make a higher bid when their initial €70m bid has been rejected?

January is an odd month for everyone because of the transfer market, while it can happen during a season to have a momentary wobble.

You don't feel wanted by a club when you sign for them for however much and all of a sudden you're there for two training sessions and they've just bought someone for double the amount.

One of the biggest misconceptions is that players care about transfer fees. For a player, they do not care at all. They do not care if they move clubs for one million, 10 million, or 100 million Euros. That is just something a player leaves to his agent and the clubs.

This is football, things can change very fast. Let's be clear about it though: I will not be used as change to facilitate someone else's transfer.

I think Inter have been very clear: if a good offer comes in, they have to let me go. They don't want to lose me, but there is a chance they will let me go.

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

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

Some players have got their price, but, to be honest, that's not the way I look at the game.

You don't have to be too clever to know that if Barcelona loaned me to another team, it's because they have little interest in me.