Real Madrid must be looking at this ludicrous midfield market and thinking they could demand the world if a serious buyer emerges for Aurélien Tchouaméni this summer.
Suddenly, Newcastle United’s Italy international Sandro Tonali is a £100 million ($134 million) soccer player—Tottenham Hotspur the club willing to cough up the cash—and while the Italian is a very good midfielder worthy of acclaim, gone are the days when such figures were exclusively preserved for the upper echelon of talent.