There was a lot of money being spent by the likes of Madrid, Inter & the Mancs circa 00 and the market reacted similarly. Things seemed to be calming back down with clubs facing administration and world seeing what taking a risk can lead to at elland road. Roman entered the scene and the chavs paid what clubs were asking and then some. Absolutely, thats what the transfer market is about. Yet clubs like Benfica and to a lesser extent brondy should realistically know what Simao or Agger are worth. The thing is, they do and they look for x million more because they think we will cough up.