Budget Quote by Thomas Muller

One of the biggest misconceptions is that players care about transfer fees. For a player, they do not care at all. They do not…

— Andrea Pirlo

We don't have the flexibility of changing the bid amount. We can go through the whole process and someone else could beat us by…

— Thomas Raymond Kelly

The money's there in England. They try to gather the best players. We do it differently here at Bayern. We have no investors, no…

— Niko Kovac

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

— Thomas Muller

I really did not think much about the size of the transfer fee when I left Barcelona because it was all down to market…

— Luis Figo

Ajax was spending too much money; they were buying players that were too expensive. If you get 100 per cent, you can't spend 120…

— Johan Cruyff

When a Manchester City, Chelsea or Inter or AC Milan can make large transfers, the princely sums they pay suggest that at the end…

— Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

As a player, if a club is desperate to sign you, then you can benefit from that. Desperate clubs are prepared to pay more…

— Diego Forlan

This is madness - when a single footballer is more expensive than building a hospital or school, the transfer market has lost its marbles.

— Robbie Savage

As far as I know, Mr. Watzke has not said he would sell me if somebody offered 100m. He has emphasised that the club…

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

In each case it depends on the needs of each team, what the club is willing to pay and what the other demands. Then…

— Jordi Alba

Football has to work really hard to put a smile on peoples face and not to be so focused on the question of money.…

— Gordon Taylor