End of cash-for-player transfers in football?

Abstract

r-says-he-is-not-worth-the-200mparis-saint-germa in-paid-for-him. Accessed 10 August 2018. 5 Real Madrid paid a then-record £37 million to Barcelona to acquire Luis Figo in 2000. By comparison, midway through 2018 there already have been ten transfers with higher fees, including two for more than £100 million. 6 Financial Times, FIFA to end transfer fee system, 31 August 2000.