Why Newcastle and West Ham will love Anderson’s £116m transfer

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Why Newcastle and West Ham will love Anderson’s £116m transfer

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West Ham United and Newcastle United will be licking their lips after seeing the figures involved in Elliot Anderson’s British record transfer.

The Hammers and the Magpies have important assets on the market and will likely use the outrageous £116 million transfer fee as the benchmark.

West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes is attracting interest in the transfer market, and the same goes for Newcastle ace Sandro Tonali.

The Hammers value Fernandes at around £80m despite their relegation to the second division, raising eyebrows, while the Toons slapped a £100m price tag on Tonali.

Any suitor who complains about this obscene fee will be immediately referred to the Anderson transfer.

Nottingham Forest demanded a ridiculous sum, and Manchester City have stumped up the fee (somehow, Newcastle do not get any sell-on percentage from the deal).

West Ham and Newcastle will hope for similar cooperation.

Tottenham Hotspur have been in negotiations with Newcastle and West Ham.

They are hoping for a discount, but based on these numbers flying around, no one will do them any favours.

West Ham and Newcastle can hardly be blamed for trying to maximise the value of their prized assets, but the wider market is heading down a dangerous path.

Every blockbuster transfer now becomes the benchmark for the next one, regardless of context, ability or contract situation.

That inflation is pushing fees into absurd territory and making sensible business almost impossible.

Football’s transfer market is rapidly becoming detached from reality, with clubs forced to overpay simply because someone else did.

There comes a point where the game’s governing bodies must step in and explore measures to curb this relentless spiral.

Without some intervention, transfer fees will continue to balloon, pricing clubs out of the market and threatening the competitive balance that makes football a beautiful game.

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