UEFA president said that when he was a 23-year-old
player, his transfer was worth more than what Real Madrid paid for
the Portuguese ace.
Michel Platini said ironically that "if Cristiano Ronaldo's
transfer worths €92 million, if I were 23, mine would worth 93
million French franc."
However, former soccer ace said that nowadays his transfer wouldn't
worth so much money because he fulfilled his contracts and he
stayed at his team until the expiration of the agreement.
Platini, who won the EuroCup in 1984, said that Real Madrid's big
expenses are something to bear in mind despite his good
relationship with president Florentino Perez.
"Astronomic expenditure pull the market up and boost inflation,
which affects European teams in a negative way," former Juventus
player said.
Therefore, Platini intends to launch a budget cap project before
2012 in a bid to prevent teams to spend sums of money higher than
their earnings and avoid going bankrupt.
Three-time Ballon d'Or winner added that salaries and signings
increased and increased throughout the years, so he thinks this is
the right time to remain the European teams that half of them are
in the red.
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