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Published 15:46 2 Sept 2015 BST
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At the time United missed out on the then 19-year-old Lucas Moura, who opted to join PSG instead in a move worth around €45m.
"I find it quite amazing that a club can pay €45 million for a 19-year-old boy. To make a mark on everyone—to tell everyone that PSG are here—they've signed Thiago Silva from Milan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic."
"They must have spent about €150 million in the last month. As you know, the only deterrent to that is UEFA. When somebody's paying €45 million for a 19-year-old boy you have to say the game's gone mad."
Well, if the game went a bit mad in 2012, it must be criminally insane at this stage.
Hat-tip to Bleacher Report
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