Wednesday 26 July 2017 08:42, UK
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has spoken of a “very strange and out of control market”, despite spending around £121m on players this summer.
Romelu Lukaku cost £90m to bring to Old Trafford from Everton, while Mourinho has also spent £31m on Benfica defender Victor Lindelof.
But speaking ahead of United's International Champions Cup clash with Barcelona in the early hours of Thursday morning, Mourinho hit out at the high fees being paid for players.
"Every club is getting good players, every club is investing a lot and some clubs are paying too much and by paying too much they create a very strange and out of control market," he told the BBC.
"But this is the reality now."
Mourinho added that he does not like the excessive transfer fees that are currently being paid for players that do not fall into the world-class category.
"I always thought the problem is not what you pay for these kind of (top) players, I don't think the problem is what you pay for Pogba, I don't think the problem is going to pay crazy for Neymar," the Portuguese told several national newspapers.
"I think the problem is with the other group which is a big group because players like Pogba, there is one or two (big) transfers (like that) per transfer window. The other ones are where you have 100 transfers and for me that is the dangerous area of the market.
"Some clubs are paying or they don't buy because they don't accept the numbers that are now ruling the market, or to do it they have to go the same levels and for me that's what worries me a little bit because now we speak about £30m, £40m, £50m in such an easy way."
Mourinho has also confirmed he is still trying to land two more key transfer targets before the current transfer window shuts, with a midfielder and a wide player in his sights.
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