Wenger on Pogba transfer fee: If you can afford it, you can justify it

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Paul Pogba may not be a Manchester United player just yet, but if reports from various outlets are to be believed, the France midfielder is set to shatter the world transfer record with a €120-million move from Juventus.

Speaking to reporters while in the United States for pre-season, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said the fee may be high, but it's all relative to how much each team makes.

"It is completely crazy if you cannot afford to pay it. If you can afford to pay it you can justify it," Wenger said, according to ESPN FC. "It is completely crazy if you compare it to normal life. That is for sure. But we live in a world where every activity that is worldwide makes a lot of money.

"Football has become a worldwide competition and that is why clubs can afford to do it. Does it make sense in the way the player can give you that investment back? Nobody ever could calculate."

Is there any end to the madness that is the transfer window? Wenger thinks not.

"Since I am in this sport I always thought the record cannot go higher and I was always wrong," he said. "Maybe in a few years it will be €200, €300 (million), who knows?"