Lucre has taken over. The power in which money uses to pull strings in our cosmos cannot be underestimated. Almost every happening is traceable to money – either evil or good.

Football world, interestingly, is not exempted in the riddle of money entanglement, as the sudden inception of heavily-spending Chinese Super League has further accentuated a popular axiom which reads thus; “After God the Almighty, then it is money.”

In time past, money had enacted many twists in football, with shocking transfer moves and money-chasing incidences the main subject of those twists. One will, however, espouse the fact that it was never as heightening as the present. One of the noticeable twists then was Brazil international, Lucas Moura’s move in the region of £45 million to PSG in 2012 after been taunted a Manchester United player. The French powerhouse out-spent the Red Devils. Money once again showed its power.

“I find it quite amazing that a club can pay £45 million for a 19-year-old boy. Hopefully, UEFA can show some power here. When somebody is paying £45 million for a 19-year-old boy, you have to say the game is gone mad”; Sir Alex Ferguson was quoted as saying.

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