A good example of why clubs like Man United are poison for the modern game. To offer £50 million for a 16 year old underlines they have lost all sense of the value of money. Yes, £50 million maybe sounds a nice round figure. And with fans that like bragging they are the biggest club in the world, maybe £50 million sounds normal.
You couldn't blame Birmingham if they just said thanks very much MU, we'll take the money, but football just gets further and further away from the real world.