What to buy with Neymar’s transfer fee?

This week Neymar finalized his move towards PSG. The outrageous transfer fee of € 222 million ($ 264 / £ 200) even doubles the € 105 million of Pogba’s transfer from Juventus to Manchester United last year. Insiders even predict a one billion transfer fee will happen within ten years. Has the football (no, don’t call it soccer) world gone mad? I always like those posts pointing out what you could have bought instead. Let’s give it a try.

The squads of all other teams in the French Ligue 1, except Monaco
A dozen of Greek islands. ‘Only’ € 110 million is enough to buy seven islands which actually have a price tag. You can use the remaining € 112 million to bid on other islands.
The Red Cross can provide food for over 2.5 million people for one year
Neymar’s transfer fee beats Luxembourg’s national expenditures on defense
The four highest sold Van Gogh paintings
172 million Steem or ‘just’ 77,000 Bitcoins
Approximately 100 Bugatti Veyron’s
The production costs of 44 episodes of the Game of Thrones
Almost four Joint Strike Fighters F-35
The production costs of the Fate and the Furious
Staying in the Royal Penthouse Suite of the President Wilson in Geneva – the most expensive hotel in the world – for over 12 years