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Okay so today I got super curious about these crazy money moves for teenagers. Saw some tweet about an 18-year-old costing like 50 million and my jaw dropped. Like what? How? So obviously, I had to dig in myself.
Started By Just Typing Stuff In
Opened my laptop first thing, fired up Google search. Literally just typed in “expensive transfers u18” expecting maybe a list or something. Found a few sites claiming to have data, clicked through loads of links. My browser had like 20 tabs open – pure chaos. One tab showed some transfer values in Euros, another in Pounds. Messy.
Sorted through the mess trying to compare apples to apples. Kept bouncing between different sites ’cause none had everything. Annoying AF finding the same players listed on two places but with totally different prices? Made me question everything. Ended up focusing only on players signed when they were genuinely under 18, not like almost 18. Cut out a few big names right there.
Hitting The Wall & Pushing Through
Some sites loaded slow as heck. Others crashed halfway through scrolling. Seriously frustrating. Had to restart my research twice because Chrome decided to freeze. Sigh. Also found tons of articles talking around the transfers – big hype, future stars – but not giving me the hard numbers I wanted. Wasted time reading fluff before realizing.
Finally started making my own list, scribbling down names and figures in a notebook old school style:
- Some French kid signed for crazy millions right after his 17th birthday? That was wild.
- Brazilian teenager whose transfer made huge noise a couple years back. Like, serious cash involved.
- English academy lad – the fee leaked online and everyone lost their minds. Confirmed that one after triple-checking different sources.
The totals just kept climbing the more I dug. Made a stupid error adding up figures initially – forgot to convert one deal properly. Realized later and had to redo it all. Felt dumb.
The Mind-Blowing Part
The final numbers honestly scrambled my brain. We’re talking legit tens of millions of dollars – sometimes over fifty million, paid for kids! Like, who hasn’t finished high school yet. Clubs are shelling out Premier League starter money for teenagers based on potential? It’s nuts.
Punched those figures into my calculator one last time just to be sure. Yup, staggering amounts. Makes you wonder about the insane pressure these kids must be under, walking around with a multi-million price tag before they’re even adults. Crazy world.