[Uncle Peter]

Strange old bit of logic applied to that transfer window. There's no way Torres was worth £50M based on current form but that was the asking price because he was "not for sale" and it's what what City probably would have paid in an intevitable summer bidding war. Similarly Andy Carroll was "not for sale" being Newcastle's key goalscoring threat but Mike Ashley knew what the remaining cash balance would have been after the signing of Luis Suarez so that became the going rate.

To summarise: Roman's wallet is £50M lighter on that one transfer, Ajax have a decent pot of cash to work their magic on some more young players/pay off some debt, Newcastle have a pot of cash to strengthen their squad providing Ashely doesn't blow it all at the roulette table and Liverpool have 2 good players. Everyone's a winner.