At £200million, Is this the Most Expensive Footballer Ever?

Arsene Wenger has predicted that football will soon break the £200 million barrier for a single transfer, as he insisted Arsenal could still compete in the money-dominated sport.Paul Pogba caused a stir this week in completing an £89.3 million move to Manchester United, while bonuses could push the record fee even higher.And Wenger, whose biggest outlay in the currentwindow has been £34m on Granit Xhaka, only sees an upward trend in prices for the future."It will not be long before we see a £150m or £200m signing," he told a press conference on Friday."Since I started in the game I said, at some stage, it has to stop but as long as football develops and becomes more popular you wouldsay that more money will come in."What is interesting to see is that in every single local business you just struggle to survive "Or you have a world business and the money comes in — Google, Facebook or football or any other sport, they are worldwide and you cannot set any other limitations in the income."The manager, however, pointed to the example of Leicester City to show that money was not everything."Manchester United are the richest club in the world along with Real Madrid," he said."Not many people can compete with their finances but that doesn’t make the difference because at the moment on the pitch we can compete."That is the most important thing. It’s not a financial competition, football is a performance competition."It is becoming more like a financial competitionbut that does not always reflect the Premier League table."We have to make sure that is the case. Leicester showed that last year. Never before have there been so many teams who could win the title."But that can make it easier as well because it means that everyone can drop points."There cannot be just one team that walks away and nobody can catch. The hope will be alive foreveryone in the Premier League longer than ever. On that front, if you are consistent it could be easier."Wenger and Arsenal kick off their Premier League campaign against Liverpool on Sunday.