In the week that Charlie Watts passed, some sympathy for the devil. Plainly, Mino Raiola's demands for taking Erland Haaland to Chelsea were ridiculous.
According to reports in Germany, he wanted a £34million cut, plus an annual retainer worth £2m per year, and the player's wages were coming in at £820,000 per week. It added up to roughly £275m, without the transfer fee.
Chelsea said no and bought Romelu Lukaku instead.
Ballpark estimates set the cost of his deal at roughly £215m, including Inter Milan's £93m, but without factoring in payment to his agent Federico Pastorello — and he will undoubtedly be rewarded because nothing happens unless the representative gets his share.