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Agent Kia Joorabchian believes transfer prices this summer will drop to 'levels of 2015-16... where an £80m deal would be UNHEARD of' amid clubs struggling for sustainability during the coronavirus crisis

Football agent Kia Joorabchian believes this summer transfer's window will see a reduction in prices exchanged for players due to the impact of the Covid crisis.

The summer of 2017, with Neymar's world-record £198m move to PSG from Barcelona, triggered a dramatic increase in transfer prices worldwide - there have now been five transfers which have involved totals more than £100m.

But Joorabchian, who has the likes of Philippe Coutinho, Sergio Reguilon and Willian on his books, says the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on club finances means this year will see sums return to that of five or six years ago.