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Oliver Kahn makes big claim: This Manchester United record will be broken soon
OLIVER KAHN reckons Manchester United's world-record transfer fee paid to sign Paul Pogba will be broken soon.
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Manchester United forked out £89million to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus last summer, eclipsing Gareth Bale's £85m transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid in 2013.
But Bayern Munich legend Kahn reckons spending on star players could soon reach in excess of £127m (€150m).
Oliver Kahn reckons spending in the transfer window could soon reach £127m (€150m)
Manchester United paid a world record £89m to sign Pogba from Juventus last summer
"Huge amounts of money will have to be spent in the war to sign the best players," Kahn told German football magazine Socrates.
"I think the €150m mark will soon be broken."
Bayern Munich's record transfer was the £34m they paid Athletic Bilbao for Javi Martinez in 2012
However, Kahn fears Bayern will begin to struggle to compete with their big-spending European rivals with their club record £34m transfer for Javi Martinez in 2012 being way off the mark set by the likes of United and Real.
He added: "It will be a huge challenge for Bayern to sign players of [Franck] Ribery and [Arjen] Robben's calibre in the future.
"The question is whether Bayern are willing to go along when the English and Spanish really start spending big in the years to come."
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