How much evidence is there of bumping up prices based on club wealth

Once you're beyond Chelsea and similar. I keep thinking about this - if a club thinks a player is worth 500K would they really get away with asking ?1m because there's a rumour that someone is investing in the buying club. Surely the buying club just says - get lost you were happy to sell for 500K last week. I could be way off here, but I keep thinking about it and there's just somthing slightly preposterous once you get beyond basic supply and demand (and Chelsea being willing to pay anything just to stop others buying). Sure a selling club could try it on, but I can't see it really having impact. (and I'm not talking here about being gazumped by another higher offer).

Posted By: camcan, Jul 15, 11:57:55