THE FORMER most-expensive defender on the planet has admitted that he WASN’T WORTH the £42million Manchester Metropolis paid for him.
The eight-time capped France worldwide Eliaquim Mangala arrived on the Etihad in 2014 from Porto.
Manuel Pellegrini splashed out the large payment for him however he struggled to firmly set up himself at Metropolis.
Mangala did make 31 after which 33 appearances beneath the Chilean throughout his first two years there.
However he was quickly deemed surplus to necessities as soon as Pep Guardiola took cost in 2016.
Mangala managed to get a Premier League winners’ medal within the 2017/18 marketing campaign, which got here in between mortgage spells away at Valencia in LaLiga and Everton.
He finally left Metropolis as a free agent in 2019 as soon as his contract had expired and joined Valencia completely for 2 seasons.
He then headed to France for a stint at Saint-Etienne however now, on the age of 33, is lining-up for Portuguese aspect Estoril.
The veteran centre-half has this week sat down with French outlet Le10 Sport to debate his big-money transfer a decade in the past to England.
And in a refreshing twist, he admits that he was price nowhere close to the £42m payment paid for him.
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Mangala stated: “After I was informed on the time that it was over €50m, and €50m was some huge cash… However no man is price €50m!
“Once you’re a part of an business, a enterprise, you inevitably enter right into a logic that goes past regular life, however no person is price this or that value.
“It doesn’t make sense.
“However it was an actual expertise to undergo that. I actually loved it.
“I stated, you’ll see in a single or two years, this file can be damaged, and it was.”
Nowadays Metropolis have the second most costly defender of ALL TIME on their books.
That’s after they paid RB Leipzig £78m for Josko Gvardiol final summer time.
The Croatian is barely behind Harry Maguire – who joined Manchester United for £80m in 2019.