The forward believes the prices now paid for players in the transfer market are astronomical
Wolves attacker Diogo Jota has claimed Harry Maguire’s £80 million ($97m) transfer to Manchester United is ‘hard to explain’.
The defender completed his much-anticipated move to Old Trafford earlier this month and the extraordinary fee paid for England international makes him the most expensive defender ever.
And Jota, who will come face to face with Maguire on Monday night when United travel to Wolverhampton, thinks the prices now paid by clubs for the world’s top stars are incredible.
“It (the £80m fee) is hard to explain,” the Portuguese said in an interview with FourFourTwo.
“The market is unreal now in my opinion. But it's nothing to do with me, it is to do with the clubs and it is the moment we are living in. We just have to respect that amount.
“I think Harry Maguire has a lot of quality but I know the players that we have in our team and I trust them,” Jota added ahead of the upcoming Premier League game.
The Red Devils struggled against Wolves last season and failed to beat the West Midlands outfit in any of their three meetings.