It's the question every Cardiff City fan has been asking and has either got confused or angry about.
£5M for a teenager with barely 20 games behind him is a fantastic deal but then you recall the fees well in excess of £10M that Southampton got for fellow Welshman Gareth Bale and also Theo Walcott which, right or wrong, seems to be a yardstick to use.
City had at least 6 Premiership clubs chasing Ramsey and bids were flying in so why, when that oprocess was hot and active, did they just agree to sell at £5M when there was every indication that bids would go higher again?
The fact that the moment City first accepted Manchester United's bid of £5M, three more clubs in Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton matched in within 24 hours shows that he was undervalued and sold too cheaply.
Ridsdale doesn't come out of this looking good - three of the big four clubs were at the table and we showed them our full hand. I hope he explains why he did this as, maybe there are reasons. Right now however, City fans will feel let down.
Of course, there's also the small matter of any fee only being worthwhile if it's significantly reinvested in the team and there's been scant evidence of that in recent years.
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