So basically what you're getting at is that Kagawa and Park were bought for their shirt sales no more than pretty much any other high profile player? Why not mention the non-Asian players when you bring that stuff up? That's why I feel it was a borderline racist (not outright racist, otherwise I wouldn't have said "borderline", I know you aren't racist) comment. You seemed to corner it to an Asian thing instead of mentioning the many other high profile players that are bought every day by all kinds of clubs as if it were an unusual thing.
I don't think it was the reason Kagawa was bought over other players, though. Many people see the Bundesliga as the best league in terms of "how it should be" these days, and to buy the best player in one of the best three leagues in the world is not "oh, it's just because he sells shirts more than the others." I'd like to know which others were available for an equal price and wage while maintaining the overall football quality that Kagawa had. He was the best player in the Bundesliga and we got him for a bargain for someone of that stature. I can't think of anyone else that, at that point, would have offered as much bang for our buck outside of players being bought on a free (hi, RVP).
