Yeah totally crazy I agree, but in the end we're now paying the price for our chronic under investment when prices were more reasonable, we've had opportunities to sign players for decent amounts in the past and scoffed at the prices, now it's coming back to bite us (or maybe it won't if we once again pay for some nobody like Xhaka and Mustafi....although they cost us a packet as well).
Trouble with us now is clubs know we're in desperate need, so they can sit there quite happy knowing they can hike the price up.