A romantic sentiment straight out of the Rupert Lowe handbook, and we all know what happened there. High fees and wages are part of the industry. We certainly benefitted from it when we sold Walcott, Bale and Chamberlain, and this is the other side of the coin.
Personally, I would view Rodriguez as a waste of money if he barely broke double figures in the next 2 seasons, as I'm sure he would himself. I have much higher hopes for him.