Is Stuart Downing really worth £20 million?

People keep asking whether Stuart Downing is really worth £20 million. Who knows? Surely they’re missing the point anyway.

Any commodity is only worth whatever someone is prepared to pay for it. So, if someone is prepared to pay half a million quid for a studio flat in Penge, then it’s worth that much, no matter how unacceptable this is to the local property market expert who missed out on the commission.