I have done, and I still read :
It is a more savvy way of doing business and large amounts of cash are not lost in the process.
as referring to money leaking out of football to agents, which you believed would not have happened in this case. Ok, that's not what you meant, no big deal. As you...
Are you suggesting that a swap deal wouldn't have incurred any agents fees? I think that is wishful thinking. There will have been agents on boths sides "making it happen" and be charging football a ludicrous amount of money for doing it.