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Chapter 442: million transfer window, French Ligue opens small account
But Traore's ball sense and tactical skills are not excellent.

Barcelona does not think he can adapt to the style of the first team and has long planned to sell him. The market price is around 8 million to 10 million euros.

Seven million euros is a normal price.

On the afternoon of the same day, Villa officially announced its second billion-dollar deal this summer.

"Clara's View": "1.1 billion euros! Villa's defensive core Boateng transferred to Barcelona, ​​and the German giants are fighting in La Liga! He Tianqi wishes the players great success in La Liga!"

!!!

Another billionaire is born!
So far, three consecutive billionaires have all come from Villa.

One each in the front, middle and back court.

Some people analyzed that this is basically the core framework of Villa's championship lineup in the past few years.

He Tianqi led world football into the era of billion-dollar transfers.

This makes other eight-digit transfers, especially those starting with one, two or three, almost invisible.

The division of wealth was vividly reflected at this moment.

Newcastle United spent 20 million euros to bring midfielder Wijnaldum from PSV Eindhoven, which is already a big deal in the team's history.

But there was no splash.

It's not even as big as Drogba joining the MLS.

Then AC Milan loaned out former Italian golden boy Balotelli, finally giving him one more chance.

And he signed central defender Romagnoli, who has both potential and strength, from Roma for 30 million euros.

Inter Milan is also taking action, buying Croatian striker Perišić from Wolfsburg for 19 million euros.

For 40 million euros, Kondogbia, a midfielder bought from Monaco, was modeled after Yaya Toure.

Real Madrid spent a lot of money last year, and this year they can only watch everyone wave checks.

They spent 31.5 million euros to buy Porto's full-back Danilo to fill in some gaps.

Then 30 million euros were spent to bring Inter Milan midfielder Kovacic to the team to make up for Khedira's departure.

Atletico Madrid signed central defender Savic from Fiorentina for 25 million.

Bayern Munich signed winger Douglas Costa from Shakhtar Donetsk for 30 million euros.

These are all super deals this year, except for Villa's, and they were also good in the past two years.

But now no matter how you look at it, it seems to lack sincerity.

Especially fans of some wealthy clubs hope that the team can also spend huge sums of money to buy Villa's superstars.

This is true championship competitiveness.

Russian oligarch Abramovich has never had the heart to refuse fans' requests. At Mourinho's strong request, he spent 30 million euros to buy Barcelona's substitute king Pedro.

Pedro has never been able to get a permanent position at Barcelona, ​​and now with the arrival of players like Neymar and Suarez, he can only leave for England sadly.

But that's just the appetizer.

Chelsea then made an offer for Villa full-back Cesar Azpilicueta.

Mourinho admires this player very much because he can play almost all positions in the backcourt, both offensively and defensively.

At the same time, he is also one of the world's top left-backs.

Chelsea's first offer was 70 million euros.

But they soon had competitors.

Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are also interested in buying.

Although they have players available in this position, can they be as useful as Azpilicueta?

After continuous bidding among three parties, Chelsea finally got Azpilicueta for a high price of 90 million euros.

Only Mourinho would spend such a high price to buy a backcourt player.

If it were any other coach, so much money would have been used to buy a forward.

But then again, it’s really not easy to buy a Villa striker for 90 million euros right now.

He Tianqi will not sell it at a price lower than this.

If the price is higher than this, other teams will feel that it is not worth it.

Lukaku is worth this.

But Lewandowski certainly doesn't have that.

Lewandowski always feels that his summers in recent years have been in a cycle, always wanting to leave the team but unable to do so.

He Tianqi says every year that he wants to promote himself, but every year he is lukewarm and his statistics are only first-rate, and there is no sign of dominance.

But Lewandowski felt a little reluctant to leave.

In order to buy Azpilicueta, Chelsea sold Cech for 15 million euros.

Considering Cech's age, Chelsea is making a huge profit at this price.

It was Arsenal who bought Cech.

Judging from Cech's future performance at Arsenal, this price is also very cost-effective.

It's a win-win situation.

In addition, Arsenal finally showed its strength this year.

A "sky-high price" of 60 million euros was spent to buy Villa's important midfield rotation player, Granit Xhaka.

Arsenal and Wenger have been monitoring Xhaka for a long time and they are determined to ensure that this deal will bring success to the team.

Xhaka also happily went to Arsenal to become the new Vieira.

However, the most eye-catching deal in this year's Premier League transfer market has not yet appeared.

Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all have a common goal.

That's Raheem Sterling!
A native of England, the new top star of Britain, one of Villa's main strikers, the latest addition to the world's best left wingers... um, it was forced in there by the English media.

All in all, this player has not caused a rush in the international market.

But within the Premier League, he is a real hot commodity.

Unfortunately, Chelsea had already signed Azpilicueta, and the maximum price they could offer was 90 million euros. They were the first to be eliminated in this competition.

Liverpool offered a price of 100 million euros, which is not very competitive.

But they played the emotional card.

Sterling was previously a Liverpool player.

They sold Sterling to Villa for a low price after Sterling's form declined due to injury.

In just two or three years, this player's market value has skyrocketed tenfold from around 10 million euros.

But no one dares to say it’s not worth it.

Two seven-time champions, eight-time champions, five-time champions, three Champions Leagues, one World Cup. Those who say it’s not worth it simply don’t understand the German way of winning!

Unfortunately, Manchester United sold Di Maria, who was not very useful, to Paris Saint-Germain for 63 million euros and found a high-priced buyer.

This was also one of the rare good operations by Manchester United in the following years.

In the future, Manchester United had several high-priced transfers worth nearly 100 million euros, but in the end they all ended up losing money and couldn’t even give away 20 or 30 million euros.

Manchester United beat Liverpool by 110 million euros.

And they also made a series of promises to Sterling, which was very tempting.

Manchester United has fallen into endless darkness and needs someone to bring them happiness!
Sterling's net worth has caught up with his teammate Boateng and is ranked third in the world.

Bale, Ronaldo and Messi are all worth 180 million euros.

Pogba and De Bruyne are worth 150 million euros.

Sterling, Boateng, Dong Fangzhuo and Neymar are worth 110 million euros.

Lukaku and Suarez for 90 million euros.

Courtois, Neuer, Muller and Hazard for 80 million euros.

Lewandowski, Modric, Griezmann, Kroos and Ferrari for 70 million euros.

Eventually, Sterling caught a flight to Manchester.

But what greeted him was not the Red Devils, but the Blue Moon.

The UAE tycoon added 20 million euros at the last minute, snatching the love away at a sky-high price of 130 million, and robbed Manchester United of their happiness!

Sterling surpassed Boateng and became the third most valuable player in the world.

He also surpassed Azpilicueta and became the Premier League's top signing this summer. So far, the top three signings in Serie A, Premier League and La Liga are all from Aston Villa!
Six Villa players left home, with only Boateng and Azpilicueta being the absolute main players.

Sterling can barely be considered an absolute main force.

Xhaka and Trippier are important rotation players and semi-main players.

Pogba wasn't even in the team.

These six players brought a total of 610 million euros to the team!

The average net worth per person is 101.6 million euros.

Those who fail to reach this level are holding the team back.

Villa's revenue reached its peak in team history.

This terrifying data was only achieved by He Tianqi in Serie A nine years ago.

However, it was only after the entire Palermo team was dismantled that the four or five hundred million in revenue was generated.

And this Villa team has only been poached half of its players for several consecutive seasons.

At least all major media still rank this Villa team as a contender for the title in various competitions.

But the ranking is slightly lower than last year.

Because Villa has continuously exported too many excellent players, but can only make up for it with rookies like Traore, its championship dominance will obviously decline further.

Some media even boldly predicted that it would not be surprising if Villa did not win any championship in the new season.

In the Premier League, Manchester City still has spare money to spend after signing Sterling.

Signed Valencia center back Otamendi for 32 million euros.

Liverpool and Manchester United, who failed to grab top-notch players, then began recruiting on a large scale.

Quantity beats quality.

Liverpool signed striker Benteke from Crystal Palace for 46.5 million euros.

Then 41 million euros were spent to bring in Brazilian center forward Firmino from Hoffenheim.

The two of them together can equal Suarez or Sterling, right?

Manchester United sold Hernandez to Bundesliga Leverkusen for 10 million euros.

Van Persie was sent to Fenerbahce for 6.5 million euros, resolving the team's locker room conflicts.

20 million euros to introduce Bundesliga Bayern superstar, Schweinsteiger.

35 million euros to bring in Schneiderlin from Southampton.

20 million euros to bring in Damian from Torino.

Buy it now!
The fans were also relieved.

Spending so much money on Sterling can only make him happy once.

Buying three or five players can make you happy so many times, so the latter is more cost-effective.

Sterling: Are you sure?

Bayern Munich signed Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal for 40 million euros.

No further action followed.

Their next target is Lewandowski, but not this year.

Because Dong Fangzhuo is still very good at fighting.

There have been some weird trades this summer.

For example, Tottenham midfielder Paulinho joined the Chinese Super League Guangzhou Evergrande for 14 million euros.

This deal is one of the few heavyweight deals in the Chinese Super League that is worth the money.

After playing for Evergrande for two years, Paulinho was snatched away by Barcelona with a penalty clause of 40 million euros, and played an important role in Barcelona.

In comparison, another super deal in the Chinese Super League not long after seemed much more idiotic.

That's the deal surrounding Jackson Martinez.

This player emerged as a rising star in the Champions League last season and won the Champions League Silver Boot.

Therefore, this summer, he was brought to La Liga by Atletico Madrid for the second highest price in the team's history, 36.7 million euros.

But just half a season later, Atletico Madrid sold him to Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao for a transfer fee of 42 million euros.

As a result, Jackson Martinez only played 16 games for Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, scored four goals and made two assists, but lost 380 million yuan in salary.

Including the transfer fee, Evergrande Taobao lost a total of 800 million yuan, which is simply burning money.

The final deal of the summer came from Alaves.

Fan Zhiyi tried his best to retain the team's main striker Son Heung-min, believing that he had the potential to become a super striker, but the latter insisted on going to Tottenham.

In the end, Son Heung-min transferred to Tottenham at a high premium of 40 million euros.

When he joined Alaves a few years ago, the transfer fee was only 3 million euros.

From a business perspective, Alaves has clearly made a lot of money.

But from a technical and tactical point of view, Alaves may have problems...at least that's what Fan Zhiyi thinks.

Last season, under the tactical control of He Tianqi, Fan Zhiyi led Alaves into the Champions League.

As a result, Son Heung-min and Tottenham Hotspur cut off their financial support.

But He Tianqi said it was not a big problem.

As Koreans, I can understand.

Once they come into close contact with the Chinese, the fear memories buried deep in their souls will cause their skills to become distorted.

What's more, both Palermo and Alaves have already stockpiled enough young forwards.

At this stage, Son Heung-min is not irreplaceable.

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Under the bombardment of this super transfer year.

The signings of top league teams are not attractive enough.

Not to mention the secondary leagues.

For example, Caen, which was just promoted from Ligue 3 to Ligue 2 this summer.

The French team based in Normandy was acquired by Clara News Group last year and spent 300,000 euros to introduce midfielder Arthur.

As soon as the upgrade came this year, we immediately upgraded our weapons and started waving checks.

They directly created this year's French Ligue 2 record.

Three million euros was spent to buy the French player "Game King" Ousmane Dembele from Rennes in Ligue 1.

The player's transfer was not finalized until the preseason.

Ryan is unwilling to sell him.

But Dembele wants to leave because he doesn't get a chance to play in Rennes' first team.

His buyers include Red Bull Salzburg and Caen.

Rennes' executive director Silvestre personally came forward to try to persuade Dembele.

Dembele agreed verbally, but then turned around and did something shady.

He directly missed the team training.

And during the preseason, he lied that he had acute gastroenteritis and could not play.

Because according to Dembele's good friend, Dembele's League of Legends account was online the night before.

It is very likely that he missed the team game on purpose and used the game to pass the time.

Considering the player's poor professionalism, Rennes finally reluctantly sold the future star for 3 million euros.

But at this price they still made a small profit.

Even Red Bull Salzburg was discouraged by the price.

Only Caen would be crazy enough to spend so much money on a 17-year-old player at the youth training level.

Of course, Rennes cannot predict what Dembele's future value will be.

The reason why Dembele is determined to leave Ligue 1 and join a Ligue 2 team is that he does not want to go to Salzburg Red Bull which is interested in him.

It was because he received a call from central England.

(End of this chapter)