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Chapter 176: Sky-high prices! Sky-high prices are everywhere! These wealthy families are really too rich! [Subscribe]

Step into June.

Spanish football ushered in a historic moment that shocked the world.

Florentino Perez, the former Real Madrid president who stepped down more than three years ago, staged a comeback and returned to the throne of Real Madrid president without encountering any competitors.

On the first day of June, he officially took office.

At the inauguration ceremony, Florentino proudly announced that Real Madrid would sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United for 9400 million euros, or about 7500 million pounds, the highest price in history.

"We have accomplished an almost impossible task!"

Florentino’s official announcement immediately caused a strong earthquake in the entire European football world.

It has long been no secret that Ronaldo is leaving the team and joining Real Madrid.

What is truly shocking is the transfer fee.

It’s as high as 9400 million euros!
This is simply too outrageous!
Not only the Spanish media was hyping it up, but also the media and fans from other European countries and even the world were excited.

So exciting!
There hasn’t been such an exciting superstar transfer in European football for many years!

While officially announcing the signing of Ronaldo, Florentino repeatedly stressed that this was just the beginning of Real Madrid's summer transfer operations, "Next, a group of world-class stars will join Real Madrid one after another!"

Florentino promised that in the past few years, Real Madrid has experienced a low point and its brand value has been trampled upon.

But all that is now over.

In his hands, Real Madrid will once again become the most shining golden signboard in world football and will become a football palace that stars from all over the world will flock to!
Although Florentino did not reveal his transfer list in detail, as the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, AS and Marca have successively exposed a list of Real Madrid's transfer targets.

Dzeko, Maicon, Yaya Toure, Xabi Alonso, Fabregas, David Silva, Villa...

AS even revealed that Florentino wanted to poach Messi and personally called the Argentine to ask about the possibility of him joining Real Madrid.

"Florentino hopes to build a galactico team capable of challenging Barcelona in one summer!"

If it was in 2006, the term Galacticos would be criticized, hated and even belittled by all Real Madrid fans.

But in 2009, three years later, after the Calderón and Mijatovic periods, all Real Madrid fans missed the Galacticos so much.

Same resources, same president of Real Madrid, why is there such a big difference?
However, while Real Madrid is waving its money and making big signings, internal cleansing of the team is also imperative.

AS revealed that Real Madrid's first team currently has 28 players. While introducing stars, they must also clean out a group of players who do not meet Real Madrid's requirements.

For example, Dutch players such as Van Nistelrooy, Sneijder, Robben, Van der Vaart, and Drenthe were all included in the purge list.

In addition, head coach Juande Ramos is unable to stay, and Real Madrid is actively looking for a helmsman for the Galacticos.

But currently in European football, there are not many head coaches who meet Real Madrid's requirements.

And there are only a few famous coaches who are qualified to coach the Galacticos.

Among them, former AC Milan head coach Carlo Ancelotti, who was once regarded as the best candidate to take over Real Madrid, was also officially announced by Manchester City to take office on June 6.

This also caused problems for Real Madrid's selection of a coach.

……

Real Madrid's transfer operations naturally caused a chain reaction in European football.

In comparison, Manchester United's moves were not big.

After selling Ronaldo, Manchester United does not seem to be in a hurry to recruit new players.

The only news is that Ferguson has intervened in the battle for Wigan Athletic winger Antonio Valencia.

The Manchester United head coach also admitted to the media, "We are indeed interested in Bayswater Chinese midfielder Yaya Toure."

Manchester United are not the first club to be interested in Yaya Toure, and they won't be the last.

Especially after Manchester City appointed Ancelotti and signed midfielder Pirlo from AC Milan for a transfer fee of 3000 million pounds, or about 3750 million euros, excellent midfielders became even more scarce.

On the one hand, everyone can clearly see that the role of the midfield is becoming increasingly important.

Last season, Bayswater Chinese and Barcelona were the teams that focused most on midfield and achieved the best results.

He who wins the midfield wins the world.

This sentence has received unprecedented recognition!
On the other hand, today's top midfielders are either already taken or very difficult to poach.

For example, David Silva of Valencia.

The Bat Corps is in deep financial crisis, but is still holding on tightly.

Spanish media revealed that Real Madrid made consecutive offers for David Silva and Villa, but Valencia refused to negotiate.

The reason is that Valencia players will never be sold to Real Madrid!

What about other teams?

The transfer fee offered by Valencia is indeed outrageous, easily exceeding 50 million euros.

As for someone like Xabi Alonso, who was determined to leave the team after breaking up with Liverpool, he attracted the attention of many top teams.

But Xabi Alonso said directly that he wanted to go to Real Madrid.

Other teams?

He probably wouldn't even think so!
As Real Madrid's arch-rival, Barcelona is also actively recruiting players.

The first to be affected is the center who has been hyped for two summers.

Last summer, there were reports that Barcelona wanted to use Eto'o plus money to exchange for Ibrahimovic.

Now, Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport has revealed that the transfer is true.

Barcelona hopes to exchange Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan for a transfer fee of 2500 million euros, plus Eto'o.

The whistleblower is Ibrahimovic's agent Raiola.

But the Italian agent revealed that Barcelona's offer was rejected by Inter Milan.

This once again caused shock in European football.

2500 million euros plus Eto'o, and it was rejected?
In addition to the center forward, Barcelona also wants to strengthen its defense.

Puyol is already 31 years old, and Guardiola hopes to bring in a younger and more capable central defender.

According to Catalan media, Thiago Silva is ranked first on Guardiola's central defender recruitment list.

The second one is Pepe.

……

"What do you mean?"

In the Chinese office in Bayswater, London, Yang Cheng pointed at the pile of transfer faxes on the desk in front of him, feeling angry, amused and helpless.

"There are so many teams in Europe, why do they only pick on us? Do you think we are easy to bully?"

"Look, the bald guy in Barcelona, ​​the first two central defenders we signed, are our main players."

"Oh, you lost the Champions League final, you're not satisfied, so you want to win it back in the transfer market?"

"Let him dream big!"

Xia Qing, Adam Crozier, Dan Ashworth, Mike Rigg and others who were sitting in front of Yang Cheng were also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"There's nothing we can do. We're not strong enough right now," Adam Crozier comforted.

"Yes, they know we are short of money to build a new stadium, so naturally they want to poach our players."

Dan Ashworth couldn't help laughing when he said this. "Starting from June 6, in just three days, my office phone was almost blown up."

"They are either here to poach someone, or they want to poach someone, or their agent is calling to get information."

This is actually normal.

The transfer market is inherently confusing.

The only difference is that Chinese players in Bayswater are really popular.

Last season's six-time champion is short of money and needs to sell players. What a great opportunity this is for other giants!

"Mubarak and Florentino also called me to find out the details of the situation. I don't know how to respond now." Adam Crozer was also in a dilemma.

Manchester City, Arsenal and Real Madrid are all wealthy now.

"How do you reply?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile, "The highest bidder wins!"

"They all want it? Sure, let's bid for it!"

Everyone had already guessed that Yang Cheng would do this.

The most important thing is that the players that Bayswater Chinese have now are too popular.

For example, Dzeko.

Looking at the current European football scene, is there a center forward as comprehensive as him who has such excellent footwork?
Ibrahimovic?

The Swedish center is notoriously unruly.

More importantly, the Chinese players at Bayswater are all paid relatively low salaries.

"The offer from Barcelona for Ibrahimovic that was revealed by the media was actually reported to us."

Dan Ashworth took over, "2500 million euros plus Eto'o, they want to exchange for Dzeko."

Yang Cheng sneered when he heard it, "What's your reply?"

"reject!"

Yang Cheng flashed a hint of admiration and looked at Dan Ashworth with a hint of encouragement.

"Eto'o's current contract runs until 2010, which means there is only one year left. According to the current valuation, it is only around 3000 million euros at most," Dan Ashworth explained.

In fact, if Barcelona had been more decisive last summer and had resolutely gotten rid of Eto'o when he had already caused trouble, they would have been able to sell him for a relatively good price at that time.

But last summer, Barcelona did not handle the situation decisively.

Eto'o stayed for another year without causing any trouble, nor did he fall out with Guardiola, and there was only one year left on his contract.

And everyone knows that Barcelona is very passive at this time.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, many people were surprised. How could Barcelona be so stupid as to use 4600 million euros plus Eto'o to exchange for Ibrahimovic?
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this deal.

Because Eto'o had only one year left on his contract at the time, and he had such a big fight with the club and the head coach, how much value could be left?
More importantly, Eto'o's annual salary requirement is very high, 1000 million euros.

Don't talk about exchange, just talk about transfer.

Let me ask, among the many top teams in European football, how many can meet this series of requirements?
I'm afraid there are only two or three of them!

On the other hand, Ibrahimovic is a center forward who is at the peak of his career.

When Barcelona wanted to exchange Eto'o for Ibrahimovic, it was actually lowering Eto'o's value to the lowest level.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with this transfer.

What is really the problem?
This is Barcelona’s follow-up action one year later.

Including Ibrahimovic and Zielinski.

How can a player who was recruited at a high price a year ago be sold at a low price a year later?

Putting aside the competitive aspect, Barcelona is really an outrageous club.

It is difficult for superstars who play for top clubs to have a good ending. This is not just a problem for Barcelona, ​​but the same for almost all top clubs.

But it is rare to see a team handle a situation as poorly as Barcelona did.

Including Ronaldinho, Deco, Rivaldo, Ibrahimovic and so on.

Not to mention, in Yang Cheng's previous life, Barcelona would often spend over 100 million in transfer fees to sign players.

Yang Cheng just couldn't understand it.

"There is news that Chelsea is negotiating with Barcelona about Eto'o's transfer," said Mike Rigg.

Yang Cheng immediately became interested, "Has Hiddink really decided to stay?"

"Almost exactly." Mike Rigg nodded.

Whether Hiddink will stay in office has always been the focus of British media attention.

The coaching level of the famous Dutch coach is obvious to all.

Although Chelsea will miss the Champions League next season, if Hiddink can be retained, the Blues will still have great potential in the new season.

There have been rumors that Hiddink proposed that Chelsea sign Sneijder.

Yang Cheng didn't find this strange at all.

To be honest, the transfer market is full of randomness.

Take Sneijder, Robben and Van der Vaart, who Real Madrid is trying to get rid of now. They are all popular commodities in the transfer market.

For example, Sneijder, Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Manchester City are all eyeing him.

Not to mention Robben.

Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Bayern Munich...all are watching.

In this case, it wouldn't be a big surprise no matter which club they transfer to.

The only difference is that Yang Cheng’s memories of his previous life will be completely disrupted.

Especially when Arsenal already has considerable financial resources.

Last season, Wenger led Arsenal to a comeback against Manchester United at the last minute of the league and climbed to second place in the league.

This in itself proves Wenger's coaching level and also gives Arsenal hope for revival.

But after last season's crazy signings, the Gunners this season are mainly focusing on retaining players while further filling in the gaps.

The first to bear the brunt is Fabregas.

The Spanish midfielder has been tempted by Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​which has caused Wenger a headache.

There are reports that Wenger is considering using a blockbuster contract to stun Fabregas and complete the contract extension.

For Yang Cheng, the current European football scene has become increasingly unfamiliar.

The transfer market is becoming increasingly confusing.

In fact, it is difficult for him to see the future trend clearly.

For example, Benzema went to Arsenal and Kaka is at Manchester City.

Will Real Madrid's signings this summer still be so shocking?

Based on the current situation, if Eto'o really goes to Chelsea, can Mourinho's Inter Milan still revive?
Everything is full of unknowns.

……

FC Bayern Munich headquarters office, Sebener Strasse 51, Munich, Germany.

On the second floor, go up the stairs and turn right. It's the first room on the right side of the corridor.

New sporting director, former Germany star Christian Nehringer, is busy packing up.

The 36-year-old Nelinger previously served as the club's team manager.

But from now on, he will shine in the position of sports director.

All the middle and senior management of Bayern Munich know that this is more like an internal training for Nelinger.

His real next stop is to take over the position of general manager Hoeness.

This is a reform initiated within Bayern Munich.

According to Rummenigge and Hoeness, this is learning from the best clubs in the world.

Who?
Bayswater Chinese!
This reform is not well known to the outside world, but it has been brewing internally for a long time.

One of the most important aspects is paperless office.

Bayswater Chinese is the first club in Europe and even in the world of football to implement paperless office, and it is also the most successful one.

But within Bayern, including Rummenigge, Hoeness and others, they are all complete computer illiterates and internet idiots.

They don't even know how to use the latest business phones such as Apple, BlackBerry, etc.

Within Bayern, everything is still very traditional.

But the 36-year-old young man, Nalinger, is different. He relies on computers and mobile phones to work every day.

Many young people like Nelinger are constantly getting opportunities.

knock knock knock.

Hearing a knock on the door, Nelinger looked up and saw that it was the secretary who had brought him in just now who was knocking on the door.

"Is something wrong?"

"Mr. Hennes, please come over here." The secretary said politely.

Nelinger immediately put down what he was doing, stood up, picked up the BlackBerry on the desk, and followed the secretary out of the office.

Their two offices were very close to each other, separated only by the offices of their secretaries.

Even if you shout louder, people can hear you.

This is also Bayern's consistent tradition.

The general manager and the sports director sit next to each other, which facilitates handover and reporting.

Hennes was obviously waiting for him; the office door was not closed.

Nelinger walked over and knocked on the door, "Uli, you looking for me?"

"Christian, come, take a look at this." Hennes looked a little headache.

He leaned back in his office chair and pointed at the documents on his desk.

"What's going on?" Nelinger walked over with a smile and picked up the top document.

Real Madrid made an offer to Ribery, 8000 million euros!
This shocked Nelinger, and he looked at Hennes in disbelief, with a questioning look in his eyes.

This is real?

Hennes nodded slightly.

"They must be crazy!" Nelinger gasped.

That’s 8000 million euros!
my Lord!
How come Real Madrid is so rich?

"What do you think?" Hennes was relatively calm.

Not to mention, this question really put Nelinger in a difficult position.

I have to admit that 8000 million euros is really very tempting.

The new president of Real Madrid is really bold. He spent so much money at once, and it is obvious that he doesn't want Bayern to refuse.

But the question is, can it be sold?

From Bayern's perspective, the team's performance has indeed improved significantly after signing Ribery.

It cost 6000 million euros back then, and now it is sold for 8000 million euros, which is really not a loss.

but……

It's like an entrance test.

Nelinger thought to himself.

After realizing this, he immediately calmed down.

“I think it can’t be sold!”

"Tell me why."

"If we are content with the Bundesliga, I think it would be a good deal to sell Ribery at this time."

Hennes did not react, but just looked at Nelinger quietly, waiting for him to continue.

"But if we still want to conquer European football and win the Champions League, we must not sell Berry. If we sell him, we will completely lose a top star and lose our competitiveness."

Hoeness did not comment or give any feedback, but said, "Someone in the technical team suggested selling Ribery and replacing him with Robben. What do you think?"

"I heard that Real Madrid's top management has issued an ultimatum to Robben. Is this true?" asked Nelinger.

He is the newly appointed sports director, and a lot of information from the scouting department has not yet reached him.

"It is absolutely true, and this is the message conveyed to Robben, his agent and Robben's father at the same time. Real Madrid will not register Robben in any official competition in the new season."

Hennes' words immediately made Nelinger frown.

Not registering Robben would mean that he would be stuck on the bench.

The implication is that Robben and his team must transfer this summer. This is really not a very fair move by Real Madrid.

"Is it possible for us to sign Robben?" Nelinger asked in return.

"Why?" Hennes raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Ribery is good at playing on the left, Robben can play on the right. I think if we sign Robben, the entire offense will be greatly improved. By then, we will have the strength of a truly top European team!"

At this moment, Hennes' eyes showed admiration.

No wonder Nehringer was appointed as the sports director!
"It's a little difficult."

"why?"

"The Premier League teams are keeping a close eye on Robben now. According to the intelligence we have received, apart from Chelsea and Bayswater Chinese, the other Premier League giants all want to sign Robben."

After hearing this, Nelinger smiled bitterly and said, "The competition is too fierce!"

Who said no?
Hennes was a little helpless.

The Bundesliga has no competitiveness at all compared to the Premier League.

The reason why these Premier League teams have been slow to act is probably because they are worried about Robben's fragile nature.

According to reliable information currently received, Manchester United and Manchester City are the most aggressive pursuers.

Ferguson almost signed Robben as early as 2004, but was intercepted by Chelsea.

Manchester City is in urgent need of an excellent right winger now, because Wright-Phillips, who was signed with a lot of money last season, performed poorly, so the Blue Moon wants to sign Robben to replicate the former Real Madrid wingers Robinho and Robben.

Plus Kaka, Pirlo, and head coach Ancelotti.

Manchester City is becoming more and more established.

"Take a look at the next one." Hennes pointed to the other two documents on the desk.

When Nelinger opened it, he saw that it was Manchester City looking to buy Lucio.

700 million euros, meeting Bayern Munich's asking price.

This is also the first team to take action against Lucio so far.

The following is an offer from Arsenal, which also offered 700 million euros to buy Lucio.

"Van Gaal has made it clear that Lucio is not in his plans, and his contract expires on June 2010, 6, and he is now 30 years old." Hoeness was a little helpless.

Lucio is still very important to Bayern Munich's defense.

Selling it will definitely have some impact.

If we don't sell him, we can only meet Lucio's contract renewal request and give him a 3-year contract.

In terms of annual salary, Lucio's requirements are not very high, around 450 million euros.

"Is Wenger now also interested in players over 30 years old?" Nelinger was very surprised.

Hoeness sneered, "Look, how many outstanding central defenders are there in European football today?"

In the Bundesliga, the most sought-after central defender this summer is Dortmund's Subotic.

The young centre-back has been performing extremely well for Dortmund and has attracted the attention of Premier League teams such as Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City.

Many people compare him with his compatriot Vidic who plays for Manchester United.

But for the wealthy clubs that are eager for immediate combat effectiveness, Lucio is the best choice.

Whether it is Manchester City or Arsenal, both offers are suitable for Lucio's current situation.

Inter Milan's offer was for Van Buyten.

But the Belgian international was in Van Gaal's plan, so Bayern Munich rejected him and recommended Lucio instead.

There has been no feedback from Inter Milan yet.

"I think we should agree to it," Nelinger replied after careful consideration.

Hennes thought about it, nodded, and said nothing more.

……

The development trend of the entire European football transfer market was completely beyond Yang Cheng's expectations.

On the first weekend of June, Chelsea and Barcelona announced at the same time that the African Cheetah Eto'o transferred from Barcelona to Chelsea for a transfer fee of 6 million euros.

This immediately caused a strong reaction throughout the European football world.

Before, everyone was speculating that Barcelona was going to use Eto'o to exchange for Ibrahimovic or Dzeko.

But now, Eto'o has transferred to Chelsea, which is indeed surprising.

The Sun was the first to reveal that Barcelona had indeed made an offer to Dzeko of Bayswater Chinese, hoping to include Eto'o in the transfer, but was rejected.

Now, Eto'o transferred to Chelsea and earned Barcelona a transfer fee of 3000 million euros. Barcelona also made an offer to Dzeko again, and directly gave 6500 million euros!
Although Ronaldo's transfer fee of 9400 million euros has set off a sensation in European football.

But Barcelona's offer of 6500 million euros for Dzeko was equally surprising.

Everyone is clearly aware that the entire European transfer market is about to enter an era of crazy money burning!

After Barcelona took the lead, Manchester City followed closely.

The Blues were also determined to get Dzeko and raised their offer to 5500 million pounds in one go.

This translates to approximately 6875 million euros.

This once again caused a strong earthquake in European football!
Real Madrid then made another offer of 5800 million pounds.

The media and fans around the world were stunned.

Have you ever seen anyone snatch players like this?
This is simply outrageous!
Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid are simply spending money without regard for the consequences!

Barcelona soon made a new offer, they were willing to pay a transfer fee of 6000 million pounds for Dzeko.

Guardiola also made a public appeal in the media, believing that Dzeko is the last piece of the puzzle to fill the Barcelona lineup.

"He will become a legend in the history of Barcelona football!"

Dzeko expressed his gratitude to Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona through his agent.

I won’t say anything else.

It is obvious that Dzeko still respects the Chinese in Bayswater and is unwilling to get involved in the transfer negotiations of such a club.

But according to media reports, Dzeko actually prefers Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The reason is simple, Manchester City missed the Champions League!

Although Manchester City has Kaka and Robinho, as well as Pirlo and Ancelotti, the competition in the Premier League is too fierce now.

Dzeko believes that his technical characteristics are more suitable for La Liga.

But even so, Manchester City still gritted its teeth and made an offer of 6300 million pounds.

The Blue Moon really wants to sign Dzeko.

This offer immediately scared off Barcelona.

Barcelona's mouthpiece, Daily Sports, revealed that Barcelona president Laporta clearly told Guardiola that 6000 million pounds, or 7500 million euros, is the limit of what Barcelona can offer.

When Barcelona announced their withdrawal from Dzeko's transfer, everyone immediately turned their attention to Madrid.

Real Madrid president Florentino responded quickly and personally went to London with his two assistants Jose Sanchez and Valdano to meet with Adam Crozier, CEO of Bayswater Chinese.

Soon, Real Madrid raised its offer again and successfully signed Bosnian center Dzeko from Bayswater Chinese for a sky-high price of 6400 million pounds, or 8000 million euros.

This once again caused a shock around the world.

It cost 9400 million euros to sign Ronaldo and another 8000 million euros to sign Dzeko.

How come Real Madrid is so rich?

The Sun will soon reveal more transfer details.

Including Real Madrid's promise that the 8000 million euros will be paid in three years.

“This will greatly ease the financial pressure on the Bayswater Chinese new stadium project.”

In addition, The Sun also broke a new piece of news, that is, Real Madrid agreed to cooperate with Bayswater Chinese to establish a new company to organize a summer warm-up cup tournament called the International Champions Cup.

"The teams currently confirmed to participate in the cup competition include Bayswater Chinese, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City."

"Now there is another Real Madrid!"

Not only that, The Sun also revealed another explosive piece of information.

During the meeting with Adam Crozier, Florentino made another offer.

"Real Madrid want to sign Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure from Bayswater Chinese for a transfer fee of £4000m."

"This player was jointly recommended by Valdano and Zidane, who believe that he will greatly alleviate the current midfield vacancy in Real Madrid."

But The Sun revealed that the Bayswater Chinese are seriously considering the offer from Real Madrid.

Just the day after The Sun exposed the story, the Manchester Evening News revealed that both Manchester United and Manchester City had made offers to the Chinese in Bayswater.

Among them, Manchester United's offer was also 4000 million pounds.

But Manchester City's offer was as high as £4500 million.

The Independent, which has close ties with Arsenal, also disclosed at the first time that the Gunners had also made an offer for Yaya Toure.

"Wenger's team wants to sign Yaya Toure for £4500 million!"

It is rare to see four top clubs making offers for one player at the same time.

But before the Chinese in Bayswater gave any response, Manchester City actually took the initiative to raise their offer.

The Blue Moon withdrew a previous offer and re-issued one, with the latest transfer offer reaching 5000 million pounds.

This operation made everyone see that after missing out on Dzeko, Manchester City was determined to get Yaya Toure.

5000 million pounds, a total of 6250 million euros!
This is simply crazy!

No one could believe that this summer's transfer market would be so lively.

Faced with the wealthy and determined Manchester City, not only Manchester United and Arsenal were deterred, but even the wealthy Real Madrid could not bear to sign Yaya Toure after signing Cristiano Ronaldo and Dzeko in succession.

Manchester City's series of bold moves seemed to be telling everyone: Go ahead, just go ahead!
No matter how much you give, we will give more than you!

But do other teams really dare to do it?

What if Manchester City doesn’t follow?

The game in the transfer market is so exciting.

In the end, Real Madrid regretfully announced its withdrawal from the battle for Yaya Toure.

Manchester City beat Manchester United, Arsenal and Real Madrid to successfully sign the Ivorian.

After Yaya Toure jumped from Bayswater Chinese to Manchester City, his weekly salary suddenly increased to 25 pounds.

This is the second highest salary in the Premier League, second only to Kaka.

At the same time as signing Yaya Toure, Manchester City officially announced that it had snatched Brazilian central defender Lucio from Bundesliga Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of 700 million euros.

This will undoubtedly greatly enhance the strength of Manchester City's defense last season.

Carlo Ancelotti was beaming with joy after the club signed Yaya Toure and Lucio in quick succession.

When interviewed by media reporters, the Italian said that Manchester City will have an enviable and strong lineup in the new season and will be the most competitive team in the Premier League.

"Are there any shortcomings?"

Ancelotti smiled and said, "I am very satisfied with the current lineup, but if I have to point out the shortcomings, I hope to strengthen the team's left side."

Manchester City's left wing is England international Bridge, but his overall performance can only be considered okay.

Following the release of Ancelotti's interview, the British media offered suggestions one after another, listing almost a large number of left-wing stars.

Even Evra of Manchester United.

It would definitely be a pleasure if we could poach Evra from our city rivals.

But Ferguson's evaluation of this is just four words: wishful thinking!
……

The successive transfers of players such as Dzeko, Yaya Toure and Lucio naturally triggered a chain reaction in European football.

After Barcelona missed out on Dzeko, Laporta and others immediately turned their attention and went to Milan, Italy to meet with Inter Milan.

After several days of negotiations and consultations, Barcelona successfully persuaded Inter Milan.

Barcelona successfully signed Ibrahimovic for 7000 million euros.

This is 200 million euros more than Yang Cheng had in his previous life.

When Yang Cheng heard the news in London, he became a little Spartan.

Inter Milan has a master!

But don't underestimate these 200 million euros.

You know, in Yang Cheng's previous life, Barcelona signed Ibrahimovic for 6800 million euros, but that was because of Eto'o as a bonus, and they didn't actually pay that much money.

But what about now?
Barcelona actually paid 7000 million euros in transfer fees to buy Ibrahimovic, which is completely different.

Not only that, Barcelona also signed Maxwell from Inter Milan for 500 million euros.

This is not surprising.

Maxwell and Ibrahimovic had a close relationship when they both played for Ajax.

Moreover, their agent is Raiola.

There must be some connection behind this.

But what surprised Yang Cheng again was that after Barcelona signed Ibrahimovic, they began to set their sights on Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk, only to find that Arsenal had taken the lead.

The Gunners successfully persuaded Shakhtar Donetsk to sign Ukrainian central defender Ziglinski for a transfer fee of 2500 million euros, or 2000 million pounds.

Yang Cheng also received an insider information, which was said to have been finalized by the boss behind the scenes, Usmanov.

Wenger originally wanted to sign Lucio, but Manchester City got there first.

So the Gunners turned around and signed Zielinski.

Russian bosses always like to sign players from the former Soviet Union.

For example, Abramovich spent £1800 million to sign Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow in Russia.

After missing out on Yaya Toure, Wenger immediately signed midfielder Toulalan from Lyon, France for a transfer fee of 2000 million euros.

They also signed Belgian central defender Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax for a transfer fee of 1500 million euros.

Manchester United, who also missed out on Yaya Toure, immediately shifted their target.

When Ferguson sought advice from Yang Cheng, Yang Cheng focused on introducing Busquets.

He hopes that Ferguson's Manchester United will fight to the death with Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​and it would be best to poach Busquets and end Barcelona's Dream Team III.

But Yang Cheng did not expect that Ferguson was also cunning and did not fall for it.

When Manchester United missed out on Yaya Toure, they immediately shifted their target to Rome, Italy, to poach the Red Wolves' new generation leader, Daniele De Rossi.

According to media reports, as early as 2006, Ferguson was already very close to De Rossi.

The Italian midfielder even went to Old Trafford to meet Ferguson and almost joined Manchester United.

It’s a pity that due to various reasons, De Rossi was ultimately unable to land in the Premier League.

But Manchester United was plagued by injuries to Hargreaves, and Fletcher was unable to play regularly.

At many times, Manchester United only had Carrick as a defensive midfielder.

This made Ferguson extremely distressed, so he made up his mind and even forced the management to sign Yaya Toure.

It’s a pity that the Ivorian still went to Manchester City.

So Ferguson turned his attention to De Rossi again.

Although Roma repeatedly rejected the offer from Manchester United, Ferguson was good at wielding the hoe and had a checkbook in his hand, so he repeatedly raised his offer.

In the end, Manchester United signed De Rossi from Roma for a high price of 5000 million euros.

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While Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City are all ambitious and constantly increasing their efforts to recruit players, the Chinese in Bayswater and Liverpool appear to be particularly low-key.

But the situations of the two teams are different.

Bayswater Chinese are mainly planning to build a new stadium and need to sell players.

After selling Dzeko and Yaya Toure, Maicon has also been targeted by Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea.

These teams have also made offers in the hope of signing the Brazilian defender.

Liverpool's situation is simply due to lack of money.

The Reds simply can't afford much transfer fee.

After falling out with Benítez, Xabi Alonso was determined to leave the team.

In the end, Real Madrid successfully signed the Spanish international for a transfer fee of 4000 million euros.

Also transferring from Liverpool was Real Madrid youth defender Arbeloa.

It is worth mentioning that in the two transfers between Real Madrid and Liverpool, the former Bayswater Chinese central defender, Slovak player Martin Skrtel unfortunately became an additional bonus in the transfer, with a price of 1500 million euros.

After transferring to Real Madrid at a high price, Skrtel's performance in La Liga has been mixed. He has always found it difficult to adapt and has not put in a convincing performance, which has made the picky Real Madrid fans dissatisfied with him.

After Florentino took office, he was determined to maintain localization, so he spent 1500 million euros to sign Albiol from Valencia.

In this situation, Skrtel was a little redundant in Real Madrid, so he was sent to Liverpool and became a bonus in Xabi Alonso's transfer.

This also caused many fans to sigh.

Back in the Premier League, Skrtel was the main central defender for Bayswater Chinese.

Who would have thought that after transferring to Real Madrid, his career would be so different from before.

On the contrary, the Bayswater Chinese are performing better and better and have already won six championships this season.

After selling Xabi Alonso for a large sum of money, Benítez immediately signed Aquilani from Rome in Italy.

But what no one expected was that Aquilani came to Liverpool with a lot of injuries, which were discovered during the physical examination.

This made many media feel surprised about Liverpool's actions.

No one understands why Benítez had to force Xabi Alonso to leave, break up the midfield triangle of Gerrard, Xabi Alonso and Mascherano, but sign an injured player?
Everyone, including Yang Cheng, is pessimistic about Liverpool's prospects.

Liverpool has no money and no people. It is likely that it will be finished in the new season.

When the whole of Europe was discussing Aquilani, the Chinese in Bayswater and Real Madrid made official announcements at the same time.

Brazilian right-back Maicon moved from the Premier League to La Liga's Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 3500 million pounds.

The right-back has attracted interest from a number of teams, including Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea.

But these teams are unwilling to offer a high price for a 28-year-old defender, so they are cautious in their bids.

On the contrary, Real Madrid has been interested in Maicon for a long time, and the Brazilian defender has always performed well in La Liga.

For example, Carlos before, or Alves of Barcelona now.

Speaking of which, in the Brazilian national team, Maicon relegated Alves to the bench.

Therefore, Real Madrid's need for Maicon is more urgent.

While the Chinese in Bayswater sold Yaya Toure, Dzeko and Maicon one after another, Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg also completed the transfers assigned by Yang Cheng.

Signed Kyle Walker from Sheffield United for £300 million.

Signed center forward Andy Carroll from relegated Newcastle for £300 million.

For 1280 million pounds, they paid a 1600 million euro release clause for Athletic Bilbao's Javi Martinez, bringing the talented Spanish midfielder to London.

Among these three transfers, except for Javi Martinez which attracted attention from the outside world, no one paid much attention to the other two.

But even for Javi Martinez, everyone feels that it will be difficult for the Spanish midfielder to fill the vacancy left by Yaya Toure.

But not many people will pay attention to Bayswater's Chinese signings.

Because in the past few years, Yang Cheng has always focused on training young players.

On the contrary, the two players that Real Madrid is determined to clean up have always attracted the attention of many media.

Robben and Sneijder, who will be the winner in the end?
Just when public opinion was surging, the Chinese in Bayswater received another quotation fax.

Yang Cheng, who was far away at the Brent Training Center, also received a call from a player.

(End of this chapter)