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Chapter 225: Sky-high transfer! Another Chinese team in Bayswater! The Middle Eastern consortium is too arrogant [Subscribe]

In the past few years, the technical and tactical style of European football has undergone tremendous changes.

Some people say that it was the rise of Yang Cheng and the Chinese in Bayswater that led to this trend.

Because in 08 and 09, the Chinese in Bayswater successfully defended the Champions League title, which brought a huge shock to the entire European football world and even the whole world.

At the same time, it also led to changes in technology and tactics.

Some people also say that Guardiola's Barcelona is the leader of this trend.

Although Guardiola's team has never qualified for the Champions League, Barcelona's passing and controlling style of play has also brought a very strong stimulus to European football. People in the football industry also speak very highly of Guardiola and Barcelona.

All in all, various theories exist.

Yang Cheng didn't want to take credit for it. Whenever someone mentioned this, he would praise Guardiola's Barcelona.

I appeal to the fans and media not to judge heroes by their success or failure.

This actually won him more applause.

At least, he seemed exceptionally generous.

But no matter who started it, the general rule is that after this trend started, the requirements for players, especially those in the midfield and backcourt, have also changed dramatically.

The first thing to be affected is the central defender's passing ability.

Like those traditional central defenders, once they are pressed and oppressed, their ability to pass the ball is greatly affected and they begin to be unaccepted by the top teams.

The Bayswater Chinese are undoubtedly the leaders of this central defender trend.

Whether it is Thiago Silva, Pepe or Kompany, they all have excellent ability to take and pass the ball.

As for the full-backs, a group of excellent Brazilian full-backs headed by Alves, Maicon and Marcelo are very popular among top teams.

When all teams choose full-backs, offense has often become a very important consideration.

Traditional defensive types, and even some full-backs who are capable of both offense and defense, have gradually fallen out of favor.

In this era of comprehensive tactical innovation, youth training undoubtedly cannot keep up.

This has led to a very obvious shortage of defenders in European football over the past few years.

In other words, there is a severe shortage of excellent defenders.

Ultimately, the requirements for defenders are higher.

Traditional defenders are often only required to defend, with offense being a bonus.

A full-back like Zambrotta who is capable of both offense and defense is already top-notch.

But now?

Defense is the most basic, offense must be mastered, and passing and controlling the ball are bonus points.

This has led to a serious shortage of defenders in the transfer market of top teams.

The best evidence is that Manchester United and Chelsea paid a lot of money to snatch David Luiz last summer.

Although Manchester United's performance did not improve significantly after David Luiz joined, everyone can see that the joining of the Brazilian central defender has greatly eased the pressure on Manchester United's defense.

Therefore, this summer, central defenders with excellent passing ability have become very popular.

For example, Bayern wants to poach Jerome Boateng from Manchester City.

But Ancelotti has made it very clear that he has rejected Bayern.

Because Lucio is already 33 years old.

Jerome Boateng's talent is visible to the naked eye.

Bayern is indeed a wealthy club, but Manchester City offers more money.

Chelsea is now looking for a central defender all over the world.

Everyone can see that with the investment from Middle Eastern consortiums, Liverpool, Manchester City, and this summer Paris Saint-Germain all have very strong purchasing power.

They all quickly improved their strength by acquiring players.

But this immediately created an impact on the traditional wealthy families.

There are only a few excellent players. If there is competition, their prices will be high.

Besides, if one is taken away, there is one less.

Another point is that the situation in the past where the players would rush over to the top teams as long as they beckoned is constantly being rewritten.

For example, last summer, Real Madrid wanted to sign David Silva from Valencia.

David Silva also wants to go to Real Madrid, but Valencia won't sell.

Now, David Silva has gone to Manchester City, and Real Madrid wants to seduce and poach him, but David Silva doesn't want to do it anymore.

He is playing well in Manchester City, with a high annual salary and good benefits, so he is not too concerned about Real Madrid.

And Fabregas.

In Yang Cheng’s previous life, Fabregas would be eager to join Barcelona as long as they made a move.

Many fans even speculated that the first goal of Barcelona's 16-3 home win over Arsenal in the Champions League round of 1 was a mistake or intentional by Fabregas.

I'm afraid only the players themselves know this.

But all of this did not happen in Yang Cheng's life.

After Arsenal renewed Fabregas' contract at a high price, the Spanish midfielder stayed at Arsenal and helped the Gunners beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League final.

All of this is enough to prove that the appeal of traditional powerful teams is declining significantly.

Especially at this moment when the Premier League is rising strongly.

The competition for outstanding players is becoming increasingly fierce.

In this environment, even a team like Nice in Ligue 1 must quickly find its position in Ligue 1 and European football.

Both Yang Cheng and Nice's top management basically positioned the club as a springboard.

In the first season after the acquisition, thanks to the outstanding work of Yang Cheng and the Bayswater Chinese team, Nice successfully won the double championship of Ligue 1 and the French Cup.

This is of course also because the current French Ligue 1 is indeed too weak.

But it also completed the expected tasks ahead of schedule.

The next step, if Nice successfully sells players, will naturally be to introduce young and capable players.

By buying and selling, you can earn the difference in price, which is the value of a springboard.

But don't think it's easy.

In fact, there are many tricks involved, and they are very complicated.

It’s like Monaco in Yang Cheng’s previous life.

After selling a group of players including Mbappe, Bernardo Silva and Fabinho in succession, although they received a large transfer fee, they almost got relegated from Ligue 18 in the following 19/ season.

You know, in the 17/18 season, they were ranked second in Ligue .

There are also teams like Southampton Saints in the Premier League.

This team also reached its peak for a period of time, but after a group of players came out, it soon fell into silence again.

Ultimately, the most important capabilities of a springboard club are reflected on both internal and external levels.

Externally, the team needs a very strong scouting network that covers the world, can grasp the dynamics of players anytime and anywhere, and try to be the first to buy players who have just emerged or even have not yet emerged at a low price.

But everyone knows that maintaining such a scouting network requires not only extremely expensive investment, but also very outstanding talents.

Even for a team as strong as Sevilla, the scouting network can only last for a few years.

Internally, we need a very complete youth training system, advanced training facilities, very detailed player training plans, and a group of experienced coaches.

Take Ajax for example, they basically adopt one-on-one special training for young emerging players, hone the players' skills, and have detailed plans for the players' career development.

In 2024, when Yang Cheng traveled through time, what level can the two or three best springboard teams in European football achieve?
They can even plan early on a player's development pace in the next few years, as well as his appearances in the first team, and can also estimate when the player will be sold.

So, fans will be surprised that the players of these clubs are always sold at high points.

And no matter how they sell, it will not affect their performance.

The Bayswater Chinese can do the same if they now switch to player development.

But this requires Yang Cheng to take personal control, and it will definitely not achieve the team's current results.

And this is not how Yang Cheng positions the Chinese in Bayswater.

Nice does not have such ability yet, but has been working towards this direction.

The hardest part of everything is getting started.

Therefore, Yang Cheng had to give a push from behind.

Not only give money and people, but also provide appropriate help.

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"In terms of player transfers, you will be fully responsible this summer."

Yang Cheng has high hopes for Martin Harrison and Emmanuel Perrin.

This is also his usual style of employing people.

Don't use people with suspicion, don't use people who are suspicious.

He is no longer obsessed with the great people he knew in his previous life.

Because he has many talented people under him.

All talents grow through training.

"Please try your best to talk. We have full confidence in your ability."

The process in Nice is in accordance with the process of the Chinese in Bayswater. Each position constrains each other, and the group is responsible for supervision.

"As for recruiting players, I will personally take care of it, and the group will certainly do its best to support you."

After a pause, Yang Cheng thought about it, "In Lens, the relegated team in Ligue 18 this season, there is a right-back named Serge Aurier, an -year-old Ivorian. It should be easy to negotiate with him now."

Lens was relegated, so it would be easy to negotiate for a player like this.

"I know this player. He is very fast and has excellent physical confrontation." Emmanuel Perrin knows all the players in Ligue 1 and knew who he was right away.

That is also his job as director of football.

"The Serbian Belgrade Guerrilla team has a young central defender named Nastasic, a left-footed player. You can go and talk to him." Yang Cheng said again.

Emmanuel Perrin's eyes lit up.

He had heard a long time ago that Yang Cheng knew all the outstanding players in European football by heart, but few people knew many of the young players, or even those who had not yet emerged.

But Yang Cheng could always tell their names at once.

Whether it is the outside world or the Chinese in Bayswater, they all say that Yang Cheng can do this because he has spent countless hours watching countless game videos and recordings in the scouts' database.

You know, even Gary Worthington, the head of scouting for Bayswater Chinese, couldn't do that.

"In the new season, Nice wants to participate in the Champions League, and only Pelle is not enough. Hamburg's center forward Choupo-Moting's contract has expired. We can contact him and try to sign him. His annual salary is not high."

"Chupo-Moting?" Emmanuel Perin frowned a little.

Does Hamburg have this player?

"He is a member of Hamburg's youth training. He is only 22 years old this year. He was loaned to Nuremberg in 09. He played well, but after returning to Hamburg in 10, he never had a chance to play."

"In the first half of this past season, he played 10 times for Hamburg, accumulating 375 minutes and scoring two goals."

"Because his contract was about to expire, Choupo-Moting was unwilling to renew his contract with Hamburg. At the end of January, he was sent to the Hamburg B team. Therefore, many people who are not in the Bundesliga probably don't know him."

Only then did everyone suddenly realize.

But think about it, no one who is not in the Bundesliga knows him, so how does Yang Cheng know him so well?
Not to mention Emmanuel Perrin, even Dan Ashworth, Mike Rigg and others who came with Yang Cheng all looked at each other, feeling both admiration and shame for Yang Cheng.

When it comes to searching for players, they are experts.

But now, in front of Yang Cheng, they really feel ashamed.

There’s no other way. I must work harder in the future!
In terms of goalkeeper, if Ospina really leaves the team, Nice will definitely sign another goalkeeper.

The first person that came to Yang Cheng’s mind was Benfica’s Slovenian goalkeeper Oblak.

But he quickly abandoned this tempting idea.

Because Oblak's transfer to Benfica cost as much as 400 million euros.

Just for this reason, there is no way Nice will sign him.

"Albacete in the Spanish Second Division was relegated. This team has a Costa Rican national team goalkeeper named Keylor Navas. He should be very cheap, but he will definitely be stronger than Ospina."

Yang Cheng initially estimated that it should be around 30 euros.

The main reason is that Albacete simply can't keep anyone.

They were relegated from the Spanish Second Division to the third-tier league. Who would want to play with them?

"He should be preparing for the CONCACAF Gold Cup with Costa Rica, so he needs to act quickly," Yang Cheng warned.

Both Martin Harrison and Emmanuel Perrin quickly agreed and said they would contact them immediately.

In Ronald Koeman's tactics, left-back Daley Blind must be signed.

The Ajax defender joined Nice on loan last season, but the French Ligue 100 team has the first right to sign him for million euros.

Judging from his performance in the past season, this Ronald Koeman's direct descendant must be signed.

With the addition of Aurier, Nastasic, Keylor Navas and Choupo-Moting, Nice's overall strength is still quite good, even stronger than before.

As for the midfield, if Matuidi leaves the team, Kante will take advantage of the opportunity.

With the addition of Strootman, Jorginho and Brozovic, Nice's midfield is still capable!
Thinking of this, Yang Cheng no longer had anything to worry about.

……

The 2011 European summer transfer market opened in a way that no one expected.

Chelsea head coach Hiddink, who has been rumored by the media and fans for a long time, has officially signed with the Turkish national team.

This also means that Hiddink will officially leave the Blues coaching position.

At the same time, Chelsea also quickly announced that Villas-Boas, who had just led Porto to win the treble, officially became Chelsea's new head coach.

Although this 33-year-old Portuguese was once Mourinho's assistant coach, he is known as the second Yang Cheng.

Because both of them are very young.

At the age of 33, he led Porto to win the Europa League, becoming the youngest European championship coach after Yang Cheng, and won unanimous praise and recognition from the outside world.

This time, Boas came to Stamford Bridge with a mission.

From Abramovich to the players to the fans, everyone has high hopes for Boas, hoping that he can lead Chelsea to reproduce the glorious record of Mourinho's era.

As a Portuguese, Villas-Boas also admires Sneijder very much. As soon as he took office, he announced that he hoped the club would consider keeping Sneijder.

"I firmly believe that Sneijder will be successful at Chelsea!"

On the other hand, Manchester United, who had been coveting Sneijder, immediately turned their attention to the vacancy left by Scholes after his retirement and made an official offer for Juan Mata from Valencia.

According to Spanish media reports, the first transfer offer was as high as 2500 million pounds.

After Villas-Boas officially took office, Chelsea's transfer budget exceeded 1 million pounds.

The Daily Mail, which is close to Chelsea, revealed that at the top of Abramovich's list of signings are Brazilian Santos' genius Neymar, Porto striker Falcao, and Sporting Lisbon midfielder Moutinho.

As for the defense, they give priority to signing Ajax's right-back Van der Wiel.

As for the central defender, they have their eyes on Atletico Madrid's Godin and Nice's Benatia.

After Villas-Boas took office, the first player signed by Chelsea was the young center Lukaku from Anderlecht in Belgium.

The transfer cost Chelsea a whopping £2000 million.

The Blues also signed talented midfielder Piazon from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The player is hailed as the new Kaka.

In addition, Chelsea also wants to bring Argentine star Pastore from Palermo.

But there are too many teams eyeing Pastore at the moment.

Another player who encountered problems was Neymar, the talented winger of Brazil's Santos.

Israeli agent Pini Zahavi revealed that Chelsea offered Neymar a price of up to 4000 million pounds, but still failed to convince Santos to let him go.

"This transfer involves very complicated issues. It is undoubtedly impossible to sign Neymar in a short period of time."

Pini Zahavi expressed frustration that Chelsea's transfer recruitment had been frustrated.

At the same time, although Atletico Madrid is in financial difficulties, it still rejected Chelsea's 1500 million euro offer for Godin.

The reason is simple. When Manchester City signed the unknown central defender Stefan Savic from the Serbian Belgrade Red Star for 1200 million pounds, the competition for central defenders in the European football transfer market had become completely fierce.

One of the important reasons why Manchester City offered Savage such a high transfer fee is that they snatched Savage from Arsenal and Tottenham.

Prior to this, Savic had participated in a trial at Arsenal and performed very well. Wenger also promised to sign the Serbian central defender who was hailed as the new Vidic.

After hearing the news, Tottenham Hotspur also became very interested in Savage.

But in the end it was Manchester City that got there first.

But the Blue Moon also paid a high transfer fee of 1200 million pounds.

After missing out on Savic, Arsenal turned around and signed high school defender Mertesacker from Bundesliga Werder Bremen for a transfer fee of 1500 million euros, or 1200 million pounds.

With the title of Champions League champion, Wenger has further begun to increase his efforts to recruit players.

The Gunners first signed Spanish midfielder Arteta from Everton for £1500 million, and then signed the young genius Chamberlain from Southampton for £1500 million.

Both players are intended to strengthen Arsenal's bench depth.

Especially Arteta.

The Spaniard has proven himself at Everton and as an organizing midfielder he can be an important backup to Gourcuff and Fabregas.

But the most important transfer was that the Gunners were very generous in competing with Barcelona for Udinese's Chilean winger Sanchez.

Both sides continued to increase their bids in the competition for this player.

Especially after Chelsea and Liverpool joined the battle, Sanchez's transfer value has been rising steadily.

It finally reached an astonishing £3500 million, or €4375 million.

This is really a sky-high price for a player who has never proven himself in the Champions League.

The Gunners successfully defeated Barcelona and brought Sanchez into their team.

In addition, Wenger also snatched Lazio right-back Lichtsteiner from Juventus for a transfer fee of 1500 million euros, or 1200 million pounds. After signing a number of strong players, Wenger's team has improved significantly, but many players in the team have also been sold one after another.

For example, players such as young players Denilson, Carlos Vela, Eboue and Bendtner were all sold by Wenger one after another.

Through this series of signings, everyone saw Wenger and Arsenal's determination.

The Gunners obviously want to challenge for the league title in the new season!

……

Ferguson of Manchester United has the same idea as Wenger.

After missing out on Sneijder, the Red Devils continued to increase their offer for Juan Mata, and eventually signed him from Valencia for a transfer fee of 3750 million euros and 3000 million pounds.

At the same time, Blackburn defender Phil Jones, who Manchester United has been pursuing, is being sought after by Liverpool.

When Manchester United offered £1800 million and had basically reached an agreement with Blackburn, Liverpool suddenly swooped in and snatched the deal with an offer of £2200 million.

Ferguson admired Phil Jones very much. He has always liked passionate local players like Phil Jones. So under the competition from Liverpool, Manchester United made another move and successfully signed Phil Jones with a transfer fee of 2500 million pounds.

Not only that, Ferguson personally went to Phil Jones's home and persuaded the player to join Manchester United.

To this end, the Red Devils offered Phil Jones a weekly salary of 8 pounds.

It is unbelievable that a 19-year-old player was offered a weekly salary of 8 pounds!
Many media outlets have accused Ferguson of violating industry rules by constantly mocking teams such as Manchester City and Chelsea.

But when Manchester United competes with others for players, the weekly wages they offer are equally generous.

Of course, as the British media, they have always highly praised their own players, so naturally no one would question whether Phil Jones is worth the transfer fee of 2500 million pounds and the weekly salary of 8 pounds.

After signing Phil Jones, Manchester United negotiated for a period of time and signed Spanish goalkeeper De Gea from Atletico Madrid for £2500 million.

Phil Jones, Juan Mata and De Gea, three transfers cost Manchester United a total of 8000 million pounds.

That is about 1 million euros.

You know, the Red Devils sold players such as O'Shea, Obetan, Hargreaves, etc., and the total income in the transfer market may be less than 1000 million euros.

But this also basically announced that Manchester United is no longer able to intervene in the transfers of Pastore and Aguero.

Even the center forward that Ferguson had been dreaming of is basically no longer possible.

After missing out on Phil Jones and Sanchez, Liverpool immediately shifted their target and signed local international winger Downing from Aston Villa for £2500 million.

Signed midfielder Jordan Henderson from Sunderland for £2000 million.

Liverpool's next signing is aimed at a central defender.

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Even before the summer transfer market opened, the outside world had already determined that there were two players most likely to become the top scorer in this summer's transfer market.

Palermo's Kaka II and Argentine genius Pastore.

The Argentine's talent is visible to the naked eye and he has proven his quality in Serie A, where defense is the strongest.

Another one is Atletico Madrid striker Aguero.

Both of these South American players have shown outstanding strength and have proven their abilities.

One of the important reasons why they have attracted so much attention is that they have attracted the attention of many top teams.

For example, Pastore, in addition to Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan in Serie A, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United in the Premier League, Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga are all eyeing this talented midfielder.

Not to mention Aguero.

Real Madrid is determined to get him, and Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are also pursuing him.

Under such circumstances, the transfer progress of these two stars has always been a concern for many fans and media.

But no favorable progress was made.

While all the major Premier League giants have already started the harvesting mode and are frantically recruiting players, there has been no movement for these two most watched players.

But on June 6, Palermo chairman Zamparini suddenly revealed in an interview with the media that Pastore will complete the transfer within the next two days, and the transfer fee will be an astonishingly high price.

"This will be an astonishing number never seen in the transfer market this year!"

This immediately attracted widespread attention from media and fans around the world.

Chelsea? Real Madrid?
Should we go to the Premier League? Or should we go to La Liga?

But just when everyone was speculating, the French team newspaper suddenly broke the news.

Among the many suitors of Kaka II, Paris Saint-Germain from Ligue 1 emerged as a dark horse and came from behind.

This French Ligue 5000 team, which had just been acquired by the Qatari consortium, beat all the top teams in the Premier League and La Liga and signed Pastore from Palermo with a transfer fee of million euros.

"This is a sky-high price that no one can refuse!"

This also allowed Pastore to surpass Sanchez and become the transfer king of this summer!

The entire European football world was completely shocked!
When Paris Saint-Germain entered Ligue 1, everyone expected them to continue to recruit new players, but no one expected that they would be able to challenge many of Europe's top teams and even snatch a superstar like Pastore from them.

Not to mention the whole of Europe, it caused a huge shock in France.

Many Ligue 1 fans are applauding Paris Saint-Germain's arrogance.

However, after Pastore's official announcement, media from Spain also broke the news that Atletico Madrid striker Aguero will break Pastore's transfer fee and transfer from Atletico Madrid to Manchester City for a transfer fee of 5500 million euros.

The Blue Moon has once again stunned the world!

But this is not the most arrogant thing.

What is even more shocking is that after signing Aguero, Manchester City now has Ibrahimovic, Adebayor, Robinho, Tevez and Bellamy, a total of 6 attackers in the team.

Not to mention the presence of talented attackers like Wright-Phillips, Kaka, and David Silva.

The resources Ancelotti has in his hands are simply amazing!

So, Manchester City began to operate aggressively, selling players such as Adebayor and Bellamy at low prices.

Yes, literally, low price deal!

Bellamy went to Liverpool on a free transfer and Adebayor joined Tottenham Hotspur for £1000 million.

You know, Adebayor's current market valuation has reached 2000 million pounds.

The bone was broken directly!

The main reason is that Adebayo has played very few games in the past period of time, and strong teams are basically not confident in signing him.

In other words, the wealthy Premier League giants are too lazy to take advantage of this loophole.

This gave Tottenham Hotspur an opportunity.

Daniel Levy was so happy that he woke up laughing even in his dreams.

But what is even more arrogant?
From 2008 to now, the Abu Dhabi consortium has invested huge amounts of money in Manchester City.

Not to mention other inflated sponsorship fees, Manchester City owes the Abu Dhabi consortium 3.5 million pounds in debt alone in the financial accounts.

Therefore, with both the Premier League and UEFA stepping up their financial audits this season, Manchester City boldly announced a debt-for-equity swap, directly clearing its £3.5 million debt.

Compared with such a lavish move, Aguero's transfer fee of 5500 million euros is really nothing.

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Ligue 5000 was shocked after Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Pastore for million euros.

After acquiring Paris Saint-Germain, the Qatari consortium has been waving checks.

In addition to Pastore, they also signed Thiago Motta from Inter Milan for a transfer fee of 1200 million euros.

Signed midfielder Kevin Gameiro from French Ligue 1100 side Lorient for € million.

Another €800 million was spent on signing Mohamed Sissoko from Juventus.

In addition, they signed Brazilian center back Alex from Chelsea, Brazilian left back Maxwell from Barcelona, ​​and forward Menez from Roma...

For Paris Saint-Germain, which only ranked fifth in Ligue 5 last season and failed to qualify for the Europa League, only crazy signings can make up for the team's shortcomings in strength to the greatest extent.

After signing Pastore, after a long period of contact and negotiation, both Paris Saint-Germain and Nice clubs made official announcements at the same time.

Former French international and right-back Clerc moved to Paris Saint-Germain for 600 million euros.

At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain also signed main goalkeeper Ospina and main winger Anthony Meunier from Nice.

The two transfers cost Paris Saint-Germain a total of 1900 million euros.

That is to say, the three transfers totaled 2500 million euros.

The French media and fans were shocked by this.

But then came the truly surprising transfers.

After long negotiations, Paris Saint-Germain announced that it had signed France's current international midfielder Blaise Matuidi from Ligue 3500 Nice for a high price of million euros!

The MVP of last season's French Ligue 1 officially joined Paris Saint-Germain.

During the protracted negotiations, the Nice negotiating team, led by Martin Harrison and Emmanuel Perrin, has always emphasized that Matuidi transferred to Ligue 2010 for 2000 million euros in .

In addition, considering the player's outstanding performance last season, his value is definitely higher than this number.

In particular, we have to take into account that Matuidi is an active international player, which is definitely a plus in Ligue 1.

What the Qatari consortium needs most now is to build a strong lineup as soon as possible to build momentum for the country behind them and the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

This is also the reason why they first set their sights on Premier League giants Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United.

But for various reasons, they finally chose Paris Saint-Germain of Ligue 1.

In this case, they need to create momentum and attract the attention of fans around the world by making big-money signings every year.

At the same time, they also need to please fans in Paris and France.

Buying Matuidi for 3500 million euros shows the sincerity of the Qatari consortium!

What's even more outrageous is that after signing four players from Nice in a row, Paris Saint-Germain once again reached out to Nice.

This time they have their eyes on Moroccan central defender Benatia.

Benatia holds dual French and Moroccan citizenship. In 2010, he joined Nice from French Ligue team Clermont-Ferrand as a free transfer and immediately became Nice's main central defender, performing very well.

Currently, the estimated value in the German transfer market is 850 million euros.

But everyone knows that it is almost impossible to sign Benatia at this price.

Especially when the center back panicked so badly.

Paris Saint-Germain was the first to make a move, offering a direct bid of 1000 million euros, obviously hoping to grab a bargain.

The first central defender Barcelona wanted to introduce was Vertonghen from Ajax, but Barcelona's offer for this central defender was very high.

Ajax directly offered a high price of 1500 million euros for Vertonghen, whose transfer market valuation was around 3000 million euros, which made Barcelona immediately shift their target.

After learning about Paris Saint-Germain's offer, Barcelona immediately followed suit and offered 1300 million euros.

Chelsea immediately raised the price, and the offer reached 1500 million euros.

Paris Saint-Germain quickly followed Chelsea's offer and also offered 1500 million euros.

But just when everyone thought that the estimated price of 850 million euros and selling it for 1500 million euros was already very good, Liverpool suddenly intervened and raised the offer again to 1800 million euros.

Chelsea quickly increased its offer to 2000 million euros.

This is not the first time such a transfer has occurred this summer.

From Sanchez to Aguero to Pastore, this is basically the case for all the popular players.

Their values ​​were snatched up one by one by these wealthy teams.

Just when everyone thought that the transfer was basically settled, and even Martin Harrison was ready to accept Chelsea's offer, a piece of news suddenly broke the Spanish media.

Guardiola officially informed the Barcelona management that he hopes the team will sign Benatia.

"Guardiola believes that the Moroccan international is the best candidate to alleviate Barcelona's defensive crisis. He not only has excellent footwork, but also has a superb pass and good physical confrontation."

Daily Sports broke the news.

This quickly alerted the Nice management, which delayed responding to Chelsea's transfer request.

In less than half a day, Barcelona made another higher offer of 2500 million euros.

Guardiola is determined to get Benatia!

Especially in today's European football, there are too few excellent central defenders.

Even if Benatia is just emerging, even if he only performs well for one season, it is enough.

What's more, the Catalan media revealed that Guardiola privately called Ronald Koeman to inquire about Benatia's situation and confirmed that the Moroccan central defender was the player Barcelona needed.

And just when Barcelona was determined to win, everyone overlooked that the team behind Chelsea's transfer decisions also came from the Netherlands.

Chelsea is also well aware of Benatia's strength.

The Blues raised their offer again to 3000 million euros!
After making this offer, Chelsea also leaked the news through agent Pini Zahavi.

"This will be Chelsea's last offer!"

Coincidentally, Barcelona and Liverpool also quickly followed suit and also made an offer of 3000 million euros.

Nice said nothing, agreed to the three offers, and let them negotiate with the players themselves.

According to French media reports, Barcelona and Liverpool did not have smooth contact with Benatia and his agent.

On the contrary, Chelsea, having previously lost the battle for David Luiz, is now forced to send Alex away, resulting in the Blues being in urgent need of a high-level central defender.

Therefore, the remuneration they offer is more generous.

In the end, Benatia successfully transferred to Chelsea for 3000 million euros.

This is another strong player signed by Chelsea after Lukaku, Piazon and Romeu.

What’s even more interesting is that after Chelsea lost the battles for stars such as Sanchez, Aguero, Pastore and others, they finally got their revenge this time, severely defeating Barcelona and winning Benatia.

After signing Benatia, Chelsea turned around and signed Dutch right-back Van der Wiel from Ajax for 3000 million euros.

This is a shockingly high-priced transfer!

A full 2560 million pounds!
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard the news.

A Dutch full-back was sold at such a crazy price!
No one knows how and who made this decision at Chelsea.

Dutch media revealed that Van der Wiel has attracted the attention of many top clubs including Arsenal and Manchester United.

Before signing with Chelsea, he went to London to negotiate with Chelsea in person.

The leak happened because the player posted his flight ticket to London on Twitter, which attracted strong attention from media reporters.

In addition, Chelsea signed Uruguayan left-back Alvaro Pereira from Porto for £2000 million.

The 30-year-old England international Ashley Cole has been in a state of ups and downs since his divorce.

After Villas-Boas took over Chelsea, he strongly recommended that the Blues sign his favorite player.

From Benatia to Van der Wiel to Alvaro Pereira, Chelsea spent a total of 6800 million pounds to reshape a younger and more dynamic defense.

This undoubtedly attracted strong attention from the entire European football world.

While everyone was immersed in the continuous big moves of a number of wealthy companies such as Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City, Nice was also making continuous moves in the transfer market without anyone noticing.

The French champions first signed Eric Choupo-Moting from Hamburg on a free transfer.

Then they signed Keylor Navas from Albacete, a relegated team from the Spanish Second Division, for 30 euros.

By the way, Ronald Koeman was not very interested in Keylor Navas because he thought he was too short.

But shortly after the transfer was completed, Navas shined in the North American Gold Cup and performed outstandingly.

This completely changed Ronald Koeman's mind.

The Dutch also had to re-acquaint themselves with the Chinese scouting system in Bayswater.

It would be impossible to accurately dig out Keylor Navas from a place like Albacete, a relegated team in the Spanish Second Division, without a super strong scouting system.

After selling Clerc, Nice signed Serge Aurier from the relegated French Ligue 100 team Lens for € million.

Then they signed Nastasic from Belgrade Guerrilla for 200 million euros.

Since Yang Cheng signed Modric that year, he has also signed a number of Eastern European players such as Matic and Dzeko in recent years. This has enabled Bayswater Chinese to have considerable influence and channel relationships in countries and regions such as Croatia and Serbia.

This time, the signing of Nastasic was snatched away from Serie A Fiorentina.

Fiorentina also offered 200 million euros to take Vidic II away, but Belgrade Partisan refused to agree and demanded 250 million euros.

But when Bayswater's Chinese scouts in the Balkans took Emmanuel Perin to negotiate, the 200 million euros was easily negotiated.

They sold five main players and the Ligue 5 MVP, earning 9000 million euros in transfer fees.

But in the transfer market, Nice only invested 330 million euros.

In terms of transfer income, Nice in Ligue 1 is not the club with the most.

Teams like Atletico Madrid in La Liga and Genoa in Serie A have sold many players and their transfer revenues have exceeded those of Nice.

But Atletico Madrid has also invested heavily in the transfer market, including Falcao for 4000 million euros and Turan for 1200 million euros.

Genoa's investment was not as high as Atletico Madrid's, but it introduced 19 players and spent more than 2000 million euros.

A team like Nice has huge transfer income but only invests so little, which easily reminds people of the team behind them.

This is simply another Chinese group in Bayswater!

But without Yang Cheng, how can we fight against Paris Saint-Germain in the new season?

Some French media even believe that the Chinese consortium is in Nice simply to make a quick buck and run away.

Of the 9000 million euros in transfer revenue, the down payment alone is enough to cover the cost of building a new training base in Nice and investing in a new stadium project led by the government.

Emmanuel Perin said that although the team sold five players, the team is still full of confidence.

"In the new season, our goal is still to win the French Ligue 1 title!"

But the French media and many fans scoffed at this.

The French Ligue 1 is a little bit lacking, but since Paris Saint-Germain has already entered the field, does Nice still want to win the championship with such little investment?

And in the Premier League, there is another special team.

While teams such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea have stepped up their recruitment efforts, the Chinese from Bayswater have not entered the transfer market.

After Barcelona failed to sign Fabregas and Liverpool was frustrated in signing Pastore, they both submitted transfer requests for Rakitic, with the highest offer reaching 4000 million euros.

However, they were all rejected by Yang Cheng.

The club first informed Rakitic's agent in accordance with the rules that two top teams had made offers and had been rejected, and at the same time invited the agent to negotiate the contract renewal again.

But things didn't go so smoothly.

(End of this chapter)