MTL - King of World Football-Chapter 629 : Clash of heroes, big earthquake
Like Real Madrid, Barcelona is also in urgent need of reinforcement this summer. In order to raise funds in the transfer market, the management had to package and sell a large number of players.
Villa was sold to Atletico Madrid for 5.1 million euros, Thiago was transferred to Bayern Munich for 25 million euros, and Valdes, who refused to renew his contract, was sold to Monaco for 10 million euros.
Fabregas, who was in an ups and downs state, was sold to Chelsea for 32 million euros. In addition, Adriano, Dos Santos, Bojan, Cuenca, Fontas and other players were all cleaned up.
When Real Madrid gave up Suarez, Barcelona actively contacted each other and finally brought him back to Camp Nou at a sky-high price of 72 million euros.
"Welcome, my partner, the team's new powerful support!" Messi wrote on the social platform, his excitement and joy could not be concealed between the lines, and he had great expectations for Suarez's joining.
However, the Barcelona management is very bitter, because the Uruguayan star alone spent all the funds they raised. What should they do next?
After learning from the pain, Russell decided to use leverage to sell 10% of the club's La Liga broadcasting rights for the next 10 years. Due to the current club's huge influence in the world, the buyer paid 97 million euros after evaluation, which was an immediate solution.
This kind of "leverage" can be regarded as a mortgage in simple terms. As early as 2000, Real Madrid Chairman Florentino used it to obtain cash by selling equity.
After Wang Feng's joining financial situation is stable, the equity will be redeemed at a multiple of 29 million euros of the original sale price.
With this cash, Barcelona spent 15 million euros to buy Belgian defender Vermaelen, and 15 million euros to bring back German goalkeeper Ter Stegen from Borussia Mönchengladbach, who will become Valdes' successor.
There is also 27 million euros to buy Belgian defender Jan Verhenton from Tottenham, and 15 million euros to bring back Colombian midfielder Eder Ballanta from River Plate.
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As strong as the two heroes of La Liga are investing heavily in the transfer market, other giants and upstart clubs are naturally not to be outdone and frequently make moves.
The most eye-popping thing is that Atletico Madrid's top star, Colombian center Falcao, who overwhelmed Ronaldo and was selected into the FIFA Team of the Year last year, chose to move to Ligue 1 Monaco.
He has many top clubs to choose from, but Monaco has given too much. The annual salary of 14 million euros is comparable to Melo, only inferior to Wang Feng.
Before the season, the wealthy Russian businessman Rybonolev acquired this traditional Ligue 1 team and injected a large amount of money into it for squandering in the transfer market.
Therefore, in addition to Falcao, they also spent more than 100 million to recruit many European football players, and their overall strength has been greatly improved. This is one of the reasons why the Colombians are willing to condescend to join at their peak.
Seeing this situation, rivals Paris Saint-Germain, who also competed in Ligue 1, were not to be outdone, and soon finalized the transfer of Naples Cavani at a cost of 64 million euros, and Roma's Maquinhos 35 million euros.
All the media and fans were shocked by the money flying in the transfer market. This is the most popular situation in recent years, and it also indicates that the attraction of rich teams to stars is not as good as "money".
In the Bundesliga, Bayern, as always, used its "digging" skills to pay 37 million euros in liquidated damages for Dortmund's core Gotze and bring him back to the Allianz Arena.
This also prompted the Hornets to decide to keep Lewandowski with all their strength, otherwise the team will completely lose competitiveness. Relying on Royce alone will not be able to support the offensive task. fruit.
In Serie A, Juventus once again became the club with the most investment, spending nearly 70 million euros to bring back Tevez, Gabbia Dini, Zaza and other players.
Inter Milan and AC Milan mainly focus on repairing the lineup, and other clubs can only tighten their belts, which is incompatible with the general trend of European football where spending money is common.
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In the Premier League, Manchester City has the financial resources not to lose to Paris and Monaco. They bought Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho for 40 million euros without showing any signs of publicity.
Then Negredo was introduced from Seville for 25.3 million euros, Jovetic was introduced from Fiorentina for 30 million euros, and **** Navas was introduced for 26 million euros.
Liverpool, who performed poorly last season, followed closely, bringing Mignolet back from Sunderland for 13 million euros, and introducing Sakho from Paris Saint-Germain for 17 million euros.
Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham also made their own moves, but Manchester United, which also belongs to the BIG6, had a lot of thunder and little rain. After only 32 million euros in the introduction of Belgian midfielder Fellaini from Everton, it came to an abrupt end.
It shouldn't be, many Red Devils fans are very confused. At this time in the past, Ronaldo has already jumped out to urge the team to strengthen as soon as possible or ask for a salary increase. Why is it so calm now.
Although Manchester United beat Manchester City to win the league title last season, they were eliminated from the Champions League early, which is obviously unacceptable to the Portuguese.
Maybe it's because his teacher Ferguson just retired in May, and Ronaldo is still a little cautious when facing the new coach, so he dare not make trouble for the time being, some people think naively.
Just when the summer window was about to close, a piece of shocking news caused a major earthquake in the football world. Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester City for 100 million pounds, or about 117 million euros, breaking the European football transition created by Wang Feng. Will record!
Those who heard the news were all dumbfounded~www.novelbuddy.com~ Their first reaction was fake news, how could it be possible? How could Manchester United's team soul go to the rivals in the same city?
But then at the press conference held by Blue Moon, the new coach Pellegrini confirmed the news, "Yes, we are all very much looking forward to Cristiano's arrival."
"The Etihad Stadium will hold a grand welcome ceremony. He will definitely inject a strong force into the team. Please fans look forward to the performance of the new season."
The Red Devils coach Moyes, who took over from Ferguson, also accepted an interview. He said that this transfer was based on the player's personal wishes. "Thanks to Ronaldo for his outstanding contribution to Manchester United. He has a new pursuit, and we have to support it." .”
As soon as this remark was made, it was equivalent to directly hanging the Portuguese star on the fire. The Internet was full of abuse, and there were even extreme fans who burned Manchester United's No. 7 jersey.
When Figo switched from Barcelona to Real Madrid, it caused a great sensation. Now that Ronaldo, the younger generation, is on the same path, his influence is even greater. Moreover, due to the rise of the Internet, people's instant discussions are more eager.
All the controversial Portuguese star was replaced by silence. He knew that he had no turning back. It was impossible for Manchester United to win the Champions League and help him fight for the highest honor in football.
Manchester City is different. With the blessing of strong funds, they are very likely to become a new giant in European football like Chelsea. In order to achieve this transfer, he even gave up part of his interests and salary cuts, which led to Blue Moon's offer.
Ferguson, another person in the vortex of public opinion, simply hid abroad for vacation. He strongly disagreed with the deal, but both his lover and the Manchester United club had intentions, and the two sides were almost at odds.
The success of this transfer is not due to Ronaldo's personal admiration, but the whole club is happy to see it succeed. Except for himself, no matter how strong Ferguson is, he can't save the building from falling.
