Two weeks have passed since the Champions League final, and discussions about this game have gradually died down both online and in real life.

Fans' attention is gradually being attracted by the increasingly fierce World Cup qualifiers and summer transfers.

Next year is the World Cup year. I don’t know if it is affected by this, but this summer’s transfer market is very crazy. Many stars have the idea of ​​changing teams in order to play in the World Cup.

Barcelona, ​​which has deep pockets, was stimulated by the victory of its old rival Real Madrid and continued to spend money on big-money purchases this summer.

After buying Coutinho for 150 million euros, they spent another 105 million to buy Dembele from Dortmund.

Neymar's unexpected departure and Messi's increasing age have filled Barcelona with a sense of crisis.

Although they still have a little hope of inviting Lin Quan, the gem of La Masia youth training camp, back to Camp Nou, but with Lin Quan's contract renewal with Manchester City last summer, this hope has become increasingly slim.

Therefore, Barcelona had to prepare for a rainy day and was eager to find a successor for Messi.

There are rumors that Barcelona seems to have set its sights on Atletico Madrid's star player Griezmann, but Atletico Madrid's asking price is very high. If Barcelona really wants to buy him, it will probably have to pay a heavy price again.

Although Dembele is already well-known in the Bundesliga and has attracted the attention of many top clubs.

But he only cost Dortmund 35 million euros a year ago, and his salary increased by 70 million in just one year. This is really too exaggerated.

It is precisely because of this huge transfer amount that Dortmund has become the new black shop in Europe, even overshadowing the Portuguese giants Porto.

However, not everyone outside is optimistic about this transfer.

Many industry insiders pointed out that there is a large overlap between Dembele and Messi's positions, which greatly limits his performance.

Unless Barcelona promotes Dembele now, he is destined to be a supporting role for Messi at Camp Nou, which casts a shadow on his future.

As for promoting Dembélé, this is obviously impossible. Messi has just turned 30 this year and his peak period may continue for a few more years.

Considering his strength, form and huge fame, there is no way Barcelona can sign him so quickly unless Messi takes the initiative to leave Barcelona.

No matter what the outside world thinks, Barcelona still attaches great importance to Dembele.

After spending a large sum of money to buy Dembele, Barcelona learned from Neymar's lesson and directly raised Dembele's penalty clause to 400 million euros.

With this penalty clause, even Paris Saint-Germain is unable to forcibly take Dembélé away.

Barcelona is buying players in large numbers, but the newly crowned Champions League champion Real Madrid next door is clearing out players from its team.

Colombian star James Rodriguez, who Real Madrid had previously spent 85 million euros to snatch from a number of wealthy clubs, has finally been cleared out by Real Madrid.

Bundesliga giants Bayern have signed a two-year loan deal with Real Madrid, bringing the player who once shone at the World Cup in Brazil to the Allianz Arena.

According to Real Madrid head coach Zidane, he plans to sell James Rodriguez directly.

But Real Madrid president Florentino Perez does not seem to have completely given up on James Rodriguez. It is not known whether he is impressed by his highlight moment three years ago or is influenced by his ability to help Real Madrid expand its business territory in Latin America.

The reason why Bayern chose to loan James Rodriguez from Real Madrid is simply because Heynckes felt that this player is still capable. It may be that Real Madrid used him improperly, or the other party is not adapted to the style of La Liga.

Give him a change of environment, let him try in the Bundesliga. If he works out, activate the buyout clause and buy him. It's only 40 million euros anyway, which is not very expensive.

If that doesn't work, we can just loan him out for a while and then throw him back to Real Madrid.

Bayern doesn't help others recycle garbage! In the Premier League, Manchester United announced several big transfers in succession.

They first spent 35 million euros to buy Benfica's young defender Lindelof from the opponent.

The transfer fee was not high, but it broke the record of Manchester United and became the most expensive central defender in Manchester United's history.

From this point alone, it can be seen that Manchester United's defense has indeed not been strengthened for a long time.

Look at Liverpool next door, they have offered 85 million pounds to pursue Van Dijk. 35 million euros versus 85 million pounds, well, the advantage is on me!

Manchester United is not stingy and unwilling to spend money, but instead uses the money to buy forwards.

On July 10, Manchester United officially announced that the club brought former Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku, who has performed very well in recent seasons, from Everton for 85 million euros! This is the second highest transfer in the entire football world this summer.

This is not the end. A few days later, Manchester United announced that they had bought Chelsea's champion midfielder Matic for 45 million euros! Last season, Matic played 40 games for Chelsea and contributed 2 goals and 9 assists. Although the data is not luxurious, it is far less impressive than Fabregas.

But his contribution to Chelsea is obvious to all. Without him to support the defensive strength of Chelsea's midfield, Chelsea's defense last season would not have been so good.

His departure is a big blow to Chelsea, especially as Liverpool and Manchester United are both recruiting new players this season. It will be extremely difficult for the Blues to defend the league title they have worked so hard to win.

Manchester United's three transfers covered the entire central axis of the forward line, midfield and defense line, and cost 165 million euros, which was really a big loss! But Mourinho felt bitter. Although the club strengthened the three lines according to his requirements, why were the players not his first choice in his mind, but all of them were backup options?

Damn it, you guys at the club are deliberately fooling me, right?

Manchester United is recruiting, and Liverpool is also busy.

While spending huge sums of money to pursue Van Dijk, Liverpool spent 42 million euros to bring the outstanding Egyptian Pharaoh, Salah, from Rome.

After many twists and turns, Salah returned to the Premier League, but this time, he no longer joined a team wearing blue jerseys, but a red army with red blood flowing!

Moreover, Klopp is planning to use him as a main player, which is completely different from his original situation in Chelsea.

There is not much attention from the outside world on this transfer.

Salah's performance in Serie A is indeed good, but he is not very famous, and his transfer fee is not high, so there is nothing to hype about.

Compared with his transfer, the outside world has spent more energy tracking the transfer disputes between Liverpool and Manchester City over Van Dijk.

In response to Liverpool's 85 million offer, Manchester City's response was still a direct rejection, and they repeatedly stated that Van Dijk is not for sale, he is doing well in Manchester City and will not go anywhere.

Faced with Manchester City's rejection again, Klopp gritted his teeth and raised the price again, raising the offer to 90 million pounds.

Crazy, crazy, either I am crazy or the world is crazy.

When fans learned the news, their first reaction was to question the authenticity of the news. But when they confirmed that the news was true, they were even more shocked.

If someone spent 100 million pounds to pursue a superstar like Lin Quan, they could still understand it.

Although 100 million pounds is expensive, such a strong, young and vital superstar to the team is hard to come by, and it is totally worth spending such a price.

But is it crazy to spend nearly 100 million pounds chasing a defender? They said they couldn't understand it at all!

Chelsea defender David Luiz surprised PSG a few years ago when he moved to the club for £50 million.

Unexpectedly, there are experts who have raised the price to 90 million pounds in just a few years! Football seems to have become unfamiliar overnight, making the fans a little confused.

If you buy a defender for 90 million pounds, how much will your striker cost? Who can afford to play football if it costs so much?

In fact, there are players who are of good quality and low price. It just depends on whether you can seize the opportunity to get a bargain.

For example, the Serie A giants Juventus just spent 20 million euros to successfully pick up Matuidi, the midfielder from Paris Saint-Germain.

20 million euros is not enough to buy any good players in this era of rising transfer fees and severe inflation.

And a player like Matuidi, who has proven his ability in top clubs, is in his prime and is a main player for the French national team, could be bought for 20 million euros. Not only the fans, but even Juventus itself could hardly believe it.

The reason why Juventus was able to pick up the bargain is very simple. Paris Saint-Germain wants to clean out the players in the team to make salary space for the arrival of Mbappe. Matuidi is the target of the cleanout. Paris Saint-Germain does not expect to make much money from his transfer, they just hope he leaves quickly.

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Not to mention Matuidi, even Di Maria was almost cleared out by Paris Saint-Germain. Later, because Manchester City rejected Paris Saint-Germain's offer, the Angel escaped.

Juventus bought Matuidi at a bargain price, but failed to retain the team's defensive backbone - Leonardo Bonucci.

Compared to Barzagli and Chiellini, Bonucci is the youngest in Juventus' three-center-back system, but unexpectedly, he was the first to leave the team.

And he didn't go to other leagues, but to another Serie A giant, AC Milan.

After this news came out, the Juventus fans who had just been smiling because they had successfully picked up a bargain, immediately stopped smiling.

In July, in addition to the above-mentioned heavy transfer news, there was another transfer news that attracted widespread attention - Barcelona spent 40 million euros to take away the opponent's midfield core, Brazilian international and former Tottenham player Paulinho, from a Chinese Super League team! The reason why this matter attracted widespread attention and even discussion among fans is that the Chinese Super League has always bought players from Europe at high prices in the past, but this is the first time that a top European team has bought a star from the Chinese Super League at a high price.

When Paulinho joined Evergrande from Tottenham, the transfer fee was 14 million euros. Two years later, the transfer fee rose to 40 million.

Even if two years' salary of the players is deducted, Evergrande will still make a profit.

This is the most surprising point. After all, the Chinese Super League is a game of money-driven football. I didn’t expect that they could earn money from Europeans by running a black shop…

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While all kinds of transfer news were flying around, Manchester City, which was closely watched by many people, seemed quiet and did not make any moves.

This disappointed many fans, who felt that Manchester City might be starting to give up on itself.

The team's defeat last season exposed a lot of problems. If these weaknesses cannot be made up through recruitment during the transfer period, they will definitely cause considerable trouble for Manchester City in the new season.

Manchester City is not really doing nothing as the outside world says. In fact, Guardiola has observed many players during this period.

On July 15, Manchester City made its first deal of the summer transfer window.

But surprisingly, the team did not buy players but sold them.

Manchester City announced that Son Heung-min transferred to Tottenham for 50 million euros.

Influenced by Mbappe, Son Heung-min's appearances for Manchester City dropped significantly in the second half of last season, and he was not even included in the squad for the Champions League final.

This made him feel very disappointed and confused, and he began to think about changing the environment to try another one. After all, he didn't want to always sit on the bench.

After the team had candid and in-depth communication with the player, it respected the player's opinion and agreed to the transfer.

The price of 50 million is not high. After all, it cost 35 million to buy Son Heung-min.

He has made great progress in Manchester City in the past two years, and his performance on the field is obvious to all. It is definitely worth it for Tottenham to buy him at this price.

As for Manchester City, they can only barely break even! Son Heung-min's departure means that Mbappe's status in the team will rise significantly in the new season.

This season, his appearances will definitely increase significantly.

However, the team still has problems in the midfield. In addition, David Silva is getting older and his condition is beginning to decline, so a substitute is needed for him.

So, after announcing the transfer, Manchester City immediately used the money earned from selling Son Heung-min to buy B Silva from Monaco.

B Silva is a player that Guardiola had his eyes on last season, but he did not make a move because Manchester City still has a rich reserve of players in this position.

But the painful lesson of the Champions League final told him that the team's bench depth was still not enough.

It is never too much to have more players in this position. At worst, we can make them all-rounders and rotate them frequently.

This is also the direction that Guardiola will focus on reforming next.

He needs his players to be versatile, because only in this way can they better meet his requirements and complete his tactics.

If buying B Silva was still within people's expectations, then Manchester City spending 40 million euros to buy Benfica goalkeeper Ederson was a bit puzzling.

Is Navas not performing well? Why spend so much money on a goalkeeper?

It is too luxurious to use a goalkeeper worth 40 million euros as a substitute.

So, when everyone saw this transfer, they all thought that Manchester City might have to change their goalkeeper.

The fans' speculation was correct, Guardiola was indeed somewhat dissatisfied with Navas.

Several goals scored by Real Madrid in the Champions League final reflected Navas' weakness in defending high balls.

In addition, he is not the kind of goalkeeper who can pass the ball that Guardiola wants, so Guardiola decided to strengthen the goalkeeper position after thinking it over! (End of this chapter)