Chapter 890 Transfer King
It is June now, and the European transfer market is slowly opening.
Everyone has gradually noticed that there have been some subtle changes in the wording used by major media when commenting on the Premier League.
For example, in the past, when people talked about winning the Premier League, they would inevitably mention the BIG4, or the traditional big four, or the four major families.
These four teams are Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.
Although teams such as Everton and Tottenham Hotspur have occasionally shaken the position of the traditional top four in the past few years, it is basically difficult to shake the foundation, and they often recover immediately after adjustments.
Nowadays, when everyone mentions the Premier League, they will unconsciously mention the top five.
Yes, Manchester City has been added to the traditional top four.
Some media even mentioned the top six, in addition to Manchester City, there is also Tottenham Hotspur.
In last season's Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur's performance was so amazing, especially Gareth Bale, who can be said to have climbed to the position of a European star by stepping on Maicon's shoulders.
For the time being, many top teams are still waiting and watching to see how well Gareth Bale can play, and Tottenham Hotspur will continue to build the team's tactics around Gareth Bale, further highlighting Gareth Bale's role and ability, allowing him to play at a higher price.
On this point, the goals of the club and the players are the same.
For a team like Tottenham, it is very necessary to obtain a huge transfer fee through Gareth Bale to strengthen the team's recruitment and drive the healthy development of the club.
Just like Arsenal, the Gunners are not unwilling to sell Fabregas, but the price offered by Barcelona is not high enough.
The Gunners are now in urgent need of transfer income to help the club recruit new players, otherwise Wenger will be like a housewife without rice.
In fact, after last season's games, everyone can clearly see that the Premier League has changed.
Manchester City's rise is not a possibility, but a reality.
If a team that can beat Arsenal and Manchester United in consecutive away games is not considered a strong opponent, then what is considered a strong team? More importantly, after the end of the season, Manchester City proved its success with the treble, which also made everyone clearly see Manchester City's overall strength and stable season performance.
Manchester City is now in a period of rapid growth. General Manager Soriano has made it clear that the team will continue to increase its efforts in recruiting players this summer and continue to improve the team's strength. This is undoubtedly a signal.
What about other teams?
Manchester United is being sucked dry by the Glazer family, Arsenal has no money, Chelsea's boss doesn't invest, Liverpool is going through a trough, and Tottenham Hotspur doesn't have the strength to challenge for the championship yet...
Under such circumstances, the Premier League is no longer the traditional top four, but the real top five or top six.
No matter how it is arranged, Manchester City will definitely be included.
Even Tottenham Hotspur has what it takes to reach the top four, as they came close to doing so last season.
Six teams are competing for four spots. How to deal with it? Everyone is very clear.
The competition in the new Premier League season will be unprecedentedly fierce, especially the battle for the top four.
If participating in the Champions League was originally the exclusive preserve of the traditional top four, then now that Manchester City and Tottenham have taken a piece of their pie, the traditional top four must give a strong counterattack to defend their own interests.
That's 20 to 30 million euros in revenue, who can ignore it? ...
Both need to be strengthened, but the situations they face are different.
Manchester United's strategy was to rejuvenate the team. When Van der Sar and Scholes decided to retire, Ferguson brought in Spanish goalkeeper De Gea from Atletico Madrid for 21 million pounds to fill Van der Sar's vacancy, and at the same time vigorously promoted Cleverley and Welbeck.
At the same time, Ferguson always insisted on introducing young players, bringing in Phil Jones from Blackburn for £17 million and Ashley Young from Aston Villa for £16 million.
Several players are relatively young, but they are all young rookies full of potential.
This makes people look forward to Manchester United's situation, but also somewhat worried.
Can Ferguson really rely on this group of young players to wash away the shame of being the king of Sanya last season?
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Chelsea's situation is more complicated.
After Ancelotti was fired in an almost humiliating manner, no famous coach was willing to take over the Blues for a while, and finally the team chose Villas-Boas, who was only 33 years old.
In order to get Villas-Boas, Chelsea even paid a huge penalty of 13 million pounds for him.
Even the Portuguese media couldn't stand it, thinking it was too outrageous. The transfer fee of the head coach was higher than that of many first-tier players. Isn't this a joke? After signing Villas-Boas, Chelsea announced that they had given a transfer budget of 80 million pounds.
After Villas-Boas joined Chelsea, the Blues quickly introduced the talented center forward Lukaku from Anderlecht in Belgium for a high price of 18 million pounds.
This young player has been pursued by many European top teams in the past year, including Manchester City.
But after much consideration, Lukaku finally chose Chelsea.
After failing to poach Modric from Bayern, Chelsea decisively adjusted its targets and introduced Portuguese midfielder Meireles from Liverpool for 11 million pounds, young player Romeu from Barcelona for 5.5 million pounds, and young player Lucas Piazon from Sao Paulo, Brazil for 7.5 million pounds.
Just when everyone was wondering why Chelsea was not making any big moves, The Sun suddenly broke the news that under the operation of agent Mendes, Chelsea finally introduced Falcao from Porto at a high price of 40 million euros by paying a buyout fee.
This undoubtedly triggered a strong reaction in the world of football again.
If we say that after Paris Saint-Germain spent 45 million euros to introduce Pastore, the European transfer market finally saw a blockbuster transfer again, then 40 million euros can be considered a high price.
Shortly afterwards, Chelsea announced that it would introduce Juan Mata from Valencia for a high price of 30 million euros.
This once again triggered a chain reaction.
Valencia finally raised enough funds and immediately used the money to introduce central defender Rami from Lille, talented midfielder Parejo from Getafe, and players such as Piatti and goalkeeper Diego Alves from Almeria to further strengthen the team.
However, after investing huge sums of money, Chelsea has encountered obstacles in cleaning out old players.
For example, Drogba, Anelka, and even veterans such as Lampard were not in Boas' plan, but they were not cleared out of the team. The high annual salaries of these players made many teams reluctant to move on.
This may also pose a hidden danger to the new season.
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While Manchester United and Chelsea have been making big moves, Liverpool has been more low-key.
Dalglish insisted on using local players as the main players and successively introduced players such as Downing and Henderson. Among them, Henderson was also a midfielder that Manchester City had been paying attention to for a long time, but he finally chose to go to Liverpool.
He is probably worried that after arriving at Manchester City, he will become a substitute player in the team like Gareth Barry and will not be able to become a main player.
After all, everyone knows that Guardiola has extremely high requirements for midfielders.
The soap opera of Arsenal selling its captain has finally come to an end after dragging on for several years.
But surprisingly, Fabregas' transfer fee was not as high as rumored, but only 26 million pounds, which to some extent is equivalent to a low-price promotion.
Over the past few years, everyone can see that Fabregas was determined to join Barcelona, and now he has finally got what he wanted.
With the money from the sale of Fabregas, Arsenal filled in more than 20 million pounds and brought in Chamberlain from Southampton, Gervinho from Lille in Ligue 1, Korean player Park Ju-young from Monaco, Arteta from Everton, and high school defender Mertesacker from Werder Bremen.
Among them, Arteta is here to fill the vacancy left by Fabregas, while Mertesacker is here to make up for the team's weak defense.
Arsenal's central defenders have been humiliated many times over the years.
For example, Senderos was knocked away by Sudon and was brutally abused by Drogba. Last season, Djokovic and Koscielny were also frequently humiliated by Sudon. All these made Arsenal's defenders miserable.
This time, Wenger made up his mind and introduced high school defender Mertesacker.
To use the provocation of the Independent, which is close to Arsenal, "If Su Dong really has the ability to knock Mertesacker off the ground, I lose!"
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While other teams are making big signings, Manchester City is also operating in an orderly manner.
After signing Javi Martinez for 25 million euros, the team soon announced that it had brought in Brazilian talented winger Douglas Costa from Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine, for 15 million euros.
Originally, Manchester City wanted to sign Neymar, but the ownership of this player was very complicated and he was very close to Barcelona president Rosell, so Manchester City finally adjusted their target and chose Douglas Costa from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Not only that, Manchester City quickly signed the talented Belgian winger Eden Hazard from Lille.
The best player of the French Ligue 1 last season was favored by many top teams, but Manchester City finally convinced Hazard to join Manchester City through long-term contact and two phone calls between head coach Guardiola and captain Sudon.
In an interview with Belgian media, Hazard said, "Sudon told me on the phone that he is very much looking forward to working with me. This is an invitation that no one can refuse."
Just as July began, Manchester City announced the most important transfer of this summer.
Atletico Madrid, Aguero!
The transfer fee is 45 million euros!
This equaled the transfer fee of Paris Saint-Germain for Pastore, becoming the highest transfer fee of this summer! With this transfer, Manchester City's total investment reached 110 million euros, becoming the team with the largest investment in the European transfer market this summer.
This makes everyone believe that Manchester City in the new season will only be stronger and better than last season!
(End of this chapter)
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