Although Barcelona and Real Madrid are actively strengthening their squads this summer, trying to compete for attention with Manchester United and Chelsea, who are making waves in the transfer market, the ultimate goal of the two is different - the main goal of the former is to try to go one step further in the new season and hit the second Champions League trophy in the club's history, while the goal of the latter is to bring in fresh blood and complete the replacement as soon as possible to get out of the current trough when the superstars are aging!

With the La Liga duo out of the way, let's turn our attention to the Apennine Peninsula, across the sea from Spain. As always, Inter Milan continue the "good" tradition of starting to build their squad as soon as the summer arrives. However, the difference is that under the leadership of the legendary Fachetti, the Nerazzurri have overcome the bad problem of repeating reinforcements and piling up frontcourt stars in the past ten years, and have begun to treat transfers with a more rational attitude!

Under the careful management of technical director Blanca and senior adviser O'Liari, Veron, Figo, Samuel, David Pizarro and Julio Cesar have arrived at the Pinetina base, greatly enhancing the much-maligned midfield creativity of Cooper's time, and finding two reliable defensive pillars. The most important thing is that the Nerazzurri who have introduced so many strong reinforcements have spent less than 30 million euros on the transfer market (Samuel 16 million, David Pizarro 10 million euros plus half of the ownership of Pandev, and the rest are free to invest)! Obviously, under the leadership of the new management led by Facchetti, Inter Milan's recruitment ideas and buying strategies have undergone a big change, and they are no longer as impulsive as Moratti was in charge.

Although not interested in being the focus of the transfer market, but seeing Inter Milan's frequent moves, Milan bought talented striker and two-time Serie A Silver Boot winner Gilardino from Parma for $24 million, and Czech left-back Jankulovski from Udinese. PSV Eindhoven midfielder Volger and former Inter King Vieri also came on free transfer after the expiration of the contract, coupled with the big Inzaghi who returned from injury, even if there is no Crespo whose loan contract expires, the Rossoneri's book combat power and bench depth in the new season have reached an extremely terrifying level!

Incidentally, Parma did not show much reluctance to lose their dominant striker Gilardino this summer. Under George's command, the Serie A club, which has been integrated into Tottenham's satellite club system, has now focused entirely on developing young players, and has even bought the ownership of Dean Ashton from Tottenham, so it is natural that they will not be too concerned about Gilardino's departure when there are spare candidates in the striker.

As for Juventus, although the Bianconeri have not made many moves in the summer, each one can be called the right medicine - the arrival of Falcao has strengthened the dynamism and impact of the forward line, and the arrival of the likes of Roberto Kovac, Chiellini, Gianni Keda and Barzaretti has also given Capello more options when it comes to the formation of his line-up, and he no longer has to use the main players to death as he did last season.

In addition, the transfer deal of Gunners captain Vieira for 20 million euros has once again spread the prestige of the old foxes throughout European football. And the super midfield of Nedved, Emerson, Vieira and Camoranesi also shocked all the teams that could play Juventus!

Looking at the Bundesliga again, as the only top giant in German football, Bayern Munich's handwriting is really a little difficult compared to other giants - Hoeness, who just earned 26 million euros in the transfer of Hargreaves, reproduced his careful budgeting, and was not forced to buy people in a big way, and actually only spent 8.5 million euros to introduce French central defender Ismael from Bremen, and there was no other action!

Therefore, Bayern Munich can no longer show a convincing performance after winning the Champions League in 01, and even experienced the nightmare of being eliminated in the group stage twice in three years in this life.

Only satisfied with dominating the one-acre three-point land in the Bundesliga, and the performance in the Champions League is not as good as Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund and Bremen's eye-catching Bayern Munich, is really worthy of the signature of the top giants? This is the biggest doubt that Bayern Munich encountered during this period!

Now let's turn our perspective back to England. Unlike the Bundesliga, which are extremely rational and cautious in the transfer market, Premier League clubs are much more active. Not to mention Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea, which are teams backed by local tyrant owners, just Owen's abandonment of returning to Liverpool and joining Newcastle for a weekly salary of 110,000 pounds has angered almost all Reds fans, and it has already earned enough eyeballs under the media hype!

Overall, if there is one word to describe the transfer market in the summer of 2005, it is the word "recovery". You know, in the past few summers, the kind of big money in the transfer market at the turn of the century has been a rarity. With the exception of Chelsea, Real Madrid, Tottenham and a few, almost all other clubs have become conservative due to the recession caused by the bursting of the dot-com bubble!

In 2000, a pure goalscorer like Crespo could sell for a sky-high price of $56 million, and the old Barty also brought Fiorentina a transfer fee of 32.5 million euros when he moved to Roma. In 2002, when the economic bubble burst, AC Milan only spent $30 million to get Nesta who is known as the world's No. 1 central defender, and Crespo's value shrank by nearly $20 million in just two years!

Even Real Madrid, which has repeatedly broken transfer fee records, is tightening its money after Zidane, and the superstars signed are worth less than one another. It can be seen from this that the European transfer market has been depressed in recent years!

And this year, with the passage of time and the constant stimulation of teams such as Chelsea, the transfer market is finally showing signs of recovery. Although there is no staggering deal in terms of the amount of transfer fees, the quality of the players and the number of multi-million euro transfers have improved a lot compared to the previous two years!

So, it's obviously quite appropriate to use the term recovery to describe the transfer market this summer!

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