Chapter 353: The Recovering Transfer Market (Part I)
After receiving financial support from the Qataris, Manchester United's successive moves to bring in strong reinforcements immediately attracted strong attention from fans and the media!
While Roy Keane's departure is regrettable, newcomers Hargreaves and Park Ji-sung have gone a long way in making up for the Irishman's departure. Coupled with Carrick and Fletcher and others who are already in the team, Manchester United's hardness and ability to control the field in the middle of the midfield can be said to be unabated!
The most important thing is that without Keane, who has become a powder keg and a super troll in the dressing room, the atmosphere in the United team has become harmonious. The players can finally settle down and carry out the tasks assigned by Alex Ferguson without worrying about being criticized for their performance!
You know, when Keane was still playing at Manchester United, the other players not only had to meet Ferguson's requirements, but also make Keane look good. Otherwise, they still can't escape the fate of being scolded.
For example, Ronaldo in the previous life and Joaquin in this life, they were scolded by Keane in the first few years of Manchester United. And the reason is simply because Keane himself thinks that they are not doing their best on the field or are too weak, and he needs to be the captain of the team to personally "educate" these little guys!
People have tempers. If it was Roy Keane in his prime, then his criticism would still be able to be heard by Joaquin and them. And now, Keane, who has been in a slump of form, has sometimes performed worse than them on the field, so why dare to point fingers at them after the game?
Let's leave the Manchester United story here for now, and now let's get down to business. After seeing Manchester United's big move in the transfer market, other big clubs have also accelerated their own recruitment speed. In any case, these clubs have long been accustomed to being the center of attention in the media and fans in the summer transfer market, how can the Red Devils be so beautiful at this time!
No, shortly after Manchester United signed Hargreaves for a high price of 26 million euros, there was also news from Barcelona, announcing that PSV Eindhoven's main midfielder, Dutch international Mark van Bommel has become a member of the Catalan giant. And most importantly, since Van Bommel is on a free transfer at the end of his contract, this signing did not cost Barcelona a penny of transfer fees!
The most unhappy with this is the Eindhoven club. You know, these players are all cultivated by them with countless efforts, and now they are casually picked by other clubs, only in exchange for a pitiful transfer fee. How can such a result satisfy the Dutch giants, who rely on reselling players to make a profit?
To be honest, there is nothing to complain about at the top of PSV Eindhoven. The Bosman Act has been in force for nearly ten years now, and they have not learned their lesson to complete the contract renewal with the main team as soon as possible, and they have to wait until the player is famous and the contract is about to expire to know that they are in a hurry, and they deserve to be in the end in vain!
Rival Barcelona has strengthened the lineup, and Real Madrid is naturally not far behind. After another season of empty four, Florentino had to revise the "Zidane + Pavon" policy and launched a blood change operation for the first team according to George's suggestion!
As a result, Arbeloa, De La Red, Negredo and other young people from Real Madrid's youth academy finally waited for the call from the first team this summer. The selection of these young players who have performed well in the youth team has given Real Madrid fans who have always criticized Lafayette for not paying attention to youth training a glimmer of hope for the return of the Five Eagles era. At the same time, the addition of players such as Baptista, Diogo, Sicinho and Sergio Ramos shows that Florentino's recruitment thinking has changed, and he has begun to shift from bringing in famous superstars to cultivating potential new stars!
In order to make room for these youngsters, and to prove to the fans that he is determined and bold to renew, Florentino sold Figo, who was in conflict with Beckham and no longer in the limelight, to Inter Milan for a zero transfer fee. Of course, the reason why Lafayette did not charge a single dollar for Figo's transfer is because the Portuguese superstar is about to turn 33 years old, and it is basically impossible for a player of this age to sell for a high price, so it is better to be a free release to mend the relationship with Inter Milan, and on the other hand, because this can effectively alleviate the conflict in the dressing room, and the part of the salary and playing time saved can be divided among other players. Like this kind of good thing that kills two birds with one stone, Florentino naturally can't let it go easily!
At the same time, Owen, who had been in the main position for a season, also left the Bernabeu Stadium as he wished. However, the former teenager did not choose to return to his old club Liverpool to play for Newcastle United, who underperformed last season. And Owen's transfer fee of up to 16 million pounds also broke the historical record of the Magpies' recruitment!
The departures of Figo and Irving marked the end of Florentino's superstar policy. If nothing else, Ronaldo, Carlos, Zidane and other superstars who are on the decline will soon follow in Figo's footsteps and leave the Bernabeu Stadium in the next few years!
Of course, Florentino wasn't stupid enough to purge all the superstars out of the team. If that happens, then Real Madrid will not face a big four this season, but a complete rout!
Although Owen claimed that he did not return to Liverpool because the Reds hierarchy and manager Rafael Benitez were unwilling to pay him a transfer fee that satisfied Real Madrid, all the fans who remember how Owen moved to Real Madrid last year did not believe his claims.
You must know that in order to achieve the goal of playing at the Bernabeu, Owen did not hesitate to secretly cooperate with Real Madrid to reduce the price, and finally successfully transferred to Real Madrid at a cabbage price of 8 million pounds, resulting in the financially difficult Reds not getting enough transfer funds for reconstruction. And now, he actually said that Liverpool is not willing to pay a transfer fee that satisfies Real Madrid (especially since this price is still twice as much as when Liverpool sold Owen), how ridiculous!
Therefore, what Owen did at this time completely angered Liverpool fans. It's true that Liverpool can't afford to pay as Newcastle and a transfer fee that satisfies Real Madrid, but if you can put pressure on Liverpool to move to Real Madrid, why can't you do it again just to get back to Liverpool?
It was from this moment that no Liverpool fan saw Owen as his own, but as a Judas-like being! At the same time, Owen's reputation in English football became terrible because of these two transfers!
Aside from Owen's die-hard fans, who would believe the words of a player who forced his parent team to release him at a low price, and then asked his parent team to buy him back at a high price after he was unhappy outside?
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