Chapter 44: Crazy Transfers
The European Cup is about to start, and most of the clubs have not waited until after the European Cup to make a move, after all, this kind of transfer is still decided early, if you don't decide the players you choose to perform well in the European Cup, the value will rise, and if you don't perform well, you will be laughed at by the fans, so the general trend of transfer before the European Cup has basically been decided.
The Premier League remains the most invested league this summer, with six of the top 10 places in the top 10. Chelsea spent nearly €200 million to ditch second-placed Paris Saint-Germain. Tottenham Hotspur is fourth with 65 million euros, Manchester United is fifth with more than 64 million, Manchester City is sixth, Arsenal is ninth and Liverpool is tenth. This really responds to the catfish effect, and there is no way to turn the Premier League upside down with such a catfish.
In the summer of 2010, Manchester City became the biggest spender in the transfer market, and last year Manchester City continued to be the number one spender of transfers in Europe. However, this year Chelsea has robbed Manchester City of the top spot, but second-place Paris Saint-Germain has also invested 150 million, which should not be underestimated. Among them is 40 million Lucas Jr., Escudero 26 million, Thiago Silva 42 million, Ibrahimovic 21 million, Verratti 11 million, Van der Wiel 6 million, Grand Paris has created a super luxurious squad, and their goal is also the European Champions Cup.
And last season's all-Asian king Bayern Munich also invested a lot in the new season, Shaqiri joined 12 million, Mandzukic 13 million, Xavi Martinez 30 million euros, and Schalke's main defender Gundogan 25 million lightning to join Bayern, they invested so much only to be able to regain the championship trophy in the new season.
Manchester City haven't done much without bringing in Illusory, in fact their squad has stabilized after winning the Premier League title last season, and they are not as generous in the transfer market as they have been in previous years. Just the acquisitions of Rodwell, Swansea striker Sinclair, Spaniard Javi Garcia, veteran McConn, young Serbian centre-back Nastasic and goalkeeper Wright for free. And it was after Ai Huan joined Chelsea that they finally bought Fuchs for 25 million, and this player, who had fallen out with Ai Huan in Schalke last year, said on the day he joined that he could prevent Ai Huan, and he came here to do this, and the outside world believes that this guy is probably also looking for death.
Every summer, Real Madrid and Barcelona will always be the teams that are in the limelight in the transfer market, but this year's La Liga duo are quite low-key. Barcelona only brought in Spanish international fullback Alba and Arsenal defender Alexander Song, with a total investment of only 33 million euros, while Muniesa, Montoya and Bartra were promoted from the B team.
Real Madrid lost Mourinho and ushered in last year's Champions League champion coach Magath, his arrival further reduced the club's transfer investment, only introduced Modric and Maputi two people, but sold Altentop, Canales, Gago, Graneros Diarra, loan Shahin to Liverpool, such a fuss actually made a profit in the transfer market for the first time, and this is the first time since entering the 21st century that Real Madrid has more transfer income than transfer investment in the market.
This summer, Schalke is naturally the most profitable team, selling Escudero, Fuchs, Maputy, Gundogan, Mata, Joaquin and Ai Phantom in one go, and selling all Schalke's elite last year in one breath, this series of moves finally let Schalke's fans know a problem, Ai Huan's departure is not because he wants more money but the club wants more money, if it weren't for the fans who are demonstrating outside the club like crazy, I'm afraid all the main players will have no chance.
Along with Schalke, AC Milan and Arsenal have also made a huge profit by selling their players. With Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva and Cassano all gone, the Rossoneri are about to do another storm of youth.
Arsenal, on the other hand, continued the tradition of selling captains, although Podolski and former Ligue 1 Golden Boot Giroud joined Arsenal successively, and bought Spain international Cazorla for a high price of 19 million euros, but it still could not make up for the huge impact caused by the departure of Van Persie and Alexander Song.
And Juventus, last season's Serie A champions, has also made a lot of changes this summer. Manninger and Grosso were terminated, Elia moved to Bremen, Melo was loaned to Galatasaray and Krasic moved to Fenerbahce. In terms of recruitment, Juventus acquired Asamoah, Lucio, Giovinco, Cáceres, Gabibia and other players, and invested more than 50 million euros.
Inter, who had a dismal performance in Serie A last season, brought in Uruguayan stars Guarin, Handanovic, Palacio and Porto full-back Álvaro Perea and Cassano to the Nerazzurri in the summer, and they will also be hoping to reverse some of the decline.
Liverpool spent £60 million on six players last summer, and Dalglish said he wanted to build his ideal squad, but Brendan Rodgers quickly reversed Dalglish's policy when he took over. Carroll and Spearing are on loan, Adam also joins Stoke City, and Kuyt, Maxey, Bellamy, and Aquilani have all left on transfer. With the addition of Borini, Joe Allen and Shahin, Liverpool has once again ushered in a new rebuild, but it is a bit speechless to have to start over every year.
After the European transfer boom in the summer of 2012, the Premier League is still the most money-burning league, with traditional giants Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, and upstart Manchester City all making a series of big moves in the transfer market, which also makes the Premier League, known as the first league in Europe, continue to be this title in recent years.
Last season, Roberto Mancini's Blues overwhelmed Manchester United in the final round of the league to win the Premier League title, which also left Alex Ferguson in his mind. Especially after the 32nd round, Manchester United is still eight points ahead of Manchester City, such an astonishing advantage was reversed by Manchester City in six rounds, which is a great shame for Manchester United, who is accustomed to reversing opponents.
In the new season, Manchester United got the favorite Van Persie for 30.7 million euros, and Shinji Kagawa also joined for 16 million euros. What they want is to overwhelm their city rivals and regain their position at the top of the Premier League, but the problem is that the Premier League at this time is not last year, and the addition of Ai Huan has brought the whole of England into a crazy era, so everything has become unknown.