James Rodriguez's transfer soap opera has been going on for more than half a year, and since he shined in the Toulon Cup, he has been closely watched by major European teams, and in the summer transfer period, there have been constant scandals with Real Madrid.

This transfer is arguably the longest soap opera in the transfer market this summer, tugging at the hearts of countless fans.

But when the two clubs issued a statement at the same time, announcing that James Rodriguez had switched to Real Madrid, everyone seemed to have fallen a stone, and media reporters and fans were still hype, but they were more concerned about the sky-high price of 80 million euros and the future of James Rodriguez in Real Madrid.

They are more concerned about whether Mourinho can make good use of this talented striker and the contradictions in the Real Madrid dressing room, after all, James Rodriguez has joined for a sky-high price, and he must occupy a place in the starting position, and the brunt of it will threaten the position of Dutch star Sneijder.

As a result, the media naturally turned to the question of Sneijder's whereabouts.

But just when everyone was all concerned about the transfer of James Rodriguez, a big event happened in European football.

As early as July this year, the Turkish police launched an operation to arrest players and staff of a number of Turkish clubs, including Fenerbahce chairman Yildim, who had just won the Turkish Super League championship, and the number of people involved in the case was as many as 40 people, all of whom were suspected by the police of manipulating the game.

The case quickly caused a huge repercussion in European football, especially Fenerbahce, who was arrested by the police from almost all the top management to ordinary players, and the impact was extremely bad.

After a police investigation, among the more than 40 people arrested, 30 people were formally indicted, and at the same time, it was found that match-fixing and bribery existed in the first and second leagues of Turkey, and the people involved included the coaches of Besiktas, another giant team in Turkish football, in addition to Fenerbahce chairman Yildim, and the number of games controlled reached 19.

In the aftermath of the case, UEFA reacted quickly, saying that it would closely monitor the progress of the case, and issued a formal warning in August, saying that whether Fenerbahce Club voluntarily withdrew or the Turkish Football Association banned it from participating in the Champions League, a decision must be made immediately, otherwise, UEFA will not rule out its own involvement in the investigation.

This warning also immediately caused panic among the Turkish Football Association, and once UEFA is allowed to intervene in the investigation, it will affect not only Fenerbahce, but also the whole of Turkey, so the Turkish Football Federation quickly put pressure on Fenerbahce to voluntarily withdraw from the Champions League.

However, Fenerbahce made it clear that it refused to withdraw voluntarily, which made the Turkish Football Association have to make a decision as soon as possible, announcing sanctions against Fenerbahce, banning Turkish giants from participating in the Champions League in the new season, and reporting to UEFA.

Ahead of the Champions League group stage draw, UEFA also held an emergency meeting to accept Turkey's decision to disqualify Fenerbahce and replace it with Turkish runners-up Trabzonspor who qualify for the group stage without participating in the Europa League qualifying tournament opponents Athletic Bilbao.

This was also a big surprise ahead of the draw for the Champions League group stage.

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One of the biggest benefits of taking charge of Paris Saint-Germain is that it has become easier to get to Monaco.

However, Gao Han is still too late.

When he arrived at the Quarantine Mardi Training Center, the lobby on the first floor was already full of people.

When Gao Han walked into the lobby, the first person to greet him was his old partner, Cantarero, the technical director of Chinatown.

"Why are you?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

Isn't this the occasion supposed to be attended by General Manager Armando Marcos?

Cantarero shook his head with a smile and said, "Armando is not here, he has gone to China." ”

"Going to China?" Gao Han was a little strange, he didn't know about this, "What for?"

Cantarero shrugged, "Sell James Rodriguez, the club can get at least 200 million euros in transfer fee income in the next two years, you say, can he sleep?"

Hearing this, Gao Han pondered it carefully, it was true.

If you want to spend 20,000 yuan, it is as easy as a breeze, and it is a bit difficult to spend 2 million, but if you want to spend 200 million, it is really a test of the ability of the spender.

Especially in an environment like the current Chinatown, not only does it cost 200 million euros, but it also has to be worth it, which is definitely a test for Armando Marcos, and he went to China, without thinking about it, it must be for the previous investment plan.

Gao Han thought about it for a while, and decided to go back and call Xiang Tianming, and let him help as much as he could.

Although Armando Marcos has often gone to China in recent years, he is not as good as a local snake like Xiang Tianming.

"How is the team doing now?" asked Gao Han with concern.

Cantarero knew that Gao Han was concerned about the impact of selling James Rodriguez on the team, shook his head and said: "Everything is normal, James transfers have quieted the team, you know, everyone was quite uneasy before." ”

Gao Han can understand that feeling, "That's good, stabilize the morale of the army, and the team will be competitive." ”

This season, Chinatown's start has been questioned a lot, but if you analyze it carefully, it is not difficult to find that the team did not play badly, and the two consecutive defeats in the opening game are understandable.

The first-leg defeat to Audans, which was the first game of the new season, was far from getting into the groove, and with the fact that he was away from Denmark and Pelle had just joined, it was not surprising that the 0-1 defeat was not worth making a fuss.

The second was a home defeat to Barcelona in the first round of the league, which is not surprising, because China City was beaten by Barcelona last season, and judging from the first round of matches this season, China City at least contained Barcelona's offensive in the first half.

The defeat in the second half was mainly due to the extraordinary performance of the two superstars Messi and Ibrahimovic, after conceding two goals in a row, Chinatown was basically sentenced to death, but the team played well.

However, Gao Han also felt that it was a pity.

Mauricio Pochettino's side were unable to capitalise on Barcelona's left flank, which was a real shame.

Pep Guardiola has not been able to make successful signings on the left side this summer, mainly because he has spent his transfer budget on two players, Cesc Fabregas and Otamendi, and he has to continue on the left.

It is estimated that this will also become a lethal weapon for many teams to restrain Barcelona this season.

When Gao Han was with Cantaré, Ferguson also took the initiative to come over.

The old Scottish man looked very happy with his smile.

"What's going on, sir, has your horse won another prize?" asked Gao Han.

"I'm happier than that. Ferguson laughed.

As he spoke, Ferguson was about to take the initiative to unveil the cup, but Gao Han intervened to stop him.

"Let me guess. ”

Under the smiling gaze of Ferguson and Cantarero, Gao Han groaned for a while, "You convinced little Ciel. ”

"Hey!" Ferguson slapped his thigh hard, "I said where did you hear from you?"

Gao Han laughed, "I guessed right, right?"

"It's true that Hill Jr. has agreed to our offer, 30 million euros, my God, a twenty-nine-year-old veteran, I'm still a little distressed. Ferguson shook his head.

Gao Han laughed for a while, Ferguson stared at Atletico Madrid's right-back Dario Srna for not a day and a half, but the two sides have not negotiated the transfer fee, Atletico Madrid also specially introduced Juanfran before, just to guard against Ferguson, and now it is finally negotiated, but the transfer fee is not low.

But what can be done?

That's how hot the whole European transfer market is.

But Ferguson's next sentence raised Gao Han's vigilance.

"But, frankly, if Bosque's list had been announced a few days earlier, I might have really regretted it. ”

Gao Han heard this suddenly.

Just this morning, Bosque announced the list of training camps for the Spanish national team in September, nineteen-year-old Chinatown right-back Carvajal was finally officially selected for the Spanish national team, the right-back performed well last season, Bosque also specifically mentioned this player after announcing the list, saying that he will focus on Carvajal's performance in the national team.

Last season, the left and right wings of Chinatown shone in La Liga, Carvajal and Alba both performed very well, but unlike Alba who entered the national team early, Carvajal entered the national youth team, and this time the selection is significant.

However, in the national team, Arbeloa and Juanfran will be rivals for Carvajal, and the advantage of the Chinatown international is that he has a very strong attacking ability, and Arbeloa and Juanfran are both defensive players.

That's why Bosque is so fond of Carvajal, hoping to replicate the attack on both flanks in Chinatown for the national team.

And Ferguson's words also secretly reminded Gao Han that it was time for Carvajal to renew his contract.

The new Spain international is only 40 million euros for a release fee, and the 29-year-old Dario Srna sold it for 30 million euros, so the 19-year-old Spanish international is not worth 40 million euros?

Real Madrid are missing a right-back and Barcelona are missing a left-back, and both teams are salivating over Chinatown's two wingers, so it's better to dismiss that idea.

Thinking of this, Gao Han secretly glanced at Cantarero, who immediately understood.

This is to ask him to prepare quickly after he goes back, and strive to get Carvajal's contract renewal with Alba first.

Of course, Ferguson didn't know what he said casually, but he reminded Gao Han that the old Scottish coach is now full of ambition.

Manchester United invested heavily in this summer, bringing in Alderweireld, Van Persie, Dario Srner and Phil Jones, etc., Manchester United's strength has greatly increased, although it is still not as good as Manchester City, but with Ferguson's coaching ability, it may not be without a hard fight.

As for Chelsea, Gao Han's view is quite pessimistic.

Villas-Boas came to Stamford Bridge with a sword in hand, and Roman Abramovich asked him to restructure and reform his ageing squad, but this is not necessarily a good thing for Boas, especially given Abramovich's fickle and suspicious personality, if the Russians change their minds, Boas's fate will be ......

What's more, Boas's qualifications are too shallow to handle such a big move.

Sometimes, if the same thing is done by a famous handsome, others can't do it.

Barring any surprises, this year's Premier League will be a duel between Alex Ferguson's Manchester United and Carlo Ancelotti's Manchester City.

And these two managers are very good at playing in the Champions League, so this season's Champions League will be exciting.

On the contrary, for Chinatown, Gao Han has little expectations, even if he meets the standard if he enters the official competition, it will be even better if he can qualify from the group.

"By the way, I'll tell you a secret. Ferguson smiled mysteriously.

"What?"

"Mourinho hates you to death!"

(End of chapter)