With Christmas approaching, in addition to the Premier League, major European leagues have been suspended, but the scandals in the transfer market have begun to occupy an important page in major media, attracting the attention of fans around the world.

First and foremost is the Premier League, which has the strongest purchasing power.

Gao Han's Manchester City announced early that the team will not bring in reinforcements during the winter break, and Gao Han also publicly expressed at the team's Christmas dinner that he is very satisfied with the team's current squad, every player has contributed to the team, he does not think the team needs to bring in reinforcements, and also encourages all players to continue to work hard in the next six months.

Manchester City's management is also very supportive of Gao Han's choice.

The only potential transfer in the entire winter transfer market is Bridge, who West Ham are hoping to sign on loan.

However, after talks with Gao Han, Bridge decided to stay with the team because he hoped to earn a trophy in his career, which was the Champions League.

In an interview with the media, Bridge said that he would stay in Manchester, even if it was to play as a substitute for Alpine.

'He told me he needed me and I've been trying to adapt to the manager's demands and I think we have a good chance of winning the Champions League this season, so I'm willing to stay in the team. ”

Coincidentally, Manchester United will also not make big moves in the transfer market.

With the exception of a back-up goalkeeper who announced his early arrival, Alex Lindegaard, Ferguson is more about finding a way for young players, either on loan or on transfer, but United do not intend to invest in the transfer market, Ferguson prefers to keep the squad stable.

Arsenal also hold this view, Liverpool have not performed well this season, the Gunners have a good hope of retaining the top four in the league, Wenger obviously has no motivation to bring in strong reinforcements, but the team's forward problems have clearly become Wenger's heart problem.

In the past two years, the Gunners have begun to actively adapt to the mainstream of European football, from the original 442 to 433, which has allowed the team's number one center forward Van Persie to have a good performance, and after a five-month break with a torn ligament in his left ankle last season, Van Persie still won all Gunners fans with an outstanding performance of scoring nine goals in 16 appearances and seven assists.

However, at the beginning of the season, Van Persie, who had just played in the World Cup in South Africa, showed good goalscoring momentum, scoring two goals in the first three rounds, but soon suffered another ankle injury and has been sidelined to this day.

Interestingly, there were media reports not long ago that Arsenal suspected that Van Persie's frequent injuries were related to his wisdom teeth, so they extracted wisdom teeth for the Dutch center forward, but whether it will have an effect depends on Van Persie's performance after his return in January.

In Van Persie's absence, Chamak's performance was only mediocre and unsatisfactory.

In addition to Arsenal, another Premier League team, Liverpool, is in an even more awkward situation, with Roy Hodgson's side only finishing ninth in the Premier League after 18 rounds, a result that has made the Reds extremely unhappy.

It is reported that Liverpool have begun to look for a new manager, with Dalglish most likely taking over.

According to the Liverpool Echo, Dalglish has largely agreed to take charge of Liverpool, but only if the team brings in a strong centre-forward to make up for the team's lack of attacking power.

Dalglish has his eye on popular centre-forward Andy Carroll, who has been in charge of Newcastle this season, and he is known as the new Shearer, who has scored ten goals in 18 league games and is the best homegrown goalscorer in the Premier League this season. ”

Liverpool's new management have largely agreed to Dalglish's request and are now raising money to prepare for Carroll, but to convince Newcastle to agree to the transfer, Liverpool may have to pay a huge transfer fee. ”

The rest of the Premier League has not moved much compared to a few traditional powerhouses, with the real impact being Aston Villa's active operation of Sunderland striker Darren Bent.

Aston Villa have not been in good form this season and are currently 12th in the Premier League, while Sunderland have been exceptionally good and are currently fifth in the Premier League, with Darren Bent performing well and a transfer fee expected to be around £20 million.

This is also in line with the general situation of winter transfers, where only teams that have not performed well in the first half of the season will invest in winter transfers.

This is true in the Premier League, and it is also true in La Liga.

After a period of media hype, Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone finally spoke to the media after a regular meeting of the club on Christmas Eve, and publicly stated that the team is indeed running Chinatown's midfielder Schneiderlin.

"You know, before I bring in a player, I pay a lot of attention to his zodiac sign, Schneiderlin is a Sagittarius, he represents bravery, decisiveness and independence, and he has a spirit that is not afraid of difficulties and goes forward, which is very much in line with what I want from a player. ”

Diego Simeone's remarks were generally reported in a joking way, and no one would believe that he really relied on the constellation to decide whether to bring in Schneiderlin, but it was clear that he was more concerned about the character of the player.

Under Simeone's tutelage, Atletico Madrid is gradually transforming, from the original high-altitude focus on pass-and-control play, to the current Simeone's advocacy of high-intensity pressing confrontational play, although the player's foot skills are still very demanding, but Simeone is more eager to get a player like Schneiderlin.

At the same time, German media reported that Carlos Cantarero, the technical director of Chinatown, appeared in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, which made the news that Chinatown will bring in Rakitic.

Two days later, on the first day after Christmas, Chinatown officially announced that the team had finally persuaded Rakitic to bring in Rakitic from Schalke for a transfer fee of 2 million euros.

Speaking at the press conference, Cantarero expressed his belief that Rakitic could help China City improve their midfield, while also acknowledging Schneiderlin's move to Atletico Madrid.

The day after the announcement of Chinatown, Atletico Madrid also officially announced that the team brought in Schneiderlin from Chinatown for 30 million euros.

Diego Simeone also publicly commented that Schneiderlin will be a tiger in the midfield and will play a huge role.

Marca later revealed that the 30 million euros for Atletico Madrid's introduction of Schneiderlin will be paid in two installments before the transfer this summer, while the introduction of Rakitic by Chinatown will be completed in a lump sum payment.

According to the information obtained by reporters, Schalke 04 initially asked for Rakitic as high as 7 million euros, but so far, only two teams have officially made an offer for the Croatian midfielder, that is, Chinatown and Sevilla. ”

"After several rounds of negotiations, neither Chinatown nor Sevilla made high offers and offered two different packages. ”

"Sevilla want to be able to bring in the Croatian midfielder for 2.5 million euros, but with a fixed transfer fee of 1.5 million plus a floating fee of 1 million, depending on Rakitic's performance in Sevilla. ”

"Relatively speaking, Chinatown's transfer plan is more beneficial to Schalke Zero-four, they are willing to buy out Rakitic for two million euros at one time, which is half a million euros more than Sevilla, plus Rakitic himself is more inclined to Chinatown, so Schalke Zero-Four decided to sell the player to Chinatown. ”

Two million euros, which is already a lot of transfer expenditure for Chinatown.

As for the joining of Rakitic, China City coach Pochettino publicly affirmed that Rakitic can play a key role in the team, and although the transfer market has not officially opened during the winter break, Rakitic also said that he will participate in the training camp in China Town in advance to prepare for the second half of the league.

In the same vein, Schneiderlin also moved to Atletico Madrid for a training camp ahead of schedule, while the Sheets brought in right-back Juanfran from Osasuna for four million euros.

After Rakitic's defeat against Chinatown, Sevilla immediately shifted their focus and brought in Chilean international Medel from South America for three million euros.

Relatively speaking, Barcelona, who are currently at the top of La Liga, have not made much recruitment, only bringing in Afelai from PSV Eindhoven for 3 million euros, which was the decision of the club's management, and Guardiola also agreed to bring in reinforcements.

In Atletico Madrid and Chinatown both preemptively recruited around Christmas, Real Madrid also had to speed up the reinforcements, into January, the Galaxy announced a high price of 30 million euros, from Juventus to introduce Brazilian defender Felipe Melo, which also allowed Felipe Melo to tie Schneiderlin and become the winter transfer king.

"As early as the beginning of Jose Mourinho's tenure at Real Madrid, he had always wanted to bring in Felipe Melo, but it was unsuccessful, and now Mourinho has finally got what he wanted. ”

Although Melo's performances at Juventus have been controversial and he has been hailed as a Golden Trash winner, Mourinho has full confidence in him, believing that the Brazilian midfield's strength and tactical discipline can help Real Madrid. ”

In addition to Felipe Melo, Real Madrid soon announced that the team had brought in midfielder Moutinho from Porto, Portugal for a high price of 30 million euros.

This is another Mourinho-handpicked midfielder, who is both offensive and defensive, and is the humerus of the Portuguese national team.

Two strong reinforcements entered the team, and Mourinho also quickly made a purge, sending Mohamed Diarra on loan to Monaco.

A transfer during the winter break cost 60 million euros, which is probably only available to the deep-pocketed Real Madrid, but the Galaxy still seems to be not satisfied, and according to British media reports, Mourinho also wants to get Chelsea midfielder Essien.

Everyone was taken aback by the transfer rumours, as Essien has been one of Chelsea's best midfielders this season and it is impossible to acquire him without paying a huge transfer fee.

Chelsea officials were quick to refute the rumours, stating that the club would not let go of any player in the winter transfer.

According to media reports, Chelsea have been traumatized after successive big hits on Falcao and Ramirez, Scolari is not in charge, Abramovic will not make reinforcements during the winter break, and has put on hold transfer talks with Benfica for centre-back David Luiz.

David Luiz was Scolari's choice for centre-back, but now the Brazil boss is out of his own pocket.

While Real Madrid waved cheques aggressively, Chelsea hastened to refute the rumors, and the transfer bid king during the winter break finally appeared.

Liverpool finally announced that they would bring in homegrown striker Andy Carroll from Newcastle for a whopping €45 million.

This blockbuster transfer has made Carroll the new king of the winter transfer market, and it also proves Liverpool's ambition to return to the top four in the league.

On the occasion of the birth of the standard king, the long-awaited FIFA annual awards conference finally kicked off in Zurich.

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