In the summer of 2017, without the interference of major events such as the European Championship and the World Cup, the apex was updated the fastest

After last season's big four were empty, such a result is undoubtedly a failure for Manchester City, who spent £180 million on signings last summer. However, Guardiola is obviously not reconciled, and this summer, Guardiola is still buying, buying, buying.

Last summer, Manchester City invested first in Europe in signings, but the blue moon is clearly not going to stop buying on a frenzy. Manchester City have spent £200 million this summer to continue the pace of buying and buying.

As of the new Premier League season, Manchester City have bought six strong new signings to strengthen the team, and the standard of which is actually from the backline.

The contracts of full-backs such as Klich, Sagna and Zabaleta have all expired this summer, and Manchester City are not planning to keep them. In that context, City's backline will undoubtedly have to be rebuilt this summer. Now, Pep Guardiola has chosen a new manager for the Manchester City defence, Bayern Red Star Kimmich.

The 22-year-old defender can play as a wing-back, centre-back or even in midfield. His versatility at the back is a perfect fit for Pep Guardiola's requirements for a defender. Manchester City spent £50 million on it and finally got the Bayern Red Star.

And Chelsea, who competed with Blackburn Rovers for the league title until the last minute last season, continue to buy strong reinforcements to supplement the squad in order to prepare for the return to the Champions League stage.

In contrast to Pep Guardiola's willfulness, Conte's recruitment work this summer has been quite precise, and the arrival of the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley will further enhance Chelsea's strength.

Although Manchester United's results last season were not as good as expected, Mourinho's coaching ability was still recognized by the Manchester United hierarchy.

Last summer, Manchester United brought in four players in the transfer market, including Ibrahimovic, Mkhitaryan and Bailly, for a transfer fee of more than £100 million. However, United's current squad is still not up to Mourinho's ideals.

Mourinho has further improved Manchester United this summer, bringing in Victor Lindelof, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Semedo at a cost to the Red Devils more than £100 million, making Manchester United, who have qualified for the Champions League in the new season through the Europa League, one of the favourites to win the Champions League.

In the summer, never forget Real Madrid.

The reduction of the FIFA ban allows Real Madrid to bring in new players this summer. Florentino tends to go on a buying spree in election years, and this year is no exception.

In goal, Keylor Navas's form has dropped significantly this season and Real Madrid are interested in acquiring a top goalkeeper. Florentino's number one target is David De Gea, whom Real Madrid passed him two years ago. However, due to Mourinho's strength, the transfer fell through. Plan B was Thibaut Courtois, but the Belgian said he wanted to stay at Chelsea and Real Madrid were back in the picture.

Real Madrid have clearly settled down after suffering a blow in the goalkeeper position, only to reclaim young centre-back Vallejo and defensive midfielder Marcos Llorente, who had been loaned to Eintracht Frankfurt.

On top of that, Zidane wanted Hazard the most, but Conte rejected the Bernabeu's offer and the team had to settle for Monaco's Lemar. The 22-year-old can play as a winger and attacking midfielder and was impressed at Monaco last season.

In the end, Franotino, who was bent on making big news, only signed Verratti at a premium of 80 million euros, which was barely in line with the target plan of the Galacticos.

Compared with Real Madrid's powerlessness, Barcelona this summer has become the maker of the standard king, buying Dybala at the price of 100 million euros + 20 million euros with additional clauses, and once again creating the summer transfer king.

In the new season, the forward trident of Messi + Suarez + Dybala is destined to make many teams frightened.

Compared with other big teams in the player transfer market, Blackburn's transfer department this summer is very quiet, and even the club's sporting director Monchi, who is in charge of the team's transfers, has time to go to the beach for half a month.

This summer's Blackburn has been uneventful.

In goal, Blackburn were missing from the goalkeeper position as Petr Cech opted to return to his hometown side Sparta Prague, but the club had already been on file for a few years.

For £14 million, Blackburn Rovers activated Butland's buy-back clause to bring back the 24-year-old goalkeeper, who was an excellent performer in the Premier League last season, to the Theatre of the Roses.

Butland, who has played in the Premier League for many years and played for Blackburn's second goalkeeper for two seasons, is no stranger to the team and can quickly adapt to the Roses.

However, given Butland's lack of Champions League experience, Klopp's choice of goalkeeper position in the new season is still similar to last season: Trapp is the main goalkeeper in the Champions League and FA Cup, while Butland is focused on the league.

In the future, who will become Blackburn's No. 1 goalkeeper between Trapp and Butland, it will only be up to the two to see who is better in this competition.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Donnarumma, who is only 18 years old at the moment, will come from behind and become the first choice for the Blackburn goalkeeper position.

At the back, in midfield and up front, Blackburn's squad is the most luxurious and deep in football, and the championship team does not need to adjust, so Blackburn Rovers have not made any personnel changes to the back line and forward line this summer, and their only job is to start an early contract extension with the player.

However, in the midfield position, Blackburn Rovers have a lot of problems this summer, with the retirement of two veterans Frank Lampard and Alonso, coupled with the transfer of Khedira, Blackburn's midfield has instantly weakened a lot.

The 30-year-old Khedira and Blackburn Rovers are also good together, and with Blackburn Rovers still on his contract, he will only pay a nominal €1 million this summer.

The German midfielder has had a rough run over the past two years, having not only been robbed of his place by N'Golo Kante, but also unable to compete with Casemiro, and he hopes he can find a regular place in the squad.

However, Khedira is not joining Bayern, which has been rumored before, but Schalke 04, another Bundesliga powerhouse, and he will also become the only player to leave Blackburn this summer through a transfer.

With the departures of Frank Lampard, Marcos Alonso and Khedira, Blackburn Rovers are now left with Bale, Paul Pogba, Casemiro, Coutinho, Rakitic, N'Golo Kante, Deli Alli and Raheem Sterling in their midfield, for a total of eight.

Although these 8 midfielders are all strong top players, even if Blackburn Rovers throws a decisive Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup in the new season, they will also compete in the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, and even the Club World Cup.

Therefore, replenishment and reinforcement are the right choice.

On August 1, Blackburn Rovers officially announced the signing of Manchester United striker Schneiderlin, and the two sides signed a four-year contract for a transfer fee of 24 million pounds.

In the winter transfer window, West Brom made an offer of £18 million for Schneiderlin, which was rejected by Manchester United. After all, Schneiderlin was valued at £25 million when he joined Southampton 18 months ago, and United were not willing to sell a midfielder in his prime years.

With the introduction of players such as Tiemoue Bakayoko this summer, the competition in Manchester United's midfield for the new season is fierce. And Blackburn gave Schneiderlin a clause in his buy-out contract that Schneiderlin would not feature in any game against Manchester United, which was perfect for United.

In addition to the introduction of Schneiderlin, Klopp also promoted Jervis, a midfield commander born in '98 in the reserves, to the first team, bringing Blackburn's midfield depth back to its peak.

It is worth mentioning that Klopp was interested in recalling the young striker Zhang Yuning, who had been loaned out of Belshort by the club, to the first team, but in the end, Zhang Yuning will play for Bell Short in the new season after the latter's request.

Last season's 19-year-old Zhang Yuning was the absolute main striker for Belshort, contributing 19 goals and five assists, and is still very likely to be a rotation player in Blackburn's forward line.

However, the Chinese team currently coached by Lippi beat South Korea in the group of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, ranking second, and has a good chance of directly qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

In order for the Chinese team to successfully enter the World Cup finals, and in order to continue to maintain his position as the absolute main force in the national team, although Zhang Yuning is eager to enter the first team of Blackburn, he does not want to look forward to being on the bench at Blackburn at this critical time, so it is the top priority to continue to play in Belshort in the new season to maintain his condition.

Klopp also expressed respect and recognition for Zhang Yuning's choice, so he gladly accepted the other party's request.

Klopp sees Zhang Yuning as the team's future potential and is in no hurry to cash in on it now. Klopp's lack of quick success is due to the fact that he agreed to a contract extension with Blackburn before the end of last season.

Jurgen Klopp's contract with Blackburn Rovers expired at the end of last season, but will Blackburn let go of the maestro who has just led the team to a Champions League and Premier League double title?

Naturally not.

The reason why Arthur chose to sign a four-year contract with Klopp was because he was worried that the other party would not be able to adapt to the Premier League and continue to lead Blackburn Rovers on the glorious road. On the other hand, there is also the intention to ride a donkey to find a better manager for Blackburn.

But four seasons on, Jurgen Klopp has proven to everyone that he and Blackburn are a natural pair.

Blackburn and Klopp have extended their contracts for three years, with Klopp receiving £7 million a year, and if he can win the treble, he could earn tens of millions of pounds.

As for manager selection three years from now, Arthur prefers one of Frank Lampard and Marcos Alonso to take charge of the Roses.

At this point, Blackburn's recruitment has been announced, only buying back Butland for 14 million pounds, bringing in Schneiderlin for 24 million pounds, and transferring out of Khedira for 1 million euros, which can almost be described as immovable.

Unlike Blackburn's minor repairs in the transfer market, because as many as seven players such as Curry, Iguodala, and Livingston have their contracts expired, the Warriors this offseason are much more lively.

The first thing the Warriors did this offseason was to complete a contract extension with Curry, and the Warriors have reached a five-year, $180 million contract extension with Curry, who will hold the largest contract in NBA history.

Curry's contract extension lasted for a long time, during which Curry was sought after by many teams such as the Mavericks, but the Warriors have always been very confident, on the one hand, because only the Warriors can provide Curry with a 5-year contract with a maximum salary, and other teams can only offer a maximum of 4 years and $114 million;

Curry also became the largest contract holder in NBA history after accepting a five-year, $180 million contract offer from the Grizzlies, who previously held Lillard, with whom Conley agreed to a five-year, $153 million contract extension last summer.

After finalizing Curry, the Warriors began to renew the contracts of other players.

The 33-year-old Iguodala is the second player to sign a contract extension with the Warriors, and the two-year, $12 million is a bargain. Of course, the reason why Iguodala renews his contract with the Warriors at this price is because as the owner of multiple IT companies, he has caught Arthur's line and joined the investment team of the world's richest man, and the benefits naturally far exceed the benefits he can earn as an NBA player. Subsequently, the Warriors and McGee completed a contract extension for 3 years and 12 million.

As for the other players, McAdoo and Clark have signed with Arthur's CBA team Shanghai team, and they will switch to the CBA in the new season, Barnes and David West, who won the championship, chose to retire, Pachulia and Livingston Although they are good, but given that both are 33-year-old veterans, for the future development of the team, the Warriors can only endure the pain. Then he signed a one-year 5 million contract with the 35-year-old, who hopes to win a championship before retiring, so he doesn't care too much about the annual salary.

For the future development of the team, the Warriors signed two young interior players, one is last year's rookie Zhou Qi, who was born in 1996, and the other is this year's first-round rookie Robert Williams, who was born in 97.

Needless to say, although the average performance of 20.8 points and 11.2 rebounds per game in the CBA playoffs this year is still difficult to meet the needs of the Warriors' interior gate, it is still necessary to sign him for the sake of the Chinese market and the future.

Rookie power forward Robert Williams is a fighting force that can become the Warriors, in college, Robert averaged 11 points and 7 rebounds per game for Texas A&M University, 6-foot-9" tall, but has a 7-foot-4.5-inch arm span, he averaged 22 minutes per game and delivered 2.4 blocks; Plus, he's mobile enough to run all over the field. As a long-term insurer, he has a lot of potential to be a number four/five in the small-ball era.

Livingston's departure, although the fast-growing Brogdon can make up for the loophole of his departure, but for the sake of safety, the Warriors still signed Deron Williams with a one-year 2.9 million contract, the 33-year-old signed the Cavaliers last year in order to win the championship, and this year the Warriors who won three consecutive championships hugged their thighs.

With the Warriors still having two gaps in the 15-man roster, general manager Myers is ready to take a gamble and sign Bennett, who is currently unplayable, on a one-year contract that is not fully guaranteed.

As the most watery star of all time, Bennett is only 24 years old this year, and Kerr believes that Bennett may be enlightened by Green's words and deeds.

As for the last spot, it's the Warriors' mobile spot, ready to see if any of the players other teams cut out this season have a piece of the puzzle that fits them.

Although the salary cap and luxury tax line have not increased significantly in the new season, the Warriors' total salary of 118.57 million still has not touched the luxury tax line, which can be called extremely calculated.

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2017-18 Warriors lineup (14):

Center: Biyombo (5.18 million), Javier McGee (3.7 million), 5 million)

Power forwards: Draymond Green (16.23 million), Robert Williams (850,000), Zhou Qi (850,000)

Small forwards: Kevin Durant (26.54 million), Andre Iguodala (6 million), Bennett (850,000)

Shooting guards: Klay Thompson (17.54 million), Glenn Robinson (1.16 million)

Point guards: Stephen Curry (30.86 million), Brogdon (910,000), Deron Williams (2.9 million)

Blackburn Rovers 2017-18 squad (27):

Goalkeepers: Butland, Trapp, Donnarumma

Defenders: Alaba, Danny Rose, Phil Jones, Alderweireld, Raphael Varane, Stones, Bellerin, Azpilicueta, Daniels

Midfielders: Bale, Pogba, Casemiro, Coutinho, Rakitic, Kante, Deli Alli, Raheem Sterling, Jervis, Schneiderlin

Forwards: Harry Kane, Neymar, Griezmann, Anthony Martial, Gabriel Jesus