Chapter 32: Welcoming the New and Saying Goodbye (I)

On August 31, with the closing of the European transfer window, this summer's extremely lively transfer soap opera and tragicomedy also came to an end. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info So in the 2010-11 season, who spends money on the major leagues, and who is careful about the budget?

In any case, the general rule is that the more mature the market-oriented league, the cost of which is always ahead of those leagues that are still exploring and are not financially strong.

Blackburn's Premier League is once again the most expensive league of the summer. According to the statistics of the European "Transfer Market" website, the Premier League topped the list with an investment of 484 million euros, but the transfer income was only 227 million euros, and the overall net investment reached 257 million euros. There has been a serious outflow of funds from Premier League clubs: an estimated £260 million has gone to the accounts of overseas clubs – a 66 per cent increase on the same period last year. The total investment is still some way from the 570 million the year before, and it is also less than the 500 million pounds last year, a decrease of 20%. According to Transfermarkt, it was the least expensive summer for any Premier League team since 2004 – with the exception of Manchester City, who brandished the dollar of the Abu Dhabi consortium.

Serie A is the second largest league in terms of total spending. This summer, Serie A clubs invested a total of 300 million euros, with a net income of 269 million euros and a net expenditure of 34.16 million euros, which is only a fraction of the net expenditure of the Premier League, while La Liga has slipped to third place this season with a total investment of 263 million euros, although the revenue has also reached 260 million euros, and the net investment is only 2.5 million euros. Schalke 04 turned around the Bundesliga's profitability after a wave of acquisitions on the last day, investing 157 million euros and earning 142 million euros. Net investment was 14.6 million euros.

The total investment in Ligue 1 is 140 million euros, but the income reaches 176 million, which means that there are still 35.61 million euros in income from French clubs this summer;

The most lucrative league is still the Portuguese Premier League. The Portuguese Super League club has invested a total of 82.25 million euros in the new season, but the income has reached 110 million and the total balance has reached 27.75 million euros, becoming the biggest winner in the transfer market this summer. This is due to the fact that Benfica and Porto have become "giant processing factories" and have repeatedly received large transfer income; The Turkish Super League spent 77.34 million euros, with an income of 20.73 million euros and a net investment of 56.61 million.

In the first two seasons, the Premier League invested an average of 600 million euros, and this season only Manchester City burned money frantically; Real Madrid and Barcelona spent heavily on La Liga last season, surpassing Serie A in total spending. However, this season, Serie A once again overtook La Liga to become the second most invested league in the transfer market. However, compared to the Premier League, which is "only in and out", the balance of Serie A and La Liga tends to be balanced.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of last year, the actions of a big giant this summer are relatively small. Manchester City emerged as the biggest spender, while other giants were relatively cautious, and the European football market was relatively flat in this two-month period.

Burning money, especially in large chunks, is what fans are most happy to see in the summer transfer market, and last year's heroic scene of Vernorentino's lavish spending is still fresh in the memory, and this year the role has been switched to Premier League upstart Manchester City.

With the support of the Arab consortium, Mancini's team is waving a checkbook to buy people all over the world, Yaya Toure 30 million, Minar 30 million, Silva 28.5 million, etc., all of which are bombshells in the transfer market. They spent a total of 176 million euros this summer, which is deservedly the first money burner.

The Galaxy, which spent €260 million a year ago, has closed down a lot this summer, but Vernorentino's side still spent €86 million on six players, placing them second.

Maybe it's because of last season's good results, or maybe it's because of the confidence in the team, there are some big clubs that have been holding back in the transfer market, and have done little in terms of buying other than letting go of individual players, such clubs are represented by Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.

Inter Milan and Bayern Munich, the two teams that reached the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, have made little move in terms of buying people, and the Serie A champions have spent a total of only 8.8 million euros on players in the last two months, which is a bit unbelievable to say, but they have made a lot of money in terms of transfers, 53.2 million behind Blackburn Rovers and Valencia.

Inter Milan saves, Bayern Munich is even more thorough, and they have invested zero in buying people this summer! In terms of sales, they only contributed 7.5 million euros in transactions, and it can be said that Van Gaal wants to rely on the original team from last season to fight for another year.

AC Milan bought former cyclist Robinho for 18 million at the end of the transfer market, after they also signed Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic on loan from Barcelona, and compared to the inaction of previous years, Berlusconi clearly wants to make a big splash in the new season.

Schalke 04, the runner-up of the Bundesliga last season, once dominated the headlines of the transfer market, and the addition of Raul and Metzeld made people see the team's ambitions in the new season, and spent more than 10 million yuan to bring in Huntelaar and Jurado, which shows that Magath's team aims to win the championship.

Out-of-budget teams have seized half of the say in the transfer market, and instead of aggressively buying stars, they have opted to sell established players, some of whom have streamlined their squads and some who have been forced to do so.

Leaving Blackburn aside, Valencia relied on the sale of Villa and Silva to become the most profitable club in Europe this summer, plus the 12 million worth of Zhigic and Alexi, a total of 83.55 million euros in income is beyond the reach of other clubs.

In the Premier League, except for a few clubs such as Manchester City, the vast majority of clubs are in the transfer market step by step, making minor repairs to the squad. Apart from spending €22 million to buy Ramires from Benfica, and then $7 million to bring Benayoun to Liverpool again, there have been no major moves overall. In terms of transfers, the departure of Stooch and others did not have a big impact, and the overall trend was flat.

In addition, Manchester United has not made any big moves in the transfer market, and the investment of 28 million is nothing for Lord Frugel, which is much more flat than last year.

Since Arthur took over Blackburn, they have been the focus of the Champions League transfer market almost every summer transfer, and this time they were no exception.

With Joe Hart's loan spell expiring, Blackburn's goalkeeper position is already overcrowded, and with first goalkeeper Petr Cech in his prime of 28, neither Arthur nor Carlo Ancelotti want to delay Joe Hart's development – after all, the current Joe Hart simply has no ability to compete with Cech.

Coincidentally, Manchester City was slightly dissatisfied with their main goalkeeper last season, Given, although the latter's 34-year-old age is not too old for the goalkeeper position, but the Abu Dhabi consortium wants to have a menopausal option, and this is when Joe Hart, who played extremely well in Birmingham last season, came into the eyes of Manchester City.

However, Manchester City are not without rivals, and with the retirement of Edwin van der Sar, the Chelsea goalkeeper is also vacant.

Manchester City and Chelsea, the biggest thing they have in common: they are both rich teams.

Arthur was just a middleman, looking at Manchester City, which is not bad for money, and Chelsea, who is also not bad for money, launched a match-by-game offer around Joe Hart, and finally the richer Blue Moon took Joe Hart away for a transfer fee of 20 million pounds, but Arthur, who knows how much room for Joe Hart to develop in the future, signaled Monchi to sign an additional treaty in the terms, once Joe Hart can start more than 30 official games for Manchester City in the new season, and can get a single goalkeeper of the month, Then Manchester City will have to pay another £5 million to Blackburn.

Combined with the initial transfer fee of £20 million, Blackburn could have earned a transfer fee of £25 million for Joe Hart – a figure that would definitely be sky-high for a goalkeeper position and at the age of only 23.

Although Joe Hart left, but last season on loan at Birmingham City, he was actually not a member of the Blackburn squad this season, the new season Blackburn backline can be said to have no personnel changes, Arthur is hoping that the team's defense can be stable.

In terms of midfield, Blackburn has changed a lot, and after Beckham's loan expires, the new season will not be renewed, so Blackburn need a suitable right-footed midfielder, and this candidate has already been booked.

James Rodriguez (born 12 July 1991 in Cucuta, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder.

If you're not familiar with the name, then Rodriguez also has an abbreviated nickname - J Ronaldo.

In the 2009 autumn league, on February 9, the 17-year-old Ronaldo came off the bench and became the youngest foreigner to play in the Argentine top league, and on February 27, after 10 minutes of substitute appearance, Ronaldo scored a goal, becoming the youngest foreign player to score in the history of the Argentine league.

Ronaldo was a key player in the Argentine Spring League last season, missing just two games and scoring three goals, including the decisive goal against Newells Old Boys to help Banfield win their first ever Argentine Primera League title and a chance to play in the Copa Libertadores.

In 2009, Banfield rejected Udinese's offer of 5 million euros. On February 13 this year, in the Argentine league Banfield home match against rival Lanús, Ronaldo's left-footed hanging shot at the last moment helped the team seal the win, and after the game, the sports edition of the Argentine newspaper "Ole" combined the 18-year-old J Ronaldo with Portuguese star Cristiano? Ronaldo drew parallels and called him Banfield's "James Bond".

Ronaldo scored five goals in this year's Copa Libertadores and his performances have attracted the attention of major European clubs.

Blackburn, who were in contact with J Ronaldo earlier, brought in the superstar for a transfer fee of £6.5 million to Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 6.5 million pounds, and at just 19 years old, he will have a lot of hope of becoming a regular on the right side of Blackburn Rovers in the new season.

Speaking at the airport on arrival in Blackburn, Ronaldo said, "It's great to be here and I'm looking forward to winning a lot of honours at Blackburn. ”

Blackburn team doctor Diaz conducted a medical check-up for Ronaldo and spoke about the Colombian's physical condition, "We did a complete physical examination according to the procedure, including X-rays, bone tests, cardiopulmonary tests and a complete blood sample analysis. The results showed that he was completely fit and fit well for manager Carlo Ancelotti. ”

After the completion of the physical examination, Blackburn officially issued a statement that Ronaldo signed a 6-year contract with Blackburn, and the specific annual salary was not disclosed. However, the English media revealed that the annual salary of the Colombian international is £1.6 million.

After the signing ceremony, Ronaldo will officially meet the fans, with the Colombian saying he is confident of fighting for a place in the main team of the Blue Devils. 'I'm going to train hard and play with my heart and soul. God wanted me to be here, it was every boy's dream, it was like a dream, I could only watch it on TV before. ”

Blackburn have revealed that Ronaldo will soon officially begin pre-season preparations with the team.

The reason why Ronaldo is expected to become the main right side of Blackburn Rovers in the new season is that in addition to Arthur's signal to Ancelotti to cultivate vigorously, it is also because Di Maria, the main right midfielder of the Blue Devils last season, chose to leave this summer.

Last season, Di Maria, who was born on the left side but changed to play right midfielder, although he had a good performance in Blackburn, but was suppressed by Bale, Bentley and others, Di Maria could not sit firmly on the absolute main force of the Blue Devils.

On July 8, Real Madrid officially announced that it had reached an agreement with Blackburn Rovers on the transfer of Argentine international Di Maria, who has completed a medical examination and signed a six-year contract, with Real Madrid paying a transfer fee of 30 million pounds for the Argentine.

Although the transfer fee of 30 million pounds is not a super high premium for Blackburn's black shop, Arthur agreed to sell Di Maria to Real Madrid instead of Barcelona, in addition to the friendship with Florentino, there is also a precondition, that is, Blackburn's next midfield target, does not want Real Madrid to bid.

Who could have influenced Arthur's sale of Di Maria?

Naturally, it will not be a nobody. (To be continued.) )