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On July 29, French Ligue 1 promotion Manante officially announced the official introduction of Croatian international Krasnić and signed a four-year contract with an annual salary of 2 million euros.

The departure of Krasnic brought Blackburn Rovers a transfer fee of £3 million, which is double the Blues' profit from less than a million pounds when he was brought in last year.

The 28-year-old, who joined the Blues last summer, played 16 games for Blackburn Rovers last season but scored seven goals.

At the end of the season, Krasnic was called up by national team coach Bilic to qualify for the European Championships. Krasnić, who was a substitute against Poland and Turkey, scored a goal each and established himself as one of the tartan Army's standouts, proving his worth despite Croatia being kept out of the final four by Turkey.

The Croatian has no shortage of buyers chasing after his performances at the European Championships, with Athletic Wigan, Newcastle, Besiktas and Torino all interested in bringing him in, with Bruce's Atletico Wigan at one point being very close to the "kidney fighter".

However, Krasnich himself did not like the British climate, and he eventually accepted Nantes' invitation to continue his career in the warm and beautiful scenery of France.

Nantes, former Ligue 1 champions, have finally returned to the top flight after suffering relegation two years ago, and the team will be hoping that the likes of Krasnic will improve their squad. Speaking to La Liga, the team's sporting director, said: "Nantes very much welcome Krasnic and the club has done everything to make his move. ”

Nantes president Keita was impressed by Krasnic's performance at the European Championship and he also expressed his welcome to the Croatian. Krasnic then had to pass the club's medical examination to become a full-fledged member of the Nantes team.

30 years old, a sensitive word in football.

In soccer, when a player reaches the age of 30, his physical performance begins to decline, and therefore the corresponding player's ability also declines.

In real life, many clubs believe in the principle of "30-year-old players are signed once a year", and world giants such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and AC Milan have adopted the policy of "signing a 30-year-old once a year".

Turning 30 becomes a hurdle for a player, because when you get to 30, people can call you that," a 30-year-old veteran. ”

Of course, the term "30 years old" doesn't work for one type of player for the time being, and that is goalkeepers. Because of the peculiarity of the goalkeeper position, the age of 30 may still belong to their playing years.

More than half of the European transfer has passed, and if you look at the transfers of several big European clubs, if you don't count the goalkeeper, there are only a handful of players over the age of 30.

The European giants are not pursuing small fresh meat, or black and hard, of course, there is a premise for this, that is, young, young means a broad future.

When Blackburn faced players over 30 years old, most of them also adopted a new approach, trading veterans and bringing in new signings.

In the early hours of August 11, Manchester City, which has been owned by the Abu Dhabi consortium in the Middle East this season, officially announced that Ricardo Carvalho will join, and he is also the first main player from Blackburn to leave the team this summer.

Manchester City stated on their official website that Manchester City and Blackburn have reached an agreement on the transfer of Carvalho, and the Portuguese will play for Manchester City for the next three seasons. This also means that Manchester City will pay Carvalho a transfer fee of up to £24 million to bring in Carvalho for three years, in addition to which Manchester City will pay Blackburn Rovers for the introduction of Carvalho.

£26 million, sending Carvalho, who turned 30, off is what Arthur thinks is a good deal.

£26 million to bring in the world's top centre-back Carvalho, Manchester City also think it's a good deal.

In the new season, Carvalho can sit firmly in the main team and get a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds, and Carvalho is also quite satisfied with this transfer.

All three are happy, and this is naturally a good deal.

After sending Carvalho away, Blackburn still have Cannavaro in the central defender position in 2006, Nemanja Vidic, who was able to force Cannavaro on the bench last season, rising star Kompany and Martin Taylor, who came through the Academy of the Blues, in addition to Diarra and Branislav Ivanovic can also play as central defenders.

However, Arthur's transfer style has always been one and one and the other, and the reason why he let Carvalho go was because he had a better candidate.

On July 15, Blackburn Rovers and Gremio of the Brazilian Liga officially announced that the Thiago Silva deal was reached, and the Brazilian defender joined Blackburn Rovers for £5 million, and the two sides signed a five-year contract.

Thiago Silva, 24, was born on 22 September 1984 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and failed to win a contract after undergoing youth training at Fluminense. He later made a name for himself at Brazilian Serie C club RS Forte Bol and was signed by Brazilian giants Juventud, with Thiago Silva playing at right-back and making a cameo in midfield in the early days.

In 2004, Porto brought Thiago Silva to Europe, but less than one season, the Portuguese soon sold him to Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League. However, due to injury, he was unable to establish himself in the Russian Premier League and returned to the Brazilian Liga in 2006 to join Gremio. During his time at Gremio, he won the 2007 Copa do Brasil with the club and reached the final of the Copa Libertadores in 2008, where his performances caught the attention of several European clubs.

But what about their attention?

Don't forget, whose team is Gremio FC?

For £5 million, Arthur brought Thiago Silva to the Theatre of the Roses.

It's just that the 5 million pounds is Arthur's transfer from his account in Blackburn to his other account in Gremio, handing the money to his right hand.

Carvalho left, the "brother-in-law" arrived, plus Vidic, Kompany and a group of fierce players, the Blue Devils defense will not have to worry about it in the next three years.

And following the transfer strategy of one and one by one, after Krasnic leaves, there will also be a personnel supplement on the Blue Devils' front line, who will it be?

This time the recruitment, Arthur admitted that he may have played away, because this recruitment is really a big gamble in some aspects.

"Ba God" - Mario Balotelli!

Balotelli is skilful at his feet, excellent with a header and an excellent free-kick, and is very versatile up front. His addition will greatly enrich Blackburn's attacking style in the frontcourt, and more importantly, Balotelli is only 18 years old, and there is still a huge space for development - which is also in line with Arthur's habit of bringing in young players and selling them at a high price after cultivating talents.

According to Sky Sport Italy, Balotelli's agent officially confirmed in an interview that negotiations have been negotiated for Balotelli's transfer to Blackburn Rover, and he will definitely join Blackburn.

Sky Sports said: "If it wasn't in the past, Balotelli is now a Blackburn player. ”

In an interview with Sky Sports' "24-hour news" on the evening of the 15th, Balotelli's agent Raiola confirmed that all three parties to Balotelli's transfer have reached an agreement.

Sky Sports revealed that despite travelling to the United States for a training camp with Inter Milan, Balotelli had already said goodbye to some of his friends at the base when he left Pinettina. On the 16th, Balotelli's transfer was officially announced by the two clubs.

Balotelli has signed Blackburn Rovers to a five-year, £2 million contract. "Milan Sport" revealed that Balotelli, who is in the United States, has said goodbye to his teammates.

At 9:45 a.m. on the 13th, Balotelli took a flight from Milan's Linate Airport to Blackburn, accompanied by his agent Raiola.

At about 11 o'clock, Balotelli arrived in Blackburn Rovers and headed straight for Blackburn's Jack Walker base. Lippi then confirmed in his press conference against Tottenham: "We could sign Balotelli today or tomorrow. ”

According to Milan Sport, Balotelli's transfer fee is £10 million, in addition to the corresponding club place bonus and appearance bonus, so Balotelli's final transfer fee could reach £12.5 million.

With Blackburn's opening league fixture of the new season taking place on 14 August, Balotelli is unlikely to be in action and will likely sit in the stands at Tottenham's home stadium, White Hart Lane.

Balotelli became Blackburn's third player to bring in this summer, after the club had already brought in Flamini for free and bought Thiago Silva for a measly £5 million, and the £5 million went into Arthur's pocket, with Balotelli taking that figure to £15 million – the bottom three spenders in the Premier League this summer.

In addition to the retirement of veteran goalkeeper Peruzzi and the termination of Claude Makelele's contract, which did not bring any benefits to the club, Carvalho and Krasnich teamed up to bring 29 million pounds to the team, which has come and gone, and Blackburn has once again achieved a profit of more than 10 million pounds in the transfer market this summer.

After Peruzzi's retirement, Blackburn did not bring in goalkeeper positions, but recalled Joe Hart on loan, and promoted reserve goalkeeper Tom White to become the team's third goalkeeper, along with Chinese international Chen Tao, who had been on loan at Belschott in the previous two seasons.

At this point, Blackburn's transfer door in the summer of 2008 was completely closed.

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With Blackburn Rovers 2008-09 squad (27):

Goalkeepers: Cech, Joe Hart, Tom White

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Martin Taylor, Nemanjac Vidic, McConn, Cannavaro, Kompany, Baines, Branivic, Thiago Silva

Midfielders: Frank Lampard, Duff, Alonso, Cambiaso, Bentley, Diarra, Ballack, Chen Tao, Bale, Flamini

Forwards: Didier Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo, Arshavin, Torres, Balotelli (to be continued.) )