"Yo, that's interesting. "Arthur looked at Manchester United's recent announcement in the morning with great interest.www.biquge.info

Completely similar to Arthur's previous life, Manchester United's pursuit was fruitless, and Ronaldinho chose to join Barcelona, who were more suitable for him.

After losing the coveted Ronaldinho and the replacement Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson was quick to give the Red Devils a new option on the right wing of the new season - Ricardo Quaresma.

The day after Ronaldinho signed for Barcelona, United officially announced Quaresma's arrival, with the Portuguese star paying £10.1 million, surpassing the record set by Cristiano Ronaldo when he joined Blackburn.

Born on 26 September 1983, Quaresma played as a winger, and has long been considered Figo's successor, and the title "Figo II" is both a compliment and an expectation for him.

If you've only watched football in recent years, here's a brief introduction to the player: He came from a poor background and was already known for his talent at a young age; His highlights are often featured on YouTube; He is known for his hairstyle, his twisting skills on the pitch, and his beautiful goals; He started his career at Sporting Lisbon, where he was already thriving in the Portuguese league and played for both Spanish and English giants......

Reminds me of Cristiano Ronaldo? But it's actually Lekadu-Quaresma.

At a time when Cristiano Ronaldo has become the best player in the world year after year, many have forgotten about Quaresma, who could have been his equal, or at least his talent.

They came out of the academy at Sporting Lisbon around the same time, and even Quaresma was the first to be known as Figo's successor. As a result, the lad only returned to Portugal in 2014, half a year after leaving the Middle East; At the same time, Ronaldo won the second Ballon d'Or.

It may not be obvious how a player who sticks to the ball, disrupts the team's rhythm and is not easy to compete with defenders can be tied with a Ballon d'Or winner who scores goals and has excellent physical quality. So let's look back at the youth of Quaresma.

At the age of 17, Quaresma had already risen through the ranks of Sporting Lisbon's second team, and in the first season he was already a supernova, playing 28 games and scoring three goals, sharing the league and cup double with the team and coach Romanian legend Bologni.

At this time, Ronaldo followed closely behind, and only promoted to the first team a year later.

After Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo also became the main players of the team, the then Manchester United assistant coach Queiroz once said: "If you can only choose one of these two talented players, it is extremely difficult, it is good to sign one, and the team will definitely succeed" - quite a bit of "Wolong, phoenix, one can settle the world".

Who is Wolong? Who is the phoenix?

It's boring to think about it now, but before the 2008 UEFA Nations Cup, Bologni, who coached them both in 4-4-2 magazine, said: "Quaresma is more talented than Cristiano Ronaldo, and he was expected to be greater than Ronaldo. ”

Quaresma has indeed shone in his four years at Porto, where the team won three Portuguese Super League titles and himself won two Portuguese League Footballer of the Year. And one after another on the video site of the essence also left him a good name - "trivela", the king of the back of the foot.

But even so, he never left a game worth writing about.

Why is this happening?

"There is Bole, and then there is Maxima. Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have. ”

Back in 2003, the summer when Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Manchester United, Quaresma went to another giant, Barcelona, at the same time.

While training under the great Sir Alex Ferguson, Quaresma had inconsistent playing time and performances, as well as a lack of playing time with his coach at the time, Rijkaard.

After the game, the youngster even said that he would never play for Barcelona as long as Rijkaard was around. This has long been a testament to his arrogance.

At that time, Ronaldo was actually the same: he never hesitated to show his footwork, did not pass the ball, and wanted to win by himself, so he quarreled with Ruud van Nistelrooy. But he turned around and became a goal-scoring machine under the tutelage of Lord Ferguson and Portuguese national team coach Scolari.

Quaresma returned to Portugal because of the Deco trade and became the emperor of the soil, never having the opportunity to meet such a great teacher as Lord Frew. Of course, it can't be blamed on the outside, the focus is on the player's own changes, and Quaresma has never given up his habit of twisting and playing with the outside of his foot.

In his career, only he had a good relationship with Porto team leader Pacos Ferreira.

"He's a very special player with a lot of potential and everybody enjoys watching him perform," Ferreira even called his protégé "Harry Potter": "He's a team player compared to before, but I don't want him to lose his character, otherwise he's just a normal player." In short, he is a genius. ”

Verbal praise aside, the coach did pamper Quaresma as much as Lord Ferguson did with Cristiano Ronaldo, but in a different way: he allowed Quaresma to score without having to be involved in the defence and making perfect use of his speed and footwork in a quick counter-attacking tactic. Ferreira may not be Bole, but he is definitely the coach who brought Quaresma back into the mainstream.

Now that Ronaldo has come to Blackburn Rovers coached by Jose Mourinho, and Quaresma has gone to Manchester United, whether the "parallel goods" of the previous life can show his potential and become a Ballon d'Or superstar, even Arthur, who was reborn, cannot judge.

"The butterfly effect caused by me is getting bigger and bigger, but there are some minor changes, isn't it more surprising?" Arthur is not afraid of situations that are different from the previous life, after all, only the details can be changed, and the general trend will not change.

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At 12 noon local time on August 8, Blackburn officially announced that Portuguese international Deco was transferred from Portuguese Super League giants Porto for 8.5 million pounds, and the two sides signed a four-year contract, but the specific annual salary was not announced.

In 1999, at the age of 22, Deco joined the Porto team and gradually became the heart of the team's midfield, the Brazilian's big-picture vision and practical skills quickly established himself in the team, and began to become one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe, and Porto won the Portuguese Super League title last season.

Last summer, Arthur assigned Monchi to pursue Deco, but Deco, who did not have a Portuguese passport at the time, declined Arthur's invitation to join the Portuguese national team.

However, after joining the Portuguese national team in March this year, Deco readily agreed to another invitation from Blackburn Rovers this summer.

In Arthur's previous life, Deco reached the pinnacle of his career in the 2003-2004 season, leading the team to league titles and the European Cup as the number 10 for Porto. Especially in the Champions Cup, Mourinho successfully built Deco as the core of attack and defense, the team was unbeaten in 11 games, and defeated Monaco 3-0 in the final, Deco scored a key goal, and fans called it "Super Deco".

Deco then led Portugal to the final of the European Championship, losing to the super dark horse Greece, and Deco was included in the account of FC Barcelona for his excellent performance.

In 2004, Deco joined Barcelona from Porto for a sky-high price of 20 million euros, and Deco, who originally thought that he could only serve as a substitute for Ronaldo, quietly accepted Rijkaard's decision to place himself in the midfield, but no one expected that the stranger who was not amazing would soon find a feeling in the midfield, and Deco's fouls ranked first in La Liga throughout the season, but Barcelona built a reliable barrier in front of the back line because of him.

The arrival of Deco has brought countless changes to Blackburn's midfield, and he can be used as a substitute for Alonso, Makelele and Frank Lampard, or even completely replaced, so that Blackburn's midfield strength has finally jumped to the first place in the Premier League for the first time.

For Deco's transfer fee is only 8.5 million pounds, to be honest, it is beyond Arthur's expectations, but he soon understood, after all, the previous Deco transfer to Barcelona was only 20 million euros, and Deco, who does not have the glory of the League Cup and the Champions League, is naturally even more dim, and Porto did not see his true value.

Following Deco's arrival, it is thought this could be Blackburn's last transfer deal this summer.

Previously, Blackburn has successively introduced Makelele, Mendieta and Cristiano Ronaldo, Blackburn Club did not have a specific transfer fee for Pedco to join, according to the "BBC" and other media revealed that the transfer fee is about 8.5 million pounds, so that Blackburn has introduced four new signings this summer The total cost has reached 40 million pounds, minus the 32.7 million pounds for the sale of Benayoun and other three players, the net investment is only 7.3 million pounds, but the strength has been significantly strengthened.

However, contrary to the expectations of most professionals, Blackburn Rovers still completed the last two signings before the Premier League transfer deadline, even though they were shy in their pockets.

On the last day of August, Blackburn, who had been silent for half a month, officially announced again that Shunsuke Nakamura, the main international player of the Japanese national team, and Bentley, the supernova of England, joined the team.

Born in 1978, Shunsuke Nakamura joined Serie A promotion Marcie A side Regina last season and scored seven goals in 31 appearances for the team, helping Reggina to relegation in their first year after returning to the first division. Nakamura's performance in Europe has given him more recognition, and many believe that his ability has surpassed that of Hidetoshi Nakata, who was in the limelight at the time.

Nakamura's wide-eyed vision and ball sense, not only creating scoring opportunities for his teammates through clever passes, but also using free-kicks to directly attack the city, his teammates once described Nakamura's left-footed skills as saying: Nakamura can open a can with his left foot.

Shunsuke Nakamura has distinct characteristics, and his disadvantages are also obvious. With a weight of only 68 kilograms, he suffered greatly in the confrontation, and his physical weaknesses also made him questioned and criticized, which led to his omission from the final squad for the 2002 World Cup in Japan.

Although Shunsuke Nakamura has obvious shortcomings, Arthur and Mourinho are interested in his world-class free-kick ability.

You must know that Shunsuke Nakamura, who is at his peak at this time, although the overall level cannot be a starter at Blackburn, but in terms of free kick ability, even Beckham and Juninho Jr. dare not say that they are sure to beat the Asian king.

Of course, in addition to technical and tactical considerations, Arthur's introduction of Shunsuke Nakamura was to open up the Japanese market - after all, Japan, which was already a developed country at this time, was much better than China's situation in terms of consumption power around football.

And the transfer fee of only 1.8 million pounds is really good value for money in Arthur's opinion.

Shunsuke Nakamura is best at playing as a midfielder, but after coming to Blackburn, he will play more as a left midfielder, and he is the first choice on the left after Duff.

Although Shunsuke Nakamura was already the king of Asia at this time, he was just a nobody in English football, and the storm caused by Bentley, which Blackburn announced at the same time, was much bigger.

Bentley was born on 27 August 1984 in Peterborough, the son of Willfordshire's Vimori and was eyed by Arsenal's youth squad at the age of 13.

Bentley started as a striker, but he progressively developed into a right winger at Arsenal. At the age of 16, Bentley was recognised by Arsene Wenger and arranged to train with the Gunners' first-team players.

Bentley made his debut for Arsenal in January, coming on in the 77th minute in the FA Cup third round against Oxford United in a 2-0 victory for the Gunners.

However, the England Under-18 captain has been in excellent form and has a lot of potential, but with Thierry Henry, Bergkamp, Arriateaure, Kanu and Reyes in the Gunners' attack, Bentley simply can't see his way forward.

In Arthur's previous life, Bentley, who no longer wanted to sit on the cold bench at Arsenal, approached Arsene Wenger in the summer of 2005 to request a transfer, saying that "the cold reception he received at Arsenal has made him lose interest in football". In the end, Bentley was loaned out to Mark Hughes' Blackburn Rovers, while Arthur simply brought the process forward by a year.

Although he did not want Bentley to join league rivals Blackburn, in the end, under the huge financial pressure of the new Emirates Stadium, Wenger had to agree to Bentley's sky-high price of 3 million pounds.

Arthur knew that Bentley, the future England international, had great potential, but the perverse talent was also notoriously difficult to manage, and Bentley announced his retirement at the age of 29 in the previous life.

However, Arthur believes that with a more arrogant big brother like Ibrahimovic and an iron-blooded manager like Mourinho in the team, Bentley may not repeat the detours of his previous life.

With this coming to an end for Blackburn's 2003 summer transfer, what will they achieve with even greater ambitions?

Let's wait and see!

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Blackburn Rovers 2003-04 squad included:

Goalkeepers: Friedel, Giroud Robinson, Lewis

Defenders: Jeff Kenner, Ashley Cole, Finnan, Carvalho, Stam, Sun Jihai, Paul Ferreira, Martin Taylor, Heinze

Midfielders: Frank Lampard, Duff, Alonso, Makelele, Cambiaso, Li Tie, Giuli, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mendieta, Deco, Shunsuke Nakamura

Forwards: Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Drogba, Bentley (to be continued.) )