Chapter 66: Transfers and Arenas
For this summer's transfer, Blackburn's plan is very simple, not to strengthen, in fact, in addition to players of Ronaldo and Messi, Blackburn, who has already formed the "most own team", does not look down on anyone at all. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Since it's not a reinforcement, then it's a cleansing, and the goal is clear, it's a veteran.
On July 16, Blackburn Rovers announced that the team's right-back Branislav Ivanovic will complete the transfer to Zenit St. Petersburg in the next 24 hours, and Ivanovic and Zenit have agreed on the terms of personal treatment, and the deal has been completed 99%.
Branislav Ivanovic, who was an absolute mainstay of the team last season, was completely reduced to a substitute, with Cesar Azpilicueta and Bellerin leaving him with few starts, and Ivanovic sought a move in order to continue his career.
In order for the veteran to be offered a lucrative new contract, Arthur signaled for the team to terminate the contract with Ivanovic, who will join Zenit St. Petersburg as a free agent on a three-year contract with a one-year extension. The transfer is expected to be finalised in the next 24 hours, with Branislav Ivanovic set to travel to Spain to join Zenit in pre-season training.
Jurgen Klopp also confirmed the news of Ivanovic's imminent departure at a press conference: "Branislav Ivanovic has played a lot of games for Blackburn Rovers and won a lot of honours here. He's 32 years old and has many years to play on the top stage, but it's important to respect the player's personal wishes. If a player is unable to play in many games, he may choose to join another club. I respect his choice, but also regret his departure. ”
With Ivanovic's departure leaving an empty squad, Blackburn did not bring in reinforcements, opting instead to promote Daniels from the reserve team to the first team.
Daniels, born in 1998, is the captain of Blackburn's reserve team, he can also play as a right-back when he plays as a central defender, he is 187cm tall but not bulky, although he is only 18 years old, he is very stable in defense and is regarded as the next Ferdinand.
After the departure of Branislav Ivanovic, Blackburn announced the departure of a "veteran" French midfielder Payet, who shone at this year's European Championships.
On 4 August, Blackburn Rovers announced a new development on Payet's departure, officially confirming that the French star will join Real Madrid for a fee of £41 million.
The 28-year-old is a notoriously inspirational brother who worked as an obscure shopping guide in a clothing supermarket before playing for Nantes, Saint-Etienne and Lille. In 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, Payet's impressive performances at Marseille caught the attention of Blackburn, and in the summer of 2015, the Roses recruited the French star for a fee of £11 million.
Subsequently, Payet showed super individual ability at Blackburn, and the set-piece kung fu was quite good, becoming a great weapon for the Roses to attack the city.
This summer, Payet represented the Gallic Roosters at the European Championship on French soil, and repeatedly scored shutouts to become the savior of the national team.
Payet can become the savior of France, but in the talented Blackburn, his positioning is very similar to Mahrez, who transferred to Manchester City, if it were not for Bale's long-term absence due to injury last season, Payet would not have had so many opportunities to perform, with Bale's recovery, the Frenchman who was reduced to a substitute is no longer Blackburn's darling, and the 29-year-old is already a veteran in the Roses.
The departure of Payet also brought good news, that is, Frank Lampard originally decided to retire this summer, but after Payet joined Real Madrid, although Deli Alli has grown amazingly enough to make up for the void in the squad after Payet's departure, Lampard still decided to stay for the time being to complete the final year of his contract with Blackburn.
Following the departures of Branislav Ivanovic and Payet, Blackburn Rovers have faced a dilemma as to whether there should be any changes to the goalkeeper position.
In the 2014-15 season, Cech was also named one of the world's three goalkeepers and the first goalkeeper in the Premier League, but last season Cech could only become one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League, and even among the top ten goalkeepers selected by major European football media this year, Cech could only rank last.
The 34-year-old, who was born in '82, is clearly not in Blackburn's future plans, and Monchi is interested in recalling Butland, who has a buy-back clause, but Klopp believes that the combination of Cech + Trapp is still enough for next season.
Trapp was named the most handsome player in the Premier League by Eurosport last year, and at the beginning of the season at Blackburn Rovers he secured the position of second goalkeeper, and in the later stages he formed a good rotation with Cech in goalkeepers, and over the course of the season, Blackburn conceded only 39 goals on all fronts, and Trapp made a big concedion.
Since Jurgen Klopp thinks the combination of Cech + Trapp is good enough, Monchi can only play in the number three goalkeeper position.
Last season, Tom White's place was seriously challenged by Trapp, and manager Jurgen Klopp seemed to trust the 26-year-old German goalkeeper even more, while Tom White, who was Blackburn's second goalkeeper last season, was reduced to a complete marginal man who only played one game.
During the winter transfer window, Bild reported that Tom White could seek to leave the team during the winter break in order to get more appearances.
As a goalkeeper from Blackburn's Academy, Tom White's former academy team-mate Phil Jones previously said: "I've always had a good relationship with Tom and he's very disappointed with where he is. ”
In the end, because of Blackburn's idea of building a team, and for his own future, Tom White transferred to Fulham, who is playing in the Championship, for a transfer fee of 500,000 pounds.
Following the departure of Tom White, Monchi has set his sights on the team's No.3 goalkeeper for young AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The 1999-born AC Milan goalkeeper Donnarumma's contract extension has been in the spotlight this summer, with rumours fueling his agent Raiola to join Juventus. However, at the age of 17, he joined Blackburn Rovers for £10 million.
At the beginning of last season, Donnarumma became Milan's starting goalkeeper, setting a number of magical records and a silver lining in Milan's downturn. However, his contract expired in the summer of 2018 and although Milan offered him a new contract and a significant pay rise, he joined Blackburn Rovers as the Roses' number three goalkeeper thanks to his agent Raiola.
After the signing of Donnarumma, the echelon of Blackburn goalkeepers is clear: the 34-year-old Cech represents Blackburn's present, the 26-year-old Trapp represents Blackburn's present and the next season or two, and the 17-year-old Donnarumma represents Blackburn's future.
And if Trapp is unable to support Blackburn's backline, then Blackburn can activate Butland's buyback clause at any time to bring the Three Lions goalkeeper back to the Rose Theatre.
At this point, Blackburn has closed the transfer door when other teams are still making waves in the transfer market.
Total expenditure: £4000.
Total revenue: £96.5 million.
Profit: £56.5 million!
At a time when all European football giants are throwing a lot of money, especially when other Premier League teams are spending tens of millions or hundreds of millions of pounds, Blackburn has become a strange alternative with a profit of more than 50 million!
However, Blackburn have not invested enough energy in the transfer market this summer, not only for the most exclusive reasons, but also for bidding to host the venue for the 2019 Champions League final.
UEFA has announced that Blackburn's Rose Theatre will compete with Madrid, Spain, for the 2019 Champions League final, with UEFA choosing one of the venues.
UEFA opened the bidding process for the venue for the 2019 Champions League final in December, with Blackburn's Rose Theatre and Atletico Madrid's new home stadium, the Metropolitano Stadium, participating, and UEFA will announce the results in September.
In addition, six cities, including Glasgow and Frankfurt, have also applied for the application.
Compared to the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, the Rose Theater, which was rebuilt only last year, has too many hardware advantages, but there are two disadvantages that Blackburn cannot ignore.
The first disadvantage is that Arthur is powerless, and it is the general trend that he cannot control, because it comes from Brexit.
Brexit is already a must, Prime Minister Theresa May said that Britain will leave the European Union within two years, and a few days ago UEFA President Alexander Ceferin revealed the surprising news that if Brexit is successful, it will not be able to host all the major football matches that belong to UEFA.
Asanda Cheferin broke the shocking news in an interview a few days ago, first of all, the debate on the issue of Brexit. He bluntly said that after Brexit, the United Kingdom will lose the opportunity to host UEFA competitions, including the Champions League final and the European Cup, because there will be complicated entry and exit procedures for players after Brexit.
Asanda Ceferin first explained with the example of Paris Saint-Germain right wing-back Aurier, who is now in the middle of a lawsuit: "Although this player is disappointing and is no longer able to play abroad, Aurier will no longer be able to play in the UK under Brexit, and this situation will continue to arise after Brexit, although I respect the fact that the UK will refuse entry to other nationals on the grounds of the possibility of committing a crime." ”
Asan Da Ceferin went on to say that players will not be able to play if they are not in the UK, "Barcelona's Messi is also involved in tax lawsuits, and if the Champions League final is held in the UK again, the entry of these players will be unsightly. I hope that the UK and the EU can solve the problem of players coming and going, and even affect the fans who go to support them, and I hope that the FA will also fully assist us in resolving this matter. ”
In addition to the overwhelming trend of Brexit, Blackburn Rovers also have the disadvantage that the Rose Theatre has not hosted any major events other than the Champions League, Premier League and Olympics, although this problem has been improved this summer, when the Rose Theatre hosted this year's UEFA Super Cup.
Since 1998, the UEFA Super Cup, the opening match of each new season, has been played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. On Friday 26 August 2011, Champions League winners Barcelona and Europa League winners Porto will continue this tradition.
In 2012, the UEFA Executive Committee decided in Niang to change the 15-year-old tradition that the Super Cup would be held in a different location, starting with the Stade Eden in 2013, and after two years of continuous application, the Rose Theatre finally won the right to host the tournament this year.
On August 9, the 41st UEFA Super Cup was contested at the Rose Theatre, with Champions League winners Blackburn Rovers hosting Europa League winners Sevilla.
Blackburn's six Champions League finalists, including Neymar, failed to start, except for Neymar who participated in the Olympics, the rest of the members who had just participated in the final four knockout stages of the European Championship had just returned to the team, and Klopp did not let them play rashly.
After the opening, Deli Ali crossed from the right, Phil Jones nodded the ball on goal, Mariano was volleyed away, and then Deli Ali's low shot from the edge of the box on the left was parried by Rico.
Blackburn took the lead in the 21st minute, Sevilla threw the ball into the sideline at the back and was pressed continuously, Bitolo and Rakitic scrambled but stabbed Deli Ali, who volleyed with the outside of his left foot 24 meters in front of the goal and hung into the top left corner, 1:0. He became the youngest Blackburn Rovers player to score in a European final.
Sevilla equalized in the 41st minute, Vito crossed from the right, Bitolo stopped the ball on his chest and turned to pick up the defender, Franco Vazquez drilled a left-footed volley into the bottom right corner from 13 meters in front of the goal, 1:1.
Sevilla made 300 passes in the first half, 98 more than Blackburn, and Carrizo's 60 passes were 100 per cent successful, but early in the second half, Sampaoli changed his centre-back position and Carriso was replaced by Lamy. Alaba went straight at the back, Deli Ali crossed back from the left, Rakitic stopped the ball and flashed out of angle, and fired a low shot wide of the left post from the edge of the box.
Sevilla took the lead in the 72nd minute, Bitolo cut into the box on the right and was tripped by Phil Jones, and Serbian referee Mažić blew a penalty! Konoprianka tricked Trapp into the bottom left corner, 2:1.
In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, seeing that Majic was about to blow the whistle, Blackburn equalized! Sterling crossed from the right side of the penalty area, Casemiro shook his head 3 meters in front of the goal, 2:2!
The goal also sent the score to extra time. 3 minutes into extra time, Klozižišak trampled on Sterling and was sent off for a total of 2 yellow cards!
In the second half of extra time, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Blackburn missed a chance in the 111th minute, Bam Adebayo picked up a cross from the right side of the penalty area, Bellerin stopped the ball 12 meters from the goal, and his one-handed left-footed push was blocked by Rico, and the defender broke the ball.
However, Blackburn Rovers staged a stunner in the 119th minute, Bellerin made up for it, the right sideline of the midfield stole Konoplyanka and then ran for a long time, broke into the right side of the penalty area and changed the line to break through Lamy, and shot into the far corner with the instep 9 meters in front of the goal, 3:2!
Sit at home and kill in the last minute of extra time! Blackburn, who played in the stump of the game, won themselves a good start to the new season with an up-and-down game! (To be continued.) )