1289 Ahead of the board
Over the years, Yang Yang has always had a habit of not being disturbed by the outside world when he is on vacation, and he hopes to have a good vacation with his family wholeheartedly, and those who are familiar with him also know this.
Therefore, generally speaking, Yang Yang will try to take care of things before going on vacation, and only then will he start to take a vacation with peace of mind.
It wasn't until early July, from Switzerland, Austria to Croatia, that Yang Yang took his family to enjoy a relaxing European holiday, and after sending his family and relatives and friends back to China, Su Ye and Xiao Yang Guang also went back, and Yang Yang returned to Madrid alone.
In the coming period, Real Madrid will start their pre-season training camp, which according to Real Madrid's plan, will start on July 13, but Real Madrid's warm-up matches this summer will not be in Madrid, but in Melbourne, Australia, and then travel to Asia and China for warm-up tournaments, and finally return to Europe.
Anyway, Yang Yang will be busy with training in the next period of time, and he is basically not at home, so Su Ye will take his son back to China to live for a while, and then they will return to Europe at the same time as Real Madrid.
And when Yang Yang returned to Madrid, all kinds of news from European football also came like a tide.
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This summer, the team with the most investment in the Spanish transfer market is somewhat surprising, it turned out to be Valencia, which has always been financially poor, this team has just returned to the Champions League, and as soon as the transfer market opened, it directly smashed into more than 100 million euros.
Among them, the biggest name is the introduction of former Real Madrid academy center Negredo from Manchester City, which cost Valencia 30 million euros, and the purchase of Spanish striker Rodrygo also cost 30 million euros, plus players such as Andre Gomez, Cancelo, Rodriguez and Mina, the Bats can be described as bleeding.
The investment has increased, and the overall strength has naturally improved.
Whether it's Negredo, Rodrygo, or other players, Valencia's signings are very targeted, and they bring in players who have proven their quality, among which Rodriguez and Andre Gomez both spent a season on loan at Valencia last season.
It is foreseeable that the strength of the Bat Legion in the new season has improved significantly.
In addition to Valencia, another team that has invested heavily is Atletico Madrid.
The Sheets failed to challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona again last season and have lost a lot of players this summer.
Alda Turan moved to Barcelona, Mandzukic to Juventus, Aldreveld to Tottenham Hotspur, Mario Suarez to Fiorentina, main centre-back Miranda to Inter Milan and key substitute Raul Garcia to Athletic Bilbao......
All of this has affected Atletico Madrid's strength, but Simeone's team has also received a generous transfer fee and moved into the transfer market.
Jackson Martinez from Porto for €35 million, Savic from Fiorentina for €25 million, Carrasco from Monaco for €20 million, Vietto from Villarreal for €20 million, Felipe from Chelsea for €16 million, Bernard Mensah from Guimaraes for €10 million......
Judging from the transfer in and out of Atletico Madrid, the Sheets Army has moved a lot this summer, with a lot of personnel changes, and the overall strength is still there, but it is not very clear whether it can regroup.
But with Simeone's coaching ability and the shrewdness of Atletico Madrid's management, I believe there is still a lot to be done.
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Compared with the two giants of La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona, who have not made much movement, the giants of the Premier League, Bundesliga and Serie A have basically invested a lot of money, and they obviously hope to increase investment, improve the strength of the team, and challenge the hegemony of Real Madrid.
Premier League Manchester City spent 50 million pounds to bring in local rookie Raheem Sterling from Liverpool, and smashed Otamendi from Valencia for 32 million pounds, and spent more than 80 million pounds on two transfers.
While Manchester City is aiming for European competition, Manchester United is aiming for a restructuring.
£25 million from Southampton for Schneiderlin, £25 million for Depay from PSV Eindhoven, £15 million for Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich and £15 million for Damian from Turin.
But what is really scary is another transfer in early July, when Manchester United announced the signing of 19-year-old French striker Anthony Martial from Monaco for a contract worth a total of 58 million pounds, or 80 million euros.
The French rookie, who was hailed as the new Thierry Henry, was just starting out, but was favored by a number of teams, including Paris Saint-Germain, and the Red Devils ended up paying a very heavy price for the young player, with a transfer fee plus add-ons worth a total of 80 million euros.
Overnight, the whole world was shocked, all the media and fans were skeptical and puzzled by the transfer, and even within European football, the transfer of Manchester United was suspicious, believing that the Red Devils were somewhat ill and rushed to the hospital.
Ferguson's retirement is a very big blow to Manchester United, whether it is at the competitive level, or at the club management level, especially in the transfer operation, Ferguson used to be planning, but now Manchester United management, no one can take over Ferguson's authority, which makes Manchester United suffer setbacks everywhere in the transfer market.
This time, in order to snatch Martial, Manchester United also gave up.
It is not difficult to see from Anthony Martial's transfer that the competition in the European transfer market has become more and more intense.
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Bayern Munich, which has always been a thrifty housekeeper, has not been stingy in the transfer market after the introduction of Pep Guardiola, and has invested a lot of money this summer in order to improve the overall competitiveness of the team.
The 37 million euros transfer of Chilean midfielder Vidal from Juventus is a blockbuster.
Vidal has proven his strength at Juventus, it can be said that Juventus reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, Vidal played a great role, and now the transfer to Bayern Munich has made the Bundesliga team even more powerful.
Brazilian winger Douglas Costa for €30 million from Shakhtar Donetsk, Kimmich from Stuttgart for €8.5 million, and French winger Coman on loan from Juventus for €7 million......
Bayern Munich are also clearly aiming for the Champions League, with Pep Guardiola's side hoping to compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona in the new season.
Vidal fills the void in midfield and the additions of Douglas Costa and Koeman give Bayern Munich two more excellent wide players in addition to the devilish wings of Ribery and Robben.
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In Serie A, after selling Vidal for a high price, Juventus turned around and brought in Dybala from Palermo for 32 million euros, followed by Brazilian left wing-back Alex Sandro from Porto for 26 million euros.
Tevez transferred back to Boca Juniors in Argentina, Llorente moved to Sevilla on a free transfer, and Juventus brought in Mandzukizi from Atletico Madrid for 19 million euros to continue to strengthen the team's attacking capabilities.
Add to that the 18 million euros Zaza from Sassuolo, 14 million euros from Udinese and 11 million euros from Inter Milan Hernanes......
Juventus are clearly slightly better overall than last season, but the Bianconeri are not having a good time after seeing off Vidal, and the team's number one star Paul Pogba has been strongly poached by Barcelona.
Bartomeu ran for Barcelona presidency this summer and personally promised Barcelona fans that he would bring in Pogba from Juventus.
The French midfielder's performance at Juventus has been recognized by everyone, and Real Madrid has been rumored with him in the past two years, not long after Zinedine Zidane replaced Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid's manager, the outside media rumored that his first signing would be Pogba.
Unexpectedly, Real Madrid did not make a move for a long time, but Barcelona took the lead.
Bartomeu relied on the appeal of Pogba and other stars to defeat former President Laporta in the presidential election and became the president of Barcelona, and after being elected, he also contacted Juventus for the first time, hoping to poach the French midfielder from the Bianconeri and fulfill his promise to Barcelona fans.
But Juventus were not interested in the move.
Catalonia's World Sport newspaper revealed that Bartomeu is willing to pay a sky-high transfer fee of 80 million euros for Pogba, and there is even room for negotiation, as long as Juventus are willing to sell Pogba.
"Due to FIFA's transfer ban, Barcelona could even accept paying half of the deposit in advance and paying the other half next summer to complete the transfer."
Barcelona's chips are not unsubstantial, and their sincerity is not insufficient, but Juventus and Pogba remain unmoved.
According to Torino Sport, Juventus wanted to keep Pogba after selling Vidal this summer to avoid a decline in the team's strength, and Pirlo is also old, so they prefer to keep the French midfielder.
Pogba himself is not without thinking about leaving Juventus, but at the moment there are only three teams that are really interested in him, namely Manchester United and Manchester City in the Premier League, and Barcelona in La Liga.
'Paul Pogba was reluctant to return to the Premier League because he was given a cold reception by Alex Ferguson in the Premier League, which made him resist the Premier League, so the French midfielder had reservations despite City's willingness to pay a transfer fee that would satisfy Juventus and poach Pogba with a high salary.
"Barcelona's invitation also failed to impress Pogba, because the French midfielder once stated in the French media that he would prefer to transfer to Real Madrid, not only because of Zidane, but also because of Yang Yang, he hopes to play side by side with Yang Yang, he firmly believes that Real Madrid with Yang Yang is invincible, and he hopes to play in such a team."
'But right now, Real Madrid don't seem to have Pogba in their transfer plans.
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It was in the midst of such disturbances that Yang Yang ended his vacation and returned to Madrid.
Pogba's transfer troubles are on the way.