The summer transfer in Europe in 2011 began with Samuel Eto'o's move to Anzhi in the Russian Premier League.

In order to get the Cameroonian striker, the Russians did not hesitate to offer a huge annual salary of 20 million euros, so that Eto'o, who is already in his thirties, transferred to Russia for a high price of 27 million euros.

It can be said that as soon as this transfer broke, it immediately caused a huge repercussion in the entire European football world.

Media and fans around the world are realising that the rules of the game have changed in the European summer transfer market.

Nowadays, it is no longer the traditional giants who can call the wind and rain in the transfer market, but the huge rich people who have flocked from all over the world, such as Manchester City's Abu Dhabi consortium, Anzhi's Russian billionaires, Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari consortium, and La Liga's Malaga Qatari consortium......

After obtaining a huge investment from the boss behind them, these local tyrant teams attacked from all sides in the transfer market, not only comprehensively raising the overall value of the transfer market, but also robbing the traditional giant teams.

For example, Aguero of Atletico Madrid.

The Argentine striker has been in contact with Real Madrid and Barcelona, and everyone basically believes that Aguero will either go to Real Madrid or Barcelona, but as a result, no one expected that Manchester City will directly attack, use 45 million euros to release the contract, and persuade Aguero with a high annual salary to bring the Argentine striker to the Premier League.

Obviously, the Abu Dhabi consortium also learned the lessons of last year, when they just hesitated, which led to Valencia's David Silva switching to Real Madrid, and this year, David Silva's performance at Real Madrid is also obvious to all, and Manchester City also deeply regrets it.

This time, Manchester City cut through the mess quickly and directly won Aguero, making Real Madrid and Barcelona miss a good opportunity to strengthen themselves.

Here, Inter Milan continue to strengthen their pursuit of Higuain after sending Eto'o away at a high price.

According to Italian media reports, Benitez has basically agreed to coach Inter Milan, and the Nerazzurri have basically agreed to let Benitez transform Inter Milan according to his own ideas, first of all, to get Higuain.

For this reason, Inter Milan made an offer for Higuain immediately after sending Eto'o away.

The performance of the small smoking gun at Real Madrid is not bad, but it is even more bleak because of the presence of current superstars such as Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic in front of him, but in fact, he also scored more than 20 goals on all fronts last season, which is very rare.

Higuain is also highly evaluated in the transfer market, because he is only 24 years old, and Inter Milan is 30 million euros when he makes a move, and it is obvious that he wants to take Higuain before other competitors such as Juventus and Napoli.

After several negotiations, Higuain finally transferred from Real Madrid to Inter Milan for a high price of 35 million euros.

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For Higuain's transfer, Real Madrid's management can only be regarded as half-pushed.

On the one hand, the Argentine striker really wants to prove himself on a higher stage, rather than living in the shadow of Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic all the time, and he has won all the accolades he can get at Real Madrid.

Defending the Champions League alone was enough to be the brightest shining point of his career.

On the other hand, Real Madrid is not resistant to Higuain's transfer, because the team is currently unable to provide Higuain with the space he wants, at least there is no way to guarantee his main position, and the academy youngster Morata has performed well after joining the second team and can become a qualified substitute.

So, after some consideration, Real Madrid finally made the decision to let Higuain leave the Bernabeu for a transfer fee of 35 million euros and switch to Inter Milan.

After receiving this transfer fee, Real Madrid immediately increased the pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Modric.

The Croatian midfielder has long been on the radar of Manchester United and Chelsea, but Tottenham Hotspur immediately raised Modric's offer after entering the summer transfer market, especially after Real Madrid publicly expressed interest in Modric.

Originally, they offered Manchester United 20 million euros, but then Chelsea joined and the offer was increased by 30 million euros, and now that Real Madrid has stepped in, they have raised the asking price.

Carlo Ancelotti, who has been in charge of Chelsea for two years, is familiar with Luka Modric and has a very high opinion of the Croatian midfielder, who sees him as the kind of player who can help Real Madrid greatly improve their control in midfield.

As a result, Real Madrid's number one negotiator, the head of Commerce, Jose Sanchez, travelled to London for face-to-face talks with Tottenham Hotspur CEO Daniel Levy.

Two days later, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur announced the signing of Croatian midfielder Luka Modric from Tottenham Hotspur for €33 million, and the 25-year-old midfielder will play for the Bernabeu for years to come.

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After signing Raphael Varane and Luka Modric, Real Madrid's plan to streamline the squad was relaunched after sending Gonzalo Higuain away, with Argentine defender Gago joining Valencia for a transfer fee of 5 million euros.

Since then, during Calderón's administration, the twin stars Gago and Higuain, who were introduced from Argentina, left Real Madrid in the same summer, which made many media and fans who were very optimistic about them feel embarrassed.

Higuain left with dignity, but Gago, who was not trusted for a long time and did not show the strength he should have, finally lost his position at the Bernabeu step by step and had to leave.

Joining for 27 million euros during the winter break of '07 and leaving for 7 million euros four years later is the cruelty of the transfer market.

Compared with Gago, Granero's market situation is better, with a high price of 10 million euros, transferred from Real Madrid to the Premier League promotion of Queens Park Rangers, the Premier League team is aiming for relegation in the new season, attaches special importance to Granero, and does not hesitate to pay tens of millions of transfer fees, and Granero is also bent on proving himself again in the Premier League.

It's like when he was in Getafe.

After sending away two substitutes in quick succession, Gago and Granero, Real Madrid loaned teenager Canales to Valencia, leaving the midfield with only six players: Kaka, Xavi Alonso, Javi Martinez, Mascherano, David Silva and Luka Modric.

In terms of staffing, Real Madrid's midfield squad is at its peak, and its strength is better than last season.

However, due to Real Madrid's ambition to fight on multiple fronts in the new season, the Real Madrid technical team led by Baldano and Zidane decided to bring in another player, and finally introduced the main midfielder of Spain's U21 age group, Andel Herrera, from Zaragoza at a price of 7.5 million euros.

The 21-year-old Spanish youth international, who is currently playing with Spain's Under-21s at the European Youth Championships in Denmark, is a thunderous mainstay, forming the iron triangle of Spain's youth team in this age group with Xavi Martinez and Barcelona midfielder Thiago.

Zaragoza was already in a deep financial crisis and had to sell people to survive, Herrera's good performance in La Liga last season has attracted the attention of many teams, and after being targeted by Real Madrid, the two sides quickly hit it off.

In addition to the transfer fee of 7.5 million euros, Real Madrid also loaned academy youngster Mateos to Zaragoza.

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Real Madrid's side is progressing quite smoothly because the players introduced are not big-name stars, but Barcelona's recruitment has been full of twists and turns, because of the limited transfer budget, they have to be careful.

By the end of June, Real Madrid had basically bought the players they wanted, and Barcelona had not been able to reach an agreement with Cesc Fabregas and Sanchez in the transfer market.

On the contrary, Atletico Madrid, after sending away Aguero for a sky-high price of 45 million euros, the Bed Legion immediately brought in Colombian striker Falcao from Porto for a sky-high price of 47 million euros, which was a shocking transfer.

Falcao has certainly performed well, but 47 million euros is ridiculously expensive for a player who has yet to prove himself in the big four leagues, and it is reported that the transfer involves third-party ownership and Mendes.

In addition to Falcao, Atletico Madrid also signed Brazilian striker Diego on loan from Wolfsburg, Turan from Galatasaray in Turkey for 12 million euros and Gabi from Zaragoza for a transfer fee of 3 million euros......

David De Gea was unable to keep David De Gea after Sergio Aguero's move to Manchester City, with Manchester United acquiring the successor to Van der Sar from the Sheets for €21 million.

Diego Forlan went to Inter Milan for a transfer fee of five million euros.

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Perhaps feeling the hardships of the transfer market, Barcelona began to sell people to raise money at the end of June, including Bojan, Gefren, Gabriel Milito, Kailison, Romeu, Cáceres, Hleb and other players were sent out of Camp Nou one after another.

After raising enough money, Barcelona finally got the superstar they wanted.

For 39 million euros, Barcelona successfully brought in Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal.

A few days later, Barcelona announced the introduction of Chilean winger Sanchez from Udinese for 26 million euros.

The addition of the two big players has also improved the overall strength of Barcelona, and they are also specially introduced for the shortcomings of the Barcelona lineup, so almost everyone believes that in the new season, Guardiola's team has the opportunity to beat Real Madrid and wash away the shame of last season.

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After Real Madrid brought in players such as Luka Modric and Herrera in succession, Florentino focused on negotiating the transfer of Neymar with Santos of Brazil, and the Real Madrid president was full of interest in Neymar.

At that time, his Yangyang plus Robinho policy was unsuccessful, and now he hopes to adjust it and use the combination of Yangyang and Neymar as the core of Real Madrid's team in the next few years.

Almost everyone in the world firmly believes that Neymar will be Yang Yang's best partner on the court.