With the World Cup coming to an end, the Europa League is back in the media and fans' attention.

During the World Cup, European football quietly completed several blockbuster transactions.

First of all, the least suspenseful is the transfer of Atletico Madrid's centre-forward Diego Costa to Chelsea for a whopping 38 million euros, a deal that has been reported in the media long before the World Cup, even before the end of the season.

In addition to Diego Costa, Chelsea have also set their sights on Atletico's backline, including left wing-back Felipe who moved to Chelsea for 20 million euros, and Yang Yang's former team-mate has been favored by Mourinho, and if he can continue Atletico's performance at Chelsea, he will undoubtedly take his career to the next level.

The two deals have brought Atletico nearly €60 million in transfer revenue, which, together with other potential departures and the team's performance in the Champions League last season, will give Atletico a lot of money.

After selling Diego Costa, Simeone immediately brought in Croatian center Mandzukicic from Bayern Munich in a deal that cost 22 million euros.

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been in transfer suspicion since six months ago, and the outside world has always linked him with Barcelona, and the Belgian goalkeeper himself is not very interested in returning to Chelsea.

Mourinho wanted the young Courtois to return to Stamford Bridge to compete with veteran Petr Cech for a double insurance on the Chelsea goal, but Courtois made clear that he refused.

From a career point of view, he has proven himself to be the best of Europe's young goalkeepers in his three years at Atletico, and he is still the main player in the Champions League final and the best goalkeeper in the Champions League.

From a personal point of view, he has a Spanish girlfriend, is very adaptable to life in Spain, and is reluctant to return to the Premier League, so he made it clear before the World Cup in Brazil that he hopes Chelsea can give him a word of accuracy, if he can't replace Cech, it is better to let him transfer to Atletico Madrid permanently.

Atletico Madrid officials also expressed their stance in the hope of buying Courtois, but Chelsea refused to contact Atletico about Courtois's transfer, because Atletico's bid did not meet Chelsea's requirements, and even Barcelona felt embarrassed.

According to the revelations given by the British Daily Mail, Chelsea's clear asking price for Courtois is 40 million euros, but both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona believe that this price is too high, and they are still in contact and negotiations with Chelsea.

Atletico are also preparing to bring in Oblak from Benfica in the Portuguese Super League if Courtois can't be retained.

The Slovenian goalkeeper is only 21 years old, very young, and has performed well in the Portuguese Super League, but he has not really proven himself so far, but even so, Atletico will have to pay more than 15 million euros in transfer fees to get him, in order to convince Benfica.

If Diego Costa leaves the team and brings in Mandzukic, then David Villa goes to the United States, and Atletico Madrid will target Real Sociedad's French player Antoine Griezmann, with an estimated transfer fee of up to 30 million euros.

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In addition to Atletico's arrivals and exits, another transfer favourite during the World Cup is Barcelona.

The star-studded stars before last season, the empty-handed team at the end of the season, coupled with the team's deep financial crisis and the resignation of President Rosell, have put Barcelona in a deep quagmire, and many people are worried that Barcelona will never recover?

But during the summer transfer period, Barcelona proved themselves with efficient transfers.

The transfer of Croatian midfielder Rakitic from Sevilla for 20 million euros has been hailed as a major move by Barcelona to strengthen the team's midfield, and Rakitic has already proven himself in La Liga.

Not only that, Barcelona also targeted Bayern Munich's midfielder Toni Kroos, hoping to bring the World Cup winner into the team, replacing the veteran Xavi as the team's midfield soul.

Cesc Fabregas went to Chelsea for a transfer fee of 33.5 million euros, which was another big deal for Barcelona, and it also caused controversy among Barcelona fans, many people believe that it is not wise to sell Fabregas, but others believe that Fabregas did not play the level of Xavi's successor during his time at Barcelona.

In addition, Barcelona sent the team's backup winger Sanchez to Arsenal for a high price of 37.8 million euros, which is a rare big move by Wenger in recent years.

The transfer of one Sanchez and one Cesc Fabregas has brought Barcelona more than 70 million euros in revenue, while cutting a large salary bill, which has further eased the financial pressure on the club.

At the same time, however, Barcelona have suffered a setback in the race for Chelsea centre-back David Luiz, with the Brazilian centre-back moving from Stamford Bridge to the Parc des Princes in Paris, France, for €45 million, a setback in their plans to strengthen their backline.

The backline is not good, but the departure of players is frequent, the veteran Puyol announced his retirement, Alexander Song did not perform well at Barcelona, and will return to West Ham United in the Premier League on loan in the new season, which makes Barcelona's back line still tight.

According to the news of the Taalan media, the departure of the 32-year-old goalkeeper Valdés is imminent, and Barcelona is currently in urgent need of bringing in an excellent goalkeeper, the first target is Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Courtois, but he cannot agree with Chelsea on the transfer fee, and the second choice is the goalkeeper Ter Stegen of Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.

Valdés faced almost the same situation as Casillas, with both goalkeepers being on the short side, playing at a high level with reflexes and agility as they were younger, but as they got older, their physical performance declined and they gradually failed to keep up with the needs of the team.

Valdés hasn't left yet, Courtois may not be able to come, and Ter Stegen is still just rumors, but Barcelona brought in Chilean goalkeeper Bravo from Real Sociedad for 12 million euros during the World Cup.

This is also obviously a transfer strategy, which is to tell all the transfer negotiation opponents that after Bravo joins the team, Barca's need for the goalkeeper position will not be so urgent.

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Real Madrid has also adopted a strategy close to Barcelona in the recruitment of goalkeepers.

As soon as the World Cup ended, Real Madrid immediately announced the introduction of Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas from Levante for a transfer fee of 10 million euros, and the goalkeeper who shined in the World Cup will start playing for Real Madrid.

During the World Cup, Real Madrid quietly completed the renewal of Di Maria's contract, and at a price of 40 million euros, Herrera transferred to Manchester United in the Premier League.

After the World Cup, led the Netherlands to the quarterfinals, Van Gaal, who performed well, will officially step down as the head coach of the Dutch national team and serve as the manager of Manchester United.

This firm statement undoubtedly cut off Real Madrid's hopes of bringing in David De Gea, and Baldano then travelled to Manchester to make final contact with Manchester United, but the Red Devils never opened talks with Real Madrid.

Arjen Robben also successfully moved to Bayern Munich during the World Cup and will form a devilish wing with Franck Ribery in the new season.

In other words, during the World Cup, Real Madrid did not make any progress in terms of reinforcements except for the introduction of a Navas, but instead sold two players, Herrera and Robben, and substitute goalkeeper Diego Lopes transferred to AC Milan on a free transfer, which undoubtedly added to the concerns of the outside world.

Especially when De Gea's transfer was frustrated, many people were worried, will Real Madrid suffer a blow in the transfer market?

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Yang Yang had just returned from the World Cup, and before he had time to rest, all kinds of news in the transfer market came to him like a tide, and his agent Raiola personally ran from European football to China.

This time, he didn't do it entirely for Yang Yang, but brought good news.

"Espanyol is very interested in Wu Lei, I have already contacted him, as long as he agrees, Espanyol can immediately start negotiations with Ajax, and promise to give him the main position."

Yang Yang was very happy when he heard the news, and landed in La Liga, which is undoubtedly a further exercise for the young Wu Lei, which is also very beneficial to his long-term development in the future.

However, everyone can also see that although Wu Lei is known as Yang Yang II, he is not Yang Yang in the end.

At that time, Yang Yang was the star of Ajax, directly from Ajax to Liverpool, while Wu Lei transferred to Espanyol, but I believe that as long as Wu Lei continues to work hard and continuously improve his level, there will be opportunities to go further.

"This time De Gea's transfer was frustrated, which was very bad for Real Madrid, because the team's transfer operation throughout the summer was focused on De Gea, and Florentino handpicked the goalkeeper, but as a result, Manchester United is not even talking to Real Madrid now, and no one can do anything about him."

With De Gea's contract in hand, Manchester United itself is not short of money, Van Gaal is also a very strong manager, and it is said that Ferguson also called Manchester United management to ask to keep De Gea no matter what, which makes it more and more difficult for Real Madrid to bring in the goalkeeper.

"Keylor Navas is positioned as a substitute, his problem is very similar to Casillas, and he is twenty-seven years old, not too young, Real Madrid is still making the final effort on De Gea, but at the same time he is also starting to prepare a second plan, which is Thibaut Courtois of Chelsea, of course, in the end, it really can't be done, then Casillas stays and plays for another year."

It's a very tangled situation, but there's no way around it.

Many times, in the transfer market, it is not that you can be capricious if you have money.

What's more, Real Madrid has always been careful in spending money.

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