Chapter 59: Jack Rodwell
What Jiang Lizhang handed to Ji Qin was the transfer list he drew up with head coach Martinez and the scouting team, and there were a few names that really scared Ji Qin.
The first is the transfer of players who have left the team.
The team's veteran captain, Baena, who was the core of last season's midfield, is 30 years old, and before the end of the season, he reached an agreement with the Greek National League side Athens Intrepid Athens, that is, Pellistri, to join the Greek side in the summer transfer window for a transfer fee of 1 million euros.
Baena joined the Malaga academy in 1999 and moved to Barcelona's La Masia Academy in 2003. Baena also played for Espanyol and Rayo Vallecano, and was named in the Spanish Under-21 national team.
And Sevilla star Alejandro Pozo, who was linked to Wulei last season with an unexpected call, also returned to his parent club because of the expiration of his loan term.
Left winger Federd Vico was also eyed by Belgian giants Anderlecht because of his outstanding performance last season, and he was directly brought back to Van den Stock Stadium with a release fee of 2.3 million.
Anderlecht is a well-deserved giants of the Belgian First Division, having won the league title for the first time in 1947, but has since been out of control, and in the past 70 years, Anderlecht has won almost half of the Belgian highest league titles.
Although the team has not performed well in European competition in recent years, the team dominated European football in the 70s and won the runner-up of the regular season of the Belgian First Division last season, so Vico is happy to go.
This year's 29-year-old midfielder Nicolas Aguirre also returned to the Chinese Super League Chongqing Sway Club, along with the team's main striker Adrian Ramos. They were all loaned to the Granada club due to the latest foreign aid regulations of the Chinese Super League, and now it is time to go to the Super League to earn some pension money!
In addition to the above, it is also worth mentioning that Hao Runze, the son of Hao Haidong, has been loaned to Loretano, the 22-year-old can no longer be called a young player, even in the lower leagues, Hao Runze has rarely been a regular member of the team, spending most of his time on the bench or playing in the reserves.
And Hao Runze initially played the same forward position as Hao Haidong, and later because there were too few goals, he changed to the defender position at the suggestion of the coach.
Last season, Hao Runze did not have a good time in the Granada B team, let alone the starter, he did not even have a chance to come off the bench all season, and was sent to the reserve team most of the time. So his loan out was also to be expected.
However, because his father is too famous, there are still many Chinese fans who pay more attention to his movements. This time he switched to the Portuguese second division, and some Chinese fans commented with a little ridicule: "From the third division to the second division, Hao Runze can be regarded as progressing." ”
In the future, Hao Runze will most likely be bought back by the Chinese Super League team, and the export will be sold domestically.
After talking about the transfer and leaving the team, all that remains is the players that Granada is ready to bring in!
In the main framework of last season's La Liga promotion, there were two wingers and two midfielders, so the first thing Granada did was to bring in reinforcements to strengthen the position.
First of all, a name that fans who follow the Premier League or the England national team will not be unfamiliar with, Jack Rodwell!
Once seen as a promising star in homegrown midfield, the 16-year-old played for Everton's first team and was in the UEFA Cup.
Although Rodwell played as a defensive midfielder when he debuted, he can also play as a midfielder and a central defender. He was once hailed as one of the most promising players at Everton and in England as a whole.
The value of the English household registration book is well known to Premier League fans, so how much is such a promising young English household registration worth? Ferguson tried to buy Rodwell, and the 20 million pound purchase of Rodwell and another England youngster Gosling, was unsuccessful.
15 million euros!
That's the answer from Manchester City!
In the summer of 2012, after five years at Everton, Rodwell joined Premier League upstart Manchester City.
However, like most of the "geniuses" in the mouth of the British media, Rodwell's rise and fall are fast, and in just three years, Rodwell has slipped from England international to the Championship team, and now he is facing the dilemma of being terminated by the team.
Since leaving Everton, Rodwell's career has been declining, and I thought that joining the giants would be able to get promoted and raise salary, become general manager, become CEO, marry Bai Fumei, and reach the peak of life.
The ideal is plump, the reality is skinny, he only made 16 appearances for Manchester City that season!
It wasn't until 2014 that Rodwell, who couldn't get a foothold, chose to leave Manchester City and join Sunderland, a deal that cost Sunderland 10 million. Even at Sunderland, Rodwell has struggled to integrate into the team and has still not been able to establish himself as a regular at the Black Cats.
Since joining the club, Rodwell has made just 44 appearances for the team.
Rodwell has only played in three games this season. There is a perception within the club that he has not worked hard enough to get on the pitch and wants to terminate his contract early, so Sunderland are willing to give up the transfer fee to save on salary.
However, Rodwell was said to want to ask for a seven-figure liquidated damages, but Sunderland could not afford that figure, so he waited until last summer to join Blackburn on a free transfer.
However, Rodwell left Blackburn Rovers at the end of the season and has yet to find a new owner. Rodwell is also said to have had a trial at Roma before, but he didn't get a contract in the end.
Ji Qin actually likes the player Rodwell, and has always felt that he looks a bit like the shaved Van Persie.
Although he was a defensive player on the field, he was extremely confident and made decisive tackles without fouls even in the box. As well as a long ball and a back-to-back attack, all of which are his hallmarks.
In fact, joining Manchester City at that time was a huge turning point, and almost none of the players who joined that season were played, such as Sinclair, McConn, Xavi Garcia, etc.
Perhaps it is not a good thing for young players to enter the big club too early, and the pressure and competition of the big club are hard to imagine.
It was also a bit of a mistake in the Sunderland period, and if you joined a year earlier or left the team a year earlier, you would not be relegated with the team. In fact, with his ability, there is no problem in raising a substitute in the Premier League!
The key is that Rodwell has experience and a certain amount of quality, and does not need a transfer fee, which is suitable to replace the vacancy in the midfield after Baena's departure.