Chapter 298: The transfer target of the "new owner".

Because he had reached an "agreement" with team leader Cao Jingwei in advance, after participating in the match with the Netherlands, Feng Quan did not rush to Hefei with other teammates to prepare for the match with the Thai team. After a day www.biquge.info stay in the capital, he took a flight to Oslo, Norway, with his agent Zhao Shijie and sprint coach El Karis, to compete in the IAAF Diamond League Oslo on June 13.

At the same time, several big things happened to Feng Quan's new owner, Atletico Madrid.

They first officially announced on June 1 that they had sold the team's top scorer last season, Radamel Falcao, to the Monaco club in Ligue 1 for 60 million euros.

Then, just when Atletico Madrid's supporters were angry that the club sold the team's leading goalscorer, club president Enrique Cerezo immediately announced that as early as the middle of last month, Atletico Madrid Club bought the Chinese player Feng Quan, who also won the "Bundesliga Best Rookie", the third scorer list, and the first assist list at a price of 23 million euros.

Although strictly speaking, he has only played in the Bundesliga for more than half a season, but he is still a "newcomer to football". But his 22 goals and 14 assists in 21 league games for Hamburg made him the first player to complete the "20+10" statistic in the Bundesliga.

Therefore, when the supporters of the club heard that Atletico Madrid had bought the "king of sprinting" Fengquan at a "low price" of 23 million euros, they immediately shouted excitedly "Cerezo, long live".

You must know that in the context of the serious "premium" of players in European football today, the price of 23 million euros is even difficult to buy a player who has scored more than 15 goals in major European leagues. You must know that Schurrle, who scored 11 goals in Bayer Leverkusen this season, transferred to Chelsea Club in the Premier League for more than 20 million euros.

Moreover, for Feng Quan, who is only 19 years old, due to the lack of sufficient competition experience, his understanding of the game is still lacking. Once this defect is overcome with the gradual increase in the number of games, Yifeng Quan's physical ability, which can be called a "pervert", and his skillful foot skills, will be even more terrifying than the "aliens" at their peak.

Immediately afterwards, when Atletico Madrid announced the news of Feng Quan's joining, a number of Chinese companies immediately consulted them about becoming team sponsors.

In just one week, the total sponsorship of Chinese companies that have reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid has easily exceeded 30 million euros.

Although this figure is compared to the sworn rivals in the same city, there is still a significant gap in the commercial sponsorship that Real Madrid receives every year. However, the influence of the club's introduction of Chinese players is fully demonstrated. What's more, this is just the news that Atletico Madrid Club has just announced the introduction of Fengquan. With the passage of time, before the official start of the new season of La Liga, it is believed that more companies from China will sponsor Atletico Madrid club for the sake of Fengquan's "face".

At the same time, Atletico Madrid finished third in La Liga this season and qualified for next season's Champions League. Coupled with the sale of Falcao and the large sponsorship from Chinese companies, they have been pursuing "small survival" in recent seasons, and they can finally be "local tyrants" in the transfer market.

Although, after selling Falcao, coupled with the disposal of a number of untrusted players, and the purchase of Fengquan, Simeone still has a transfer budget of nearly 60 million euros in his hands. In addition, the president of the club, Cerezo, also promised him that "he will continue to invest in additional transfers in early July".

However, Simeone, who has extremely unique selection criteria, is very cautious in the introduction of new players.

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With a transfer budget of 60 million euros, although it is impossible to buy top players in European football such as Ronaldo and Messi. But buying 2 or 4 key players from European giants is more than enough.

However, for Simeone, who believes in the principle of "rather lack than excess", if it is more than 20 million euros of reinforcements, it is enough to change the tide of the game by introducing Ronaldo, Messi and other players who can change the situation by themselves. Either it is to introduce players like Feng Quan, who already have initial superstar potential, but need to continue to be sculpted, and the transfer fee is still relatively "cheap".

Otherwise, he would rather buy some potential new stars with a certain strength at a relatively low price. Or some substitute players who are still in their playing years and have the ability to "drop the chain" when the main team needs to take a break.

It is based on the above considerations that Ajax's Toby Alderweireld and Saint-Etienne's Guilavogui and others have appeared in Simeone's sight.

In fact, for last season's league, he has led the team with solid defense and sharp counter-attacking tactics. Simeone, who initially has the ability to compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two La Liga superpowers, only needs to make reinforcements in some key positions, and then further increase the depth of the team's bench, which can basically be regarded as a smooth completion of the recruitment work in the summer transfer window.

After all, with the relatively limited financial resources of Atletico Madrid, it is impossible to spend more than 100 million euros on "net transfer expenditure" in a transfer period like Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two "super tycoons".

Therefore, trying to maintain a relative balance in terms of transfer funds is the sustainable way to survive for a "sub-giant" club like Atletico Madrid, which is not very financially strong.

Just when Simeone was optimistic that as long as he could successfully acquire Alderweireld and Giravogui, as well as David Villa, who was in "secret talks", then his summer recruitment work would come to an end. But he got a "bad news" from assistant coach Juan Vizcaino (Juan Vizcaino): the young right-back Manquilo, who was only 19 years old and had just been promoted by Atletico Madrid's youth team in the early years, actually had a car accident on the way to Sardinia for a vacation, resulting in a fracture of his right lower leg.

Ideally, Manquillo will have at least two to three months to recover after the surgery. That means he won't be able to return to the pitch until late October.

Originally, Simeone was counting on Manquillo, who improved quickly in the second half of last season, to be able to take on the role of a substitute at right wing-back in next season's game. However, this sudden change undoubtedly disrupted the Argentine coach's wishful thinking.

Alderweireld, who is the team's target, is also able to play at right wing-back. However, given the Belgian's lack of pace and assists, Simeone would prefer to be the main player in the centre-back position.

Therefore, the search for a qualified replacement for Juan Francisco Torres Belen became a top issue for Simeone.

At the beginning, Simeone was very optimistic about Carvajal, who had a good performance in Bayer Leverkusen last season. However, before Atletico Madrid could contact Carvajal's agent, their city rival Real Madrid announced that they would buy Carvajal back for 6.5 million euros.

In desperation, Simeone had to look for a new target.

Just when Simeone was frustrated by his target, the club's chief scout, Gerardo Guzman, approached him with a USB stick.

"...... this?" Simeone looked at Gerardo Guzmán with a puzzled look on his face.

"Video of the match between China and the Netherlands."

"Do you mean for me to examine how the wind performs in the game?"

"Hehe, of course not." Smiling and shaking his head, Geraldo Guzmán continued: "The highlights of the wind in this competition have gone crazy on major video sites. Why should I do anything more? ”

Listening to the words of his old friend, Simone's heart became even more confused.

"And what do you mean ......?"

"Oh, I'd like to recommend Van der Wiel from the Netherlands, and that No. 5 from China." Gerardo Guzmán said with a smile.

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In fact, Simeone was very interested in Van der Wiel back in the summer. Moreover, Paul Fortray, who is in charge of the club's transfer affairs, has also reached a preliminary transfer agreement with the former club Ajax FC that changed the name of the player.

Van der Wiel's contract with Ajax expires in the summer of 2013. Therefore, in order to avoid the loss caused by the Belgian's free transfer, Ajax agreed to sell Van der Wiel to Ajax for 6 million euros.

However, just when Paul Fortrey and Van der Wiel's agent, after several negotiations, were about to agree on a contract with an annual salary of 2.3 million euros. Paris Saint-Germain, which has deep pockets, preemptively signed Van der Wiel with an annual salary of 3.6 million euros.

With Van der Wiel's excellent performance in the "Grand Paris" last season, his value has naturally risen. Moreover, if you want to sign your favorite player from Paris Saint-Germain, which is "not bad for money", I am afraid that an offer of at least 20 million euros or more is possible.

For Simeone, who is very cautious about the amount of transfer fees, he will not spend a high transfer fee of more than 20 million euros in order to buy a "backup right-back".

So, Simeone said lightly: "You better introduce that Chinese to me carefully, Gerardo." Buying a backup at a high price is still a bit too much of a luxury for us. ”

Shaking his head helplessly, Gerardo Guzmán pulled over a chair with a smile on his face and sat down next to Simeone. Then I took the USB flash drive, wiped it on the computer, and skillfully opened a video playback software.

A few seconds later, a clip of the match between China and the Netherlands began to play on the computer screen. BECAUSE SIMONE HAD ALREADY PASSED VAN DER WER DIRECTLY, GERARDO GUZMÁN TOOK CONTROL OF THE MOUSE AND CLICKED ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE VIDEO BAR.

Immediately afterwards, several scenes of Zhang Linpeng in the game began to be played in the screen.

In addition to the fact that Zhang Linpeng tripped Robben in the box in the 12th minute of the first half, gifted a penalty for the Netherlands and received a yellow card. His performance on both ends of the pitch was excellent.

Because of this, even if the Dutch team was given a penalty in the game, Zhang Linpeng's 7.3 points on the official website of the AFC for the Sino-Dutch battle was the third highest score after Feng Quan (8 points) and Zheng Cheng (7.5 points).

Although after Simeone watched Zhang Linpeng's game highlights, he made an evaluation of "more than brave, not enough calm". However, Zhang Linpeng's several sharp wing assists in the game, as well as several physical confrontations with Dutch attacking players, still left a deep impression on Simeone.

"Gerardo, in your judgment, does the No. 5 player of the Chinese team have the strength to become the team's main substitute?" Simone said with a serious expression.

Without any hesitation, Gerardo Guzmán affirmed: "Although the player's defensive strategy needs to be further improved. But with his current strength, he is still qualified to be Juan's replacement. ”

Although the performance of one game alone is not enough to fully evaluate the quality of a player, Simeone still trusts the eyes of Gerardo Guzmán, an old partner.

However, for the sake of safety, Simeone decided to let Gerardo Guzmán personally rush to China to observe Zhang Linpeng's performance in the game up close. Then decide whether or not to introduce it.

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After a long-distance flight of nearly 15 hours, the Scandinavian Airlines flight that Feng Quan and El Karis took finally arrived at Oslo International Airport without any problems.

Because Zhao Shijie has communicated with the organizing committee of the Diamond League Oslo station in advance. So after getting off the plane, the three of them came to the parking lot directly through the VIP channel of the airport under the guidance of the airport staff.

Immediately afterwards, after the three of them boarded the business car arranged by the organizing committee, they galloped directly towards the hotel where the athletes were staying.

More than half an hour later, when the business car carrying the three of them sent them to the hotel where they were staying, they left.

Before the three of them entered the hotel lobby, they saw a tall and familiar figure, standing in the lobby and waving to them with a smile......