Gao Zheng's transfer to Atletico Madrid for 75 million euros not only caused a very strong response in China, but also a very sensational news in Europe.

After all, this is the value of a Chinese player.

For European football, no Chinese player has ever been worth so much money before.

Prior to this, the record for the highest transfer fee for a Chinese player belonged to the legend of Chinese football, Sun Jihai, who was the most successful of the Chinese players who stayed abroad, and of course now it seems that this honor may have to be given to Gao Zheng......

In 2002, he moved to Manchester City permanently for two million pounds, or about 3.26 million euros.

This transfer fee even set a record for Asian players at the time. Coincidentally, Gao Zheng's transfer fee has also set a new record for the transfer fee of Asian players.

But even after six seasons at Manchester City, 130 league appearances, and three goals, "China's most successful overseas player", his value is 20 times different from Gao Zheng's value today.

Even taking into account the inflation from 2002 to 2014, this increase is terrifying.

Gao Zheng jumped into the ranks of world-class stars with this value.

The high value greatly satisfies the vanity of many Chinese fans.

After the transfer was finalized and the amount of the transfer fee was revealed, a large part of the Chinese fans rejoiced. For professional football, a player's value can often reflect the player's ability and grade from a certain angle.

That's why people care so much about transfer fees.

But not everyone will applaud this transfer fee, in fact, there are a large number of other Chinese fans who are "scared" by this figure.

Seven thousand five hundred euros, not seven and a half million euros, but seventy-five million euros!

What is this concept?

The transfer window hasn't closed this summer yet, and new transfers will come up all the time.

In La Liga, on July 16, Barcelona announced that they had signed Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Liverpool for a transfer fee of 81 million euros. It is the "standard king" in the transfer market of La Liga this summer so far.

And Gao Zheng's 75 million is in second place - Real Madrid is pursuing Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez, and it is said that he is also close to success, if the transfer is confirmed, the transfer fee may be around 80 million euros. But even so, Gao Zheng's transfer fee can be ranked in the top three in La Liga this summer.

Compared with the European transfer market this summer, Gao Zheng's transfer fee is currently among the top three.

If you make a longitudinal comparison in the time dimension, then whether it is La Liga or the entire European football world, Gao Zheng's transfer fee of 75 million euros is also a very shocking figure - this figure makes Gao Zheng rank above Zidane in the 2001-2002 season. The only ones who can be more expensive than him are Cristiano Ronaldo, who moved to Real Madrid in 2009, and Gareth Bale, who moved to Real Madrid last year, as well as Suarez this year, and possibly James Rodriguez. (Note 1)

In other words, in the transfer fee ranking of the entire history of world football, Gao Zheng can be ranked fourth or fifth!

In other words, he is the fourth or fifth most expensive player in the history of world football!

That's quite an impressive achievement.

Through this horizontal and vertical comparison, it is not difficult to understand why many Chinese fans and media reporters are frightened......

Some people think that Atletico Madrid is crazy and actually spent so much money to buy Gao Zheng, which not only brings huge economic pressure to themselves, but also brings huge pressure to Gao Zheng. He will always wear the hat of "the most expensive reinforcement in the history of Atletico Madrid", and will be observed by countless people with a microscope, as long as there is a bad performance, I am afraid that it will attract verbal criticism and ridicule, such a public opinion environment is obviously not friendly to Gao Zheng. At that time, if Gao Zheng is not satisfactory, I am afraid that he will be deducted from the hat of "the most expensive reinforcement in the history of Atletico Madrid", and the hat of "the biggest parallel import in the history of Atletico Madrid" will be deducted......

Others felt that the mysterious Chinese consortium that provided some of the transfer funds for Atletico Madrid was purely well-intentioned, and that they made history for Gao Zheng in doing so, but also pushed Gao Zheng to the forefront. They are not unfamiliar with Gao Zheng's transfer fee record, and would rather let Gao Zheng's move to Atletico Madrid become a simple and simple transfer, so that everyone should not pay attention to Gao Zheng's transfer fee figures.

Of course, some people think that Gao Zheng's worth is too high, and it is not a good thing, so naturally some people have the opposite opinion from them.

Most of those who support Gao Zheng's high worth are Gao Zheng's fans, they believe in their idols and think that Gao Zheng deserves such a value. and thinks that the people who are worried are all "pseudo-fans" who have little confidence in Gao Zheng, and only they are true love.

Gao Zheng's worth has not only caused controversy in China, but also in Europe.

After the transfer deal between Atletico Madrid and Sampdoria was officially announced, the figures on Gao Zheng's transfer fee were quickly reported by the media.

The newspaper "Marca" even gave Gao Zheng a front-page headline, typing his transfer fee figure next to Gao Zheng's photo, and behind the number was a big question mark.

Even if you don't have to look at the specific content, you can understand the attitude of the newspaper "Marca".

They were surprised by Gao Zheng's transfer fee and thought that Gao Zheng was not worth the price.

Some people oppose it, and some people support it, and this is the same in Europe as in China.

The newspaper "As" believes that Luis Suarez, who scored 31 goals in the Premier League last season, can be worth 81 million, and James Rodriguez, who scored 11 goals in Ligue 1 last season, may be worth 80 million euros.

Of course, this is a World Cup year, and Gao Zheng did not participate in the World Cup, Suarez and James Rodriguez participated in the World Cup, and the latter also had excellent performances in the World Cup, which is one of the reasons for their high value.

But Ibrahimovic also did not participate in the World Cup, and his transfer to Barcelona also cost nearly 70 million euros, judging from his performance in the league at the time, why did no one think that Ibrahimovic was not worth the price?

The newspaper "As" believes that Gao Zheng is definitely worth 75 million euros, of course, whether Gao Zheng can play a performance in Atletico Madrid in line with his value is another matter......

What happened in Madrid, the media in Barcelona also came to join in the fun, but they didn't have much to say. While Barcelona see Real Madrid as their enemies, Atletico Madrid are their enemies as well – Barcelona and Atletico Madrid competed for the league title last season, and with one round of league remaining, Atletico Madrid are in first place, three points ahead of second-placed Barcelona. And the final round of the league is precisely a direct meeting between the two sides, with Barcelona hosting Atletico Madrid.

As long as Barcelona can beat Atletico Madrid at home, they can win the league title with Atletico Madrid on the same number of points.

This game is also the home of Barcelona, and the home team is more favored before the game.

As a result, Simeone's side suffered an unfavorable situation, but stubbornly drew 1-1 with Barcelona away and won the league title.

The pro-Barcelona newspaper Le Monde Sport gloated that the 75 million euro worth would become a time bomb planted in the Atletico Madrid team, and it was unknown when it would be detonated. And such a high transfer fee will also make enemies for Gao Zheng in the team, so what do other people in Atletico Madrid think of this newcomer who came with the "most expensive player in team history"?

Barcelona's mouthpiece "Daily Sport" simply called this transfer deal a business behavior of Chinese companies spending a lot of money to sponsor Gao Zheng to play in Atletico Madrid, and they believe that Atletico Madrid's purchase of Gao Zheng does not have any competitive considerations, just to be able to develop and use the Chinese market to make money. The 75 million may not have paid a penny for Atletico Madrid, and Gao Zheng is just a mascot they invited for free.

Gao Zheng performed well in Serie A, but in the eyes of "Daily Sports", the declining Serie A is not worth mentioning at all, and the outstanding performance in that declining league cannot prove anything. La Liga and Serie A are no longer leagues of the same grade at all.

In this summer's transfer market, Barcelona's lack of interest in Gao Zheng speaks volumes. Real Madrid's kind of club would have a relationship with a club like Sampdoria for a Chinese player, and in comparison, Barcelona deserves to be a real giant - a real giant will not let himself condescend to deal with those second- and third-rate clubs.

Finally, "Daily Sports" welcomed Gao Zheng meaningfully: "Welcome to the Western Super League, Chinese!" ”

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Note 1: The version of Neymar's transfer fee here is 57 million euros, and the 111 million euros reported by Marca is not used, nor the 86 million euros is used. Therefore, Neymar's transfer fee is far below Gao Zheng.

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