Compared with the summer transfer period, the winter transfer period in European football has always been quieter, after all, the major leagues have been playing for half a season, and no team will choose to rebuild the squad structure at this time.

However, looking at the past winter transfer period in European football, it is not without the transfer that shocked the world. For example, Torres in 2011, Juan Mata in 2014, and the protagonist of this year's most important transfer does not belong to European football, but to the Chinese Super League.

Overall, the winter transfer market in European football this year is indeed a bit deserted. The Premier League burns the most money, but it is far inferior to previous years. Another phenomenon is more telling that in recent years, the major clubs in Serie A have tightened their money, and in this year's winter transfer market, Serie A has spent less than 100 million, but it is second only to the Premier League.

For Chinese fans, the most concerned about the football world at the beginning of 2016 was Dai Zhiwei's road of "staying abroad".

In the winter transfer period of early 2016, many clubs in Europe's top leagues rarely paid attention to the 21-year-old Evergrande.

Although today's Dai Zhiwei still has an obvious gap compared with Neymar, Griezmann and other top young strikers in the world, such as not being calm enough to handle the ball and not strong passing ability, and playing style is more unique, but as long as you compare the age of Dai Zhiwei and these top strikers, you will ignore his shortcomings.

Two years?

If you can't wait for two years, you can wait for three years, or even five years.

Five years later, Dai Zhiwei is only 26 years old, which is the year of the striker player.

Moreover, Dai Zhiwei is good enough today, even if not compared to his peers, last season's Chinese Super League, AFC Champions League double Golden Boot results and Asian Footballer of the Year honor have confirmed his talent.

As for the question of whether Dai Zhiwei can adapt to Europe's top leagues, after he scored two goals for Barcelona, it is no longer a problem in everyone's eyes.

If you can't adapt to the top European league by scoring Barcelona goals twice in a row with your individual ability, then how can you perform against the sky?

In this way, with optimism about Dai Zhiwei's current strength and expectations for his future, no less than 10 clubs in Europe's top leagues have submitted their transfer applications for Dai Zhiwei to Evergrande, including Arsenal, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid and other world-class giants.

For Dai Zhiwei's "stay abroad", Evergrande also gave enough support, and Liu Yongzhuo, chairman of the club, told the media: "I know that 80 million yuan is not a big number for many clubs in Europe's top leagues, but if Zhiwei can have a better development in the future, the transfer fee can be completely lower than the liquidated damages." You know, we Evergrande are not bad for money! For domestic players to go out and hone themselves, we Evergrande is 100% supportive! ”

……

"How much do you think it will cost us to sign Dai?" An elderly man asked his assistant, who was watching Dai Zhiwei's statistics last season.

Steve Bouldera thought about it and said: "Evergrande does not have high requirements for transfer fees, and there is no problem with wearing a labor certificate, mainly depending on his personal opinion, but I estimate that less than 7.5 million pounds will not be available." ”

"7.5 million?" The old man who asked the question was none other than Arsene Wenger, the manager of the Premier League giants Arsenal, who frowned at this time and did not speak again.

How much Dai Zhiwei's final transfer fee can reach, Wenger's psychology does not have a specific figure.

But for a 21-year-old Asian player to spend such a large sum of money, even Arsene Wenger has to think carefully.

It's too dangerous to spend such a large sum of money for a hairy kid who has just participated in the competition for a season. Moreover, he has yet to prove himself in the Europa League.

"Shall I wait another season?" Arsene Wenger set his sights on Walcott and Welbeck, who were barely young strikers on the field, and the depression in his heart became even stronger.

The English household register is really expensive and overwhelming!

"Don't wait, I'll set up people, and the rest of the land will be handed over to Sven, 7.5 million will be 7.5 million!"

Arsene Wenger finally made up his mind to buy Dai Zhiwei, but he also forgot that Arsenal at this time was no longer the football mecca that young players aspired to in the past.

……

At the same time, somewhere in Dortmund, there is also a manager who worries about Dai Zhiwei again.

"Thomas, I would still recommend bringing in Day, after all, there is only one reliable striker in the front line right now, Pierre, and once he is injured, the team is too dangerous." Borussia Dortmund's assistant coach Michels suggested.

"But, you know, the transfer fee of 11 million euros is not a small number for us, even if it is only 500,000 euros in the end, the club will not be able to take it." Tuchel sighed.

"No problem, I think it's possible to pay in installments, after all, Mkhitaryan is ready to leave at the end of the season, with a transfer fee of at least 50 million euros, right? I think Evergrande will definitely agree! This way, the club does not have to pay any additional transfer fees. Michels suggested.

"Hmm." Tuchel thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, we've been on a frugal basis for a long time, and this time we can show them that we can be generous with Dortmund!" ”

The above two similar scenes also appeared in many clubs, and with them was the beginning of a new wave of transfer offers for Dai Zhiwei.

……

After Dai Zhiwei had just broken up with Zhong Luchun with the Porsche Macan he had purchased as a parting gift, he welcomed two somewhat strange guests.

"Manager Jin, you came to Guangzhou and hurriedly invited me out, didn't it just to drink a cup of coffee?" Dai Zhiwei asked with a smile.

Sitting in front of Dai Zhiwei at this moment is Jin Longgao, deputy director of the advertising operations department of Xtep, a well-known domestic sports brand. Founded in 2001, XTEP adopted a differentiated marketing strategy, pioneered the endorsement of sporting goods by idol artists and achieved unprecedented success, with the slogan "extraordinary feeling" not inferior to foreign giants such as Nike and Adidas.

Jin Long took a sip of coffee and thought for a while before he spoke: "Since you asked, I will also confess." You know we signed Villarreal, known as the 'Yellow Submarine' in La Liga, as their current shirt sponsor. So, I'm here to be a lobbyist for Villarreal, and I hope you can join Villarreal, and we at Xtep are willing to do our best to meet your requirements in all aspects, including the new contract, which is definitely the first grade in the team! ”

Dai Zhiwei listened to Jin Longgao's words, somewhat surprised, before he thought that Xtep wanted to pry himself to abandon 361 degrees into the "extraordinary feeling", after all, after his endorsement of 361 degrees, the sales of 361 degree football series products increased by nearly 3 times, and the profits were extremely considerable.

However, it is also a clever move for Xtep to invite himself to join Villarreal, and when he wears a Villarreal shirt with the Xtep logo, it is not much different from the Xtep spokesperson.

Dai Zhiwei did not give his reply to Jin Longgao at the first time, but silently thought about the other party's proposal.

Villarreal?

Villarreal, nicknamed the "Yellow Submarine", referred to as the "Yellow Submarine", is a force to be reckoned with in Spanish football, although it is not as proud as Real Madrid and Barcelona, and slightly inferior to Atletico Madrid and Valencia, but it is firmly in the middle and upper reaches of La Liga, and qualified for this season's Europa League with sixth place in La Liga last season, and is a well-deserved La Liga powerhouse.

What's more, Villarreal doesn't seem to have produced any top-class strikers since Diego Forlan, and there are no players in the team who can pose much of a threat to Dai Zhiwei in the main position, which means that he can quickly get a starting role in Villarreal.

Being able to win a starting position and be able to participate in European competitions is the goal that Dai Zhiwei has set for himself to join the team, and Villarreal can achieve it.

Previously, Villarreal was also in contact with Evergrande and Jinchang, so Dai Zhiwei is no stranger to this La Liga club and can be regarded as one of the alternatives.

"Looking at it this way, it seems that Villarreal is a good choice?" Dai Zhiwei thought in his heart.

After Jin Longgao made his request to Dai Zhiwei, he stared at Dai Zhiwei tightly, obviously wanting to see something from the young man's eyes.

But alas, he didn't see anything.

Except for eye droppings.

Dai Zhiwei was still hesitating at this time, but the arrival of Jin Longgao added a lot of chips to Villarreal.

The power of capital may be able to make Dai Zhiwei better adapt to the team.

Of course, there is also a certain chance of backlash.

But compared to wanting Dai Zhiwei to join other top European league teams, Villarreal also has its disadvantages, such as the language barrier is a big problem - Dai Zhiwei does not understand Spanish at all.

At this time, Dai Zhiwei is like coming to a fork in the road, should he choose to go left or right?