Chapter 108: The Holidays Are Over

Villarreal is a purely small team, and there is little chance that they can grow into a big club like Chelsea and Manchester City.

Although Villarreal owner Fernando Roig is a billionaire, since taking over Villarreal in 1996, the team has never burned money for quick success, but has built steadily.

This team belonged to the lower leagues before the 80s, and after appearing on the La Liga stage at the end of the last century, they have only experienced two relegations, and have also won one league runner-up, nine times in the top six of the league, the best result in European competition is last season's Europa League title, and more importantly, the formation of Villarreal's youth system, which is the cornerstone of the team's current true foothold in La Liga.

In the 2011-12 season, the submarine was suddenly relegated to the second division as a team participating in the Champions League that season, and unlike the first season in La Liga, the team's comprehensive strength is no longer the same.

However, fortunately, the team recovered the following year, Marcelino, who was voted the best coach in La Liga and La Liga respectively, took over the team in the middle of the La Liga season, and in addition to completing the promotion, the season in La Liga has finished at least the top six seasons, and the Yellow Submarine has returned to the ranks of the strong teams.

Objectively speaking, it is still a little difficult to challenge Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the top of the table, but at least Villarreal has come to the forefront of La Liga in terms of self-hematopoiesis, such as Bailly earned more than 30 million euros this summer.

However, in the face of the return to the Champions League, the Copa del Rey, and the third-tier battle of the league in the new season, the bench depth of the Yellow Submarine still relies on internal digging potential......

"Digging inside? It's still one word - poor! Dai Zhiwei lay on the bed and looked at the report on Villarreal's transfer this summer on his phone, and sighed helplessly.

Compared with other Champions League-level teams, which are all large sums of money in the tens of millions of dollars, Villarreal is basically a patchwork and the cost is pitiful.

So far this summer, the biggest transfer expenditure has been the 14.1 million transfer from Sampdoria in Serie A, and the sale of Bailly to Manchester United for 38 million.

Total expenditure: 43.3 million, total income: 49.25 million.

So far, Villarreal has made a profit of nearly 6 million euros in the transfer market!

"That's great!" Dai Zhiwei sneered.

For a team that is about to fight on the third line in the new season, the summer transfer window is actually thinking about profits, not reinforcements, which also makes Dai Zhiwei feel like stepping on shit.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yuanyang, who was on the other side of the big bed, asked a little confused.

All right...... In the end, the two dog men and women rolled together.

To tell the truth, Dai Zhiwei, who is young, golden, handsome, famous, and humorous, it is difficult for girls not to be moved.

As for the top beauty with the top figure and appearance, and the yoga teacher who gets along with him day and night, Dai Zhiwei really has no ability to resist.

In this way, on the night of learning paddle board for the second time, Dai Zhiwei and Yang Yuanyang discussed the relevant issues of human origin.

However, Dai Zhiwei also continued to maintain contact with Yang Chaoyue, being a split-legged man who stepped on two boats.

Scumbag, no doubt!

"By the way, I heard that your agent has been changed to Ronaldo's agent Mendes?" Chen Yuanyang asked curiously.

"Hmm." Dai Zhiwei explained: "But the original agent is still my Chinese agent. ”

After nearly a month of consultations, Dai's team was finally established, which is generally not much different from what Dai Zhiwei had envisioned before, but the entire economic team is basically Mendez's word, and Jinchang can only be responsible for domestic affairs.

But even so, Jin Chang is very grateful to Dai Zhiwei, after all, compared to Mendes, he is as small as dust.

On the first day of the establishment of Dai's team, Mendes gave Dai Zhiwei a gift - Villarreal's No. 10 jersey.

Although, Pato, the former Brazilian golden boy, joined Villarreal this summer with "historical inertia", but the player wearing the No. 10 jersey of the yellow submarine in the new season can only be Dai Zhiwei!

In the following week, Mendes also signed a new contract with Villarreal.

With this new contract, Dai Zhiwei's annual salary and various incentives have been slightly increased, and the most intuitive thing is that his annual salary will be increased from 2.6 million euros in the past to 3.6 million euros in the first tier of the team.

His liquidated damages were only raised to 110 million euros.

Although Mendes is still unhappy with the contract, Villarreal is a small club that can afford a limited salary of players, which is the main reason why stars will run to big clubs.

People die for money, birds die for food!

While negotiating with Villarreal, Mendes also found an endorsement contract for Dai Zhiwei - Spanish clothing brand ZARA.

With a 3-year endorsement contract of 2 million euros per year, ZARA has made Dai Zhiwei their global brand ambassador, not just a spokesperson for Greater China like other domestic stars.

After signing this contract with ZARA, Dai Zhiwei must wear 361 degrees and Villarreal sportswear, and other clothing must be ZARA or other brands under its parent company, Inditex Group.

In addition, Mendes is currently in talks with another Spanish brand, Lego, about Dai Zhiwei's endorsement, and it is expected that when he returns to Villarreal, he will be able to complete the signing of at least one million euros a year.

But when it comes to returning to Villarreal, Dai Zhiwei feels a headache because the holiday is so short.

Among the La Liga teams, Villarreal is definitely one of the first teams to start gathering, you must know that because of the Europa League final last season, they delayed their holiday by a week compared to the other La Liga powers, and as a result, because they had to participate in the Champions League qualifying round, the gathering time was a week earlier than other teams, which made Villarreal the team with the shortest vacation among La Liga teams.

There has been a lot of big spending in European football this summer, but Dai Zhiwei is undoubtedly most concerned about his team, Villarreal.

Villarreal have announced that they will continue to live within their means during this transfer window, so the income from the transfer of players will also affect the quality of recruitment.

'We were clear at the end of last season about the principles of transfers, in the past we recouped money through player trading and sold people who didn't fit in with the team, and this summer was the same. Rakitic is one of our targets, but it's unlikely at the moment and we know what he's worth. Pato is also a name of interest to us, we have been in contact with the Corinthians side, but still have to observe how things develop. But I believe Pato is the kind of player who plays very smartly and fits into our system. Marcelino replied in an interview with reporters in Villarreal.

In the team's goalkeeper position, last season's main player, the young French goalkeeper Areola, who was on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, was recalled by his parent team in the new season.

Andres Fernandez, who came on loan from Porto in response to Villarreal, spent last season on loan at Granada. However, former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Asenjo is still likely to compete for a main spot if he can maintain his fitness. As for the No. 3 goalkeeper, Argentine Barbosa, it is estimated that he will not get too many appearances.

At the back, the Yellow Submarine suffered a heavy blow this summer, selling Eric Bailly but failing to bring in any players.

Villarreal's centre-backs are starting to get a little weaker, despite the fact that they have earned more than 30 million from the Espanyol for €5.7 million a year ago.

Fortunately, AC Milan's change of banner has not been decided for a long time, and Musacchio, who has negotiated a good deal with Milan City, has not been able to leave because of the lack of transfer fees from the other side, otherwise Villarreal's central defender partners in the new season can only be Ruiz and Italian veteran Bonella, and in the summer window, Villarreal sent Pantic (loan to Alaves) and Iniguez (loan to Rayo Vallecano) who returned from loan to exercise, it can be said that Musacchio, who gradually lost his main position last season, can choose to stay in the team. Make the team less stretched in this position.

Adrian Marin, who competed with Costa at left-back last season, was loaned to La Liga promoted Maleganes in the summer window, and Costa will sit in the starting line-up for the time being.

At right-back, Villarreal's own Academy graduate Gaspar will certainly continue to dominate the team, while 32-year-old Serbian veteran Lukabina will have a chance to play on multiple fronts.

The midfield is the most changing position for Villarreal this summer.

Veteran captains Bruno Soriano and Trigueros, two Villarreal Academy graduates, emerged as the best defensive duo in midfield last season.

However, this summer, Villarreal brought in Ndiaye and Italian Roberto Soriano for 14 million and 8 million euros respectively.

The addition of two high-priced central midfielders, although there is some impact on the "original" barrier and the position of Dos Santos Jr., but the submarine will play in the Champions League next season, and it is necessary to strengthen the depth and thickness of the position, and the "reserve" of the B team can also play this position, Fernandez, who is 190 cm tall.

As for Pina and Márquez, who are no longer planned for the new season, they have moved to Club Brugge in Belgium and Real Valladolid in La Liga, respectively.

The return of Denis Suarez, a key player from last season, to Barcelona and the switch of substitute Samu Garcia to Rubin Kazan in the Russian Premier League have dealt a big blow to Villarreal's wide attack.

To complement this, Villarreal spent €7.2 million and €7 million in the summer window to bring in Argentine youngster Cristian Espinosa and the signing of Real Madrid Cheryshev – except that Cristian Espinosa will play for Team B in the new season.

Castillejo has already made his mark last season and will be competing for a spot on the flanks for the new season, given that Cheryshev will not be fully injured until September.

In the case of other full-backs or wingers leaving, Alphonso Pedraza, who has been promoted to the B team, has been sent to Lugo on loan for training, and two players who have returned from loan - Javier. Espinosa and Moi Gomez are on free transfers to Levante and Sporting Gijón respectively.

The forward line is Villarreal's most extravagant position in the new season.

Although it was once rumored that there were Chinese Super League teams interested in Villarreal's Democratic Congolese striker Bakambu, with the closing of the summer transfer window of the Chinese Super League, the rumors finally returned to rumors.

The trio of Dai Zhiwei, Bakambu and veteran Soldado complemented each other well last season, and although Adrian López and Leon Batistão left the team in the summer window, the addition of Pato, the former Brazilian golden boy Pato, who is looking to prove himself again in Europe, is still a source to be underestimated by Villarreal's forward strength.

Although Pato wanted the No. 10 shirt before moving to Villarreal, Pato, who changed to the No. 11 shirt, did not have much problem after being rejected.

Pato himself is very happy about joining Villarreal, "Villarreal is one of the best clubs in La Liga and is the team I want to play for. For me, this is an opportunity for me to embark on a beautiful adventure. ”

Dai Zhiwei, who was thousands of miles away, also contacted Pato through the team's assistant coach for the first time and expressed his goodwill and welcome to his new striker partner, and Pato did not put on a high posture of a former star and expressed his friendliness.

As for the other new signing, the first player to play for Qatar in La Liga, the 19-year-old talent, Villarreal is ready to send him on loan to Sporting Gijón to see if he can adapt to the rhythm of the European scene.

This summer, Villarreal spent a total of 43.3 million and a total income: 51.25 million, achieving a profit of 7.95 million euros.

After completing the transfer of Pato, Villarreal announced the closure of the team's transfer door this summer, and the rallying call for the new season has sounded again!

Dai Zhiwei dealt with some things at home, lingered with Chen Yuanyang for two more days, and hurriedly dared to go to Shanghai to meet Yang Chaoyue, and then flew to Spain to prepare to start the journey of the new season!

The road to becoming a king has officially begun!

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Attached is the list of Villarreal players for the 2016-17 season (28):

Goalkeepers: 1-Assenjo, 13-Fernandez, 25-Barbosa

Defenders: 2-Mario Gaspar, 3-Joe Angel, 5-Musacchio, 6-Ruiz, 11-Costa, 12-A. Gonzalez, 15-Jokic, 22-Rukavina, 23-Bonaira, 30-Bino

Midfielders: 4 - Alfred Ndiaye, 7 - Cheryshev, 8 - Dos Santos, 14 - Trigueros, 16 - Rodrygo, 20 - Roberto Soriano, 21 - Bruno Soriano (c), 26 - Pablo, 27 - Cantara Piedra, 19 - Castillejo

Forwards: 9-Soldado, 10-Dai Zhiwei, 11-Pato, 17-Bakab, 24-Rafael