After the game, the coaches of the two sides stood on the sidelines with a smile on their faces and exchanged for a long time, while many young people on the Turin side of the venue ran to Real Madrid's big-name stars to ask for an exchange of jerseys, especially Pellegri who got Ronaldo's jersey, and the smile was called a bright one, it seems that the power of idols is indeed powerful.

After a night's rest in Madrid, the Red Bulls flew back to their home stadium on the morning of the 10th, with their final pre-season game remaining to host their other satellite team, Novara, which was scheduled for next Monday, and the following weekend was the start of the first round of the league.

However, just when European clubs were making final preparations for the new season, a blockbuster transfer that could go down in football history was finally achieved, shocking everyone. In the early morning of August 11, the French giants Paris Saint-Germain officially announced that Neymar, the captain of the Brazilian national team, officially joined the team. Prior to this, Paris had paid liquidated damages to the account of the current Brazilian number one star, and Neymar immediately activated the 222 million euros worth of breach money in his contract with Barcelona, so that he could forcibly leave the team and join the new club without the consent of the Spanish giants. This value also allowed Neymar to surpass last year's Pogba in one fell swoop and become the latest world standard king, and increased the original record by more than 2 times, which is really inhumane! (The time was adjusted back by a week because of the need for the article)

The reason why the player buys out the contract himself is because Paris Saint-Germain wants to avoid the financial fair play policy set by UEFA, after all, they have burned countless money in the transfer market in the past two years, and they have always been a thorn in the side of UEFA.

There are two main reasons why Neymar is willing to leave one of the strongest teams in world football and switch to a Ligue 1 team that is slightly inferior in status and strength. One is that he knows very well that as long as he remains in Spain, it is unlikely that he will surpass Ronaldo, especially his teammate Messi, in the next three or four years and step onto the throne of the world's number one, so leaving is the inevitable choice of this top superstar who is no longer young.

The second key reason is the economic aspect. In order to convince the world's top three superstar to join, Grand Paris actually offered a basic annual salary of 30 million euros after tax, as well as a signing fee of up to 100 million euros, and Neymar's father, who played a key role in the process of persuading the parties to change clubs, will also receive no less than 40 million euros. These figures are the highest offers for a player playing in Europe, at least in terms of treatment, surpassing those two would-be kings of the time. The Ligue 1 giants also provided Neymar with a private jet to travel between Brazil and Europe, and these meticulous care completely touched the heart of the Brazilian striker, and the transfer agreement was finally reached.

Here's a little bit of an explanation of why the definition of playing in Europe is added to the top bid, because the annual salary of 30 million euros after tax is not the highest level in world football at the moment. Last year, at the end of 2016, Shenhua, the magic capital of the Celestial Empire, signed the Argentine "beast" Tevez, who was about to turn 33 years old at the time, with an annual salary of up to 38 million euros, setting a record for the highest salary of a world footballer so far. However, the performance of this unruly striker in the Celestial Empire can be called a disaster, and the lack of effort in the game, the constant criticism of the level of the Celestial Empire's teammates, and homesickness have made the Celestial Empire team and even the entire Celestial Empire football a laughing stock for everyone, and it really makes me blush when I say it.

Back to Neymar's joining Paris, Barcelona has wanted to poach Verratti since last summer, but not only did it fail, but it angered the other party, and the second core of the team was poached. Although the La Liga giants are still arguing with Neymar over the ownership of various bonuses, the new coach Valverde and the director of the sports department Soler have begun to seize the time to find a replacement, and then European football staged a soap opera of "Coutinho will not go", dominating the news for the next ten days.

In fact, the Catalan team's first target will undoubtedly be Griezmann, but since Atletico will not register new signings until January 2018, they will not let go of the core of the team no matter what, so they have to target Coutinho, who has played a world-class performance in the Premier League in the past two seasons.

According to Spanish media reports, the core of Liverpool had applied to the club to leave the club before Neymar announced his switch to Ligue 1, and he was determined to go to Barcelona to take over his fellow countrymen. However, in the face of the first offer of 72 million pounds equivalent to 81.5 million euros from the La Liga giants, the Reds directly refused, and within a week after that, the two sides negotiated many times on the transfer fee, until Neymar's transfer was confirmed and 222 million euros had entered Barcelona's account, and the offer to apply for the introduction of "Ku Bird" has reached a staggering 128 million euros, which still did not impress the hearts of "Uncle Scum" and the Red Army executives.

On the 14th, the news came from England that Coutinho was going to leave the team with a fraudulent injury, but when everyone thought that the transfer could be reached quickly after the final price was negotiated, the Red Army coach made it clear in the interview that he would not let go. On the 16th, Spain's "World Sports" broke the news that the reason why Liverpool No. 10 did not appear in the first leg of the team's away Champions League play-off against Hoffenheim the day before was because he said that he was unable to play due to a back injury, which was regarded as a threat to the team, and the player also wanted to retain the qualification for the new club to play in Europe.

For a while, the two clubs and Coutinho sandwiched between them were the focus of everyone's attention, and everyone wondered how things would end up.

And with the Reds on the 23rd, after the Reds successfully turned the tables in the second leg of the Champions League play-offs and advanced to the group stage, the name of the Brazilian striker still did not appear in the squad, many media are speculating whether the deal has turned around. But two days later, even more surprising news came when Barcelona officially announced the signing of French winger Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, and the Hornets immediately confirmed the news and gave detailed information.

The La Liga giants will pay Dortmund a one-time transfer fee of up to 105 million euros, with a floating clause of up to 40% of the fixed transfer fee, allowing sellers to earn up to more than 140 million euros. While the contract will be executed immediately on the day of the announcement, the formal completion of the transfer will depend on the player passing the medical examination of the new club, but the deal that surpasses Pogba and will become the second highest transfer fee in international football has largely been confirmed.

With a new star whose talent is not much worse than Neymar as the successor of the Brazilian superstar, the disadvantage is that the player's current ability has decreased significantly, and the team also needs to start anew, but one out and one in net profits of hundreds of millions of euros, providing sufficient capital for the subsequent squad update, whether the team has made money or lost this summer, can only be experienced by Barcelona itself.

And the reason why Li Mudi paid attention to the news of who Barcelona would use to replace Neymar's position was to use this opportunity to dispose of Rajjadzic. After the Hornets sold Dembele for a sky-high price, they will have to come up with some funds to supplement the frontcourt position, and it can be seen from the FM system that their interest in the Serb has changed from a slight interest to a very high level at this time. However, Torino's versatile midfield is not their only target, with Ukrainian international winger Andrei Yarmolenko, who currently plays for Dynamo Kyiv, and Manchester City's Under-18 youngster Jadon Sancho among Dort's main targets.

Although Dembele's deal was officially announced on August 25, the Torino coach monitored by the FM system found that Barcelona had made an offer to the Hornets on the 18th when Curinho was still occupying the front pages of major media. After the information box showed that Dortmund had agreed to the purchase request, Li Muddy knew that there would be little change in the transfer, because there are only so many players in the world who would turn down an offer from La Liga giants, and the 20-year-old French winger is certainly not one of them. At that time, the Torino boss made a bold move and released the intention to sell Rajjdzic to the Bundesliga powerhouse.

They were quick to reply to the message that if the price was reasonable, they would agree to negotiate a transfer for the Serb. On the 19th, the afternoon when the first round of Serie A was about to begin, Borussia Dortmund sent a fax of an offer of 13 million euros, which happened to coincide with the player's estimate on the transfer market. After urgent discussions between the team's head coach, director and marketing department, the Red Bulls returned 20 million and the other party directly shelved the transaction.

Longo, who got the news, directly found Li Mudi, who had just completed the team's training, and asked in a slightly worried tone what to do next, and the Torino coach directly showed his hole card and said: "I got inside information, the price of Kyiv Dynamo for Yarmolenko is 30 million, which is 10 million higher than ours." Even if Dortmund will negotiate, the minimum transaction price is 25 million, and our reserve price for Rajjdzic is only 16 million, which is much cheaper. As for Jadon Sancho, although the buyout fee is only seven or eight million at most because it is his first professional contract, you can't expect the 17-year-old to fill the void left by Dembele, so I personally think that it is quite likely that Dort will choose to trade with us. So, wait a little longer. ”

At noon on the 26th, Dott sent a new round of quotation fax again, and the two sides finally reached an agreement through fierce bargaining before the evening. Hornets sports manager Zorke flew directly to Torino City the next day, and used one day to get the contract, and then the two sides issued an official announcement at the same time on the evening of the 27th: Rajjdzic joined the Bundesliga powerhouse for a transfer fee of 17.5 million euros, taking over the No. 7 shirt left by Dembele.

In the first moment of confirming the deal, Torino signed Croatian young midfielder Andrea Balic on loan from Udinese for €1 million, with a mandatory clause that could be bought out for 4 million until 30 June next year.

Obviously, this youngster, who was born in August 1998, is the stand-in that Li Mudi has prepared for Rajadzic for a long time. Balic comes from FC Hayduksplit in the Croatian First Division, and excels in central midfield, but he also has good adaptability in both the front and back midfield. He has a relatively modest height of 1.80 meters, delicate technique, speed and flexibility, and was hailed by the media as the next Modric when he played in China.

Udinese spent €3 million to bring him into the squad in the summer of 2016, but only featured in the final four rounds of the league that were unrelevant. In the end, after a combined 241 minutes of playing time in those four games, Balic scored his first and only goal against Inter Milan in Serie A. However, the veteran coach Del Neri, who gave him the opportunity to make his Serie A debut, introduced Czech international Antonín Ballack and Swiss international Wallon Behrami in succession this summer, plus international-level midfielders such as Fofana and Yanktor who stayed in the team, making Balic still face the situation of having no ball to play. Face to tune. The call of the Turin coach, who is known for teaching young people, did not wait for the young man to hear the details of the follow-up, and agreed to switch to the red bull.

In fact, Li Mudi's most hopeful new signing in the forward position is Argentine Pastore, who was plagued by injuries last season and his playing time dropped sharply, and once rumoured that he would leave the team before the start of the season. And after Neymar joined, he snatched away the No. 10 shirt he wore before, and it stands to reason that it will increase the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the famous players, but when the Torino club tried to ask for an offer from Paris, it was rejected by the other party, and Paris coach Unai Emery bluntly said that Pastore will be an important rotation player in the team, but it is not impossible to be taken away, as long as the buyer can pay 40 million euros to get released.

Although it is not impossible to get the funds if you squeeze hard, the Torino coach originally just wanted to loan the Argentine midfielder for a season, and then try to cultivate a relationship with the player to see if he could get the opportunity to join for free when the other party's contract expires. Let him now shell out 40 million to buy a player with a history of serious injuries, even if it is a peerless talent, it is absolutely impossible. With Zizou unwilling to let go of Kovacic, Balic, who is in Plan C, was able to join last season's Serie A team.

At this point, Li Mudi's squad adjustment plan has been completed, and the Torino team will go out into the new season with this new team, hoping to achieve more excellent results on the basis of last year's good performance.