Chapter 641: World Cup and Transfer Drama (Medium)
Generally speaking, all teams will always deliberately hide their internal conflicts, especially those giants with top connections, often a few phone calls can temporarily suppress some big news for more than ten hours, leaving as much time as possible for them to study how to deal with the aftermath.
Especially when it comes to important events involving dissatisfaction among the big players in the team, infighting and even transfer farce, it is natural that the outside world will be strictly guarded against, otherwise the situation can only develop in a worse and worse direction, which will eventually lead to a great negative impact on the team.
However, Real Madrid did not take any precautions in dealing with Lu Ning's unsuccessful contract renewal, so that the rumors that the Ukrainian international would also leave the team in a short period of time filled the transfer market with lightning speed and jingle bells, becoming the hottest transfer news during this time.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Andre Lunin, who had just made eight effective saves in 90 minutes and helped Ukraine draw with the mighty Netherlands in the third round of the group stage and was named Man of the Match after the game, said in an interview with reporters that he was unusually disappointed that he could not agree a new contract with the club, which was a normal response. But I don't know if it was under the influence of the excitement that had not yet subsided, and in the end, he actually short-circuited his brain and said that he was not sure whether he would be at the Bernabeu in the future, and his status in the hearts of fans collapsed in an instant.
Li Mudi is not very fond of this Ukrainian international, although the latter's ability is stable in today's world football can be ranked in the top ten, and his performance over the years is also quite stable, and he has not made fatal mistakes in key games, but his character is very unflattering, and does not meet the requirements of the Real Madrid coach to build the team's river crab atmosphere.
Born in 1999, Lu Ning is 1.92 meters tall, and coupled with a rare bounce among whites, his air defense ability is very good, even stronger than Courtois, which is close to two meters. Looking at this ability alone, the Ukrainian is now the number one in the world, and no other goalkeeper can be better than him.
What's even more rare is that as a tall goalkeeper, Lu Ning's goal-line skills and reaction speed are also the world's top, and he can make some amazing saves and is a frequent visitor to various top ten saving columns. It can be said that in addition to the slight lack of timing to attack, the Ukrainian international does have the strength to compete for the title of the world's best goalkeeper.
It's just that I don't know if it's because of his natural personality, or if he was affected by the legendary goalkeepers such as Schmeichel and Kahn when he was young, his temper is also unusually irritable, and when his teammates make mistakes and cause him problems, he always gets all kinds of death stare and even anger from the goalkeeper, even if everyone knows that this is just his special way of venting on the field, it is still difficult to be accepted by other players.
At this point, the limitations of the FM system are reflected, because it gives Lu Ning an evaluation of 17 in command and defense, which should be said to be an excellent number, but in the actual game, the roaring reminders of the Ukrainians often make teammates feel bored or even angry, and the effect is naturally not as good as it should be.
Therefore, when Li Mudi found that there was a great opportunity to obtain Flüchtel, whose overall strength was at the same level as Lu Ning, but who had done far better than the former in terms of integrating into the collective, he immediately moved the idea of replacing the goalkeeper and directly started the preliminary preparations.
According to the Real Madrid manager's previous plan, the team will use some means to promote Balaquite's potential and try to create an atmosphere that does not tolerate two tigers, forcing Bayern to at least not be too resistant to the sale of Früchtel, and then use Ceballos, who is closely watched by the Bundesliga hegemon, as a condition to try to complete a mutually beneficial exchange and achieve a win-win situation for both parties. Lunin was then sold on the grounds that there was fierce competition within the team, leaving Courtois as the second goalkeeper to complete the transformation of the position.
However, before his plan could be achieved in the first step, there were two changes, first Pantyhose decided to leave the Bernabeu, hoping to get more playing time at the end of his career, which is definitely a result that Li Mudi does not want to see. However, after Lu Ning left the team to threaten and coerce Real Madrid to provide him with a more generous new contract, it can be regarded as reducing the difficulty of cleaning him and facilitating the Real Madrid coach to start the next step in advance.
On the afternoon of the 11th, the British media broke the news that Everton Club is trying to sign the Ukrainian international, who has performed well in the last two or three seasons, and hopes to find out the tone of the player at that time before negotiating with the Galaxy Battleship on the transfer fee, to see if he is willing to land at Goodison Park.
And Li Mudi, who can clearly see from the FM system that Lu Ning himself did not really have the idea of switching to his team, immediately rushed to say before the former rejected the invitation in public, saying that the current Real Madrid squad, except for a few core players, is not indispensable, especially those who are not sure whether they will stay at the Bernabeu in the future. What Real Madrid needs is the kind of people who are willing to give their all for the team and the collective, not the selfish ones who only see the immediate benefits.
Although no one was named, it was obvious who was targeted, which would naturally further arouse the dissatisfaction of Lu Ning, who was still preparing for the first round of the knockout round in the United States. After that, due to the scheming of Real Madrid, the situation did not develop to the ugly situation of players and clubs that can often be seen in the transfer market, but the Ukrainian state, which has always been unable to control its temper and that foul mouth, is obviously the side that leaves a bad impression on the outside world.
Especially in Hierro's repeated interviews that the goalkeeper's contract still has two years, Real Madrid does not want to give up on him this summer, or hopes to reach a contract renewal through communication and negotiation, and the media broke the news that the Galaxy Battleship has made contact with Bayern and began to attack Flüchtel, whose main position seems to be no longer stable, and then Li Muddy sent an "assist", saying that he would still implement a competitive post system for the key position of the goalkeeper. Finally, Lu Ning was forced to unilaterally announce that he would not open the channel for negotiations again.
Since then, the breakup has become inevitable. Five days later, when the Ukrainian national team, which had returned to Europe after losing the 16th final, had just announced its disbandment, authoritative transfer experts from England and Spain reported at the same time, saying that Lunin's move to Everton had been 100% confirmed and was only waiting for the final official announcement.
On the afternoon of July 17, the two clubs released news on their official websites at the same time, officially announcing the change of the Ukrainian national goal. The Toffees paid a transfer fee of 45 million euros and an annual salary of 8 million euros, making Lu Ning a member of their team. Real Madrid, on the other hand, sold two of the team's two goalkeepers one after another, making the Meilinger particularly uneasy, even though the La Liga giants soon announced that they had bought back their academy-trained goalkeeper Moha Ramos from Rayo Vallecano, but they failed to dispel concerns about this key position.
The Senegalese goalkeeper was born in April 2000 and when he was a child, he abbreviated his original name from Muhammad to a European name in order to avoid being ostracized by his classmates because of his dark skin color.
After leaving his hometown club Tenerife at the age of 14, Ramos spent six years growing up at La Fabrica before embarking on a three-season loan spell in the usual manner of Real Madrid.
The young man did not live up to the expectations of the coaching staff, and fulfilled most of his potential at a very fast pace, returning to the Bernabeu as the third goalkeeper of his parent club for a year at the age of 23, but unfortunately he did not get any chance to play because of the two mountains of Courtois and Lunin, so he joined another La Liga team in Madrid City with a buyback clause after Li Mudi joined the team in 2024.
As the absolute mainstay of the team, Moja Ramos has played almost all the games of the "lightning" in the past two seasons, although due to the overall strength of the performance of few clean sheets, his excellent selection and never panic mentality have been recognized by the outside world, and he is considered to be an excellent goalkeeper who can be ranked in the second division of the Spanish league.
Li Mudi has previously checked through scouting tools, the goalkeeper who has chosen to play for Senegal because he cannot be selected for the Spanish national team, although there is still a certain gap between the two previous goalkeepers in terms of overall ability, but his current ability of 148 and the technology without any shortcomings can still be reassuring. With such a solid player who can feel a little scary as the team's second goalkeeper, Real Madrid's strength in this position is not necessarily worse than before.
Of course, the starting position has long been determined, in the eyes of the outside world, the former No. 1 national of the German team Früchtel, who failed to participate in this World Cup due to injury, will become the new No. 1 at the Bernabeu, which is already a sure fact, and the rest is nothing more than what price the buyer and seller will agree on.
However, the deal took a major turn at the end of July, shortly after Real Madrid's pre-season training camp had already begun, when the Bayern goalkeeper suddenly announced that his recovery from injury was not as satisfactory as expected, and he chose to undergo surgery, which instantly reduced the likelihood of him joining Real Madrid from more than 90% to almost zero.
Because according to expert analysis, this operation will delay Früchtel's comeback until the end of November or even early December, which is equivalent to half a season. Except in some very exceptional circumstances, no team would accept such a new signing, so the deal was immediately terminated as soon as it was about to be completed.
Bayern quickly reopened another negotiation channel, because their coach Ribery was imperative for Ceballos, and since a one-on-one exchange could not be reached, they would pay for it directly. And Ceballos himself has no interest in staying at the Bernabeu as a rotation player, and wants to go to the Allianz Arena to take over the core role of the midfield of the Bundesliga hegemon, Real Madrid has become the target of poaching, and has been forced to the point of having to let go.
It's just that Hierro is obviously not a good old man who will let others take advantage of him, even if the player's agent has repeatedly put pressure on him, but the director of Real Madrid is holding on to the low price of 80 million euros, which makes the process of the transaction very slow. While the price is not too outrageous for Ceballos' ability, and even Chelsea and Paris have expressed their willingness to negotiate with the Galacticos on this basis, Bayern are reluctant to spend too much money on a single player because of a major change in the squad, and the other "vouchers" they have given are not satisfactory to Real Madrid.
Over the next week, there was a flurry of news circulating in the transfer market, starting with the Bundesliga giants not being able to take on the Spanish midfielder, shifting their focus to Portugal international Paulo Bernardo, and then Real Madrid agreeing to the Blues' offer for Ceballos and starting to speed up the process of bringing in a replacement.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is obviously the two clubs using some common tricks in the transfer market to put pressure on each other, which does not really mean that the deal is no longer in place. Sure enough, after Ceballos' agent expressed his intention to play in the Premier League in an interview, it was the old face who really sat down at the negotiating table.
Bayern director Salihamidzic personally called and had a half-hour bargain with Hierro, but the 65 million bid obviously could not convince the seller to continue the discount, and with only a little more than three weeks left to open the new Bundesliga and La Liga, it seems that the deal is already difficult to close.
At the critical moment, it was Li Mudi who stepped forward and offered a suggestion, that is, to include Früchter in the transfer negotiations again. It's just that compared to the previous one-for-one, this time Bayern will have to make up some cash.
The German goalkeeper's injury is still a bit unpromising at the moment, and although the surgery was successful, doctors believe that it will be difficult for him to return to the strength of his ligaments to the state he was in when he was fully healthy, which will bring a lot of uncertainty to the player's future. In terms of potential, Früchtel is no match for the Spanish midfielder, even if he is about to turn 30.
In the end, the "wise" Bayern Munich agreed to Real Madrid's request to exchange 30 million plus the former number one goalkeeper whose future is full of uncertainty due to an injury, to the recognized playmaker of today's world football, and the deal was confirmed by the outside world when they also have a highly talented goalkeeper Balaquite.
On the other hand, Real Madrid will not be the losers, as they have cleared out a thorn in the side who is unwilling to continue to share playing time with their team-mates, and although they have not received much money, they have also acquired a goalkeeper of outstanding quality.
Even if the injury situation of the new signing is worrying, Li Mudi, who has the help of the plug-in, knows that this will not be a problem at all, and when Früchtle returns at the end of the year, everyone will know who is the big winner in this deal.
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