Chapter 669: Civil Strife and Renovation

However, the historical status of Li Muddy is recognized, but these old coaches led by Klopp and Pochettino (in 2028 and 29, Uncle Scum and Pochi are already considered to be the oldest and most experienced coaches) and the middle generation of managers represented by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Scholes and Xavi, and even newcomers like De Bruyne and Kroos who have just entered the industry, all have the mentality of wanting to replace them to spur themselves to work hard.

Therefore, after the opening of the winter transfer window on New Year's Day 2029, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, who have not given up the pursuit of the La Liga title, as well as those European giants who are eager to break Real Madrid's monopoly on the Champions League, have begun to frequently contact some excellent players, with the ultimate goal of strengthening their respective squads to achieve the result of having enough strength to compete with the Galaxy Battleship.

Not to mention whether Portuguese striker Fabio Silva, who is estimated to reach 90 million on the "German Transfer" value list, will join Juventus, who has regained the hegemony of Serie A, or will be signed by Paris Saint-Germain, who is not bad for money, or whether the Argentine international Carlos Ellara, who has grown into a new generation of midfield superstar in Coventry, will choose to leave the Ricoh Stadium when he is chased by no less than five big teams, many people are always paying attention to various major events in the transfer market. I will also subconsciously turn my eyes to the direction of Madrid, wanting to see how the king who has become the target of the challenge will react when other competitors have made targeted big moves.

Real Madrid, who were disbanded after playing the Club World Cup, seemed to have really started the holiday mode, except for director Valero who remained at the club to carry out his daily work, the other two giants, Raul and Li Moody, disappeared from the media cameras, and it was not until the team regrouped on January 4 that the outside world learned from the mouths of some players what they did during the Christmas season.

It turned out that the Real Madrid coach bought a luxury island with an area of 180 square kilometers in the western Pacific Ocean in the autumn of last year, and spent about 38 million euros in total with various taxes and subsequent renovation costs, making this private island named "Shein Island" squeezed into the top ten in the world in terms of total value.

Since all the renovation work has just been completed in mid-October, Li Mudi generously invited all the players and coaching staff members of the team to this resort to enjoy the southern hemisphere Christmas surrounded by sun, beach and food.

After learning the news, many people have no power to complain about anything, and can only say that they sincerely admire Real Madrid's incomparably luxurious self-confidence, after all, when other teams have begun to recruit and plan big things, they can still run to distant Oceania to play so well, which is really big enough.

However, after some careful analysis, everyone still has to admit that for the time being, there really is no team that seems to be sure to beat the king of European football. Even though several big clubs can get their favorite players in the winter window, since these new signings are basically not eligible for the Champions League, they will have to wait until next season as soon as they want to create enough trouble for the Galaxy Battleship. As for the two strong teams in Spain, they suddenly broke out into their own crises and became one of the most interesting hot spots in football recently.

First of all, Barcelona, the other of the top two in the Spanish Super League, after the media broke the news that chairman Pique is interested in competing with Manchester City and Chelsea and other teams for Carlos Ellara, which has attracted the dissatisfaction of the team's veteran Artur and local star Sergio Gomez, who believe that the team's competition for central midfield and midfield positions is too fierce to bring in new players with similar functions to add to the hidden danger of conflict.

Immediately, some Catalan media claimed that it was unacceptable for the player to publicly express his opposition to the club's recruitment plan, and wanted to punish the two big players. In particular, the 32-and-a-half-year-old Brazilian midfielder is on Pique's list of cleans, just in time to sell it to make room for new signings.

Although the news was quickly dismissed by Barcelona director Abidal and team manager Xavi as completely unfounded false news, judging from the sudden appearance of Artur's agent in Milan City, the clash between the player and the club's management does not seem to be groundless.

Before the shadow of the new signings could be seen, there was another incident of suspected infighting, which disappointed those who had hoped to see Barcelona rise in the second half of the season and attack Real Madrid, and naturally excluded them from the title contenders.

As for Atletico Madrid's troubles, they are even more than that, because they have been favored by an American fund organization, which wants to "change the flag of the city" and become the new owner of this traditional powerhouse in European football.

Although the reality that the European League has gradually become a victim of the Golden Yuan offensive since Abou took over Chelsea is a completely irreversible development trend, and everyone has long been accustomed to it, but due to the huge debts left after the Manchester United takeover, and Arsenal became very stingy after the change of goal, resulting in a great reduction in strength, the impression of the American boss in the football world has always stayed on a kind of devil who eats people and does not spit out bones, and has not changed much over the years.

So after learning that their club was favored by the Yankees, who only knew how to make money, didn't know how to take care of the team's personal work and didn't know what football was, almost all Atletico Madrid fans couldn't calm down, and immediately organized countless protests to express their position, and resolutely did not allow the Cerezo family, the current shareholders of the Sheets Army, and others to sell their shares to the group of vampires.

Even these ordinary people, who represent the vast majority of the common people in Madrid, have launched a crowdfunding campaign with the ambitious idea of all the fans pooling their money to buy the club. However, this is obviously unreliable, because according to authoritative estimates, it will take at least 570 million euros to buy 100% of the shares of Atletico Madrid, which is a huge amount of money that can be saved by a group of "working people" who have a huge gap between them and the middle class.

After that, it was also a mixture of various rumors and revelations, which made the team temporarily ranked second in the league standings fall into turmoil due to off-field factors, and the management did not have the heart to study how to adjust the lineup, which was regarded as burying the possibility of winning the championship with their own hands.

So after the winter break and when the season resumed, people realized with tears and laughter that Real Madrid's successful defense of La Liga seemed to be a sure thing, even if they still had 22 games to play, but no matter how they analyzed, it was impossible to see who still had the strength to stop the Galaxy team's progress towards victory. As for the Champions League, we can only hope that Juventus and other strong teams that are also under little competition pressure in the domestic league can play their best strength. Otherwise, at least judging from the situation in the first half of the season, it would be as difficult as a European table tennis player to defeat the Celestial Empire to win the championship if they wanted to eliminate Li Mudi's team in the two-legged encounter.

Sure enough, in the 18th round of La Liga on January 7, Real Madrid, who was away from home, did not give the home team, the Spaniards, who were previously ranked eighth in the league, a face, and scored four goals in a row in less than half time, which made Ivan Martinez, the No. 3 goalkeeper of the Spanish national team, begin to doubt his life.

In the end, thanks to the blossoming of Manuel Pellegri, Kylian Mbappe, Solzano, Febas and Álvaro Fernandez, the La Liga leaders won 5-0 in their first game to kick off the second half of the season, adding more confidence to their title defence and their morale immediately boosted to a burst of form.

Three days later, in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, the Galaxy Battleship, with a rotating lineup, almost beat Leganés with a decent defensive ability 6-2 away from home. Vinicius, who started as a striker, scored his first hat-trick in nearly six years, suggesting that he had fully recovered from an injury a few months ago, and that the outside world could finally stop worrying about Real Madrid's only full-time left winger, Ferran Torres.

However, just before the start of the 19th round of the league at the weekend, the famous local media "Le Parisien" published a major news on its website, saying that Paris Saint-Germain has once again started the process of acquiring the Brazilian winger and has made a breakthrough.

After that, Radio Kobe, which is known for its well-informed transfer on the Spanish side, also immediately followed up and confirmed that the two giants Real Madrid and Grand Paris are indeed discussing the relevant details about Vinicius's change of ownership, and from the results of the current investigation, the probability of success should exceed 70%.

In Real Madrid's home game against Deportivo La Coruna in the middle of next week, Li Mudi replaced Ferran Torres with a Brazilian when the team had a three-goal lead and the three points were confirmed, which seems to allow the dribbling maestro who has been at the Bernabeu since the age of 18, has been with the team for ten years and has won countless honors, to wave goodbye to the fans in white jersey for the last time.

The next day, on the morning of the deadline for the closure of this year's winter window, Real Madrid's official website announced two player transfer deals in succession. First, they brought in Serbian veteran Andrea Zivkovic, who was signed 12 years ago and later sold to Monaco for 6.85 million euros; Immediately afterwards, Vinicius's transfer to the Stade des Princes in Paris for 106 million was also officially confirmed, and the deal that failed to materialize last summer was finally realized five months later.

With Riverola rushing to the top and Moussa Dembele and Jorge Solsano showing their respective qualities, Lee's need for the Brazilian winger is less pressing than it was when he lost Rodrygo. At the same time, in order to avoid the parties from acting in a way that could affect the unity of the team due to the sharp reduction in playing time, in an exchange with the opposing agent's agent at the end of November, the Real Madrid coach said that he could consider letting Vinicius leave in the winter.

In the end, the Brazilian was impressed by the sincerity of the olive branch extended by Paris for the second time, and he did not make any appearances for Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage due to injuries and team rotation reasons, so that the Ligue 1 giants could register him for the next knockout stage, so that the transaction price did not drop significantly compared to a few months ago.

The main reason why the deal will not be completed until the final day is that Li Mudi needs to find a qualified replacement in the left winger position. On the premise that Miguel Baeza, who was unable to reclaim the team's youth academy due to contract problems, he could only look at those who he was familiar with, capable enough, and not too expensive to poach, and finally, Zivkovic, who had only six months left on his contract with Lazio, came into the sights of the Real Madrid manager, and after a short exchange was able to return to the Bernabeu at a relatively low price.

The Serbian winger, who will turn 33 years old in June, naturally does not have too many requirements for the main position or even playing time, and after returning to Real Madrid, he has maintained a fairly good physical condition and ball skills enough to deal with some weaker opponents, so that Ferran Torres and other main players can have plenty of rest. After a season or two, when the young player Riberto, who is currently training and upgrading in Castile, has grown up, the veteran who was talented in the past but has not been able to redeem all of it can be announced to either retire or return to his homeland for retirement.

What's more, after making nearly 100 million dollars from this personnel adjustment, Raul can finally confidently and boldly put the plan that has been planned for many years into action.

According to the previous plans made by professionals, the renovation will be a small part of the 2019 one, mainly adding 3,100 seats and expanding the existing commercial area, at a total cost of between 280 million and 330 million euros. However, after the renovation, these new facilities will bring an additional 60 million yuan of income to the club every year, which means that it will be able to pay back in about five or six years, and the cost performance is still very high.

At the beginning of February, Real Madrid held a general meeting and confirmed that the construction of the Bernabeu Stadium and the surrounding service area would begin immediately after the end of the season, and the entire project was expected to be delivered within three and a half months, thanks to the selection of the Celestial Empire construction company with non-terrestrial speed. That is, the team only needs to take out a temporary loan of one stadium until mid-September and cope with a maximum of four home games before returning to the new Bernabeu. This is acceptable to the club and to all the Melingers.