727. The smoke of the transfer market
Lonshette's behavior of "tearing Toney" undoubtedly reassured Liverpool fans, and they no longer have to worry about waking up from a sleep to find that the team's star + ace captain has been poached by other teams.
Liverpool fans are relieved, but fans of other teams are not so lucky, because the excavators of the major giants have been held high!
2016 is a big year for sports, and the holding of the three major tournaments will definitely make the value of some players rise sharply - just like Ronaldo after the 2014 World Cup!
Some people will watch the performance of players through the European Cup, Copa America, and the Olympics, and some people will start early, such as Arsenal.
Back in the last week of May, Arsene Wenger poached midfielder Granit Xhaka from Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga for £45 million to fill Arsenal's long-standing weakness in the lower back.
After entering June, the professor spent another 35 million and 17 million to buy German defender Mustafi and Spanish striker Perez respectively.
No one thought that the prelude to the arms race in the summer would be ...... Arsenal, who have never been willing to spend money!
And as soon as it was shot, it was close to 100 million!
This world is definitely not right!
You know, Arsenal is third in the Premier League!
Qualifying for the Champions League for 20 consecutive years, second only to Real Madrid!
But even they are so eager to bring in reinforcements with such excellent results, how can you embarrass Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea, who are ranked fifth, sixth, and eighth?
The Premier League giants suddenly turned red-eyed, they must not be preempted by Arsenal!
First up was a wave of new coaches:
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola have taken over Manchester United and Manchester City respectively, and the two big coaches are about to stage a world-renowned "Guammu look" in Manchester.
Italian coach Antonio Conte has also confirmed that he will take charge of Chelsea after the European Championships, and he will use his iron fist to reinvent a blue iron army!
Chelsea may have to wait for a new manager to complete the handover before they can prepare for the signings, but the Manchester duo can't wait to start burning cash.
Manchester United signed Swedish god Ibrahimovic for free from the world's poaching Paris, and spent 105 million euros to buy back their own academy Pogba from Juventus, these two transfers alone are enough to show their ambition to revivenation!
Of course, they can't just make just two signings, with Bundesliga MVP Mkhitaryan signing from Borussia Dortmund for €42.5 million, while Villarreal defender Eric Bailly arrived for almost the same price.
With just four players, Manchester United spent close to 200 million euros!
With such a burning of money next door, Manchester City is certainly not far behind.
Do you Mourinho bring in Mkhitaryan?
I, Pep Guardiola, used 26 million to buy Mkhitaryan's Dort teammate Gundogan!
16.5 million cheaper than you!
55 million to buy England homegrown defender John Stones and become the most expensive defender in the world!
32 million to buy Brazilian talent Gabriel Jesus, and their opponent against Pep Guardiola's old club Barcelona is none other than that!
50 million to poach Schalke winger Leroy Sane, 18 million to buy Barcelona goalkeeper Bravo, and also 18 million to buy Spanish striker Nolito, who performed well in the European Cup......
Unknowingly, Manchester City also burned more than 200 million euros in transfer fees!
And when Italy was eliminated from the competition, Conte also joined the money-burning team:
40 million euros to sign Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi!
41 million to welcome back Brazilian defender David Luiz!
36 million to buy Leicester City's iron waist and Makelele's successor Kante!
30 million to buy young Spanish defender Marcos Alonso!
In the blink of an eye, it is nearly 150 million!
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Once again, the Premier League giants have shown their affluence across Europe, and other leagues that have received cheques have also started their own purchasing plans.
Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga must be the saddest team this summer:
Not only were they poached by Manchester United and Manchester City, but they were also poached by Bayern Munich for captain Hummels......
The three players received more than 100 million euros in transfer funds, but for Dortmund, this euro did not make up for what they lost!
Lose a central axis at the same time in a month!
Who can be optimistic that you are a big team?
The devastated Yellow and Black team bought six players in a row, Schurrle, Gotze, Baltra, Dembele, Rhodes and Guerrero, and almost spent all the income from the sale, but everyone knew that their ceiling ended there......
On the other hand, Bayern only bought Hummels and Sanchez, one in front and one in the back, and the giants' confidence and domineering are undoubtedly displayed.
The transfer market in Serie A is actually as polarized as the Bundesliga, with only Juventus, Inter Milan, and Napoli spending more, and the source of everything is, of course, the Bianconeri.
The old woman used 90 million to buy the top scorer of rival Napoli, the small smoking gun Higuain, and used 30 million to poach Messi of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wang Chu's former roommate Pjanic from another competitor "Red Wolf" Rome, plus 23 million Piatsa and some cheap players, their total cost also exceeded 150 million.
With Higuain's transfer fee, Napoli has also become rich, and they have broken it up to zero, buying seven players in their prime with one person's transfer fee, and it seems that the squad has been strengthened......
Inter Milan, which was acquired by Suning Group, also received a lot of financial support, with players such as Joao Mario (45 million), Barcelona (30 million) and Candreva (25 million) to be brought under the Nerazzurri, and more than 100 million euros of investment also gave fans a glimmer of hope for revival.
As for AC Milan, due to the problems of Brother Li's financial chain and the lack of sufficient industrial support, they had to cut back on food and clothing, and in order to maintain the operation of the club, they had to sell Balotelli and El Shaarawy, two of Italy's main internationals, such a move obviously made fans see no hope.
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La Liga is much the same:
As the league and Copa del Rey double winners last season, Barcelona is still not slacking, they have signed players such as Umtiti, Cillessen, Andre Gomez, Paco, Lucas Dini and other players in a row, with a total cost of nearly 120 million.
Although Atletico Madrid, which suffered Waterloo in the Champions League final, did not invest so much, it also spent nearly 90 million euros to buy Gaitan, Fosarico, Gameiro and other powerful players.
On the contrary, Real Madrid did not feel any nervousness at all, they relied on Zinedine Zinedine Zidane, who was halfway through the way, to beat Atletico Madrid and win the Champions League in May, but the league and the Copa del Rey did nothing, but despite this, they also looked indifferent, only spent 30 million euros to buy back the team's youth Morata and then announced that the transfer market was officially closed this summer.
Seeing that the Copa America and the European Cup have ended, but the club has not moved, Real Madrid fans have been a little unable to sit still, and they have begun to give advice to the club's top management:
"Although we are Champions League champions, the Chinese say well, it is easy to fight the rivers and mountains, but it is difficult to defend the rivers and mountains, we have to buy some people, right?"
"Although it is impossible to buy Longshut, but Harry Kane and Hazard can still buy a few tens of millions of players, right?"
"Isn't that Lewandowski always wanted to come to Madrid?"
"It's really not good, it's okay to buy a young man like Draxler and Icardi!"
"We have to show the world that we are ambitious!"
But no matter how the fans petitioned, Florentino remained unmoved, and did not take out another penny.
Not only did he not buy the superstar, but he purged three players in a row - among them, Jesse, who was once known as "Raul's successor", even sold for 25 million euros.
Coupled with 7 million Cheryshev and 1.5 million Medland, Real Madrid not only did not spend money in this transfer window, but made a net profit of 3.5 million euros!
The world must be crazy!
Arsenal, which has always been a dime a dime, smashed 100 million angrily, but Real Madrid, which has always been wealthy, earned 3.5 million!
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What about Liverpool?
Although he is on the other side of the world, he receives real-time messages from the club.
Joe Allen, who followed Wales to the semi-finals at the European Championships, was not content to be a substitute here, moving to Stoke City for £18 million.
Also leaving the team is striker Jordan Ibi, who, despite Liverpool's extensive rotation, still doesn't get much of a chance as a sixth striker and can only go to Bournemouth for £16 million – I have to say that England's account book is still worth a lot......
The 32-year-old central defender Skrtel also chose to leave, and Liverpool did not deliberately embarrass the Slovak defender who has dedicated eight and a half seasons of youth to the team, and only charged a symbolic transfer fee of 5 million euros from the Turkish Super League giant Fenerbahce, and let go of the "prison break brother".
Foreign academy players such as Brad Smith and Pedro Ziriviera, who were previously deemed to have little potential, have been purged, and only about £10 million in total have been paid.
In terms of reinforcements, Liverpool signed German defender Joel Matip for free, adding a strong player to the backline.
They then paid £34 million to sign Southampton thigh Sadio Mane, who has been in talks since April, and the African striker has faced Liverpool three times in a season, scoring twice in each game, and he scored 14 goals on all fronts last season......
Even if he can't show such strength in Liverpool and can reduce such a terrible opponent, the 34 million is worth it!
In addition to Mane, Liverpool also bought centre-back Virgil van Dijk from his hometown for the same £30 million – the Dutch defender was worth just £16 million when he joined the Saints a year ago.
It took a year to complete the doubling of his value, and the fellow viciously slaughtered Liverpool!
On top of that, Brendan Rodgers had wanted to sign Newcastle's midfielder Wijnaldum – the Dutch midfielder who had also led Liverpool's backline in the league – but Ronshette suggested he take a look at Liverpool's current midfield depth and he had to give up.
After all, in Liverpool's frontfield, in addition to Ronshette and Coutinho, who each occupy a position, Sturridge, Benteke, Firmino, Mane, Origi, Ince...... The six strikers rotated into two positions, with vice-captain Jordan Henderson, Emre Rejan, Milner, Lucas, Lallana...... With five midfielders vying for two positions, the competition is fierce enough.
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Time flies.
In the distant land of America, Chile defeated Argentina again after a year, and Messi fell to the penalty spot again.
The runner-up of the 2014 World Cup and the runner-up of the 2015 and 2016 America's Cups, the plum ball king suddenly entered a big problem that is difficult to explain.
Instead, his opponent Cristiano Ronaldo had a moment of brilliance, leading Portugal to the European Championship title in a completely underappreciated situation – although they stumbled through a series of draws and new rules, but the winner is the champion!
European Cup champion + Champions League champion, although there is no success in China, these two most important honors have almost guaranteed Ronaldo to win this year's Golden Ball Award.
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The short holiday is finally over.
Long Shute stretched his waist on the beach in Fiji, glanced at his wife, who was still recuperating with her eyes closed, and let out a long sigh.
Fortunately, after all, he is already an old husband and wife, and this month, he has basically gained sufficient rest, and proper exercise has also kept him in perfect shape.
Ronshette played with Emma's long blonde hair and drew a circle on her face:
"We're leaving here tomorrow, Hani."
The little witch who felt a little itchy wrinkled her nose slightly:
"I bet it's going to rain in London tomorrow."
Long Shute shook his head with a dumb smile, only to hear a tremor from the phone on the table.
He reached out and opened his phone, and his expression changed slightly.
This is an email from Liverpool FC general manager Johnson.
"Bayern Munich has made an offer to package up Emre Can and Holger-Bad Stuber, with a preliminary offer ...... £40 million (Jen's contract is only one year). ”
Both German players are Bayern's own academy players and their affection for Bayern cannot be described in words.
As long as Bayern sends out a call-up, they can even take a pay cut and return, right?
Lonshette sighed and sent Johnson a reply:
"Yes."
Two of his old teammates finally left him after a brief season together.
There is some helpless parting.