Putting down the phone with Wenger, George smiled slightly.

George didn't even think about competing with Arsene Wenger for Henry, and although Henry was strong, George especially wanted to have Henry. But George knew Thierry Henry would definitely choose Arsenal over Blackburn. After all, Arsenal is an English giant, and it is the Premier League champion for two consecutive years. In terms of attractiveness, it is much more attractive than Blackburn.

Add to that the Arsene Wenger factor, who is Thierry Henry's mentor. Wenger single-handedly developed Thierry Henry at Monaco and put him in the first team.

All these factors add up, and the current Blackburn does not have the slightest advantage. If there is an advantage, it is that George currently has more transfer fees than Arsene Wenger.

But George will never go to Juventus, a bargain man. George has no major conflict with Wenger, and he can't buy Henry anyway, so he needs to fight with Wenger. Just make a small deal with Arsene Wenger.

Juventus are indeed waiting for Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal to continue to increase their prices. Now that Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers are both interested in Thierry Henry, Juventus will have to sit on the ground to start the bid. However, Blackburn soon withdrew from Henry's pursuit.

Henry's suitors are left with Arsene Wenger's Arsenal.

In the end, Juventus agreed to Arsenal's offer of £10.5 million for Thierry, who boarded the plane to London.

By the same time, Blackburn's negotiators had flown to Madrid, Spain.

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'How much are Chelsea willing to pay?' George already has basically everything in his mind for the new season's squad.

Although he couldn't take down Harman and Thorin, he didn't care.

"Four million pounds." Evan told George on the side.

George shook his head. "Four million pounds is too little. Edu came off the bench last season but scored eight goals. The performance is good enough, how can it be worth only four million pounds. At least £6,000,000,000 for them to consider. ”

The club interested in Gudjohnsen is Chelsea. Gudjohnsen also made it clear that he wanted to leave Blackburn, and he was very unhappy with being a replacement for Klose.

If it were any other player, Gudjohnsen would have figured it out. But for Klose to be the main force, Gudjohnsen can't figure it out. In terms of goal efficiency, Klose is not even as good as Gudjohnsen, playing as the main player for a season, Klose has only nine goals. That's just one more than Gudjohnsen, while playing almost four times as much time as Gudjohnsen.

With more than four times the playing time, the goals scored are not the same.

So Gudjohnsen felt that George was too cronyistic. For his descendant Klose, he is biased and underestimates himself. So after the end of the season, he handed over a transfer application to George.

When Gudjohnsen entered the transfer market, there were many clubs interested in him. To be able to score eight Premier League goals in his limited time as a substitute is enough to show Gudjohnsen's quality. And for Gudjohnsen, the most positive is Chelsea.

One of the most unsuccessful deals Chelsea made last year was the purchase of Blackburn's Chris. Sutton. It's a natural disaster, and Chelsea can't help it.

Sutton, who was bought for more than 10 million pounds, was brave at the beginning. With five goals in his first six games, he was arguably the most dominant centre-forward in the Premier League at the time. It's a pity that not long after being injured in training, he didn't get up until he lay down.

The injuries have been repeated, and according to doctors, it will take half a year to fully recover. And who knows what his state will be in half a year and whether his injury will recur.

So Vialli's eyes were on Blake himself, and this time he was not satisfied with Goodjohnsen, who was sitting on the bench.

'How's the talks with Villa and West Ham? What are their respective attitudes? ”

"Villa are reluctant to sell Southgate, and even more reluctant to sell to us."

"Do we have any contradictions with Vera?"

"They said they were reluctant to sell players to direct competitors."

"Shit, Vera deserves to be a direct competitor to us. Our only rivals are Manchester United and Arsenal, and Villa is a green onion. George gave Vera a disdainful look. Villa have a glorious history, with seven top-flight titles, seven FA Cups, five English League Cups and one European Cup, and few clubs in England can match such glorious results.

But the recent results, that is, barely enough. The future Vera is just an occasional pop-up, and it is simply a foil. George's Blackburn Rovers are a team with big ambitions. Vera also dares to say that she is a direct competitor!

"What do you mean by West Ham?"

'They didn't say no outright, they just kept insisting that Rio Ferdinand was an important player for their club. Evan said with a smile.

George knows what a club means by emphasising how important a player is, which means we need a lot of money, a lot of money. As long as the transfer fee is sufficient, they will not stand in the way. If they really don't want to sell the player, then they can simply refuse and tell them that it is not for sale.

"Okay, Evan. Tell Richard, talk. Be sure to negotiate it down and don't be afraid of the price. What we have in our hands is a transfer fee. ”

George knows Rio Ferdinand is not cheap, but he broke the transfer record twice. First, he joined Leeds United for 18 million pounds, breaking the all-England transfer fee record at that time. Two years later, he moved to Manchester United for £30 million.

Although Ferdinand will be worth 18 million pounds in two years, he is not cheap even now.

Rio Ferdinand is now England's best young defender and also played in the World Cup in '98. Although he was not able to play, everyone recognized Ferdinand's quality.

But even for some money, George was willing to buy Ferdinand. This is one of the world's top defenders, one of the best defenders in world football for the next decade. Buying him for about £10 million now is definitely worth it.

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At the beginning of July, Blackburn Rovers were full of action in the transfer market.

It started with a few small moves, starting with the purge of some of last season's substitutes. Including Ian. Pierce, Jeff. Kenna, Jason. Wilcox, the three were dealt with by George. Although they are all substitutes, they are not very old and have worked in the Premier League.

Therefore, although all three are substitute players, they also brought George a transfer fee of four million pounds.

The players who followed the purge were the more surprising players. It's Gudjohnsen, a player in his early twenties. Goodjohnsen came to Blackburn Rovers last summer and has done quite well for them. Many people think that George getting Goodjohnsen for free is too good for money.

Little did he know that just one season later, Gudjohnsen was sold to Chelsea by George. It is worth £5.7 million.

Then Blackburn Rovers began to announce the players to buy, and Chinese player Sun Jihai arrived at Blackburn Rovers from Crystal Palace for £800,000. Then there was Blackburn, who bought back Manchester United's Henning for £3 million. Berg.

For Sun Jihai, the reaction of the English media was relatively cold. Or in their opinion, a Chinese player is not worth the fuss.

It's for Blackburn to buy back Henning. Berg, many media still gave high praise. Berg has good strength, and he was a meritorious player of Blackburn that year. In the process of Manchester United winning the Champions Cup last season, he also contributed his own strength.

More importantly, Henning. Berg has just turned 30 this year and has a lot of experience. For the current Blackburn backline, Henning. Berg's return is definitely very beneficial.

Of course, in addition to these two transfers, there are two more transfers. It was for 100,000 pounds to bring in Didier from the French team Le Mans. Didier Drogba then brought in young player Scott from the newly relegated Charlton Athletic for £170,000. Parker.

These two transfers are so small that all the media in the small one don't care. When even a Chinese player is worth 800,000 pounds, two transfers of more than 100,000 pounds are inconspicuous.

Parker is an English citizen and has no problems. Drogba's nationality is much easier to get than Essien, Drogba not only has an uncle in France. And Drogba has been in France since he was five years old, and has been in France for 16 years.

Both Côte d'Ivoire and France recognize dual citizenship, so Drogba can easily get a French nationality. Drogba is still a hairy child, albeit twenty-one. But compared with the later Warcraft, the strength is simply incomparable.

However, Blackburn's moves did not stop, following Sun Jihai and Berg, Blackburn announced the signing of "Golden Left Foot" Davao from Real Madrid for 3.5 million pounds. Sucre. The player, who claims to be able to play the violin with his left foot, is France's top scorer at the World Cup.

Actually and Davao. Suker was closest to Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, but as a condition for George to give up his offer for Thierry Henry, Arsenal also gave up on Davao. Suke's chase.

George's original plan was without Davao. After Suker's, but not Hamann, George remembered the Croatian star. Davao. Suker is the first brother of Real Madrid's striker in recent years, but with the strong rise of Raul, Real Madrid is ready to let Davao. Sooke left.

Davao. Suker is Chinese New Year's Eve, which is not very old for a technical player.

The most important time, Davao. Sukko is a player who has seen the world. Not only did he win the league championship and the Champions League in Real Madrid, but he also led Croatia to third place in the World Cup. Such a player is what Blackburn lack the most right now.

But when everyone marvels at Blackburn taking Davao. At the time of Suker, an even more shocking transfer news came at Blackburn. To the surprise of all the media.

(To be continued)