Chapter 190: Transfer Market
The Shijie Cup is over, which is naturally capable of causing the arrival of a real transfer drama; In the Shijie Cup, many players have become famous with one goal, and in the Shijie Cup, the team can have more opportunities to scout players. So for those players who became popular overnight, or top stars who have a stable performance in the Shijie Cup, they have more capital to choose transfers after the Shijie Cup.
Under the economic crisis, the purchasing power of the whole of Europe has dropped a lot, and the Premier League ranks first in Europe in terms of total purchases and net transfer spending. But in this summer, many people can understand that there may be some heavyweight transfers, but they will not be as crazy as last summer. Last summer, Xiao Qing, Ronaldo, Kaka and other signature players in major leagues transferred one after another, and now they have very good in their new clubs, so now we can't expect these signature players to transfer again immediately.
Because some teams have failed in the season just ended, they need to make a comeback; So far in the European transfer market, Barcelona has spent 40 million for Huluwa Villa to become the temporary bidder, I believe that in the future this value is likely to be the highest record this summer, after all, many signature players have no intention of transferring, and it is really difficult to have more attractive players than Villa in the current transfer market.
The rest of the Premier League has invariably tightened their money this summer, but that doesn't mean there is a shortage of new faces in Shijie One. The Premier League, as an outstanding representative of the modern operation of football, has shown great purchasing power in recent years, and Chelsea, which was built on the Abramovic model, has grown into a pole in the Premier League. Manchester City, who are looking to replicate their success, are still investing sparingly.
Manchester City is really not bad for money. In this summer, they are clearly continuing the trajectory of the previous two summers of crazy money to buy players. Manchester City are now rich overnight. They were quick to use the thick checkbook to bring in some strong players. In the current situation, Manchester City continues to improve and they will be the biggest contenders for BIG4 in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur, who have reached the Champions League.
Yaya. Toure, David. Silva, Kolarov and Jérôme. Boateng, the arrival of these players who have attracted much attention on the continent has greatly increased Manchester City's strength in midfield and defence, but what will really make the transfer market prosperous is probably the redundant personnel that Manchester City is preparing to clean, after all, such as Santa Cruz, Robinho, Bellamy, Ireland...... Such players have the ability to change the overall face of the middle and lower teams.
It can only be such a luxury for the Manchester City team. Some players with very good strength don't have much value at all in their opinion, and only after they are crazy to burn money, they still have no pressure to buy high and sell low, and do loss-making business and are happy.
Seeing the fierce momentum of the Manchester City team, Xiao Qing was really speechless; These guys are now hell-bent on a quick rise, so they're constantly trying to buy more and more Haode players. In Manchester City, players can definitely get a good salary, although Xiao Qing has repeatedly said that he is not interested in Manchester City, but those guys are still trying to use the first salary to try to attract Xiao Qing's attention.
Xiao Qing feels that Manchester City is really terrible, maybe the current Manchester City is difficult to attract some real top players because of the lack of Champions League qualification, but the combat effectiveness of this luxury mercenary army should not be underestimated, they are likely to play the role of the destroyer of the old order of the Premier League, and they are very capable of striving for more results. Perhaps the current Manchester City team is only at the beginning of the lineup, and it has not really formed combat effectiveness yet. But as long as a certain amount of stability is maintained, then the Manchester City team will definitely have the strength to burst out more terrifying.
No doubt. There is only one club in the Premier League that can call for wind and rain in the transfer market, with more than 100 million reinforcements; Manchester City, who spent almost 150 million in the summer, contributed almost a third of the Premier League transfer market this summer. Of course, Manchester City's presence is the key to the Premier League's strength over other leagues, and Mansour's team is the team that has invested the most this summer; Even Real Madrid, who have always liked to make waves in the transfer market, can only settle for second place this summer, with Manchester City becoming a veritable acquisition predator this summer.
Xiao Qing doesn't pay more attention to other leagues now, but he still pays more attention to the introduction of some giant teams, because those teams are likely to be Arsenal's opponents in the Champions League.
Following last season's hot transfer operation, the transfer market in La Liga this season is still crowded, although it is not as strong as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Ibrahimovic and Benzema as the strongest representatives of other leagues last season, but Villa's internal mobility is still concerning.
However, just like the fighting methods of Barcelona and Real Madrid in the transfer market last summer, this summer's La Liga transfer market is still run by two companies, Real Madrid invested nearly 60 million euros to attract Di Maria, Pedro. León, Khedira and Canales, Barcelona spent nearly 50 million euros to bring in Villa and Adriano, and both sides have grown further. And the Champions League group Shili like Valencia is facing blood loss, not only because of the looting of Barcelona and Real Madrid, but also because of the search of overseas consortiums.
Serie A, on the other hand, does not operate as well as the Premier League and La Liga in the transfer market, both in terms of the amount of transactions and the big-name degree of the transferred players. However, the tendency of internal mobility is very obvious, whether it is the northern top three Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, or Roma and the rest of the middle powerhouses. This kind of transfer idea is a pragmatic performance for the current overall poor Serie A team, although it lacks the glamour on the surface, but it is brewing in silence.
Last season's Champions League runners-up Bayern Munich's transfer operations were very limited, only recovering a few players who were loaned out last season and letting go of a few fringe players. It seems that due to this, the overall transfer operation of the Bundesliga is far inferior to the other three major leagues, but the success of the German team in the Shijie Cup in South Africa and the success of Bayern in the league and the Champions League last season have made the Bundesliga teams interested in following suit, and local players and youth products will be further opportunities.
Although there is a lack of some sensational transfers of top players in the current transfer market, the core lineups of the major giants are basically relatively stable, and some tinkering is enough for the time being. Xiao Qing believes that in the current situation, whether it is in the league or in the Champions League, Arsenal will definitely encounter a lot of challenges in the new season, and the combat effectiveness of the major giants that are steadily rising must be growing, so Arsenal at this time may need to make more efforts.
As far as the Premier League is concerned, BIG4 actually doesn't have much action right now, because their main core lineup is all there; Of course, part of the reason may be because of the finances, such as Liverpool. In the Premier League, the Premier League's traditional top four have not brought in more than 40 million signings, and it is worth mentioning that this is the second year in a row that Liverpool has made a profit in the European transfer market, so it is not difficult to understand why the Reds have achieved such poor results.
Manchester City surpasses the sum of the Premier League's traditional top four in terms of total signings; Manchester City defended the title again after being the most invested team in the Premier League last year. It can be seen that Mancini's team has invested heavily in order to break the monopoly of the traditional top four in the Premier League, and of course, for Mansour, that money is nothing at all, just a drop in the bucket, and such investment is just "fun".
Although it is not as good as the Manchester City team with strong capital, in the top ten of the Premier League transfer value list, in addition to Manchester City's six fierce players, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal basically have players on the list. Chelsea spent more than 20 million to bring in Ramirez, and with the departure of Mascherano, Liverpool spent nearly 15 million euros to replace Portugal international Merreles; Arsenal bought Koscielny for more than 10 million.
In the top 10, Manchester United is not present, but it does not mean that they have not invested heavily this summer, but it is relatively average, with 8 million euros for Smalling, 10 million euros for Hernandez and 9 million euros for Bebe. Overall, Manchester United have spent no less on signings than Chelsea and Arsenal.
Compared with Manchester City's crazy investment, the prospects of the four giants who are tightening the silver base are not optimistic, especially Liverpool, one of the traditional top four, under such stingy investment, it is obvious that it will be difficult to return to the top four of the Premier League. Manchester City continues to rise strongly, and it is now difficult for the big four to continue to dominate the Premier League; Especially in the current squad of Manchester City, there are basically no obvious shortcomings, and there are such outstanding players in all positions, and the blue moon even has the opportunity to compete with Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea to win the league title!
Xiao Qing still felt more excited to see the movement of the transfer market, Xiao Qing did not rest much after the end of the Shijie Cup, and Xiao Qing, who returned directly to London, began to train seriously, although the opponent is strong, although it will make the game more difficult, but such a challenging new season will also make Xiao Qing more excited.
Although Arsenal is only making small repairs to the lineup, Xiao Qing is still more confident in the new season, because Cesc Fabregas seems to want to stay at Arsenal and continue to create a new glory, so Arsenal's core squad can be preserved, plus some small targeted reinforcements, then it can be shown that Arsenal can continue to maintain a strong position in the league and the Champions League.
Xiao Qing is very confident in himself, and now the opponents are improving, but Arsenal is not weak; Especially Xiao Qing knows that his current strength has made new progress, so he is also looking forward to the arrival of the new season at this time! (To be continued......)