The summer of 2008 was definitely the busiest time for the transfer market in European football in the last two decades. When the transfer market has not yet opened, Manchester City has already thrown out more than 200 million euros to bring in many good players. In June, in less than a month, Real Madrid once again showed their courage. Florentino has also thrown more than 200 million euros in the transfer market, bringing in the top players in the major leagues.

Manchester City and Real Madrid have spent nearly half a billion euros on transfers. This kind of crazy transfer is definitely the first time in European football. Even when Abramovich came to Chelsea, it was not as crazy as this summer. Now that Real Madrid is so beautiful, another La Liga giant, Barcelona, is gone.

Speaking of which, Real Madrid and Barcelona have been aggrieved in the past two seasons. Real Madrid has been degrading since the collapse of the superstar policy, that is, after Bosque left Real Madrid. Not only was he suppressed by Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in turn, but he was ravaged by various teams in the Champions League and lost his face in European football. And Barcelona is the disintegration of Yumeji, and then it is directly free fall. The two giants were firmly suppressed by Atletico Madrid, and it is impossible to say anything. Real Madrid put all the blame on Calderon, while Barcelona put all the blame on Rijkaard.

Real Madrid is one step ahead in the transfer market, and Barcelona is not far behind. As soon as the transfer market opened, Barcelona announced a heavyweight transfer. Barcelona took their main right-back Alves from Atletico Madrid for 36 million euros. If it were placed in any summer, the transfer would have been a sensational move.

But in the summer of 2008. This transfer is not too big. In more than 70 million euros of Kaka, more than 60 million euros of Torres, more than 50 million euros of Ribery, more than 40 million euros of Cristiano. Ronaldo and Thiago. In front of Silva, Alves' 36 million euros is not how surprising it is.

Barcelona then reclaimed their own Academy player Pique from Manchester United for €5 million, and then brought in Cáceres from Villarreal for €16.5 million.

Speaking of this transfer, Villarreal is really profitable. Cáceres is a Uruguayan player, born in 1987, who only began to appear in the Uruguayan league in 2006. Villarreal, who are well-connected in South America, brought in Cáceres for one million euros and then loaned him to La Liga club Huelva.

Unexpectedly, Cáceres performed well during the loan period and became the best rookie defender in La Liga in the 0708 season. It immediately attracted the attention of many strong teams, and he transferred to Barcelona in the summer. Cáceres came to Villarreal and has yet to play a game for Villarreal, earning 15 million euros as soon as he changed hands. The deal was beautifully done.

Of course, Barcelona's transfer is not over. They next brought in Keita from Sevilla for €14 million. So far, Barcelona has also spent more than 70 million euros in a short period of time.

"I miss Sandro so much."

Rist guards against Mendes. Therefore, Mourinho's plan to join Barcelona was disturbed. But Rist still can't get the right to transfer to Barcelona. First of all, the relationship between Lister and Laporta is average, and there is no deep friendship, on the contrary, both sides are somewhat wary. Therefore, Begilistan is reluctant for Rister to intervene in Barcelona's transfer.

And did not let Mourinho come to Barcelona, withstanding Mendes. But after Pep Guardiola became the manager of Barcelona. Barcelona has also begun to rise with two other agent predators. One is Pep Guardiola's agent, Josep. Orobiteg. The other is Pep Guardiola's brother Pere. Pep Guardiola.

Needless to say, Pep Guardiola's older brother. With his brotherly relationship with Guardiola, he can mix with ease. And this is even more true of Orobiteg. He started working as an agent for Pep Guardiola when he was a player, and the relationship between the two lasted for two decades. Someone that Pep Guardiola truly trusts. Orobiteg is almost indistinguishable from Pep Guardiola's relatives, even Pere. Pep Guardiola's move to the agent is still the influence of Orobiteg. If Perret. Pep Guardiola is not Guardiola's older brother, so in terms of the level of trust Pere. Pep Guardiola is nowhere near as good as Aurobiteg.

Rist knows that with the success of Dream Three, the two plus Carvajal will divide Barca's academy players. Among them Perret. Pep Guardiola has a talent like Thiago in his hands, plus Andres Iniesta's image rights. And Orobiteg has Busquets, Tello, Montoya and other Barcelona youth pearls in his hands.

Laporta above does not want to see Lister, and there are such agents and predators who are close to Guardiola below, and Barcelona's transfer market and academy have not left any share for Lister. There were so many transfers from Barcelona this summer, and Rister was unable to intervene and get any benefits. If it weren't for Messi's face, Rist would never have let Guardiola become the head coach of Barcelona so easily.

"I heard that Sandro wants to make a comeback."

Carvajal smiled. When Rosell was in charge of Barcelona's transfer, Rister was more beautiful at Barcelona. Almost half of Barcelona's players are related to him, and Barcelona's transfer to Rist easily intervened. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have made Henry and Ronaldinho so much at odds in '06.

"There is this idea. Anyway, Sandro is not dead. ”

Reesette nodded. Although Russell left, Lister and Russell did not break contact, and Russell himself did not completely withdraw from football. At present, the Brazilian national team plays some commercial matches at every turn, most of which are organized by Russell. Of course, Rist knew that every time he organized such a business competition, Russell would have a large amount of black money in his pocket.

"If Sandro wins, how will Pere deal with it?"

Carvajal said with some schadenfreude. Carvajal, Spain's No. 1 agent, is very smart, and when there is a change in the club's hierarchy, even if he leans towards one side, he will not go too far.

It's like Florentino suppressed Carvajal when he was the president of Real Madrid, but it was just because Carvajal's strength was too big in Real Madrid. influenced Florentino's authority. But suppression is suppression, Florentino has no opinion on Carvajal himself, on the contrary, Florentino is suppressing Carvajal, but he is also reusing Carvajal.

It may seem contradictory, but it's actually quite simple. Carvajal has a huge influence at Real Madrid, and has enough contacts to fight for Real Madrid's interests when bringing in players and purging players. So Florentino liked him, and these things were left to Carvajal. But at the beginning, Carvajal relied on Raul to manage too many dense forces in Real Madrid. This is something that Florentino had to suppress again. Therefore, Florentino is to let Carvajal continue to be his royal agent, but not allow Carvajal to have too many players at Real Madrid.

So Carvajal is stiff and not dead at Real Madrid. But Carvajal is currently gloating over Perre. Pep Guardiola is different. He was originally part of Rosell's camp, but with Pep Guardiola becoming Barcelona manager, he fell in favor of Laporta. He recently set up a sports company with people from Laporta's side. In the future, Russell will really have a chance to come up, and it is estimated that the first one to deal with is Perret. Pep Guardiola is up.

"Still, Ginnes, have you heard? Laporta is going to bring in Arshavin. ”

"Yes, I heard that. It is estimated that it was too stimulated by Florentino. ”

If Arshavin was a first-class star before this summer, he has become a superstar since the European Championships. Arshavin has done well at Villarreal and at Tottenham. has scored a lot of goals and assists, and is quite famous in European football.

But in the European Championships, he was completely mad. The Dutch national team, which was invincible in the group stage, was kicked out by Russia in the knockout round. Arshavin completely dominated the game in that game, and single-handedly broke down the entire Dutch national team's defense. Arshavin's value soared after the European Championships.

Originally, his value was inflated because of the European Cup, so many giants would not make a move at this time. Wait for half a year, a year, and when the enthusiasm for the European Cup subsides, his value will naturally come down at that time. But Laporta was too stimulated by Florentino. Florentino successively introduced Kaka, Ribery, Cristiano. With stars like Ronaldo and Alonso, Laporta is under too much pressure. Therefore, he can only bring in the current hot stars to compete with Real Madrid, and he has his eye on Arshavin.

On July 17, 2008, Barcelona finally finished talking about everything, announcing the biggest transfer for Barcelona this summer. Barcelona brought Arshavin, the hottest star of this European Championship, to Barcelona for 41 million euros.

41 million euros, a good deal. It stands to reason that Arshavin's worth before the European Cup is around 30 million euros, and it should be impossible to exceed 30 million euros. Arshavin has been in excellent form at Tottenham, having been able to record a double-double of goals and assists in each of these seasons. Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in him, and the price is generally around 20 million pounds.

But when the European Cup came out, its value soared. Barcelona spent €41 million to get Tottenham to let go. In fact, if it weren't for Arshavin's statement that he would not be able to fly to Barcelona, maybe the transfer fee would have been a little higher.

Everyone is numb, the transfer market in European football this summer is completely insane. Another giant's transfer fee expenditure exceeded 100 million euros. Now there are still several giants who have not moved, and the transfer market is already so hot. When Inter Milan, who have changed their coach, Tottenham and Atletico Madrid, who have sold a lot of players, will start to do it, and the transfer market will be even more lively. (To be continued......)