Chapter 159: The lineup is complete
On July 10, FC Porto announced the transfer of Falcao, "Porto player, Colombian player Radamel Falcao will join Atlético de Madrid in Spain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
The official website of Atletico Madrid also released a brief statement: "Atletico Madrid and FC Porto have agreed on the transfer fee for Radamel Falcao. The Colombian top scorer in the Europa League last season with 17 goals will join Atletico Madrid and sign a five-year contract. ”
Although Atletico Madrid did not officially disclose the specific figure of the transfer fee, earlier in this signing, Porto, as a listed team, announced through the Portuguese stock market that the specific figure of the transfer fee is 40 million euros.
After the news was announced, many Spanish media began to introduce Falcao to fans.
Because he did not enter the top five leagues, did not play in the Champions League, and many fans did not pay attention to the second-level Europa League, Falcao is not well-known in Europe, and some fans even heard Falcao's name for the first time, and they were surprised that the Colombian player could be so valuable.
€40 million is no small number, and only two of the transfers reached before July were higher than Falcao.
One is Aguero's transfer to Manchester City, and the Argentine striker is worth a whopping 77.5 million euros. The other belongs to Paris Saint-Germain, who announced on their official website that the team has officially signed 22-year-old Argentina international Pastore from Palermo, and according to Italian media, Pastore's transfer fee has reached 42 million euros.
After Falcao joined Atletico Madrid, the newspaper believes that Madrid's active squad has been very neat, with the striker, midfield and back line already solidified, "which means that Atletico Madrid is likely to close the transfer window." ”
As Atletico Madrid's contract media, the report of Atletico Madrid by "As" newspaper is still relatively accurate, and the next morning Atletico Madrid announced the closure of the transfer window, that is, Atletico Madrid will not sell or buy players again, and the team lineup will not change again.
The Spanish media also began to summarize the summer transfer of Atletico Madrid, "Atletico Madrid sold players such as Sergio Aguero and Reyes for a total gain of 93 million euros, and if nothing else, they are the highest-earning team in the summer transfer." ”
"But Atletico Madrid is not stingy in buying players, Thiago Silva and Radamel Falcao, they spent 70 million euros, 18 million euros for J Rodriguez, 15 million euros for Kevin De Bruyne, 10.5 million euros for Jerome Boateng and 6 million euros for Juan Forlan, Atletico Madrid's transfer expenditure reached 120 million euros, and they have invested quite a lot in the transfer market!"
"At present, in the transfer market, only the Manchester City that has invested more than Atletico Madrid in the past two years, they have invested 100 million for three consecutive years, and so far this year has reached 123 million euros, thanks to Aguero, who is worth 77.5 million euros, Aguero alone accounts for more than half of Manchester City's transfer investment, in comparison, Atletico Madrid seems more rational, and their transfer has only lost 23 million euros. The addition of Thiago Silva, Radamel Falcao and several other big players has made Atletico stronger and has a certain depth on the bench. Next season, Atletico is likely to be a major force in Europe. ”
In addition to media reports, Wan Sheng also looked at the lineup that the team has.
There has been no change in goalkeeper, the main player is still David De Gea, who has developed into a world-class goalkeeper. The second goalkeeper is Sergio Asenjo, who was previously the first-choice goalkeeper, but as De Gea grew up, Asenjo's place was replaced, and the 23-year-old could only play as a substitute.
At the back, several players of the year are Thiago Silva, Godin, Filipe Luis Kasmirski, Luis Perea, Jerome Boateng and Juan Forlan, as well as teenager Raphael Varane and veteran Oujfarusi as supplements, and the back line of eight players is enough to face next season's third-line battle.
The midfield line is still relatively gorgeous, Morris, Mesut Ozil, Mario Suarez, Raul Garcia, Kevin De Bruyne, J Rodriguez, each can be called a star, plus the youngsters Isco and Saul, the gorgeous midfield of eight players is enough to cope with most games.
The four players in the front line, Klose, Wang Qiuming, Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao, Falcao will undoubtedly be the core player next season, Diego Costa is efficient, but not the kind of star who can play individually, he will still be the second striker, Klose and Wang Qiuming are also very important to complement the striker.
There are a total of 22 players in the first team.
For the third-tier team, twenty-two players are still a bit small, after all, it is easy to be affected by injuries in the middle of the season, and the injury area is larger, so it is difficult to maintain the game, and Wansheng is considering adding two more youth team players.
One is to drop the youth team goalkeeper to the first team as the third goalkeeper, the other is to add one more person to the back line, the comprehensive personal ability evaluation does not matter, as long as the defense is good, after adding two more players, the first team has 24 players.
This player number is sufficient.
Now this 22-man squad is undoubtedly very gorgeous, in the eyes of the outside media, Atletico Madrid's lineup is definitely not as good as Real Madrid and Barcelona, but in the eyes of Wansheng it is different.
In midfield, Mesut Ozil and J. Ronaldo are among the best players in the world, Morris is a little old, but his experience and excellent skills are enough to make him no worse than anyone else, and Belgian star Kevin De Bruyne has a bright future, and he will undoubtedly get better and better at Atletico Madrid.
The two big players in the back line, Godin and Thiago Silva, are the best defenders in the world, and the other players are also very good, Raphael Varane has grown very fast, and he will be the backbone of the team in the future.
Up front, the combination of Falcao and Diego Costa, if it plays to its power, is enough to strike fear into any team in the world.
David De Gea is one of the top goalkeepers and his quality goes without saying.
The current lineup is also the strongest lineup led by Wan Sheng since he became a football coach, looking at this gorgeous lineup, Wan Sheng feels beautiful, and there is no time when he has more confidence in the team than now.
With this lineup, the team can sweep La Liga and compete for the Europa League in the new season!
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The transfer of Atletico Madrid is over.
There are still more than ten days before the training time, but it is almost mid-July, and new players have already begun to come for medical examinations, J Rodriguez is the first to arrive, he confirmed his transfer to Atletico Madrid in May, and it is already July, he can't wait to come to Madrid to see.
Atletico Madrid prepared a grand welcome ceremony for J Rodriguez, and after a medical examination and confirmation of his joining the team, J Rodriguez arrived at the Calderón Stadium, where he was welcomed by nearly 30,000 fans.
J Rodriguez showed off his superb footwork on the spot, which attracted many fans to cheer.
Many fans have never heard of J Rodriguez's name before, after all, he has not landed in the top five leagues, and there are some doubts in the media, but Atletico Madrid fans are more inclined to believe in Wan Sheng, they know that J Rodriguez is the player named by Wan Sheng, so he must not be bad.
J. Rodriguez was feeling happy.
Although he didn't meet the manager, the fans in Madrid were quite enthusiastic, which was much better than he expected.
At the same time, Wansheng was not idle.
After the transfer was over, he only stayed at home for one day, accompanied his pregnant wife Anita, and the next day he went to work at the club again, and the focus of the club was not on transfers, but on management.
Coaches in general are not involved in this area.
But Wansheng is different, he holds the most shares in the club, naturally it has to do with the club's management issues, in the summer, Xiao Hill brought two local Spanish sponsors to the club, and with Wansheng's relationship, he brought in three more Chinese sponsors.
This generates 8 million euros per year for Atletico Madrid.
When it comes to club sponsorship, Wan Sheng doesn't interfere, and he basically can't do anything, but there is one thing Wan Sheng must ask, that is, this year's TV broadcast agreement.
Last year, the Spanish Professional Football League negotiated with the teams and issued a new agreement that stipulates that starting from the 2014-2015 season, La Liga will sell the television rights of all teams as a whole, and then distribute them among the teams in a specific proportion.
In the new distribution agreement, the two giants of La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona, will jointly account for 34% of the total revenue, while Atletico Madrid and Valencia will be the second-tier teams in the agreement, together accounting for 11% of the total revenue, and the remaining 55% will be divided between 16 teams, and the agreement does not include the broadcast of European matches, which is distributed by UEFA.
Wan Sheng did not approve of this agreement, because Atletico Madrid is more than three times worse than Real Madrid and Barcelona in terms of TV distribution.
Naturally, Atletico Madrid will not sign.
In this regard, Atletico Madrid has become a special one, because the Spanish Football Federation has already obtained the consent of most clubs, but this agreement will not come into force until 2014, so Atletico Madrid is not in a hurry.
Until then, the TV broadcast fees of La Liga teams were still negotiated separately by the clubs and the TV broadcasters, and then the Spanish Football Federation aggregated and distributed them as a whole.
Last season's La Liga TV fee sharing plan was for Real Madrid and Barcelona to share 47% together, Atletico Madrid and Valencia each to 7%, and the remaining 39% to the remaining 16 teams according to results.
At last season's rate, Atletico Madrid could only get around 40 million euros, which is not even comparable to the TV share of the Premier League's smaller clubs.
So Atletico Madrid has to revisit. (To be continued.) )