"Sandro, Joan is crazy!"

As a predator, Rist pays attention to the development of European football in every transfer period. Originally, 09 began to enter the observation period of the new policy, so Rist was ready to accept the somewhat sluggish transfer market.

But it's completely different from what Rist thinks. There is still no shortage of rich people in European football, such as Real Madrid, Juventus, and now it is Barcelona's turn. Barcelona won the treble last season and had a good result, so the income is also very high. At that time in 0708, Barcelona's income was less than 300 million. But last season's Barça's revenue plummeted to 360 million euros.

Of course, it can't be compared with Real Madrid, but Barcelona itself has increased its income a lot. But even if the income has increased, I didn't expect Barcelona to have such a big spending.

"He's not crazy, he knows better than anyone else."

Russell shook his head. In the summer of 2010, the new Barcelona presidential election is about to begin, and Rosell has publicly stated that he will participate in this election. And when Rosell said he wanted to compete for the new president of Barcelona, Rosell became the biggest favorite. During the reign of Laporta, there were two dreams and three dreams. In terms of results, it is better than any previous president of Barcelona.

A lot of fans like Laporta because they just want to see Barcelona do well. But a lot of Barça's premium members don't like Laporta very much. With such an excellent result of Barcelona this season, there are still many members who have asked Laporta to step down. For sure, this is the first time in Barça's history. There is constant turmoil at the top, but the team's results are getting better and better. Now that Rosell has also jumped out, the future of the Barcelona hierarchy is even more uncertain.

Russell is a real powerhouse, and after he announced his candidacy this time, "World Sports" has already reported the list of Russell's campaign team. Very luxurious list.

A total of ten people were announced, five of whom were Barcelona executives at the time. That is, after the breakdown of the relationship between Rosell and Laporta, he left the top management of Barcelona with Rosell. They were all Russell's cronies, and this time they joined Russell's campaign again.

These people were all high-level Barcelona leaders during the Dream II period, and they had great prestige in Barcelona. At that time, they held almost half of the important positions in Barcelona. Now he is back on the mountain, which makes Russell's momentum soar.

In addition to the five of them, the remaining five people are either rich or expensive. Ponte, chairman of the BES group, grandson of the former vice president of Barça, business celebrity Casaus, Vilubi, who works in finance, Arroyo, general manager of the dorna group, and Bordas, an entrepreneur who works in catering. They are all the richest people in all walks of life in Catalonia at present.

Don't underestimate that this is just the club's president's election. He also needs a very substantial amount of campaign money. And these people can fully guarantee that Russell is not short of money. With such a scale, you can see Russell's strength.

Rist and Russell have a good relationship, but Rist doesn't think about charging for Russell. The more Rist got to this point, the more careful Rist had to be. Although Rist would like Rosell to re-enter Barcelona, Rister will never really be in the middle of Laporta and Rosell.

"Lister, you don't understand. Joan is different from me, I am the president of Barcelona, in addition to my love for Barcelona, it is for money. ”

Russell didn't hide it at all, and bluntly said that he was in it for the money. Russell himself did not have many assets. Therefore, it will rely on various commercial competitions to recover the deductions. Becoming the president of Barcelona also has the idea of making money. Russell continued: "But Hoan's ambitions are not in Barcelona. His ambition is for next year's Catalan elections. He wants to use Barcelona to add to his reputation. That's why he doesn't care about Barcelona's economy or UEFA's financial fair play policy. All he needs to do is make sure that Barcelona do well enough to make him successful in the Catalan elections next year. ”

Rist nodded. Indeed, Russell's statement is understandable to Lister. Real Madrid can spend money, and that's because Real Madrid can make money. And Real Madrid this summer in order to bring in reinforcements. In itself it is a purge of a lot of players. However, Barcelona's income is not as good as Real Madrid's, its profits are not as good as Real Madrid's, and even its cleaning efforts are not as strong as Real Madrid's. But the money is more powerful than Real Madrid.

Barcelona first brought in an unknown centre-back, Ziglinski. Although his performance at Shakhtar Donetsk is okay, he is not too outrageous. Barcelona actually brought him in for 25 million euros. Lister knew that Zygrinsky was a big pit, a huge parallel import. He didn't play at Barcelona, and he was purged by Barcelona a year later.

Of course, the transfer fee of the player is a bit abnormal now, and it is understandable that he was brought in for 25 million euros. But the next transfer was a shock to the whole European football world. Because Barcelona brought in Inter's Ibramovic for 67 million euros. That's a lot of money.

"Football? Politics? ”

Rist shook his head. It should be said that it is not football and politics that are linked. Rather, the current voting system has led many people to choose to enter politics with football, the world's number one sport. In Europe, it is common to see people entering politics in this way. Laporta even had this in mind.

Rist even thought about Messi's contract renewal. It seems that Laporta was able to agree so happily for no other reason. It should be that I don't want anything to happen to Barcelona at this time, and I hope that it will not affect my participation in the Catalan regional election next year.

But this has nothing to do with Rist. Rist got the best anyway. Rist secured a top-tier contract with an annual salary of 13 million euros after tax, and Messi became the highest-paid player in world football. Real Madrid's Cristiano. Ronaldo also renewed his contract with Real Madrid, but all he got was 11.6 million euros after tax. It's a lot lower than Messi. Of course, Rist signed with Barcelona, and Barcelona also needed to give Rister a commission of four million euros, and Messi a signing fee of four million euros.

And because this time Messi signed a five-year contract with Barcelona, with a total contract value of 84 million euros. Barcelona also need a one-time salary share of 4.2 million euros for Rist. After signing this big deal, Rist received more than 8 million euros. Messi is really the biggest cornucopia of Lister.

"This reckless reinforcement of Hoan. I am very dissatisfied. If I'm going to be president, I'm going to have to check Barça's accounts. If Barcelona continues like this, the finances will collapse. ”

Russell dismissively commented on Laporta. Rist smiled slightly, but did not comment. Because Rist knew that it was a dirty affair between Russell and Laporta, Rist did not think of getting involved.

But Russell was right. Barcelona under Laporta are doing well, but their finances are in shambles. Although because of the special status of Barcelona in Catalonia. Barcelona is not in danger of bankruptcy. But if Barcelona continues like this, the finances may really collapse. However, for Russell's approach in history, Rist feels that it is too much.

Although many of Laporta's transfers are boring, the finances are also ridiculously poor. But Russell seized on that. For Laporta, the relentless pursuit has a poor impact on Barcelona. Far less clever than Florentino gently raising his hand to let Calderón go.

"It looks like the transfer market is still not calm this summer."

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Originally, many clubs that wanted to keep a low profile this summer, it was precisely because of such large-scale transfers as Real Madrid and Barcelona that they could not keep a low profile.

Chelsea, for example, didn't want to buy people this season. But Real Madrid came over and poached Essien and Carvalho directly, and Chelsea got 50 million euros, how could they not spend it. Chelsea's financial situation is much better than that of an upstart like Manchester City, who already had the money to bring in reinforcements, and now they are selling these players, which must be replenished.

The biggest one is, of course, Inter. Inter would have been honest. Now that he has been pried away from the main center, and he has received a huge sum of 67 million euros, of course, he is even richer.

Benitez is ambitious. He's been a coach for 14 years and he's won a top-flight title for the first time. That is in the current Inter Milan, won the Serie A championship. But Moratti's purpose in inviting him was simple. It's not for you to come and win the league, it's for you to come and win the Champions League. Therefore, Moratti had the idea of bringing in players this summer, although it only cost about 30 million euros, but Ibrahimovic sold it for such a high price, and Inter Milan was rich at once.

Benitez likes his direct players. When I came to Inter, I brought McConn. This time he once again put his hands on his old club and put it on Liverpool.

Liverpool's two American owners are now always preparing to sell the club. However, Liverpool had a poor season last season and did not even finish in the top four. As a result, some of the players in the Liverpool squad want to leave. That's when Benitez got his hands dirty.

Benitez's first target was the striker, after all, Ibrahimovic left to find a replacement for him. Benitez has chosen Samuel Eto'o, Liverpool's current main centre-forward. Samuel Eto'o has been doing very well over the years. It's just that his value is completely incomparable to Ibrahimovic, and Inter eventually paid 26 million euros to bring in Eto'o.

Benitez then set his sights on Liverpool's Mascherano. Mascherano has been the top midfielder at Liverpool in recent years, on a par with Chelsea's Essien. And Mascherano is now only twenty-five years old. It is considered the age of the peak of the back waist.

In the current Inter midfield, Cambiasso and Sneijder are the absolute mainstay. The other is Zanetti, but Benitez is not very happy with Inter's left side, especially Zivo is worried about the left side. As a result, Rafael Benitez used Zanetti on the left side last season, missing a man in the midfield position. Benitez brought in his own descendants again this time.

In the end, Inter Milan paid 24 million euros to bring in Liverpool's Mascherano. Speaking of Eto'o, too. Whether it's Mascherano or not, Inter are all cheap. If it were a normal price, it would certainly add up to more than sixty million euros for two people.

But because Liverpool is in turmoil now, and they will not be able to get the Champions League place next season, the players' minds are in turmoil. Otherwise, it would be impossible to sell their two generals so cheaply. However, in the past two years, Inter has made cheap money every day, and it is already a habit of it. Last season took advantage of Real Madrid, this season it takes advantage of Liverpool. The introduction of two world-class players, Inter only spent about 50 million euros.

Then Inter brought in Lucio from Bayern Munich for a low price of eight million euros. Mainly because Bayern now needs to rebuild, so the Great Purge began. Lucio was the first player to be purged. Inter picked it up.

Inter Milan started investing because they had money, and Chelsea didn't think about investing big, but since they sold players, they also started to bring in reinforcements. After Essien left, Chelsea brought in PSV Eindhoven's Ramires for €12 million.

Of course, Rister also got an offer from Chelsea, Pini. Zahavi's invitation.