Chapter 1308: Twists and Turns
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While Zhuang Mingge and Mourinho finalized Fiorentina's summer recruitment plans, the European summer transfer market is still unusually hot. Although affected by the overall economic downturn, there were almost no single transfer fees of more than $20 million in the transfer market in the summer of '04, but in terms of player quality and popularity, there is not much difference from previous years, the only difference is only in the number that symbolizes the value of the player.
In such an environment, when most teams have almost exhausted the ammunition in their hands, except for Lazio under the control of Abramovich, who is still desperately squeezing the ruble in his hand to poach people to upgrade the squad, there is basically no club in European football that can compete with Fiorentina's financial resources. Not to mention, most clubs' first team teams are now at full capacity, and even if they want to cut off Florence, they can't afford to.
After confirming this, Zhuang Mingge began to quietly operate the recruitment plan he had made before, and sent out several of his generals, preparing to complete all the transfer work as soon as possible, so that the team has more time to run in the lineup.
After all, because Zhuang Mingge deliberately stood still in the transfer market in order to avoid being affected by the malicious price hikes of other teams, and posed as if he wanted to dig potential from the inside, when Fiorentina started to act, there was only about a month left before the start of the new season. This means that even if Fiorentina's transfer work goes well this summer, the Purple Lily's pre-season preparations will be greatly affected.
On 29 July, Fiorentina, who had been silent since the opening of the summer transfer window, finally announced their first signing of the summer. Martin Jorgensen, a versatile midfielder for the Danish national team and Udinese, has joined the Purple Lilies for €6 million, becoming Fiorentina's first player to be brought in this summer!
Due to a rather serious injury in the past few years, Jorgensen is still regarded as a very good midfielder, but he is no longer the talented midfielder who coveted the big clubs. It is precisely for this reason that Jorgensen agreed to Fiorentina's invitation to play at the Frankie Stadium for three years as a substitute, just to have the opportunity to add a few more trophies to his honor book, so as not to have anything to commemorate when he retires, which would be too sad.
Then, the day after Jorgensen announced his move to the Purple Lily, Thiago Silva also became a member of the top giants, and Fiorentina paid only 4 million euros to acquire the promising Brazilian centre-back.
However, just when everything was going on in an orderly manner, Zhuang Mingge, who was in charge of the overall situation at Fiorentina, got a piece of not so rosy news from Antonioni, who was negotiating a transfer for Alonso with Real Sociedad.
"Gianna Carlo [Antonioni], do you mean that Alonso has expressed his reluctance to play for Fiorentina? Zhuang Mingge asked in disbelief. Although it was estimated that Alonso did have the possibility of rejecting Fiorentina, when the facts happened in front of him, Zhuang Mingge was still a little reluctant to believe it, "Is it because of Mendieta's affairs that Alonso has a fear of playing in Italy?" ”
It is reasonable for Zhuang Mingge to think so. You must know how beautiful Mendieta, who was the core of Spain's new generation of midfield, was infinitely beautiful, but finally fell to Lazio, and has never been able to regain his former peak form. This deed really frightened many Spanish players, and many Spanish players were afraid of the Italian league, for fear of repeating the mistakes of Mendieta and becoming the next victim.
'Boss, that's just one of the reasons why Alonso refused to join Fiorentina. Antonioni on the other end of the phone was also smiling bitterly at this time, he didn't expect that after getting Real Sociedad, the player himself would clearly express his refusal, "Another reason is that he wants to be able to play in a team that can give him a main position, rather than being a rotation or even a substitute for someone." ”
After listening to Antonioni's explanation, Zhuang Mingge's heart suddenly became clear. He knew that Fiorentina would definitely be out of contact with the Spanish midfielder.
"Forget it, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten. If Alonso doesn't want to play at Fiorentina, we can't force it. Regarding this transfer, which was already doomed, Zhuang Mingge could only comfort himself, "Fortunately, I prepared a few candidate targets in advance, otherwise it would be really troublesome." ”
So, after Alonso's transfer announcement fell through, Zhuang Mingge began to work on the deal to bring in Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich. It's just that, to Zhuang Mingge's surprise, Fiorentina once again encountered Waterloo in the transfer market this time, and the whole process is almost the same as Xavi Alonso's transfer!
Faced with the Purple Lily's 10 million euros plus transfer offers from Chigarini, Ribery and Moretti, Rummenigge and Hoeness were very happy to agree to release him, but when Antonioni went to negotiate with Schweinsteiger about his personal treatment, the Fiorentina general manager was once again closed: Schweinsteiger said that in order to represent the national team in the World Cup on German soil in two years, he was unwilling to leave Bayern Munich, which could provide him with enough opportunities. Play in Florence in the more competitive world!
The main reason for this embarrassing situation is that Fiorentina were knocked out by Chelsea in the semi-finals of last season's European Champions League, which has led many to believe that the former European giants are no longer as dominant as they once were, and have become on par with other top giants in terms of strength. As a result, Fiorentina's appeal to these players has naturally decreased a lot.
If it were Fiorentina, who won the league and Champions Cup double last year, Alonso would be absolutely happy to go to the Purple Lily as a substitute. You know, Fiorentina at their peak has such an attraction and level that even those players who play here in rotation or even on the bench are qualified to occupy a place in the national team. The best example is Davis and Di Biagio back then.