616 Who is the main force of transfers
The transfer in the summer of '09 has already begun to enter the observation period of UEFA. So a lot of agents are on the sidelines, and even a lot of clubs are on the sidelines. The new policy will always make many people cautious, and even need to adapt. Therefore, many clubs in European football, including many agents, are also considering how the transfer market will change. Which club can continue to make big moves, and which club can shock the European football world? Or will all the clubs be quiet this summer?
Real madrid? Barcelona? Manchester United? Bayern? Everyone must think of them, because they have a deep background, and each club's income is the best in European football. Even if UEFA's financial fair play policy comes out, there will be no problem for these clubs with huge revenues. Because even if you spend a lot of money in one season, as long as you control it next season, you can still pass UEFA's financial fair play policy. Because this policy is not just about looking at a transfer period, but also looking at the income expenditure of a season. Rather, it will count the finances for two or three years.
Just when everyone was expecting a few of their giants, the first to make a move was the club that no one expected. And this giant shocked the European football world with his actions.
"Valencia has joined Juventus at the heart of the front!"
"Brazilian genius in Turin!"
"Juventus' new core!"
On April 29, 2009, before the end of the 0809 season, Juventus and Valencia had already reached an agreement. Juventus brought in Valencia's forward core for 29 million euros. Diego has been able to achieve a double ten in Valencia almost every season and is a very good striker in La Liga at the moment. Many giants are paying attention to Diego, especially Bayern, which has not achieved good results this season, is pursuing Diego fiercely. It's just that no one thought that it would be Juventus who got Diego in the end.
While everyone was amazed by Juventus' beautiful transfers, Juventus told everyone that Juventus' ambitions are more than that. Diego had just announced his move to Juventus, and a few days later Juventus announced another transfer.
This transfer also surprised European football. Because Juventus has reached out to the Premier League this time, and it is also among the old powerhouses of the Premier League. In the current European football world, as Premier League clubs become richer and richer, it has always been the Premier League powerhouses that steal people from other leagues. Few other leagues have been able to poach players from the top teams in the Premier League. The only ones who can poach from the Premier League powerhouses are Real Madrid and Barcelona.
But this time Juventus struck. Of course, those who can be poached by the Serie A league are all down-and-out teams. At present, the most scarce money in the Premier League is Arsenal and Liverpool. Juventus are poaching Arsenal players. Arsenal are now in the most difficult period as the US subprime mortgage crisis has affected the housing market in London. The Highbury apartment was not sold at all. As a result, Arsenal's financial chain is very tight. It was in this situation that Juventus poached Arsenal.
Juventus and Arsenal have not been announced, but the media have been completely sure. Because of the meeting between the two high-level leaders, the player's agent is already looking for a house in Turin. Juventus poached Adebayor, Arsenal's main centre-forward this season.
Bam Adebayo joined Arsenal in January '06, but initially with Thierry Henry, a top centre-forward, and later Arsene Wenger developed Cristiano. Ronaldo, still didn't give Adebayo a chance. But Cristiano. Ronaldo left Arsenal last summer, leaving Bam Adebayo as Arsenal's main centre-forward.
And in the 0809 season, Adebayo performed well, scoring more than thirty goals at Arsenal. Twenty-four goals have been scored in the Premier League and nine in other cup competitions. Arsenal have once again developed a top-class centre-forward. But the performance was just right, and he was seduced by Juventus. Juventus has come up with a huge transfer fee again. It is speculated that it is a transfer fee of nearly 30 million euros.
Arsenal are short of money and last summer had already sold their top player Cristiano. Ronaldo. This summer, they are going to sell their main center, Bam Adebayo.
A lot of people were very surprised. Doesn't Juventus care about UEFA's fiscal fair play policy? How dare you spend money like this. In fact, Juventus is really rich, and Juventus has won the Champions League this season and wants to show their talents in the Champions League.
And Juventus has its own set of plans. The two-year observation period is a chance to prepare. As long as this summer is ready. Then the team has good results, and there will be no problem to spend a little less next season. And in 11 years, Juventus' new stadium can be built, and Juventus's income will be able to rise to a higher level.
Therefore, Juventus must do a great job this summer. It wasn't enough to get these two players, Juventus made another move to poach people from within Serie A. Juventus are setting their sights on Melo, who just moved to Napoli last summer. Melo has been in excellent form for Napoli this season and has been instrumental in securing a Champions League place for next season.
Napoli have the financial resources to reject Juventus. But Napoli did not refuse, it should be said that Melo did not refuse Juventus. In Italian football, Juventus is still far more attractive than Napoli. So Napoli didn't stand in the way either. Just give enough money. In the end, Juventus brought in Napoli's Melo for 27 million euros. This is more than 12 million euros higher than last summer, when Napoli brought in Melo.
And Real Madrid, which everyone is paying attention to, did not disappoint. Mourinho wanted to bring in his own lineage, but Florentino did not refuse. If Abramovich was at his strongest, even Real Madrid would not have been able to poach people from Chelsea. But now Roman Abramovich is starting to tighten his money, so the transfers between Real Madrid and Chelsea have come true.
Real Madrid have been a loser this season. In La Liga, Real Madrid are only three points short of Barcelona. That is, the runner-up by one goal. Real Madrid finally broke through the tragedy of Sixteen Lang and entered the Champions League semi-finals, but unfortunately lost to Alex Ferguson's Manchester United. And damn Barcelona not only won the La Liga championship, but also won the Copa del Rey, and what is even more infuriating is that it won the Champions League.
Barca's huge success set off Real Madrid's tragedy. This time, Florentino is determined to support Mourinho. Be sure to overpower Barcelona. Real Madrid lost to Barcelona in terms of competition, but they far surpassed Barcelona in terms of income. Real Madrid's revenue has reached 430 million euros this season, and the profit before tax has exceeded 60 million euros. Barcelona is not a treble, but its income can reach 360 million euros. In terms of commercial development, Barcelona needs to look up to Real Madrid.
Real Madrid is a members' club. He doesn't need profit. All Real Madrid has to do is spend money constantly, preferably with zero profit, because then there is no tax.
There is money, so not afraid to spend it. The Real Madrid season is not long over. Two players were brought in from Chelsea in quick succession. Chelsea's centre-back Carvalho was brought in for 14 million euros. Originally, with Carvalho's strength, it was normal for the transfer fee to exceed 20 million. But Carvalho is thirty-one years old after all, and his worth cannot be too high.
Then came the real big names. Essien, who is only 26 years old, is known as the best midfielder in European football at present, and is Mourinho's favorite general. Mourinho has told Florentino that he can rest assured with Essien's Real Madrid defense. It's not an easy player to bring in, and they're all regular players at Chelsea. Real Madrid spent 36 million euros to bring him in, bringing in Essien from Chelsea.
Of course, Real Madrid has also started a new round of purging. When Essien arrived, the first person to leave was Russ. Diarra. Lars. Diarra was dumped to Tottenham Hotspur by Real Madrid for 16 million euros. Lars. Diarra's departure from Rist had been prepared for a long time, so an agreement with Tottenham had been in place for a long time. Lars. Diarra is at Real Madrid with four million euros after tax. Tottenham, of course, can't be less. Rist for Russ. Diarra secured an annual salary of 4.5 million euros after taxes.
After that, it was the purge of Real Madrid's veterans. Salgado, a veteran who has been guarding the right side for Real Madrid for ten years, moved to the Premier League on a free transfer to Blackburn. This is the first veteran to leave Real Madrid.
It wasn't the ordinary players who left. Real Madrid's ten-year flag, the former Real Madrid golden boy, the prince of Madrid, and the Spanish prince Raul also reached a departure agreement with Real Madrid. Raul was in fine form last season, starting seven times. In 16 substitute appearances, he scored nine goals. But Mourinho is all about speed, about running. Mourinho thinks Raul is getting old and hopes that Raul can accept the substitute position with peace of mind and slowly transition to the coaching staff.
But Raul thinks he can still play. Raul currently has three years left on his contract with Real Madrid, and Raul's salary is relatively high. During Calderón's time, Raul signed a lifetime contract with Real Madrid, with an annual salary of up to 6.4 million euros after tax. Real Madrid will have to pay Raul 13 million euros a year. That's 39 million euros in three years.
Even for Real Madrid, this is not a small amount, and being able to send Raul away could save nearly 40 million euros. Therefore, Real Madrid and Raul parted peacefully, Raul transferred to Schalke on a free transfer, and Real Madrid sent Raul away at the same time, giving him a one-time compensation of 5 million euros. Originally, Raul stayed at Real Madrid, but after three years, he was able to get nearly 20 million euros. But Raul wasn't that cheeky. So he took a breakup fee of five million euros and left Real Madrid.
Raul is gone, and Guti is next. Guti also currently has two years left on his contract, and although Guti's salary is not as good as Raul's, he also has five million euros after tax. That's 20 million euros in two years. Real Madrid can subsidize Raul with 5 million euros. But Guti doesn't have that much. Real Madrid only subsidized Guti by 2.5 million euros. Raul is gone, and his hardcore Guti has not thought of staying, so Guti also chose to leave.
After that, Cannavaro also left Real Madrid for free. This is also a high-paid veteran with an annual salary of five million euros after tax. Then there was Harvey. García, Parejo, Miguel. A youth player like Torres has received more than 10 million euros in transfer fees.
Don't look at it as a purge, but this leaves a huge salary space for Real Madrid. More than 40 million euros are saved every year. Real Madrid already has money, and they have nearly 30 million euros in the transfer market. In addition, the veterans who are purged are all high-paid veterans, and it can be said that there is a spare of nearly 70 million euros. Therefore, after Real Madrid brought in Carvalho and Essien, there is still room to bring in other players.
This time, Real Madrid brought in an Arsenal midfielder from Arsenal, and his goal-scoring ability is comparable to that of the striker's Baptista. At the age of 27, he has scored more than 100 goals in European football, and he is a midfielder with relatively high scoring ability. As a result, Real Madrid paid 27 million euros to bring in Baptista.
This is the top giants. Real Madrid's move this time and the introduction of strong reinforcements from other clubs will immediately cause a chain reaction. Other clubs sell players, of course, they will bring in reinforcements. It's a chain of tricks, and as long as one club does it, then the whole European football world will fall into it.