Chapter 494: The Noisy Transfer Market (Part II)
Since there are moves in the top three in the north and Fiorentina in this year's transfer market, the Roma duo and Parma, who are aspiring to compete for the title, naturally cannot be reconciled and have begun to seek the possibility of strengthening the team.
Immediately after taking the helm of the Blue Eagles, Christian Eriksen brought in a heavyweight from his former club Sampdoria – the captain and spiritual leader of the Blues, Roberto Mancini. In order to complete the deal, Lazio president Cragnotti sold the team's top scorer and three-time Serie A Golden Boot Signori to Sampdoria as compensation, despite the opposition from the fans.
In addition, Argentine rookie Almeida, homegrown defender Pancaro and Yugoslav midfielder Yugovic have all had scandals with Lazio. It seems that after a disappointing season, Kragnotti, who is eager for the Blue Eagles to soar as soon as possible, finally can't hold back and intends to rely on bringing in heavyweight stars to bring Lazio back a league title.
Czech Zeman continued his attacking art on the other side of the Eternal City. In his opinion, the front three of Totti, Balbo and Fonseca are perfect enough, and the main task now is to revamp the Red Wolves' central midfield and involve these players in the team's attack.
Needless to say, Cafu on the right flank, and on the left flank, the Czech coach has opted for Monaco Andrea Candela, but Roma will have to fight Real Madrid if they want to sign the French defender.
The midfield was the biggest change for Zeman, and at his behest, Roma began to chase the likes of homegrown midfielders Gaultieri, Di Francisco and Spanish defender Elgra, intending to tear down the entire midfield and rebuild.
As for Parma, which is controlled by the Tanzi family, since the Parmalat company has already begun to make false accounts to make up for the shortfall, its financial support for Parma has begun to gradually decrease. Under such circumstances, Francesca Tanzi, as the executive chairman of the club, had to rely more on the GM company founded by these "high-ranking children" to find cheap and practical players.
As a result, the players of the three relegated teams this season, as well as the abandonment of some teams, have become key targets for Francesca. For example, Verona's top scorer Maniello, former Fiorentina central defender Firicano who started high and low in Inter Milan, and local central defender Padalino, who once followed Zeman to create the Foggia miracle, etc., are all on Parma's watch list.
Due to the appearance of Zhuang Mingge's little butterfly, the transfer market in Serie A is no longer what it used to be, just a place where a few rich and powerful clubs call for wind and rain. Now, small and medium-sized teams that receive a lot of TV revenue are also actively participating in this transfer wave.
Among these teams, the most eye-catching is Vicenza led by Guidolin.
Immediately after qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup, Guidolin began to strengthen the team, and the new generation of Italian football's manager was not carried away by the results he had already achieved, but actively searched the transfer market for players who fit his team's tactics.
After all, Vicenza will face a third-tier battle next season, and if there is not enough bench depth in the first team, they will die a miserable death. Before Vicenza, there were many teams that had qualified for European competitions, only to struggle in the league or even be relegated in the following season due to distractions.
Guidolin didn't suffer such a tragic fate as his team, so he had to do his best to deal with the poaching of all the bulls and snakes while looking for players that Vicenza could afford.
Fortunately, Vicenza was favored by Zhuang Mingge, a traverser. After signing a commissioned training agreement with Monaco and Ajax, and initially placing the two clubs in Florence's sphere of influence, Zhuang Mingge began to set his sights on Italy, and he was ready to find a small club in Serie A that was willing to train players for Fiorentina, and Vicenza, which had good results, entered Zhuang Mingge's field of vision at this time.
After some negotiations, the two clubs finally came to an agreement. Fiorentina received the right of first refusal to buy their players in exchange for $2.5 million a year in support of the club Vicenza, and at the same time, the two parties also signed a five-year contract to develop their players.
Although Vicenza lost Otero as an excellent goalscorer due to Juventus' poaching, the Uruguayan brought the team 10 million US dollars in transfer income, coupled with a large amount of TV broadcast fees and sponsorship fees from Fiorentina, Vicenza, with more than 30 million US dollars in liquidity, began to attack the transfer market.
At Zhuang Mingge's suggestion, GM gave priority to some of its player resources to Vicenza, which gave Guidolin, who was originally trapped in the scouting system, enough help to give him more advantages in searching for bargains.
Up front, Guidolin managed to convince Luca Toney to agree to stay in Vicenza for another year, and the young centre-forward on loan from Fiorentina has scored nine league goals this season. As for the already confirmed successor to the departing Otero, Guidolin has his eye on Swedish striker Henrik Larsson, who plays for Feyenoord. However, if Vicenza wants to bring in Larsson, they will have to compete fiercely with Glasgow Celtic, the supremacy of the Soviet Super League.
In midfield, with the main midfielders Lamberto Zauri and Gianpiero Meini both receiving the first chance of coming to the team, in order to prevent the departure of the two from causing an unexpected loss to the team's combat effectiveness, Guidolin began to look for a replacement for the two in the transfer market.
As a result, "Xiao Zhuge " rented from Fiorentina the talented teenager Andrea Pirlo, who has completed Gufren's training course and is in urgent need of game training, and with the team's original Ballack and Ambrosini, this young midfield combination is worth looking forward to.
As for the backline, which all Italian coaches would look forward to, Guidolin has opted for Massimo Otto and Czech centre-back Repka for Verona, who he believes can help the team even more.
In addition, Coys, who played in the second division with Torino relegation last year, two new stars in the Atalanta team, Mofeo and C. Lucarelli, and the Ukrainian winger Kanchersky, who did not mix well at Everton, have all made substantial contacts with Vicenza, which has a lot of money, and is only one step away from a transfer.
With the help of Zhuang Mingge, the small club Vicenza ushered in a different summer.