Chapter 1303: Summer Storm (2)

PS1: This is Sunday's update.,It's a little late.,I hope you don't care too much about the update time.,I promise not to break the update......

PS2: Let's talk about the book friend group here, the group number is three, seven, zero, five, four, nine, nine, one, nine, nine, verifies that the answer is NTR knight, well, that's it.

PS3: I would like to thank the book friends "Dawang Yu Yu Yuyu" and "ST Hang" for their tips.

Real Madrid bought Liverpool star Michael Owen for a transfer fee of 12 million euros, and as soon as the news was announced by the media, it immediately caused a strong earthquake in European football!

Although since Florentino became president of Real Madrid in 2000, he has fulfilled his promise of "one superstar a year" during the campaign, and has brought international superstars such as Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo and Beckham to the Bernabeu Stadium in the past four years, but no one could have imagined that this year Florentino would actually dig up the pillars of Liverpool, and it was at a low price of 12 million euros!

As a result, with the announcement of this news, Real Madrid's popularity among the fan base has soared again, catching up with Fiorentina, who lost in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, and becoming one of the two football clubs with the highest commercial value and the strongest ability to attract money in the world!

"Really, if it weren't for Antonio, how could Owen have gone to Real Madrid, he would have been from Inter Milan a long time ago!" Moratti, who was invited by Zhuang Mingge to his villa in Florence, watched Owen on TV holding a Real Madrid shirt and smiling happily, and complained pretending to be dissatisfied, "Tsk, 8 million pounds (12 million euros at the time, about 8 million pounds), Real Madrid really took advantage of it this time!" ”

That being said, Moratti didn't mean to blame Zhuang Mingge. The two have been friends for so many years, and Boss Mo knows very well how vicious Zhuang Mingge's vision is, so he decisively stopped when Zhuang Mingge blocked it, and did not get involved in Owen's transfer.

"Hehe, Massimo, relax, Owen will regret his decision today sooner or later." Zhuang Mingge poured Moratti a cup of tea with a smile and comforted, "Although Owen's playing style and technical characteristics are very suitable for a team like Inter Milan that focuses on defensive counterattacks, you don't forget that since the injury in 1999, Owen's injury has not stopped. Frequent injuries have had a serious impact on his form and the speed at which he depends, and once he loses his speed, Irving, who is not technically solid enough, is just an ordinary striker with a lot of experience. Besides, you now have Crespo and Mutu in your team, and the younger generation has Martins and Cuarón, and bringing in a big-name star like Owen will inevitably squeeze the living space of others, which will cause unnecessary locker room conflicts. ”

In Zhuang Mingge's view, Owen's choice is really not very wise. If nothing else, Owen is a well-deserved top scorer at Liverpool, the first choice on the offensive end, and even if manager Benitez doesn't like Owen, it is impossible to remove him from the starting list without any injury factors. And what about after Real Madrid? With the two superstars of alien Ronaldo and local flag Raul in front of him, and local forces such as Morientes and Portillo in the future, Owen will certainly not be as beautiful as he was in Liverpool, and may even be reduced to a substitute.

"Well, you have some point." After listening to Zhuang Mingge's explanation, Moratti no longer continued to entangle on this topic, and continued to chat with the other party about the current transfer trend in European football.

The topic is back to Irving's transfer. After the completion of this deal, Liverpool FC, which sold the only first-class star in the team and is also the ace of the team's striker, did not receive much criticism and protest from Liverpool fans, but Owen himself received more condemnation and criticism.

The main reason for this situation is that Owen himself has played a really shady role in this transfer to Real Madrid. As a star discovered and cultivated by Liverpool, Owen first rejected the club's contract renewal conditions, and then joined forces with Real Madrid to reduce the price with only one year left on the contract, making his old club Liverpool suffer a big loss in the transfer market. What Owen has done this summer has really broken the hearts of Liverpudlians.

To be honest, as a star with ideals and pursuits, Owen's transfer to another team for the championship trophy was understandable, but when he was planning to leave his parent team, he also helped Real Madrid to lower the price, and refused to renew his contract with Liverpool, forcing the Reds to sell the leading striker to Real Madrid for 8 million pounds of cabbage, which is really a bit unreasonable.

You know, Owen is a two-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, and won a European Golden Ball in 2001 with five crowns. And Real Madrid finally got the transfer at a price of 12 million, who would believe it if there was no pressure from Owen by the side?

So, when Owen used the attitude of only one year left on his contract and refusal to renew his contract to pressure Liverpool to force the Reds hierarchy to agree to Real Madrid's offer of 12 million euros, his relationship with Liverpool was actually over. And this has also become a thorn in the hearts of Liverpool fans, and it has blocked the way for Owen to return to Liverpool after that.

After all, when the team was in financial difficulties, Owen refused to renew his contract and lowered the price with Real Madrid, which caused Liverpool, which was already in financial distress, to suffer a lot of economic losses, resulting in them simply not having enough funds to renovate the team, and could only rely on tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall...... The Liverpool club, which has suffered a big loss, will definitely be dissatisfied with Owen.

Owen's transfer was like a starting gun, completely detonating the European football transfer market in the summer of '04. For example, how could Roman Abramovich, a Russian tycoon bent on using football to expand his influence, allow Real Madrid to steal the limelight?

So, after a short hibernation period, Lazio finally made a move in the transfer market: on July 10, Lazio officially announced that they had bought its main right winger, Frenchman Rudovic Giuli, from Fiorentina for a transfer fee of 18 million euros! At the same time, the Blue Eagles also announced that they have brought in Edgar Davies, who played a world-class performance during his loan spell at Barcelona, from Juventus for free!

Clearly, Roman Abramovich's Lazio are looking to make a splash in the transfer market this summer. This time, their poaching targets are no longer limited to those second-rate clubs, and the Blue Eagles, who have played a wonderful season and qualified for the Champions League, have the confidence to wrestle with those big clubs.