Chapter 7 The Lively Transfer Market
After seeing that Fiorentina, which has been relegated, took the lead in making a big deal of reinforcements, those teams in Serie A were naturally not to be outdone, and they all sought the possibility of a trade to strengthen their squad.
Since the economic depression in Italy has not yet arrived at this time, the owners of these Serie A clubs during this period have not yet developed the habit of holding their wallets.
If the normal development of history continues, by the end of 1994 the Italian currency lira will collapse, since then, Italy's small and medium-sized teams have not introduced well-known foreign aid, from the late 90s to the end of the 01-02 season, the only Serie A can be large-scale reinforcements are the boss Inter Milan, Berlusconi's AC Milan who still has a certain passion for football, Sensi's Roma and Cragnoti's Lazio, and Juventus.
As for the other teams, Serie A has been in decline since then, either like Udinese and started to engage in the business of "human traffickers", or like Parma and Fiorentina, when financial crises began to arise and they began to sell off the main players...... I digress.
The topic returned to the transfer market in 93, the first to act was Enrique Mantovani's Sampdoria, Mantovani Jr., who inherited his father's business, compared to his father, Paul Mantoani, who had died in a car accident, seems to be more enthusiastic about buying and selling players, he first got English player David Pratt from Juventus, and then brought in "pigtails" Lud Gullit and Alberigo Evani from AC Milan, and the departure of Dutch superstar Gullit also marked the end of the era of Milan's "Dutch Three Musketeers".
After sending away Ruud Gullit, AC Milan sent another member of the "Dutch Three Musketeers" "Black Swan" Frank Rijkaard back to his hometown in the Netherlands, and next season the "Black Swan" will play for his old club Ajax; At the same time, the team's veteran Carlo Ancelotti also announced his retirement at the end of the season.
AC Milan, which has lost several big players, has also made a lot of big moves in the market at this time, bringing in Laudrup Jr. from Fiorentina, buying Roma star Radujou from Brescia, and the most important signing is Marcel Desailly at a very cheap price from last season's Champions League final opponent and now Marseille who is now in the turmoil of match-fixing, and he will be added to the departure of Rijkaard and Carlo Ancelotti.
Although Dutch superstar Van Basten will not be able to play next season due to injury, AC Milan still has local players such as Lentini, Panucci, Elaño, Marco Simeone, and the golden defense composed of Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costa Curta, Mauro Tasotti and Sebastian Rossi is still the strongest title contender in the new season.
Napoli, who had lost too much blood, urgently invited Marcelo Lippi, the head coach of Atalanta in Serie A, to coach, then retained captain Chiro Ferrara, loaned Di Canio from Juventus, and loaned several players from other teams; A number of young players were promoted from their own youth team; Coupled with some players bought at a low price from the lower leagues, a patchwork has created a squad that can play in Serie A.
The whole of Italy is watching Napoli's jokes, and only Zhuang Mingge knows that this Napoli team has played a surprising fighting power under the leadership of the "Silver Fox" Lippi, and finally finished sixth in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup next season, which is also the glory of Napoli in the 20th century.
Juventus, who have just won the UEFA Cup, have not slowed down the pace of recruitment, and Juventus, who have local stars such as Roberto Baggio, Vialli, Ravanelli and Peruzzi, continue to adhere to the localization strategy, and they have bought Di Livio and the future "Prince of Zebras" Del Pierrot from Padua in Serie B, and the strength of the team has been further improved.
Inter Milan, who have been prone to civil strife since the breakup of the "German troika", have also made a big offer, buying Wim Jonk and Dennis Bergkamp, known as the "Ice Prince", from Ajax FC in the Netherlands, and the two came to the Meaza Stadium for a whopping £12 million.
Due to the success of the "Dutch Three Musketeers", the Dutch players collectively put on a dazzling halo, so when the "Ice Prince" Bergkamp made his debut at the Meazza Stadium, it caused a sensation in the Italian media, and other transfers seemed to be overshadowed in the face of the sensation caused by Bergkamp.
The capital's Roma have not given up on the idea of competing for the league title despite their poor record in recent years, and this summer they bought Argentine striker Barbo from Udinese.
And Roma's sworn rival Lazio is naturally not to be outdone, bringing in Paolo Negro from Brescia, Aaron Boksic from Marseille, and buying Casiraci from Juventus, who can't play the main team, Turin goalkeeper Maciegiani also joined Lazio, plus the team's original England midfielder core Paul Gascoigne, the team's strength has been greatly improved.
Parma, which is controlled by Italian dairy giant Parmalat, had ambitions, first poaching Gianfranco Zola from financially troubled Napoli to form a forward partner with Colombian striker Asprilla; Argentine centre-back San Cini; At the same time, the team sent away the Brazilian goalkeeper Tafarrell and introduced the local goalkeeper Butch; Ossio, a veteran who has played for the team for many years, went to Brazil to retire, and the whole Parma looked vibrant.
Seeing that the Italian team is in full swing in the transfer market, teams in other leagues are naturally not to be outdone, and Barcelona, which has completed three consecutive La Liga titles, offered a large amount of money to buy Brazilian goalscorer "lone wolf" Romario; Real Madrid brought in homegrown centre-back Alkota from Athletic Bilbao, and the flames of the La Liga rivalry continued from the pitch to the transfer market. As last season's La Liga runner-up, Deportivo La Coruna brought in 31-year-old veteran Donato from Atletico Madrid (who later played for Deportivo La Coruna for a full decade and broke the record for the oldest goal in La Liga twice).
In the newly established Premier League, Manchester United, who won the first Premier League title, continued to strengthen the team, and Ferguson snatched Nottingham Forest's young defender Roy Keane from Blackburn Rovers with a phone call;
However, English football has not yet shaken off the impact of being banned from UEFA for five years in the three major European cups, and although the local fans are still enthusiastic, it cannot hide the desertion of the football market, when almost no foreign players were willing to play in England.
German clubs have not brought in too many well-known stars because of their general thrift and thrift, only Dortmund has brought in Matthias Summer, who has returned from Inter Milan, and Werder Bremen has bought Mario Basler from Hertha Berlin, and the market is not very prosperous.
It can be seen from the popularity of the transfer market that the European leagues are still led by Serie A.
This is not nonsense, whether a league is strong or not, often depends on the purchasing power of the team and the number of star players in the entire league, for example, now, although Real Madrid and Barcelona are indeed very strong, and there are many stars, but other teams in the league are not strong, turning a La Liga into a "Western Super League", the excitement of the league is not enough, and the Premier League, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea have the strength to compete for the championship, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton constitute the second echelon, These teams all have the ability to disrupt the game, and strong teams can overturn in the gutter if they are not careful, so La Liga is still not as good as the Premier League in terms of league standards.
However, the transfer market has nothing to do with Fiorentina now, after all, Fiorentina's recruitment for this season has been completed, and the next thing is to wait for the summer training camp on July 20 to start running in the team.
PS1: Since there is a large-scale job fair today, the author went to submit his resume in the morning and did not update it in time......
PS2: I hereby declare that this book will never be a eunuch, please rest assured that you can read the book boldly.