Chapter 149: Calderón

The fiasco of the national football team has slowly subsided, because there have been too many losses over the years, and everyone is used to getting angry and then throwing it away.

The focus of domestic fans is on Ringer again, where will Ringer go?

News about Ringer came back from Europe, and it is said that Arsenal first offered Bayern 28 million euros in an attempt to bring in Ringer, but was quickly rejected by Bayern.

Atletico then quoted a price of 32 million, which was also rejected.

Napoli, who had the money, also quoted a price of 35 million, claiming that this was the final offer, but Bayern still did not let go.

According to the European media, 35 million is already about the same price, Isco, who brought Malaga to the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, he is still the one who competes with Ringer for the best rookie in the Champions League, and the transfer fee for his transfer to Real Madrid is only 30 million euros.

Soon, Atletico Madrid directly raised the offer to 40 million, which is already the amount of liquidated damages in Ringer's contract.

According to the British "Sun", Arsenal's Arsene Wenger also suggested that the club also quote a price of 40 million, and then he personally went to China to persuade the Chinese to join Arsenal.

If both sides offer liquidated damages, then whoever can convince the player himself can get him.

However, Arsenal's board of directors rejected the proposal, believing that 30 million was the right price for Ringer, and no matter how high it was, it would outweigh the losses. They could also have the option of Higuain, who is broken with Real Madrid, more practical than Ringer and probably less expensive.

At the same time, Liverpool's Suarez also wanted to leave the team because of the bite incident at the end of last season. Suya's liquidated damages are only 40 million pounds, and the conversion to euros is only 47 million euros.

The Arsenal board believes that it is better to pay liquidated damages than to force Suya, who has at least proven himself in the Premier League, and Ringer may suffer a failure in the Premier League like Shinji Kagawa goes to Manchester United.

In this way, Atletico Madrid's offer of 40 million euros was agreed by Bayern, which has reached the level of liquidated damages. In fact, Atletico Madrid could have bypassed Bayern and negotiated directly with Ringer, but they still made a normal offer, that is, they did not want the two sides to turn against each other.

Directly poaching people with forced liquidated damages, it is very disrespectful to the other party, and Atletico Madrid does not want to break up the relationship with Bayern, so it follows the normal procedure.

At the beginning, Real Madrid fell in love with Sevilla's Ramos, and Ramos's liquidated damages were very low at that time, and Real Madrid could have forced liquidated damages to take people away, but Real Madrid still transferred according to normal procedures, just because they didn't want to make everyone look bad.

Atletico are doing the same now.

Bayern also agreed to release the person, because the bid had reached the level of liquidated damages, and at this time, if they were forced to stay, they would force the other party to dig up, and everyone would not look good at that time.

Moreover, Bayern bought back the person who spent 4 million euros at the beginning, and it took half a year to buy 40 million, which is faster than robbery, and they should be content.

In this way, Thomas Krott flew back to Europe to negotiate with Atletico about Ringer's treatment.

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On July 12, Atletico Madrid in La Liga and Bayern in the Bundesliga announced on their official websites at the same time that Atletico Madrid introduced Chinese striker Ringer from Bayern for a transfer fee of 40 million euros.

This transfer has also attracted some attention in Europe, after all, several teams have been involved in the process of competing for Ringer, but as Wenger said, this year is a big summer, with a lot of transfers of 30 or 40 million euros, and the attention is limited.

The European media is mainly focusing on Barcelona Real Madrid, Real Madrid's new coach Carlo Ancelotti, Barcelona's new head coach Martino, and Bayern's new Pep Guardiola, and when Bale and Real Madrid's soap opera will end.

But this is no small matter for Atletico Madrid fans, who are closely watching the team's signings, after all, the new season is their first Champions League play in two years, and Falcao has been poached again.

Ringer's transfer is the most talked about in China.

"Ringer's transfer to Atletico Madrid, the new king of 40 million"

In Europe, if you have 40 million, you can be called a king, that's a joke, but in Asia, it's really the price of a superstar.

"€40 million, a new record for the transfer of Asian players"

Ringer's €40 million transfer fee is undoubtedly a new transfer record for an Asian player. Originally, the first place was Hidetoshi Nakata's £18.5 million that year, and now Ringer's transfer fee far exceeds the other party.

The Chinese media also calculated that the price of Hidetoshi Nakata that year, even if the inflation of these years is added, Ringer's transfer fee record is slightly higher than that of Hidetoshi Nakata.

Now that the transfer has been announced, Ringer needs to leave for Spain, first undergo a medical examination and qualify, and the transfer can be considered to be truly achieved, otherwise Atletico can return it.

On July 13, Ringer appeared at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, preparing to travel to Spain.

Some of the fans came to see off at the airport, and Ringer's transfer finally came to an end, although he failed to join Arsenal or Juventus as many fans wished, but set a new record for the transfer of Asian players, and the news still made Chinese fans happy.

This is also an Asian record set by us Chinese.

Ringer flew from Guangzhou to Paris and from Paris to Madrid.

This route was chosen because it would take the least amount of time to fly.

There are not many domestic direct flights to Madrid, generally more than 16 hours, but there are many flights to Paris, generally only 12 hours, and then 2 hours to transfer to Madrid, which saves time than direct flights.

When he came to Madrid, Krot had already prepared everything for him, and Ringer only needed to rest and take advantage of the jet lag.

On July 18, at 9:30 a.m., Ringer showed up on time at the San Nesta Hospital in the city of Madrid, a long-time partner of Atletico Madrid, where he will undergo a medical examination.

There are quite a lot of physical examinations for players, and the main purpose is to check for potential injuries, although Ringer thinks that there are no hidden injuries, but he still has to follow the procedures one by one.

When all the physical examinations are over, it is already 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

"He's as strong as a cow, and there's nothing wrong with him at all." This is what the doctor said in front of reporters after the medical examination.

Generally speaking, as long as there is no problem with passing the physical examination, the doctor will say something like this.

The doctor left, and the next thing was the signing ceremony, which Ringer had when he joined Bayern, and he was familiar with it.

Then it's time for the reporter.

"Lin, why did you choose to join the athletic team?"

"Because this is one of the best teams in Spain, I am sure to succeed here."

"Did you leave Bayern because of a feud with the coach who took over, Pep Guardiola?" Journalists always want to stir up topics.

'No, actually Pep Guardiola called me personally and he asked me to stay at Bayern, but I still want to choose a team that has more opportunities to play.

Ringer was honest, he did receive a call from Guardiola after returning to China, but the other party also could not guarantee him the main position, and Ringer had to refuse the other party.

"Atletico Madrid is playing in the Champions League next season, you were the winner last season, what are your goals for the new season?"

'The Champions League was everyone's dream and our goal was to win it.

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"Boy, hurry up and get something to eat, there are still a lot of people waiting for you later." Simeone patted Ringer on the shoulder and said to him.

Ringer just answered a few questions and later in the evening had a home show to meet the fans.

Honestly, Ringer has already played for two different clubs and this will be the third stop of his career, but this is the first time he has made a home appearance.

When he first joined Bayern, he was really a nobody, and he was not qualified to make his home debut at all.

By 5 p.m., Estadio Calderón, the home of Atletico Madrid, was already in full swing.

"Spending 40 million to buy a Chinese, will it be too expensive? I had never heard of a great star in China before. ”

"Didn't you watch last season's Champions League? He always scored against giants like Arsenal, Juventus and Barcelona, and he was able to score in the Champions League final, as long as he can help the team in the Champions League, I think 40 million is worth it. ”

"But I heard that this Chinese is only 22 years old, and his age is not comparable to Diego (Costa)."

"Playing football is not judged by age~~~"

There was a lot of talk among the fans in the stands, some of whom were wearing Ringer's new Atletico shirt. After the signing ceremony of Ringer today, Atletico Madrid's fan store began to sell Ringer's new jersey, and now only a few hours later, there are fans wearing his jersey, it seems that Atletico Madrid fans still have a lot of expectations for Ringer.

For a club like Barcelona and Real Madrid, 40 million is just a lottery ticket, and it won't be too distressing if you don't win. And for a club like Atletico Madrid, 40 million is already a large transfer fee, which is a big gamble.

"There were about 25,000 fans in the stadium, and they were all waiting for Ringer to play." This is a Chinese reporter who came to Spain on purpose to speak to the camera, and they are going to record the video of Ringer's appearance at Calderón Stadium and send it back, and many fans must be willing to watch it.

"The last time a star from the Stadio Calderón had 20,000 fans at home was when Falcao joined Atletico Madrid."

This kind of home appearance is free for fans who book season tickets, so just a short appearance can bring a lot of people.

In fact, Ringer is only a well-known star in Europe, and only so many people have come. When Kaka and Ronaldo joined Real Madrid, there were 70,000 or 80,000 fans to witness, and a few days ago, Neymar appeared at the Camp Nou, and more than 50,000 fans were there.

Standing in the tunnel wearing his No. 8 jersey, Ringer took a deep breath and relaxed.

Originally, Atletico Madrid prepared the number 9 shirt for him, which was the number worn by Falcao last season, but Ringer asked for the number 8, which he preferred.

For Chinese, number 8 is also an auspicious number.

The number 8 was originally worn by Atletico midfielder Raul Garcia, but after club reconciliation, Ringer wore the number 8 and Raul Garcia wore the number 9.

"Welcome to our Chinese boy - Lin Goal~~~" shouted over the stadium announcement, Ringer didn't actually understand Spanish, but he knew the name Lin goal.

As Ringer became famous, the name he once had was dug up. To Europeans, the name Lin goal is clearly more pronounced than Lin ge.

Ringer walked out of the tunnel with the soccer ball in his right hand and stepped onto Calderon's turf.

The moment he came out, more than 20,000 people at the scene gave him huge applause.

Ringer walked over slowly, waving around the pitch, and the fans responded with enthusiastic applause.

Ringer has yet to prove himself in Spain and has struggled to elicit enthusiastic cheers from the fans, only to receive some applause.

In the middle of the pitch, the ball was juggled.

Ringer's ability to juggle the ball was still passable, and he did more than 20 times in a row, and then shot the ball into the stands with a powerful volley and gave it to the fans present.

Then he did the same thing, and shot several footballs on the side of the field to the stands together, and the atmosphere of the scene became more and more lively.

The host arranged by the club came over and asked, "Lin, how did you feel when you first appeared at Calderón Stadium?" ”

"Very happy, so excited! I'm very happy to play for the best club in Madrid~~~"

Ringer shouted into the microphone, and the pitch boiled over.

"Well said, boy, this is the best club in Madrid!"

"You are welcome in Madrid, you will not regret it!"

There are three more watches today.