Chapter 486: High-grade goods really can't be touched!

With the end of the European Championship, the "procurement" of the major European teams has only really begun.

Unlike Pan Yi's current "small fights", this summer's transfer market can be said to be extremely hot.

"Set a small goal first, for example, I will earn it 100 million first", after Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group, said in an interview and became popular, world football can be regarded as setting a "small goal".

110 million euros! Pogba's transfer officially announced that football has entered the era of 100 million! The arms race and the four-yearly European Championship have become the main reasons for the boom in the market.

As a benchmark for measuring the activity of the transfer market, the Premier League's performance this summer can be said to be a blast.

According to statistics, 13 of the 20 teams in the Premier League have broken the record of team history!

This summer, including the Manchester Twins, Chelsea, and Everton, many traditional giants in the Premier League have changed their managers, and Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and other famous coaches have set off an arms race as soon as they took office.

Jose Mourinho brought in Eric Bailly, Ibrahimovic, Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba, while Pep Guardiola signed the likes of Ilkay Gundogan, Nolito, John Stones and Leroy Sane for the Blues.

Even Arsene Wenger, who has always been conservative, has been spurred by strong opponents to be generous this summer, spending 100 million yuan to sign Xhaka, Perez and Mustafi and other strong reinforcements - some of these people were recommended to him by Pan Yi before.

Leicester City, a dark horse last season and a team member who reached the Champions League group stage for the first time in their history, hopes to go further, in addition to bringing in Algerian striker Slimani from the Portuguese Super League at a record price of 30 million pounds, Mendy, Moussa and others are expensive.

Only Chelsea under Mikel Arteta is mainly stable, and there is not much movement for the time being.

Of course, this is also due to the good atmosphere in the current team, and the honor brought by the seven-time crown has also made the current players feel satisfied, and they are reluctant to switch to other teams at this time.

But even without a "big dog" like Chelsea, the other 19 teams in the Premier League have invested more than 1.4 billion euros in the transfer market this summer! That's a terrifying number.

In addition to the Premier League, the arms race in Serie A this summer is also fierce, affected by Pogba and Higuain's two blockbuster transfers, as well as Suning's entry into Inter Milan, forming a rare large-scale investment in recent years, beating the Bundesliga and La Liga to become the second highest investment league.

Juventus and Inter Milan spent 162 million euros and 113 million euros respectively. Roma is also a big spend, spending 98.1 million euros on buyers, ranking third. Napoli is in fourth place with 73.5 million euros spent.

That is, AC Milan has not had much money...... At this time, "Society You Brother Li" has not officially completed the acquisition of AC Milan's equity.

As the leaders of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich finalized two of the most important signings as early as the European Championship, Hummels and Renato Sanchez, which made them really beautiful.

La Liga twin heroes Real Madrid and Barcelona are showing a completely opposite trend, the Galaxy battleship is mainly stable, except for the recovery of Asensio, there is almost no action, and Barcelona spent 120 million to recruit Paco, Gomez and other 6 strong reinforcements, which is not at all as tight as the outside world speculates.

It is worth mentioning that the English Championship, which is a second-tier league, is ranked fifth in the league buyers' list, higher than Ligue 1, one of the top five leagues in Europe.

The first place in the Premier League is 1.4 billion euros, the second place Serie A is 699 million euros, the third place is the Bundesliga with 543 million euros, the fourth place La Liga is 458 million euros, and the fifth place is the Championship with 244 million euros!

These first and fifth also reflect the strong attraction and money-burning ability of the Premier League.

In itself, because of the huge allure of the Premier League, the competition for promotion of Championship teams is also very fierce, and this has also caused each team to invest heavily in recruitment.

The English Championship, as the second tier of the English league, has a very strong performance on the buying side, such as Newcastle was relegated to the Championship at the end of last season, and this team also hopes to qualify for promotion in the Championship in the new season with excellent performance, so the team spent 64 million euros to buy people, becoming the team that spent the most money in the Championship.

Of course, in addition to the intensifying arms race in the leagues, there is no doubt that the quadrennial European Championship is also an economic yardstick and the best stage for players from all walks of life in the world to gild.

In this much-anticipated football feast, even if you're just an unknown player, it's perfectly possible to have a successful "grassroots season" as long as you show up well enough to attend this tournament, and this summer's European Championship in France will be no exception.

It is undeniable that the European Championship has indeed spawned a lot of transfers, which has caused the value of many players to skyrocket, such as Michy Batshuayi, John Stones, Andre Gomez, Joao Mario and so on.

Belgian Michy Batshuayi was more likely to be seen as a "rumored superstar" before the European Championships, but with the end of his trip to France with the Red Devils, his value has risen sharply to €40 million.

Andre Gomez and Joao Mario, the two ministers of the humerus who helped Portugal enter the final, are even more "leaping into the dragon gate" and marrying into the two giants of Barcelona and Inter.

Even French defender Sissoko, a Premier League relegation player, who was not an absolute mainstay at the European Championships, was sold for a whopping 35 million euros.

In contrast, the players of the champion Sweden team have had a lackluster response in the market.

Except for Kulusevski, who was taken by Pan Yi early, most teams are still in a wait-and-see state for the Swedish players.

Captain Ibrahimovic has a reputation and has signed for Manchester United early, so of course no one will be bored anymore.

Forsberg has just arrived at RB Leipzig for half a season, and he himself is reluctant to move immediately, and the team is reluctant to let go.

Liverpool are actually interested in the midfielder, who has been outstanding at the European Championships, but RB Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff said: "Forsberg has been very good this season, he is an important part of the team and will always be so. ”

RB Leipzig coach Rangnick also said: "If we let go of Forsberg like this, it will almost be an insult to IQ, and we will not let our star players go." ”

Forsberg, who claims to be Liverpool's favourite, said: "I know the interest from Liverpool, but at the moment I don't have anything else to think about, I'm in Leipzig and I'm going to play in the Bundesliga with RB Leipzig. ”

And Lindelof, the defender on the Swedish central axis, was also favored by Manchester United, but Mourinho did not have the idea of bringing him to Old Trafford immediately, but said that he would have to observe for a while.

Including Isak, the youngest main player of the Swedish team, he was also eyed by the famous "star training camp" Dortmund, but he was not in a hurry to make a move.

On the one hand, it is a cautious attitude on the part of the club towards players who have excelled in major tournaments.

After all, although "big tests" such as the World Cup and the European Cup do have the ability to help players rise in value, the competition has always been a "double-edged sword" for players.

It is true that many "grassroots" have witnessed the success of appreciation, but who can guarantee that this is not a flash in the pan?

On the other hand, this is also the affirmation of Pan Yi by major European clubs!

Everyone believes that the Swedish team was able to cause a big upset and win the European Cup, and almost all the credit should be credited to head coach Pan Yi.

In fact, the ability of the Swedish players themselves can only be regarded as average, and it is because of Pan Yi's superb tactics that the Swedish players have been perfectly integrated together to play football that surpasses many European giants.

It's a bit similar to when Greece won the championship in 2004.

The public also generally believes that the Greek team was able to win the championship that year, mainly because of the role of the head coach Rehhagel, who is known as "Otto the Great".

He first achieved the "Kaiserslautern miracle" in the Bundesliga, and then followed by "Greek mythology", which can be said to be full of legends.

But none of the Greek players in that group really became supergiants through that European Championship, and it was difficult to cross the threshold of "star".

Presumably Calagonnis, who played for Inter Milan, is counted as one? But he is actually not the absolute main force in Inter Milan for two seasons, it can be regarded as the main rotation, otherwise he would not have left the team soon to go to the Portuguese Super League.

And after playing in the European Championships, he didn't go to any bigger team, but first at Benfica and then back to join Panathinaikos.

And Greece's main striker, Chalistias, was just a substitute striker for Bremen before the European Championship.

After scoring the crucial goal in the European Championship final to help Greece win the European Championship and make him a true national hero of Greece, he did upgrade his career and become a ......

Ajax's substitute striker! Uh, is that a successful upgrade?

In other words, if you ask a veteran fan to talk about the main squad of the 2000 Euro champion France, or the squad of the 2008 Spanish team, he can probably tell you the same thing;

But when he was asked to name the 2004 Greek finalist list, he would probably just say: "There are a lot of 'Si' anyway!" ”

This is to illustrate how bleak the star of the Greek team is.

This time, most people's opinions are the same for the Swedish team players who also won the championship in an upset.

Except for a few players who are already stars (such as Ibrahimovic), it is still difficult for many people to dare to shell out real money to buy these Swedish players who look "civilian".

Bottom line: this is Pan Yi's success, not the success of the Swedish player!

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For Pan Yi, of course, he will not chase famous stars like these big teams, but he will also try his best to get some "future stars".

The two old and new "three musketeers" of the Swedish national team are of course far from enough for York City, which is determined to rush directly to the Championship.

Of course, now Pan Yi is looking for someone in the transfer market, and his mood is not the same as before.

In the past, he poached people as the coach of other teams, mainly for the team's results, and as for the money earned, it was the owner.

Now as the boss of Yorktown, Pan Yi is now engaged in this kind of digging work, which is more like buying "financial management" products for himself, which is basically a profitable business without losing money!

Therefore, at the beginning, Pan Yi was still relatively high-spirited, and first attacked a "high-end goods".

That is the future Arsenal midfield core of "everything is inferior, only Odegaard"!

The reason why Odegaard is looking for is because there are now Karlström and Kulusevski in the midfield of York City, and if there is another Odegaard, then at least there is no need to worry about the attacking ability of the midfield.

At this time, Odegaard was only a little over 17 years old, and he was far from reaching his future achievements, so it was feasible to summon him to York City.

But why call him "high-end goods"?

This is because, don't look at him, he is only 17 years old, but this product became famous too early!

In April 2014, at the age of 15, Odegaard was officially promoted to Norway's Stormgast first team.

Then, on April 13, in the 3rd round of the Norwegian Premier League, Odegaard made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in the 72nd minute in Stormgast's 2-0 win over Alesund FC, becoming the youngest player in the history of the Norwegian Premier League.

On May 16, in the 9th round of the Norwegian Super League, Stormgast won 4-1 against Sarpsborg FC, Odegaard scored a goal in the 90th minute, which was Odegaard's first goal in the Norwegian Super League, becoming the youngest scorer in the history of the Norwegian Super League.

At just 15 years old, Odegaard made 24 appearances for Stormgast in all competitions in 2014, scoring five goals and providing six assists.

Such a performance immediately attracted the attention of major European giants, and Real Madrid directly poached him in January 2015.

And, in the 38th round of La Liga that season, Real Madrid won 7-3 at home to Getafe FC, Odegaard came on as a substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo in the 58th minute and made his La Liga debut.

It can be said that his starting point is quite high!

Of course, at such a young age, it is not easy to establish himself in the star-studded Real Madrid.

Later, Odegaard was only able to play in Real Madrid's development squad and played in La Liga.

But no matter what, after all, he is holding the shining title of a young genius, and there is a super club like Real Madrid behind him, and it is of course relatively difficult to poach him.

Pan Yi still tried.

Of course, the first thing is to seek the personal wishes of the players.

Although Real Madrid still values Odegaard's growth, if Odegaard is willing to play in Pan Yi's team, he should still be able to do the work on Real Madrid's side.

After all, Real Madrid is indeed not short of people!

Judging from Pan Yi's experience in his previous life, Real Madrid later rented Odegaard everywhere, and finally went to Arsenal when his contract expired.

However......

When Odegaard's agent, Kent Carlson, called him, Pan Yi gave up immediately.

The other party did not hide it, but said very directly that for Pan Yi's face, Odegaard could come to York City to "alleviate poverty", but it depends on how much salary York City can give.

Then Pan Yi knew that Odegaard's current weekly salary at Real Madrid was......

95,000 euros!!!

Is this something that people can do?

Such a figure, even in many teams in the Premier League, can be the highest salary.

And Real Madrid signed Odegaard with such a high salary, but only let him play in the reserve team!

It's really rich.

Yorktown would never have been able to offer such a price, otherwise the wage system would collapse and the rules of fiscal fair play would not have passed.

In contrast, the talented Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakimi, who is also playing in Real Madrid's reserve team, has a much more reasonable salary of only 1,400 euros a week!

Since 2006, at the age of 8, Achraf has been at the Valdebebas training base to become a youth student of Real Madrid Football Club and play for Real Madrid's echelons at all levels.

Because of this, Real Madrid did not need to pay him too outrageous wages before he entered the first team.

However, after Pan Yi got to know him a little, he also gave up the idea of recruiting Hakimi.

Quite simply, Hakimi is a serious Academy player at Real Madrid, and the club sees Hakimi as a future star and is already considering calling him up to the first team within a season or two.

Maybe there is still a possibility of loan, but this is not in line with Pan Yi's team building policy, veterans can still consider loan, but young players don't.

Use my team's game resources to develop players for you? Pull it down.

You must know that in Pan Yi's previous life, Hakimi was indeed unable to gain a foothold in the first team of Real Madrid later, and finally went on loan to Dortmund.

After two seasons, his value soared, and he finally moved to Inter Milan for around 45 million euros.

Later, he joined Paris Saint-Germain for a fixed transfer fee of 60 million euros and a variable transfer fee of 11 million euros.

It can be said that Hakimi itself is a typical case of loan playing at a high price.

But now Pan Yi still hopes to be able to cultivate his own players, and then sell them when the time comes, which will be more refreshing!

And when Pan Yi shook his head frequently, ready to completely give up doing business with a super club like Real Madrid, Kent Carlsen said:

"Don't you think about the players from your own country? As far as I know, Real Madrid already have a very low rating on him and are happy to make a move. ”

Pan Yi understood that Carlsen was talking about Lin Liangming, a player from the Dragon Kingdom.

He can be said to be a rising star in China in recent years, and with his excellent performance in the U17 echelon of R&F team, he has received the attention of Real Madrid club.

Later, Lin Liangming was selected for the Dragons U19 national youth team, and when he went to Slovakia to participate in the Eight Nations Championship and the Lisbon Four Nations Championship, his outstanding performance in the front line attracted the attention of many European scouts, for which he also received many European club invitations to join.

And in that game, Real Madrid's senior scout Calafate also witnessed Lin Liangming's outstanding performance and was deeply impressed.

After watching the youth striker's game, Calafate officially proposed the idea of bringing in Lin Liangming to Real Madrid club, and Real Madrid officially decided to introduce him to the team after careful consideration.

Last year, Real Madrid paid €300,000 to bring him to Castilla.

However, how easy is it to establish a foothold at a club like Real Madrid?

Not to mention anything else, even genius teenagers like Odegaard and Hakimi failed to do it......

Well, let alone the first team, it is difficult for Lin Liangming to have a stable place in Real Madrid's B team.

There are so many young talents!

Well, he is not an absolute mainstay in Real Madrid's Under-19 youth team.

From Christmas 2015 to June 2016, Lin Liangming played just 10 times during that time......

Therefore, if Pan Yi reaches out to Real Madrid at this time, there is still a high probability that the transaction will be made, and the transfer fee will not be very much - after all, Lin Liangming's value in Germany has even fallen to only tens of thousands of euros.

And at this time, it reflects Pan Yi's fame and the advantages of connections.

Including Kent Carlson, he must have recommended Lin Liangming for Pan Yi with the mentality of "buying and selling is not friendship", and even revealed "inside information".

After all, a world-famous coach like Pan Yi, maybe one day he will have to deal with him and promote his players, and it is very necessary to maintain a good relationship.

The same is true for Real Madrid.

Who hasn't pursued Pan Yi?

In case one day, Pan Yi wants to coach in a big club again, doesn't Real Madrid want to reach out and grab a handful?

Building a good relationship with them is, of course, also a top priority.

You don't see, Manchester City and Chelsea are throwing real money at York City in order to "compete for favor".

And Real Madrid just gave up a young player that they didn't need at all and gave Pan Yi a face, which can be said to be beneficial and harmless.

Therefore, it is indeed possible to make this deal!

And after hanging up the phone, Pan Yi also thought about it.

Lin Liangming was not in his plan at first, after all, as a professional player, this Dragon Country player is a certain distance from Pan Yi's requirements.

But as soon as the two of them are from the Dragon Country, it is not a big problem for the villagers to pull each other;

Second, although Lin Liangming hasn't kicked out now, he is still young after all, and he still has talent.

After he returned to China, he was also selected for the national Olympic team and the national team, which at least shows that his lower limit is at least the top in China.

If he can go to League One to temper in this life, guided by Pan Yi and Scaloni, maybe there will be new changes in his career.

Thirdly, York City's forward line is indeed short of people at the moment.

Except for Baker, everyone else was embarrassed and had to be replaced.

And Lin Liangming can play left winger, left wingback, center forward and forward midfielder, which is indeed a good addition to the team's lineup.

What, why not go for a more awesome striker rising star?

Please, the more forwards you are, the more famous you are at a young age, which means that the more expensive and difficult it is to get your hands on.

For example, Brazil's "Little Bear" Vinicius, who is now only 16 years old.

But he is now being targeted by Real Madrid, and is even ready to pay 45 million euros for liquidated damages to smash him down......

The other Brazilian star, Rodrygo, is similar, and has basically already been booked.

Including the later FM demon Endrick, he was also signed in advance by Real Madrid at the age of 16.

Another example is Moukoko, who broke various youth records all the way through Dortmund, and he was targeted when he was only 13 or 14 years old......

It can't be helped, this kind of forward talent, who always kills in the youth team at a very young age, is hard not to attract the attention of the big clubs.

And as soon as the big clubs pay attention, the whole world notices, and the price will definitely not be low.

In contrast, the midfielders will not be so conspicuous due to the data, and the characteristics of the position also determine that many players will not show up in their youth, which gives Pan Yi some opportunities to pick up leaks.

The League One team is so humble that there is no way.

Most of the target players that Pan Yi wants to sign now still give priority to those who have not yet become famous and are still in the small team.

If it's in a big or medium team, it's better to have a young player who hasn't signed a professional contract yet, like Kulusevski, who is easy to "cheat".

Of course, it also includes people like Lin Liangming who have already been abandoned......

Thinking about it, Pan Yi didn't hesitate and dialed the phone directly!