Chapter 0796, Summer 2020

The stumbling 2019-2020 season is over.

This season will go down in history in the future.

A plague that brought the world of football to a halt.

In the end, the stumbling barely ended.

Manchester United ended their Europa League triumph.

Although the league is unfortunate, the final Europa League result is not bad, and this season has also achieved something.

At least the fans can look forward to next season.

This summer, the pressure has been high for clubs across Europe.

The global economy has been hit hard by the impact of the pandemic.

Especially for the giants, the player's salary is a top priority.

The total investment in the entire summer transfer window is the lowest in five years.

It's hard for clubs to shell out big transfer fees to buy players right now.

However, for some local tyrant clubs, they still have the ability to spend money.

For example, Chelsea spent 80 million euros to bring in German teenager Havertz, 53 million euros to bring in Werner, 50.2 million euros to buy Leicester City's popular talent Ben Chilwell, and 40 million euros to buy Ajax striker Ziyech. These four transfers alone cost more than 200 million euros. With goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, centre-back Thiago Silva and defender Sarr among other powerful stars, Chelsea have great ambitions for the new season.

Manchester City, who lost the title last season, have also continued to spend money this summer, focusing on improving the backline. They spent 68 million euros to sign Portuguese star Dias, and spent 45.3 million euros to bring in Dutch central defender Ake, two transfers of more than 100 million euros. With the addition of young strikers Ferran Torres and Bustos, Manchester City's two lines continue to upgrade.

Arsenal is not idle, signing a powerful midfielder Thomas for 50 million euros, introducing young Brazilian defender Gabriel for 2,600, and facing Chelsea's experienced striker Willian, and the three lines continue to be strengthened. And this summer, they promoted a number of young players from the youth team, such as youngsters such as Smith Rowe, who will become the team's new hope for the future.

Tottenham Hotspur spent a lot this summer, also more than 100 million euros. Lo Celso, Reguilon, Doherty, Hojbjerg, Joe Roton...... A number of powerful stars have joined the team, and Mourinho has more hole cards in the new season to wrestle with old rivals.

Leicester City sold Ben Chilwell and they didn't keep the money in the bank, but put it all in the transfer market. The €35 million signing of Fofana and the €20.9 million purchase of Castagne, both of whom are defenders, are making up for the void left by Ben Chilwell's departure. In addition, they promoted young players such as Luke Thomas and Daniel Iverson from the youth team to continue to ensure the flow of young blood.

Rivals have come to their heads, and this season's Premier League champions Liverpool are not idle. They made successive signings of Diogo Jota, Thiago and Tsimikas, and all three lines were strengthened, and Liverpool are looking to defend their title in the new season.

The Premier League is lively, and Serie A is also lively this year.

Juve spent 72 million euros to poach Artur from Barcelona. Immediately afterwards, they sent Pjanic to Barcelona for a transfer fee of 60 million euros. The economic operation of these two clubs is very slippery......

Napoli spent €70 million on a move from Ligue 1 Ligue 1 to Napoli's Osimhen, who have big ambitions this season.

Inter Milan brought in Achraf from Real Madrid for a whopping 43 million euros, but it was really high-end, and the money was well spent. Bought out Barrera again, costing 32.5 million euros. At the same time, Sensi and Pinamonti were signed, and a total of 46 million euros were spent. These transfers add up, and the transfer fee of Inter Milan also exceeds 100 million.

La Liga is still the era of the triwizard competition.

Atletico Madrid have bought Alvaro Morata on loan from Chelsea for €35 million, and the 27-year-old Spanish centre-forward is looking forward to a rebirth. Former Atletico Madrid star Carrasco returned from a Chinese transfer at a cost of 27 million euros. The most surprising thing is that Atletico Madrid signed Barcelona veteran Suarez, a transfer of only 9 million euros. Rodrigo Riquelme, a youngster who has been promoted from the youth team, is very much appreciated by Simeone and will get a chance in the new season.

And Barcelona, which is still in a period of change, has not changed much this summer. Artur was sold, Pjanic was introduced, and not much changed. The 20-year-old Portuguese teenager Trincon spent 30 million euros on the team, but this transfer is not favored by too many people, after all, the young man has not yet proven his strength in the top flight. Young players such as Fati and Pedro have been promoted to the first team, they are the new hope of the team, and it is precisely because of their rapid growth that the club can boldly give up the veterans and decisively sell Suarez, Rakitic, Vidal and other stars. Barcelona's changes are still ongoing, and they are still in the dark for the new season.

Compared to Barcelona's slump in the transfer market, Real Madrid is also the same. They sold players such as Achraf, Sergio Reguilon, Rodriguez and more, accumulating more than 100 million euros. All that's left is a few loan and youth team promotions, no big moves. Last season they spent a lot of money bringing in a number of talented players, Milito, Edouard Mendy, Rodrygo, Jovic ...... These youngsters have been enough to fill the squad, and Real Madrid are now in a full squad and in a good financial position.

In Ligue 1, Paris is still in the limelight.

Grand Paris spent 50 million euros to buy out Mauro Icardi, who was on loan last season, and then only spent a few million euros to bring in Rico and Raphinha, which is their entire transfer investment, less than 60 million euros. They have promoted a number of young talents from the youth team, Muyinga, Pembele, Artie...... Grand Paris's recruitment strategy began to develop towards a benign defensive line.

Although Paris did not spend a lot of money, they are still the club that has invested the most in Ligue 1.

Last season, Ligue 1 was simply cancelled in the second half of the season due to the impact of the plague, which had a great impact on the clubs. In terms of advertising revenue, a lot of share has been lost. So everyone has no money.

Compared to Ligue 1, the Bundesliga is poorer. They are still the poorest of the big five leagues, not one of them.

Bayern spent 49 million euros to poach Manchester City's Leroy Sane, which is also their limit.

Borussia Dortmund have signed England talent midfielder Jude Bellingham, who paid a hefty €30 million for the 17-year-old. At the same time, 15-year-old supernova Moukoko was promoted to the first team. Dortmund's overall thinking this season is still clear, and it is still developing in the direction of cultivating supernovas.

Many of Europe's biggest clubs are surging in the transfer market, but on Manchester United's side, their management's transfer operations have left fans unhappy...... (End of chapter)