"A few days ago, La Liga had a closed-door meeting."

In the makeshift office of Atletico's new headquarters, Yang Hao, Cerezo, Junior Hill and several department heads sat together to discuss the situation of the upcoming new season and the transfer of this summer.

Cerezo relayed some of the results of La Liga's discussions.

"Antonio Ponte gave us some updates on the latest developments and gave us some advice."

"From the current situation, it is very difficult to compete in the Premier League in the Spanish domestic market."

"The simplest figure, Sky TV, the Premier League's number one broadcaster, has more than eight million users in England and Ireland, and it is still expanding, while at present, the number of users of the major operators in Spain is only more than four million at most."

"From the perspective of potential, the market is still very large, La Liga has done a questionnaire survey, and believes that in the next few years, Spain's pay-TV subscriber base will further expand, but it is still distributed in the hands of several companies."

"Telefónica now wants to enter the domestic market and set up their own pay-TV company, and they will actively participate in this auction, but it is still difficult for the domestic market to compete with the Premier League."

The subscriber base is there, and pay-TV companies are not going to bid blindly.

The major TV broadcasters will definitely grab the head, but it is impossible to say that it is unrealistic to grab a sky-high price.

Even if you really grab it and go bankrupt, what's the use?

Like Germany's Kirsch Group, isn't it a mess in the end?

The Spanish domestic market is so large, and the most important thing is to continue to develop in the next few years, and strive to further increase the base of pay TV users.

When the market grows, broadcasters are willing to pay more.

No one will do a loss-making transaction.

"In the past few years, we have been deeply cultivating the overseas market, from the current point of view, the effect is very gratifying, the auction early next year, La Liga hopes that the auction of overseas rights can surpass the Premier League."

"According to the latest contract, the Premier League can now get more than 200 million pounds or 300 million euros a year from overseas rights revenue, and La Liga is aiming for that amount."

Serezo took out four fingers, apparently representing 400 million euros.

"Is this possible?" News Director Andrew Barrasco was a bit surprised.

"Antonio Ponte is still quite confident, they have been actively exploring overseas channels in the past few years, and in the United States, NBC and ESPN have made it clear that they want to compete, and this will be a battle of dragons and tigers."

"In Mexico and South America, ESPN is also aiming to win, so the whole competition will be fierce."

"In the Middle East and North Africa, Abu Dhabi Media Group is here to stay."

"The Abu Dhabi consortium that bought Valencia?" Fernando Vázquez, director of finance, asked.

"Yes, their media company specializes in pay TV."

After a pause, Cerezzo continued: "In France and the Nordic region, both Canal+ and Medge have clearly expressed interest and are expected to be in contention. ”

"According to Antonio Ponte, the rights to La Liga are still very sought-after at the moment, but we need to work harder."

In the past few years, La Liga has been very resolute on the road of globalization.

If you can really get 400 million euros of overseas rights every year, then it will be 20 million euros for each team.

It may not be much for the three giants of the Spanish Super League, but for all the teams in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga, this is an astronomical amount.

This will greatly alleviate the debt crisis of La Liga clubs.

"In the past few years, we have fully entered the stage of globalization in terms of media product packaging, marketing and post-production services, so this auction is very important and related to the success or failure of the entire La Liga globalization strategy."

After listening to Cerezo's words, Yang Hao and the others also nodded.

Once this cannon is not fired, it is conceivable that the next fire in the backyard of La Liga will make all the clubs question whether the strategy of globalization is right or not, and even want to back down.

Why?

Because La Liga has really paid a lot for globalization.

For example, the competition time is advanced, in the summer until the afternoon, and in the winter it is directly at noon.

The clubs are also doing their best to cooperate with the globalization strategy, overseas pre-season, training, and even bringing in some overseas players, etc., all for the sake of globalization.

La Liga is now home to some of the biggest names in European football.

Needless to say, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are both superstar-studded.

Like Deportivo La Coruna, there are also top stars like Ruud van Nistelrooy, as well as players like Diego and Felipe Melo.

Diego is followed by Melo, and Juve's name is Pragmatic.

This is the stalk that resounded in the football circle in Yang Hao's previous life.

Now, Deportivo La Coruna is the doer!

Valencia, Villarreal, Sevilla and other teams all have their own star and strong star who have performed well.

La Liga can now be said to be in full bloom.

In terms of head coaches, it goes without saying that Yang Hao has Wenger, Deschamps, Aragonés and other famous coaches in La Liga, and Ancelotti and Mourinho came again this summer.

In terms of results, La Liga has won the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, and La Liga has accounted for seven of the eight places in the Champions League semi-finals for two seasons.

They secured four semi-final places in the UEFA Cup last season.

The current strength of La Liga is obvious, and the key is that La Liga has a low start in the past.

But in the past few years, La Liga has been trying to catch up and have been making up for homework.

This auction at the beginning of 08 will determine the future trend of La Liga.

However, there is also a worrying side, that is, the current economy is generally sluggish, so many people are worried.

For example, Serie A, their overseas copyright value is about 90 million euros, but in fact it is only 40 million euros.

The Bundesliga is even worse, they only sold 18 million euros a year in three years from 06 to 09.

La Liga must be better than these, otherwise, wouldn't all the efforts made in the past few years be in vain?

The question is, how good can it be?

Another point that many people overlook is that fans have limited time and budgets to watch the game.

Even the budgets and resources of broadcasters are limited.

If there are more La Liga side, then the Premier League side will definitely be affected.

This is also the reason why the Premier League is now so targeted at La Liga.

To put it bluntly, it's a competition!

Whoever rushes up, the other will definitely be pulled down.

"La Liga means that this summer, when each company brings in reinforcements, try to poach high-level players from outside leagues, and you can give due consideration to players from different regions, such as Africa and Northern Europe."

"Based on the current situation, we have a clear advantage in South America, North America also has an advantage at the moment, and it is difficult to say in Asia that the Nordic region is relatively disadvantaged."

"And the latest Canal+ survey report shows that we are more popular in the French market than Ligue 1, but the most popular team among the French is Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid in second, Barcelona in third, Deportivo La Coruna in fourth, and several teams in northern Spain."

The northern Spanish team borders France, while Deportivo La Coruna is presumably linked to Didier Deschamps.

"I've been told that Deportivo will sell Portuguese centre-back Andrade to Juventus for a high price and will consider signing a centre-back, and Deschamps has handpicked two players, one is Roma's French international Mex, and the other is Ligue 1 Lille's Adil Lamy."

"Before Mourinho took over at Barca, Barcelona decided to sign French international Abidal from Lyon."

'Sevilla are also actively bringing in Ligue 1 players, including Lens' Seydoux Keita and Chelsea's France international Gallas, while Real Madrid are looking to sign youngster Lars Diarra from Chelsea and Villarreal are said to be signing Aarau Diarra from Lyon.

'In addition, Mourinho recently asked Barcelona to sign Mohamed Diarra from Lyon and Portuguese winger Simão from Benfica.

Everyone was confused.

There are too many Diarra, who is who?

Yang Hao didn't faint.

Las Diarra is the guy who wore the No. 10 shirt in Real Madrid in his previous life, and let Makelele's successor have a great future and have to fight for the core of the midfield, and Wenger really admires him very much.

If this guy doesn't stick to the ball, he will indeed have the potential to succeed Claude Makelle, but now he can't get a place at Chelsea.

As for Gallas, the relationship with Chelsea is also very bad, because Carvalho and Terry occupy the main position, so Gallas can only play on the wing, which makes him very depressed, and he will leave early with cruel words.

It's just that I didn't expect Mourinho to go first.

It's no secret that Jose Mourinho wants to sign a power midfielder.

This is the usual operation of the Portuguese madman.

He believes that Barcelona's defense is very bad, and the main reason is not only the backline, but also the lack of strength in the midfield.

In Yang Hao's previous life, Mohammed Diarra was supposed to transfer to Real Madrid, but Real Madrid already has players such as Essien, Ballack and Vieira, so naturally there is no need for Mohamed Diarra.

Unexpectedly, he was signed to Barcelona by Mourinho.

As for the wingers......

Stop it.

Wherever Mourinho goes, he wants to sign Quaresma.

But the question is, Quaresma is back from Barcelona, can Barcelona sign back?

So, now it's time to sign Simao, the old routine.

Jose Mourinho's coaching of Barcelona has changed, and it is said that he has taken the initiative to communicate with players such as Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o, and it is clear that he wants to keep these three superstars.

But at the same time, he asked for a center forward to be signed.

The first choice is Atletico Madrid's Didier Drogba.

Then, Yang Hao let him go to hell!

'From what I've gotten credible information, Jose Mourinho's Barcelona are indeed trying to sign Nemanja Vidic. Yang Hao said with a smile.

Surprised? Pleasantly surprised, huh?

There are more surprises.

That is, Real Madrid are also interested in Vidic.

Once Manchester United's centre-backs enter the transfer market, Real Madrid and Barcelona will definitely grab it.

After hearing the news that Wenger was going to dig into his corner, Ferguson was so angry that he scolded and threatened to beat Wenger next time he saw him!

Manchester United's godfather is very sure that Nemanja Vidic will not be sold.

Jose Mourinho is also looking to bring in another strong reinforcement in the forward line, and that is West Ham United's beast Carlos Tevez.

It's also the type of player Mourinho likes so much.

He believes that Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o and a new centre-forward alone will not be enough to sustain the whole season, so he needs Tevez.

It is said that he is considering playing in the 4231 formation to consolidate Barcelona's defence.

Yang Hao pondered that after the center, Henry, Ronaldinho and Eto'o may really be run-in by Mourinho, but in this way, Xavi has to play double midfield......

Wait, what about Busquets?

From the current point of view, the entire La Liga and European football have been completely messed up.

Now La Liga is buying and buying everywhere, from Portugal to France, then to the Bundesliga, and even to the Premier League.

Not to mention South America, which is now full of scouts and agents from La Liga.

"The relegation of Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad last season was too big a blow to the clubs." Cerezzo said with a sigh.

These two teams are not weak teams, but who would have thought that if they were not careful, they would be directly relegated.

The chaos in La Liga is comparable to the season when Yang Hao took over Atletico Madrid.

But the current La Liga is completely different from the past.

If nothing else, if Antonio Ponte's estimate is correct, he will get an extra 20 million euros a year, plus the broadcast fee share of La Liga, it will be 40 or 50 million euros a year.

This is an absolute astronomical amount for all teams in the lower middle and lower reaches of La Liga.

"I got the news that even Athletic Bilbao started to get nervous." Andrew Barrasco chuckled.

Yang Hao frowned and said with a smile: "Are you going to relax the restrictions on recruitment?" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Andrew Barrasco.

"You can guess that?" The news director's face was full of shock.

"What's so hard to guess about this, it's a matter of time before it is released, with the current competition in La Liga, if you don't let it go, they will be relegated."

Everyone pondered it, and it seemed that this was really the case.

But what kind of brain circuit is Yang Hao?

How do you react a few steps faster than everyone else?

"It is said that players who are now identified with Basque culture can do so, including those who grew up and received football education in the Basque Country, even if they are foreign immigrants."

When everyone heard the news, they really didn't know how to express it.

It's complicated.

Athletic Bilbao is a very unique club not only in Spain, but also in European football and the world.

But now, even the Basque Lions have had to change their tactics.

It is also difficult for Yang Hao to guess what will happen in La Liga next.

……

As the head coach of the Spanish national team, when the league was suspended, Yang Hao still didn't have to rest.

Because at the beginning of June, he still has two European Championship qualifiers to play.

Latvia on June 2 and Array of Chilestein on June 6, both teams are weak and not strong, so there is not much pressure on the game, but both are away.

At the same time, a number of South American internationals have been called up to the national team to play in the upcoming Copa America.

Yang Hao led the Spanish national team to train intensively, but there was no pressure, after all, the strength of the opponent was not at the same level as Spain's.

And now, Yang Hao's national team lineup has basically taken shape.

Forwards: Villa, Torres and Reyes;

Midfielders: Andres Iniesta, Xavi Alonso and Xavi;

Defenders: Antonio López, Puyol, Pepe and Ramos;

Goalkeeper: Casillas.

This lineup was a guest at the Scottto Stadium, firmly locked the ball from the beginning, and blasted 28 shots on goal throughout the game, 76% of the possession, which directly pressed the opponent in the half of the court and beat him fat.

However, only four goals were scored in the game.

In the end, Spain beat their opponents 4-0 away.

Yang Hao is not very satisfied with this efficiency.

When he returned to the Las Rozas Sports City in Madrid, he held a special meeting to discuss the truth of the match and review the problems exposed by Spain in the game.

Among them, Yang Hao emphasized the most about width.

'We shouldn't have scored just four, we should have scored more, but why only four goals when we were overwhelmingly dominant?'

"One, it's that you don't pay enough attention to the game."

'I can understand that you've just had a long season and you're physically and mentally tired, but that doesn't be a reason because this time next year we're going to be playing the European Championships.

'I think the most important problem is that we didn't play with the width of the attack and concentrated too much in the middle.

In fact, the reason why Yang Hao did not reveal further was that the Spanish players did not play very attentively in the game.

The reason why they are concentrated in the middle is because they don't pay enough attention and want to win easily.

This is understandable, of course, but the problem must be pointed out, even harshly criticized.

What if the boat capsizes in the gutter next time?

Yang Hao told the players that they would rest on the afternoon of the 3rd and the morning of the 4th, and play Liechtenstein away on the 6th, "I hope to see a big win that fits our strength!" ”

But Yang Hao himself didn't expect that the reason why he gave the team a holiday was to hope that the players would relax, but he didn't expect that it would be okay if he didn't have a holiday, but he would get into trouble as soon as he took a holiday.

By the time it was almost noon the next day, when everyone returned to Las Rozas Sports City, they immediately got a piece of news.

Yang Hao called Ramos to the office with his love and was furious.

This left everyone in Las Rozas Sports City silent.

……

Syllable!

Yang Hao slammed a stack of photos on the desk, pointed at Ramos, and then pointed to the photos.

"See for yourself."

Ramos was still confused just now, walked forward, copied the photo, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.

In the photo, Ramos walks out of an upscale bar in the center of Madrid with a blonde in his arms.

"Damn, how did they get it?"

As soon as Yang Hao heard his question, his whole person felt a headache, so he could only sit on the office chair and rub the bridge of his nose very hard.

"Boss, I've been careful, I'm so ......"

"Are you stupid?" Yang Hao raised his head and asked.

Ramos knew that he was at a loss, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

"How long have you known that woman?" Yang Hao asked.

"We met last night."

Yang Hao had an expression that I knew, "What about Elizabeth?" ”

Ramos has a girlfriend named Elizabeth Reyes, who has nothing to do with Reyes, who is currently playing for Chelsea, and this Elizabeth Reyes is Miss Spain in '06.

Three months after Elizabeth Reyes won the title, the two established a relationship and began a relationship, and Ramos also openly brought Elizabeth Reyes to participate in a series of activities at Atletico Madrid.

"We broke up."

"Break up? When did it happen? Why? ”

"Gather less and leave more, and the feelings are light."

Yang Hao was a little speechless, "Then the woman you met last night is the ex-wife of the famous bullfighter, do you know?" ”

"I don't know, it was just a few of my friends who came to visit me last night, and I thought about the team's holiday, so I went out with them......"

"So, you're drunk?"

Ramoston lowered his head.

"Not only are you drunk, but you also that woman on the street, and, look at the photos below, why do you urinate on the street......"

"People even calculate the time for you, 24 seconds, you are really good!"

In the end, Yang Hao couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This group of paparazzi is also really boring.

If you are drunk and urinate anywhere, you just shoot it, and you can count the time, what does it mean?

In fact, the relationship problems of professional players have always been quite varied.

Ramos has had two or three girlfriends, but innocent young men like Kaka and Messi are really, really rare.

Don't say Ramos, but how many of those young stars haven't been wasted?

Yang Hao was not because Ramos had a girlfriend, but because he was drinking and drunk, but he urinated on the street and was photographed by media reporters.

But Ramos must be a.

"Boss, then you can punish me severely." Ramos took a long time to hold back such a sentence.

"I don't need you to remind me, I'll definitely punish you!" Yang Hao was a little angry.

He now fully understands the feeling that Ferguson felt when he saw Beckham and Victoria in love.

The main thing is that I'm really afraid that Ramos will learn badly!

But this kind of thing, the head coach really doesn't care about it.

It's impossible to say that he is not allowed to make friends and fall in love, right?

"I cut this story down." After Yang Hao scolded for a while, he unveiled his hole cards.

Ramosden was overjoyed, "Really? ”

"That's a reporter from Spanish TV 5, the tomato column group, they have arranged a special person to watch at the door of each nightclub, didn't I tell you before? Don't go to those places! ”

Yang Hao now has a little hatred for the urge to vomit blood.

If you want to talk about the night club in Madrid, who else is more familiar with it than Yang Hao?

Those nightclub owners let Yang Hao go for a trip, are they all upside down?

As a result, his love will fall at the door of the nightclub and spread out, where will Yang Hao's face go?

"You've told me several, but I don't remember them all." Ramos is now in a much better mood as soon as he hears that the news has been cut.

"Go out now, write a review, from now on, until the new season training camp, if I hear the news of your nightclub again, I will kill you!"

When Ramos heard this, he immediately grinned, "Thank you, boss, I remember, I promise." ”

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Ramos suddenly thought of something again, turned his head and asked, "Boss, do the reporters from Spanish TV 5 listen to you like this?" This news will be withdrawn? ”

"You get out of here right away, you don't have to ask about me."

Ramos walked away with a smile.

But as soon as he turned around, the expression of the hippie smile converged.

He knew in his heart that Yang Hao must have made an exchange in order to intercept his piece of news.

That group of paparazzi couldn't have been so kind for no reason.

Besides, the Tomato section of Spanish TV Channel 5 is a program dedicated to exposing the privacy of celebrities, and the ratings are very high.

If it is really reported, Ramos's career will definitely not be affected, but it will inevitably cause trouble, or even be blamed by fans.

Yang Hao's interception of the news is actually a kind of protection for him.

But there will definitely be some price to pay, it's just that Ramos doesn't know what it is for the time being.

Thinking of this, he really wanted to slap both of himself.

What a carelessness!

Behind him, Yang Hao watched Ramos leave, shaking his head and sighing.

This kid is very inexperienced, and he is drunk, so he behaves a little dissolutely.

For professional players, it's really not a big deal.

Who hasn't made some news about the clubs?

Not long ago, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo also broke the news that Cassano was flirting with many bewitching girls in a nightclub.

There is also Barcelona's Ronaldinho, who goes to nightclubs almost every week, but it is not reported on the news.

In contrast, in fact, Ramos is the first time to publish this kind of news, but Yang Hao also has to pay attention to it.

The main thing is not to have a girlfriend or get drunk and go to nightclubs, but to urinate on the street after getting drunk, which spreads, especially when the TV station counts the time, and the impact on the players is very bad.

Therefore, Yang Hao intercepted the news.

The price is very simple, he told the choreographer of the Tomato column group that he would take his girlfriend Blake Lively to the beach in Marbella in southern Spain for a vacation after playing Spain's match against Array Chitenstein.

If you have the ability, they will come and shoot!

……

Yang Hao's punishment of Ramos within the national team did not attract too much attention from the outside world.

The matter was dealt with inside the national team's dressing room.

Even the fans outside didn't know that Ramos had caused such a disaster.

In the match against Liechtenstein on the 6th, Spain thrashed the opponent 7-0, Ramos scored a goal, and the whole game was solid, which was well received by the media and fans.

At this point, all the games of Yang Hao in the 06/07 season have come to an end.

For the recent period, the two games of the Spanish national team, whether it is the media or fans, are still relatively certain.

Everyone found that since Yang Hao took over the Spanish national team, his results have been much more stable, and his offensive play has become more and more exciting, and he will also win consecutive battles in the peripheral qualifiers.

And with the end of the league, various rankings have also come out.

What Yang Hao noticed was the list of football players who were counted by the famous American magazine Sports Illustrated.

As Yang Hao said before, Kaka successfully surpassed Beckham, with an annual income of 27.7 million euros, won the first place on the list, and is the highest-paid superstar in world football today.

Beckham is second on the list with 20.2 million euros.

Unlike Yang Hao in his previous life, Beckham did not leave La Liga, but continued to stay in Real Madrid.

After all, Florentino could not have let go of this cash cow, and in this respect he was much more shrewd than Calderón.

In third place on the list is Torres, with an annual income of 15.75 million euros.

Ballack, who also plays for Real Madrid, is in fourth place.

The fact that Madrid occupy the top two spots of the table is proof enough that the two giants are not only in line with the results, but also in terms of the income they give to their players.

But there are other players such as Barcelona's Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry, and Chelsea's Andriy Shevchenko and John Terry.

From the current point of view, it is true that only these giants can give such a salary package.

……

Although the transfer market in European football has not officially opened, the movement of the transfer market has been transmitted to Yang Hao of Marbella in southern Spain.

After inviting Jose Mourinho to coach, Barcelona began to buy and buy in the transfer market.

Abidal was signed from Ligue 1 Lyon for €16 million and Mohamed Diarra from Lyon for €28 million.

Before the transfer market opened, Barcelona had already spent 44 million euros in transfer fees.

This is definitely a heavy investment for Barcelona, which is not financially rich.

What is even more surprising is that Barcelona then announced the signing of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez from West Ham United for a high price of 30 million euros.

Tevez's quality and potential are undeniable, and at the age of 23, he has attracted the attention of major clubs in European football, and everyone believes that he has the potential to become a top star.

The transfer fee of 30 million euros is indeed high, but for Tevez it is not bad.

It was in this context that Barcelona made their first offer for Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic, with Mourinho hoping to sign Vidic from Manchester United for a transfer fee of 30 million euros.

You know, in January 2006, Ferguson only spent 10.5 million euros to get Vidic, which was tripled in just one and a half years, which was definitely a good deal for Manchester United.

But word soon broke that Manchester United had rejected Barca's offer.

Coincidentally, after Real Madrid learned of Barcelona's offer, Arsene Wenger also made an offer to Vidic for the first time, wanting to sign Manchester United's central defender for a transfer fee of 35 million euros.

But Ferguson went straight to the media this time, accusing Wenger of poaching his players.

"I would never allow my players to play for Arsene Wenger!"

In this regard, Wenger said that he was helpless.

'I don't understand why they're running player transfers in such a way.

'All the while, we wanted to get things done and as you know, we made an offer but United have refused to negotiate.

Arsene Wenger said it was so enjoyable to dig into Ferguson's corner and watch him go berserk in the media.

Oops, it feels like the decades before my life have been in vain!

You really can't do more than this kind of thing.

Dig once, cool once, keep digging, keep cool!

How will you live in the future?

Well, seduce slowly, and the water will flow for a long time.

Not to mention, when Wenger thought of this, he really had a little excitement in his heart to seduce a woman from a good family.

It's not just Ferguson who is unhappy with Arsene Wenger, but Mourinho just as well.

Barcelona's new head coach told Daily Sport that Real Madrid's offer was purely to stir up the situation.

'They don't want Nemanja Vidic at all, they just want to help Manchester United drive up the price.

As a result, Mourinho raised the offer again and tried to sign Nemanja Vidic for 40 million euros.

But Manchester United still rejected Barca.

Mourinho even called Ferguson personally, but to no avail, and Ferguson still refused to sell.

With Manchester United's side not making good progress, the plan to bring in a centre-forward has gone surprisingly well.

Barcelona soon announced the signing of Argentine center Diego Milito from Zaragoza for 30 million euros.

Mourinho has publicly welcomed Diego Milito.

The Portuguese madman believes that the addition of Diego Milito will help Barcelona improve their attacking firepower to the maximum, and players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho and Samu Eto'o will benefit from it.

"He's a big part of our team's attacking line." Jose Mourinho expressed his satisfaction with the signing of Diego Milito.

The reason why things are going so well is that Zaragoza currently have a debt of up to 28 million euros, so they urgently need to sell Diego Milito to pay off their debts.

Diego Milito scored 22 goals in La Liga last season and was very impressive.

What's more, he's not just a scorer, he's a center with a clear tactical role.

But Mourinho's signings continue.

Subsequently, Barcelona announced the signing of Portuguese winger Simão from Benfica for 20 million euros.

This was followed by the signing of Portugal international centre-back Bruno Alves from Porto for 22 million euros.

Not to mention Spanish football, even the entire European football world was shaken by Barcelona's successive big spending.

Abidal at €16 million, Mohamed Diarra at €28 million, Tevez at €30 million, Diego Milito at €30 million, Simão at €20 million and Bruno Alves at €22 million.

Barcelona spent 146 million euros in the transfer market this summer, which simply shocked everyone's jaws.

When did they become so rich?

In recent years, although Barcelona's income is good, their annual salary is not cheap, and they can still come up with so much money?

Although it also sold players such as Gyuli, Belletti, and Maxi López, it was only in exchange for 12 million euros.

With a net investment of more than 100 million euros, Barcelona has shown amazing courage.

The Catalan media affirmed Barcelona's ambitions, but also believed that Mourinho's team was fully equipped to challenge for the La Liga title in the new season after the introduction of strong reinforcements.

"We will completely upend Atletico's domination of La Liga!"

Only Cruyff.

In an interview with the media, the honorary president of Barcelona repeatedly stressed that he was not optimistic about Mourinho's coaching.

For Barcelona's recruitment, he described it as a mess, believing that this group of players did not conform to Barcelona's tradition at all.

"I can't even imagine what kind of football Barcelona will play in the new season?" Cruyff said he was desperate.

At least, judging by the strength of Mourinho's recruitment, he is more inclined towards strength and confrontation.

This is basically in line with Mourinho's usual coaching characteristics.

Although the Portuguese madman has repeatedly promised that he will never play conservative football, it can be seen from his recruitment that he is still far from Barcelona's consistent pass-and-control technical play.

But as Laporta said in an interview with the media, "We haven't been able to win the title for too long. ”

"For Barcelona now, the hunger for the championship is far greater than the pursuit of pass-and-control football."

The Catalan media and Barcelona fans also largely agree with Laporta's claims.

For Barcelona, winning the title is more important than anything else.

……

While Barcelona was ambitious to bring in strong reinforcements there, Real Madrid, which had been formed last season, was strengthening the reinforcements in a targeted manner.

Actually, Mourinho is not wrong at all.

Arsene Wenger doesn't necessarily have to want Nemanja Vidic, as Giorgio Chiellini and Vincent Kompany have done well, Cannavaro is getting stronger, and with Samuel, Arsene Wenger's centre-back is enough.

After signing Yaya Toure and Las Diarra, Arsene Wenger's top target this summer is Bayern Munich's right wing-back Lahm.

Bayern have been sluggish in recent seasons and lack competitiveness in the Champions League.

The entire Bundesliga is also in a slump, making people lose their vitality.

In this case, players who have a little pursuit will try to leave the Bundesliga.

When it was learned that Real Madrid was pursuing and poaching Ram, Ram himself did not make any statement to the outside world, but his agent appeared in Madrid before, and was considered by the German media to be in contact with Real Madrid.

But this was denied by Ram's agent.

Heading into June, Real Madrid started to make moves against Lahm.

Real Madrid had a very good relationship with Bayern, and Jose Sanchez flew to Munich to negotiate with Hoeness.

According to the German newspaper Bild, Real Madrid's first offer was 35 million euros.

But Bayern refused.

Lahm's agent came forward to say that being able to go to La Liga and join Real Madrid is the dream of all professional players.

Later, he cryptically revealed that Lahm hopes to play in the Champions League and have a chance to win the title.

And everyone knows that Bayern only finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season and could not play in the Champions League at all.

In this case, Ram's meaning is actually very clear.

Everyone thinks the 23-year-old German right-back wants to play for Real Madrid.

It was also at this time that Real Madrid raised their offer again, reaching 40 million euros.

You know, Ram's current transfer market appraisal price is only 18 million euros, and Real Madrid has given an astonishing sky-high price.

According to the newspaper As, if it weren't for the sniping of Atletico Madrid and kicking the Sheets Army off the horse, Real Madrid would not have been such a wronged leader.

But in order to fight Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid is now doing whatever it takes.

Bayern finally knelt in front of Real Madrid's banknotes, 40 million euros, and Hoeness agreed.

After the news broke, European football was shocked again.

It is also the highest transfer fee in the European football transfer market this summer, so far.

Yang Hao was somewhat surprised when he learned that Real Madrid had successfully signed Lahm.

He didn't expect that Bayern would eventually compromise.

40 million euros, for a defender, this transfer fee is indeed sky-high.

Last year, McCone transferred to Inter Milan, which is also the price.

Of course, McCone was 25 years old at the time, two years older than Ram, but the accolades and achievements he had won were much better than Ram.

After the two are offset, this value is about the same.

The news of Lahm's move to Real Madrid arrived in Marbella at the same time as another piece of news from Atletico Madrid's office.

After taking over Valencia, the Abu Dhabi consortium, which has not moved much except for signing Aquilani, finally made a move!

I apologize to everyone, but lately there have been some typos, or skewered names. The main thing is that I was fascinated when I wrote, and it was not easy to find when I changed it, a chapter of more than 10,000 words, dense, and it was easy to miss some when I read it, I would pay attention to it, and thank you very much for correcting errors and catching insects! Bye, thanks, blah!!

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