250 million euros!

When Atletico Madrid and Valencia officially announced the most shocking deal in football history at the same time, fans around the world were shocked.

This is definitely the most incredible transfer deal ever made in world football.

There was a team that spent a whopping 250 million euros to poach four players from another team.

In the original words of many netizens: You go directly to buy him, isn't it fragrant?

But soon, a large number of netizens replied: Do you have any misunderstanding about Atletico Madrid?

250 million euros, buy Atletico Madrid a leg hair?

Can you buy a card at this price? Can you buy Messi? Can you buy Torres?

Do you know how much Atletico Madrid players are worth?

This netizen, who doesn't know the inside story, was accused of being autistic by Atletico Madrid fans and never dared to bubble again.

Marca focused on analysing the entire process of the transfer, but also gave a conclusion.

Both Valencia and Atletico Madrid made a very good deal.

First of all, 250 million euros to sign these 4 players is definitely a good deal.

Petr Cech is one of the top two goalkeepers in world football today, and he is only 24 years old, so at his current age, there is no problem in keeping the door for another 10 years, and he is the world's number one goalkeeper in the future.

Lucio is the No. 1 central defender in world football today, and there is no need to add another one later.

Nesta is certainly famous, but neither the club nor the national team has Luciodoro.

As for Vidic, who was fired to 50 million euros by Barcelona and Real Madrid, I'm sorry, he hasn't proven himself at all.

According to Marca's commentary, the only thing that attracts Lucio in Valencia is that there is a local club willing to offer a five-year contract with an annual salary of up to 7 million euros when the Brazilian has already achieved a Grand Slam.

Who doesn't?

After fulfilling this contract, it means that Lucio is basically about to retire.

Needless to say, Antonio López, despite being below Patrice Evra at Atletico, can be seen from the performance of the Spanish national team that he is very strong and the best in Spain.

The same goes for Villa.

Even, his scoring efficiency in La Liga is not lost to top stars such as Henry, Eto'o, and Ibrahimovic.

His only shortcoming before was that the likes of Kaka, Torres and Messi in the team were too eye-catching.

In this case, he naturally wants to jump out of Atletico Madrid and go to a platform where he can better show his talent.

Marca believes that whether it is Villa, Antonio López, or Lucio and Cech, the decision to transfer is understandable, and they have also left Atletico a generous enough transfer fee.

Atletico Madrid also issued a message to congratulate the four stars on their transfers, wishing them good luck in their new team.

What is surprising is that, usually, when a team transfers and sells players, fans are usually unhappy.

But Atletico fans don't even think there's anything wrong with it.

There are even many Atletico fans who have left messages on the Internet, hoping that the four players who have left the club will continue their excellent performances.

"Of course, provided that you don't break Atletico's goal."

Marca revealed that one of the important reasons why Atletico Madrid was forced to sell several leading stars was that in order to prepare for the construction of a new stadium, Atletico Madrid, together with MSM Group, signed an agreement with the Madrid city government to renovate the old city.

In addition to the new stadium, commercial residences and headquarters buildings that have already been completed by Atletico Madrid, the agreement also includes the Petronas Twin Towers project.

The Petronas Twin Towers project is expected to invest more than 700 million euros over a period of three years, with Atletico needing to invest 350 million euros depending on the shares.

This forced Atletico to raise the money.

"Atletico have invested heavily in the past to build this new stadium and will have to continue to invest more in the coming years."

Marca also revealed that Valencia actually tried to sign Kaka, and even gave a transfer fee of 150 million euros, but was sternly rejected by Atletico Madrid, saying that Kaka was not for sale by the team.

In addition, Chelsea of the English Premier League also made an offer of up to 100 million euros for Torres, which was also rejected by Atletico Madrid.

There are even more teams pursuing Messi, even Real Madrid and Barcelona.

According to Marca, Valencia has acquired four stars in this transfer and has assembled a competitive squad, and Valencia will definitely be a big dark horse in La Liga in the new season.

"The next thing is to see how well Ancelotti is integrated."

As for Atletico Madrid, after the sale of 4 stars, the overall strength has definitely been affected, but it is still one of the strongest teams in world football today, and it is still the number one favorite to win La Liga this season.

……

All eyes were on the star players in the transfer market, but no one noticed Atletico's other move.

The two Chilean players who had previously signed, Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal, were brought to Spain by Atletico Madrid from Chile's Colo Colo Colo Club, but Yang Hao loaned them both to Real Mallorca as soon as he turned his head.

Yang Hao made a special call to the two players and said that Atletico Madrid did not have a place for them at the moment, so they were temporarily loaned to play in Mallorca.

Not only that, Yang Hao also made a special call to Aragonés.

Spanish Zhisuo still owed Yang Hao a great favor before, but now when he received a call from Yang Hao, he immediately assured that he would definitely cultivate it well, so that Yang Hao could rest assured.

"Don't forget, I'm also an Atletico fan!"

Every summer, the Atletico Madrid academy has to release a group of players, and then through layers of selection, a new batch of youth players will be signed, and all the lists will be handed over to Yang Hao for review.

This is also a traditional operation for Atletico Madrid.

Yang Hao is mainly afraid that it will be a pity if he accidentally misses the power of the future.

For example, didn't Real Madrid miss David Silva?

As the most densely populated metropolitan area in Spain, the metropolis of Madrid is also home to many youth gems.

For example, in '02, Atletico Madrid once wanted to invite Daniel Carvajal from Leganés in the southern suburbs of the city to Mahada Hongda for youth training.

Torres was born in Fuenlabrada, just near Leganes, in the surrounding area, Atletico's influence is still quite large, but the result?

Real Madrid suddenly came out and snatched the talented homegrown player on more lucrative terms.

That year, Carvajal was 10 years old.

In '05, the youngest age of the Getafe Academy was a seven-year-old with both Spanish and Moroccan nationality named Achraf Hakimi.

Because of his eye-catching performance in teams of the same age, coupled with his fast speed, he stands out from the crowd, which naturally attracts the attention of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

This time, Atletico took the lead, bringing Achraf Hakimi under their wing.

Cases like this happen every year.

There are even often cases of players in Atletico Madrid's youth academy being poached by other teams, and Yang Hao is used to this, after all, Atletico Madrid's youth training has also been famous in recent years.

Every summer, Atletico Madrid open their youth selection and sign a large number of youth team players.

Yang Hao usually doesn't participate in this kind of activity, usually waits until they finish dealing with it and submits a list for Yang Hao to see, after all, his energy and time are limited, and it is impossible to do everything himself.

Besides, in the past few years, Atletico Madrid has had a set of processes for selecting talents.

The people in the youth department will select the players who are suitable for Atletico based on their technical and tactical characteristics.

But this year, he just ended his vacation early and returned to Madrid, so he naturally took the opportunity to come over for a visit.

……

Today, Atletico Madrid has long been a famous team in the world.

Every year, a large number of young players from all over Spain gather in Mahatahonda to participate in Atletico's youth selection.

That grand occasion reminded Yang Hao of the scene when he blocked David Silva at the gate of Real Madrid Sports City.

He still remembers that at that time, he looked at Real Madrid's sports city, felt extremely envious, and looked forward to the time when Atletico Madrid could be like Real Madrid, and countless young players came to participate in the selection.

Now, Atletico Madrid also has the atmosphere of not losing to Real Madrid back then, or even far surpassing Real Madrid back then.

In retrospect, it really felt like a dream.

Walking into Mahada Hongda, Yang Hao is as familiar as going home.

Several training grounds were all playing at the same time, and Atletico's scouts and academy coaches were watching, taking notes from time to time, and there were cameras shooting footage above their heads.

The data analysis team also analyses the performance of the players and provides assistance to coaches and scouts.

Yang Hao walked to the nearest field, where players in the 10 to 12 age group were playing.

All around are parents who pick up their children to come over to play football, and they all shout very hard.

They are all Atletico fans and are proud that their children can enter the Atletico academy.

This not only means that they have the opportunity to play for Atletico, but also that they have a good chance of becoming professional footballers after being trained by Atletico, which often means making a fortune.

Even a player like La Liga has an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of euros, which is already a high salary.

"How's it going, Manoro?" Yang Hao approached Manolo Jimenez, the head of youth training, and asked.

The Spaniard, who has been working in Atletico Madrid's youth academy for a long time, turned around in surprise and was startled when he heard Yang Hao's inquiry.

"Why did you come back?"

"If you have something to deal with, let's take a look by the way." Yang Hao replied with a smile, swept around, and nodded: "It's very lively." ”

"This year, the number of people invited to the selection is at an all-time high." Manoro Jiménez said.

As he spoke, he pointed to the striker of one of the teams and asked, "What do you think of that kid?" ”

Yang Hao followed his gesture and looked over and found that this player did stand out from the crowd, with a good stature, strong physical confrontation, and he was very good at using his body, which gave him an advantage among his peers.

Of course, as a striker, physical confrontation is inevitable.

"He's from Mahada Hongda Lightning."

"It's the one next door to us."

"Yes, this club has a lot of treasures this year."

"Didn't they work with us?" Yang Hao asked rhetorically.

"We've supported them a lot in the past few years, but we can't help this kid."

"Why?" Yang Hao was very strange.

Mahada Honda Lightning is less than 100 meters away from Atletico Madrid's Mahada Honda, just a few steps away.

"The man from Mahada Hongda Lightnings told me early in the morning that he would go to Real Madrid."

Yang Hao was a little puzzled, "What do you say?" ”

"He is the son of Paco Llorente, Marcos Llorente."

Yang Hao suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the crown prince of Real Madrid.

Speaking of which, this kid really can't dig it.

However, their family's relationship with Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid is really deep.

To learn more about why Marcos Llorente was called the prince of Real Madrid, it is quite complicated to say, and even in Yang Hao's previous life, many fans misunderstood.

The first thing to pay attention to is one person, and that is Paco Hento, the honorary president of Real Madrid.

This is one of the greatest players in Real Madrid's history.

Paco Gento has two younger brothers, Giulio Gento and Antonio Gento, all three of whom came from Real Madrid.

The three Gento brothers have a sister who married the Llorente family and had two children, the eldest is named Paco Llorente, who came out of the Atletico Madrid academy, but joined Real Madrid as an adult and was selected for the Spanish national team at Real Madrid.

The second is called Julio Llorente, who is directly in the Real Madrid academy, but has only played for the Spanish national youth team.

When the boss Paco Llorente was playing for Real Madrid, he met the daughter of Ramon Grosso, a famous Real Madrid coach at the time, and the two got married and gave birth to Marcos Llorente.

In Yang Hao's previous life, many people have always misunderstood, thinking that Ramon Grosso is Marcos Llorente's grandfather, so it is strange.

Why is one surnamed Llorente and the other Grosso?

The reason is, grandson.

In Yang Hao's previous life, Marcos Llorente was most famous for the position conflict with Valverde, when Real Madrid chose Valverde among the two and sent Marcos Llorente to Atletico Madrid.

At the time, it was difficult to say who was right and who was wrong.

Marcos Llorente also performed very well after he went to Atletico Madrid, but then with the lack of right wing-back, Simeone pulled him to the full-back position, and as a result, Marcos Llorente's performance gradually declined, coupled with injuries......

Yang Hao remembered that before he crossed, Marcos Llorente was already much worse than before.

On the contrary, it is Valverde, who is in full swing.

But did Marcos Llorente play as a striker?

Yang Hao really doesn't remember.

From the relationship between their family and Real Madrid, Marcos Llorente estimates that he will still go to Real Madrid.

……

Yang Hao has never been interested in players who can't be recruited.

Marcos Llorente only came to see the world with Mahada Hongda's lightning.

Yang Hao's attention was quickly attracted by several other players.

"Who are those three?" Yang Hao pointed to the three players on the court and pointed out continuously.

Manoro Jimenez burst out laughing, "You found out too?" ”

"The latter two are the children of the family of former Rayo Vallecano player Jean-François Hernandez, one is 9 years old and the other is 10 years old, the older is called Lucas Hernandez and the younger is called Theo Hernandez."

"It's all Mahada Hongda lightning?" Yang Hao was a little surprised.

"Yes, but their parents are divorced and now live with their mother, Lawrence, near Mahada Hongda."

This little club is too bad, isn't it?

This year is full of talents.

"The Llorente family and the Hernandez family both live near Mahada Hongda, so naturally they will be sent to Mahada Hongda lightning nearby." Manoro Jimenez laughed.

There's really nothing secret about this, the main thing is ...... Close to home.

Of course, Mahada Hongda Lightning's youth training in recent years has really done well.

Wait a minute.

Hernandez brothers!

Wouldn't that be Rodri?

it!

"The one left is Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante, nicknamed Rodri, who is doing well and has great technique at his feet." Manoro Jimenez introduced Yang Hao.

Sure enough, it was Rodri!

Mahada Hongda lightning is really going against the sky.

Four stars came out at once, it's amazing!

The point is, all four players have good quality and potential.

The Hernandez brothers are both at the level of European first-line stars, as for Rodri, this is definitely the best and most comprehensive back in European football before Yang Hao crossed, and even one of the backs can not be needed.

When Yang Hao thought of this, he immediately felt secretly happy in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm.

"Look, how are these three imps?"

"The Hernandez brothers have a lot of potential, and that Rodri is barely okay, I'm going to sign them both, what do you say?"

Yang Hao nodded, "I respect your opinion, just take your idea." ”

Manolo Jimenez was immediately overjoyed and felt that he had been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Yang Hao.

And that's exactly what happened.

Before Yang Hao crossed, some people said that Rodri was the second generation of blind ball-blind filters after Busquets, and he was not taken seriously in the Atletico Madrid academy, and was later expelled and went to Villarreal to play.

But now, Yang Hao will definitely not miss him again.

As the head coach of Atletico Madrid and the owner of the Sheets Army, Yang Hao actually can't interfere too much in many things.

Skipping intervention is a taboo in management.

And it's easy to feel privileged, which is not good for the development of young players.

Therefore, Yang Hao never expressed his opinion, let it be, and see how these players will develop next.

But he will adopt a policy of curvilinear salvation.

"Manolo, I believe in your vision, when the time comes, you have to train them well, I believe that they will definitely become our pillars in the future!" Yang Hao praised.

Manoro Jimenez felt that he had been praised by Yang Hao, and his heart was overjoyed, and he immediately secretly decided that these three little ghosts must be cultivated more.

Well, there's also the one called Ashraf Hakimi.

They are all players who can bring him good luck.

But how did he know that after Yang Hao turned around and left, he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart.

He even wanted to post anonymously on the Internet and ask omnipotent netizens: How do you celebrate when you suddenly "pick up" three world-class stars?

Well, hurry home and talk to Blake Lively.

……

In last season's Bundesliga, Schalke 04 beat Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen to finish second in the Bundesliga, second only to Stuttgart.

This has made the outside world full of expectations for Schalke 04, believing that this team has a good chance of hitting the Bundesliga title.

But in fact, those who are familiar with and know Schalke 04 know that if they didn't rush last season, it would have been basically impossible.

Because, this team is in debt and is forced to start selling people to pay off debts.

According to the public information obtained by Yang Hao, Schalke 04's liabilities have exceeded 100 million, and they are still increasing at a rapid rate, and they are losing money every year, with losses between 20 million and 30 million euros.

Speaking of Schalke 04's debts, we have to start with their magnificent Golf Schalke Stadium, well, maybe it should be called Fairtings Stadium now.

The stadium, which cost nearly $200 million, is known for its openable roof and movable turf.

When Atletico Madrid was preparing to build a new stadium, they visited it, but the conditions in Madrid did not allow it.

The movable turf at Fertings Stadium is actually a track laid in advance to move the entire turf from under the stands to the outside of the course, so that the inside of the course can be used for other purposes, which takes about four hours.

However, the Fairtings Stadium is located in a remote area and there is nothing around, so it is natural to do this, but the center of Madrid is at a premium, and it is impossible for Atletico to push the turf out again.

Because of this, Atletico finally shelved plans for a movable lawn for the time being, but reserved room for future renovations.

The construction of the Fairtings Stadium, combined with the bankruptcy of Bundesliga broadcaster Kilsch, has left Schalke 04 in financial trouble since the turn of the century, and they have been bringing in reinforcements in the past few years.

Boden, Elton, Lincoln, Raphinha, Ernst and Kuranyi have all joined in recent years.

Schalke 04 has another characteristic of recruitment, they often sign some players around 28 to 30 years old, who seem to have immediate combat ability, but the annual salary is relatively high, and once they enter the age of 30, the state is easy to fluctuate.

This has led to a lot of ups and downs in Schalke 04's results.

They finished runners-up in the Bundesliga last season.

The new stadium debt, coupled with the problem of recruitment, and the salary expenditure of the team, have led to the current Schalke 04 being overwhelmed.

So, this summer, they had to sell Lincoln, as well as a certain unnamed Dead Fisheye, Hammett Altentop and other players, to take the opportunity to ease the team's debt pressure.

When Atletico came to the door, Schalke 04 barely resisted.

Because before they were found, there were rumors that Atletico wanted to sign Rene Adler.

Even when Atletico Madrid officially made an offer for Manuel Neuer, everyone still felt that this was putting pressure on Adler's negotiations?

Schalke 04, who are short of money, will basically not refuse an offer from Atletico Madrid in this situation.

And Neuer does deserve the favor of Atletico Madrid.

In the Bundesliga last season, Manuel Neuer was voted the best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga, with 27 games, one assist and 21 goals conceded.

Moreover, he is only 21 years old.

What's more, now that Kahn has not retired, Bayern is still firmly convinced that Rensing can seamlessly replace Kahn's main position, and in this case, Bayern naturally has no need to consider other reinforcements.

So, almost without any competition, Atletico managed to negotiate Manuel Neuer.

Neuer, who is valued at 7 million euros, was signed by Atletico Madrid for 10 million euros.

After negotiating with Schalke 04, Yang Hao also made a special phone call to Neuer, and the two sides briefly exchanged a few words.

Yang Hao made it clear to Neuer that Atletico Madrid had only one goal from beginning to end.

"I've always felt that a goalkeeper as good as you, with such great skills at your feet, should come to La Liga and play for a team of our style at Atletico Madrid, and I can't even wait to see you at the Mahada Honda training base."

Manuel Neuer was somewhat flattered.

Yang Hao was able to call him personally, and he was already very proud.

As a result, he has repeatedly said that he is very much looking forward to joining Atletico Madrid, hoping to perform better under Yang Hao.

The two sides made an appointment to wait until Neuer came to Madrid, and then met and talked in detail.

"When the time comes, I'll treat you to dinner." Yang Hao boldly sent out an invitation.

……

As time goes by, transfers to major European leagues are also in full swing.

The arms race between La Liga and the Premier League has become the main theme of the European transfer market this year.

By the end of July, the transfers of the teams in the two major leagues have basically come to an end, and the clubs have basically completed their operations, all of which have created the highest transfer investment in the history of their respective leagues.

Among them, the Premier League's transfer investment is as high as 580 million euros, setting a new record in the history of the Premier League.

This includes teams such as Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester City and Sunderland, all of which have invested more than €50 million.

On the contrary, teams such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have generally tightened their monetary policies.

The Red Devils only signed Hargreaves this summer, and nothing else has happened.

Originally, Ferguson also wanted to sign Tevez, but Mourinho's Barcelona took the lead.

wanted to poach Nani and Anderson from Valencia, but was directly rejected by Valencia.

Hargreaves spent £17 million, but the transfers of Alan Smith, Rossi and Lyrchason earned £17.5 million, and Manchester United made a further £500,000.

Chelsea needless to say.

The Blues had a falling out with Jose Mourinho when the Portuguese madman wanted to bring in reinforcements, but Chelsea tightened their grip.

Arsenal are as poor and poor as ever.

While the Premier League has invested a lot of money, in reality, it is more from teams such as Tottenham, Sunderland and Manchester City.

Among them, Manchester City's investment came from Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

If the Premier League's historic investment of 580 million is enough to shock fans around the world, then La Liga's transfer investment this summer has reached a height that makes everyone's jaws drop.

La Liga's 20 teams have invested 810 million euros in the transfer market, far behind the Premier League.

In this, Valencia spent 250 million euros on the signing of 4 players from Atletico Madrid, plus the introduction of other players such as Aquilani, the Bat Army has become the strongest buyer in European football this summer.

Barcelona followed closely behind, coming in second place with 150 million euros.

The two giants contributed 400 million euros in transfer fees.

It can be said that La Liga has completely defeated the Premier League in this arms race.

But that's only part of the story.

According to the statistics of authoritative media, a large part of the Premier League's transfer fee investment actually comes from their local players.

West Ham, for example, spent €12.5 million to sign Dier from Newcastle.

Aston Villa signed Leo Koke from West Ham United for €13 million.

Black Cat Sunderland signed 24-year-old Scottish international Krag Gordon from the Scottish Super League Hearts for a full £9 million, which translates to almost 14 million euros.

This premium is not ordinarily high.

Atletico Madrid signed Manuel Neuer, the best player in the Bundesliga last season, from Schalke 04, and only spent 10 million euros, and a Krag Gordon can sell it for 14 million euros?

Isn't that outrageous?

Why is he selling it so expensive?

Without him, the household register!

Compared with the Premier League, La Liga's transfer recruitment is obviously more pragmatic.

For example, Zaragoza signed Alexandro from Bundesliga Wolfsburg for just €3.5 million.

Real Mallorca signed Guiisa, who performed well last season, from Getafe, for only €5 million.

As for the same striker who scored a lot of goals, Everton signed Yakubu from Middlesbrough for 17.5 million euros, which is three times as much as Guiza.

Authoritative media analysis believes that such a direct comparison is too absolute, after all, the transfer market negotiations are complicated, but the transfer of local players in the United Kingdom is high, and the transfer between Premier League teams is high, and the phenomenon is not new.

"Many people may wonder why the Premier League doesn't poach players from the continent when they are worth less money?"

"There are a lot of problems involved, including the difficulty of adapting to the style of the league, the rivalry between the Bundesliga and the Premier League, etc., and more importantly, in the last two years, La Liga has begun to buy players aggressively in Ligue 1, Bundesliga, the Netherlands, Belgium and the Portuguese Super League, which has led to the Premier League, which is not dominant in itself, becoming more disadvantaged."

The Premier League's transfer market has invested heavily in it, but the overall strength of the team has not improved significantly.

Judging from the past Champions League and UEFA Cup, La Liga is the strongest club in European football today.

"Teams like Sevilla and Deportivo La Coruna have the ability to beat the top giants in the Premier League in European competition, which is enough to prove that the strength of the entire La Liga is indeed ahead of the Premier League."

Authoritative media believe that this gap in strength is likely to continue to widen.

La Liga players are not worth much, but they have spent more than 800 million, and Premier League players are worth a lot of money, only 580 million euros, which is enough to prove that the overall strength of La Liga is greatly improved.

As for Serie A, with Juventus' return to Serie A, the Old Lady has become the team with the most investment in the transfer market, with a full investment of 55 million euros, which is already the first in Serie A.

The team with the most money in the Bundesliga is Bayern Munich, who has invested only 45 million euros to sign players such as Luka Toney and Klose.

Judging from the situation in Europe as a whole, La Liga and the Premier League are still playing the leading role.

But unlike in the past, today's La Liga is gradually showing more and more purchasing power, not only starting to sing against the Premier League, but even faintly showing signs of surpassing the Premier League.

In this regard, a number of British media have written summaries of the transfer market, calling on Premier League teams to pay attention.

If this continues, the most profitable league in the Premier League will probably be replaced by La Liga.

……

After Yang Hao participated in the team's youth selection, he gave himself a few days of vacation, and then returned to Mahada Hongda to start preparations for the new season.

With the fresh schedule coming out, Atletico Madrid is also in full swing to prepare.

Last season's treble has put pressure on the team this season.

For example, there are two Spanish Super Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup in the middle of the season.

The most outrageous thing is that the first round of La Liga this season turned out to be the Madrid derby.

This was unbelievable to all.

Yang Hao even doubted that the guy who made this schedule really won the essence of Hollywood.

Isn't the standard business model of American blockbusters just to start with a wave of king bombs, which will make you dizzy, and then start the plot?

But the first round does have a lot to watch.

In addition to the Madrid derby at the Bernabeu, Didier Deschamps' Super Laco hosts Unai Emery's Almeria.

Carlo Ancelotti's Valencia will host Manuel Pellegrini's Villarreal.

Jose Mourinho's La Liga debut was an away game against Marcelino's Racing Santander.

These games were all real battles.

Every game is very interesting and very difficult to play.

There is one thing that Yang Hao and the coaching staff need to pay attention to in the schedule, that is, due to the participation in the European Super Cup, the second round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid's home match against Real Mallorca, will be postponed.

It is currently postponed to December.

Because 08 is the year of the European Cup, the schedule of La Liga will be relatively compressed, and two matches a week will become the norm.

After Yang Hao returned to Mahada Hongda, in addition to preparing for the summer training camp and a series of preparations for the new season, another important task was to communicate with the returning players in advance.

This is mainly due to the fact that the team sold four stars this summer, with Cech, Lucio, Villa and Antonio Lopes all making outstanding contributions to Atletico in the past.

Yang Hao needs to talk to the players and touch their psychology at the same time.

Especially a couple of players who have a good relationship with them.

It's like a central defender.

Lucio has been at the heart of Atletico's defence over the years, especially after Carvalho's departure.

The three central defenders, Thiago Silva, Ramos and Pepe, can all be said to have been brought out by Lucio.

Now that Lucio has left the team, Yang Hao will definitely have to be reassigned and arranged.

For the minds of the three players, Yang Hao needs to understand clearly.

The same goes for goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Goalkeeper coach Pedro Harrow began to communicate with Neuer after signing Neuer at Atletico Madrid, learning about some of his training in Germany and some of their daily habits.

Every country has a different style of football, and the training of players is also different.

Yang Hao remembers very clearly that Van der Sar mentioned to Yang Hao that after he transferred from the Netherlands to Italy, he was very unaccustomed to training, and the Italian goalkeeper coach basically would not listen to him.

That's something Atletico need to be wary of.

What is especially alarming is that in Yang Hao's previous life, Hildebrand, who performed very well in Germany, completely fell after transferring to Valencia, and never regained his former glory.

Yang Hao doesn't want Neuer to repeat the mistakes of the past because of his move to Atletico Madrid.

In order to help Neuer integrate more into the team, Pedro Harrow has prepared in advance, and even communicated with Schalke 04's goalkeeper coach Oliver Lake many times.

Oliver Lake is a legend in the Bundesliga, with a record 172 clean sheets, second only to Kahn.

Prior to retiring as a player, he worked at Schalke 04 as a player and goalkeeper coach.

Pedro Harrow mainly talked to him about Neuer's training at Schalke 04 and the arrangement of some training programs.

All of this is to help Neuer integrate into the team.

In addition, Atletico Madrid have prepared a translator who is fluent in German and Spanish for him in advance.

The translator will be by his side for some time to come, teaching him Spanish and even accompanying the team to Australia and Asia for summer camps and pre-season.

Manuel Neuer came to Madrid before the team training camp.

Atletico's resettlement staff not only arranged a hotel for him to stay in, but also found several places for him to live in, so that he could choose by himself, and Yang Hao also had his first face-to-face conversation with Mahada Hongda.

For the German goalkeeper, Yang Hao attaches great importance to it.

He told Neuer that he wanted him to be more involved in the team's passing system.

'Passing, running, possession, that's our football philosophy at Atletico.

Yang Hao even said that he only became interested in Neuer after seeing him take the ball and pass the ball many times in the game.

'When I see your performance, I'm very sure that you're the player we want, very sure.'

Neuer is only 21 years old now, he has just played a good season, he has come to the super club, it would be unrealistic to say that he has no inhibitions in his heart, but he still shows confidence.

Yang Hao also told him, "I believe in you, Manuel, don't be pressured, play to your heart's content, and you will become the best goalkeeper in the world!" ”

In the end, it is famous, Yang Hao's praise makes Neuer very useful, and he has repeatedly emphasized that he will do his best.

The veteran captain Baraja also returned early, and he was responsible for taking Neuer to get acquainted with Mahada Hongda, and also arranged various matters for him at the training base, including wardrobes and the like.

In contrast to Neuer, Toni Kroos returned before the team's training camp.

He's also reporting straight to the first team, but the difference is that he's been learning Spanish for the last two years, so he doesn't need a translator now.

It is worth mentioning that although Toni Kroos and Neuer are 4 years apart, the two have met during the training camp of the national youth team, but they are at different ages.

This time the two are at Atletico Madrid, and Toni Kroos and Neuer seem to be more enthusiastic.

As for Marcelo, although he is a newcomer, in fact, he has been to Atletico Madrid many times before, and he has met Yang Hao several times, and he is already mentally prepared for returning to Atletico Madrid.

This time he went out for training, and Yang Hao also specially brought Hazard with him.

Goalkeepers: Neuer, Palop;

Defenders: Patrice Evra, Alves, Pepe, Ramos, Thiago Silva, Zabaleta, Godin and Marcelo;

Midfielders: Baraja, Xavi Alonso, Kaka, Iniesta, Mascherano, David Silva, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos;

Forwards: Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres, Arjen Robben, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Suarez and Eden Hazard.

No more, no less, exactly 25 people.

Thank you all for your encouragement! I respect and sincerely thank every book friend who has given me advice, and I have carefully read every book review, many things, including some creative experiences, I hope to have the opportunity to communicate and learn from you in the future, thank you!

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