Father Green

Chapter 3 Sixty: Why did he go to the saints?

Some media speculated that Southampton should have made a big move this time, so a reporter from The Times, who had a good relationship with Charlotte, called to inquire about the situation.

"Charlotte, can you tell me something? The players are already about to appear at the joining ceremony, which means that the transfer contract has already been signed. Is it possible that you are still afraid that the cooked duck will fly?" The old reporter of "The Times" teased Charlotte.

Charlotte thought about it. Anyway, there are still two days before everyone will know who it is. At the same time, as the other party said, the transfer has been settled, and the explosion one or two days in advance will not affect the team.

"We will have two players joining, as you (the media) guessed, are strikers. At the same time, they are both players in the Spanish La Liga. The split is."

"The Times" is a daily newspaper and the largest comprehensive newspaper in the UK. It was once hailed as "the faithful record of British society", and its influence is huge all over the world.It is now affiliated to Murdoch's News Corporation. It is worth mentioning that the most famous British gossip tabloid and erotic weekly "The Sun" is also affiliated with News Corporation.

Today's "The Times" front page headline did not report the news of Bell's transfer as usual, because they knew that the transaction was not so easy to complete, so their headline today was the news of Southampton's signings.

"As we all know, the Saints will hold a new signing ceremony at St. Mary's Stadium tomorrow afternoon. It is reported that in addition to the few who have arrived at the Staplewood training base, there are two new players who will join. Everyone agrees. Think it's going to be two strikers."

"According to our exclusive information, one of the two new signings is the French player Antoine Griezmann, who previously played for the Real Sociedad team in the Spanish Serie A. Griezmann, who is only 22 years old this year, was born in France. Ma Con, who played football in Ma Con United when he was a child, went to Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon and other Ligue [-] giants for trial training, but was not selected by the opponent due to his stature."

"Later, Griezmann chose to leave Spain and finally joined the youth training camp of Real Sociedad not far from France, and finally entered the first team of Real Sociedad in the 2009-2010 season. Last season, Griezmann was Real Sociedad The absolute main force, played 34 times and scored ten goals and five assists, helping the team successfully get the fourth place in the league from a lift in the lower reaches of La Liga, and finally qualified for the Champions League play-offs. "

"Although Southampton and Real Sociedad did not announce it to the public, this deal has actually been completely settled. Our reporter once saw Griezmann being driven by a Southampton club businessman after getting off the plane at London Airport. The car picks up."

"We don't know the specific transfer fee, but we estimate that it should not be less than 500 million euros. If this transaction is true, then this will be the first transfer of Charlotte to the Saints. The second most valuable player is the Colombian attacking midfielder James Rodriguez. But Southampton was 'blackmailed' by the famous European black shop for a total of 500 million euros. It proves that the money Charlotte spent was really worth it."

Although Griezmann is not yet popular, he is already a well-known player in La Liga, because he has been the main member of the opponent's first team since he was promoted to the first team of Real Sociedad. The goal has broken through double digits, and he is also the third player in the scorer list of the Real Sociedad team. At the same time, there are five assists in the account.

This statistic looks a little ordinary, but as a 22-year-old young player, no one can deny that he has unlimited potential.

So now Griezmann has also received the attention of many La Liga powerhouses, such as last season's Champions League quarter-finals Malaga, and La Liga's third giant Atletico Madrid. These teams are all paying attention to Griezmann's performance. .

At the same time, it is said that after the Saints' Rodriguez hit a wall, Monaco is considering Griezmann and bringing the French player to Ligue [-], but they did not expect that Southampton would send the player quietly. won.

After the news was reported by The Times, it attracted some attention, but it was not a hot news.After all, Griezmann belongs to the kind of player who is somewhat famous, and has not yet reached the level of a star.

This transfer fee does not appear to be eye-catching in the face of so many sky-high prices this summer. Everyone can only say that such a signing is indeed very Charlotte.After all, the price is not expensive and it is still young. The key is that it has great potential.

Isn't this the standard for Charlotte's signings all the time?
The news was revealed, and the Saints naturally didn't have to hide it, so in the afternoon they officially announced that the club had signed Real Sociedad's French striker Griezmann.

The price of the transfer fee is naturally not disclosed. Under normal circumstances, each club will not take the initiative to announce the player's transfer fee, but each newspaper and media can always get the rough data behind it.

After all, the matter of the transfer fee has to be reported to the football associations of both sides, and also faxed to UEFA, so it is really unrealistic to conceal the transfer fee in this era of advanced communications.

Not long after, China's Sina Sports gave Griezmann's specific transfer price on their portal website, which was a one-time payment of about 800 million euros in cash.

This news was naturally reprinted by many colleagues in the British media, because almost everyone knew that Charlotte had a very friendly relationship with his fellow domestic Sina, so the authenticity of this price was very high.

When the team finished training, Charlotte also told the players that two players would join the team, and at the same time told everyone their names.

Everyone is very excited. After all, the current center position is indeed the team's shortcoming. Now that Charlotte has made up for this shortcoming, the overall strength of the team has naturally increased a lot.

The next day, the troublesome "Times" came out to make trouble again. They announced the identity of Southampton's No.2 player today.

"Southampton is going to do something big!!" This is the headline on the front page of their sports section, because "The Times" is a comprehensive newspaper that integrates politics, economy, people's livelihood, sports, etc., so their newspaper is also divided into For several major plates.

"Our reporter met Real Madrid player Argentine striker Higuain at the London airport. It is reported that Higuain came to England for the final medical examination before the transfer. But his next home target is neither Chelsea nor Arsenal. London duo, but Southampton!!"

"We received news that Southampton beat their rival Serie A powerhouse Naples to snatch the Argentine striker. The transfer fee is about 4000 million euros!!!"

"This will be the most expensive transfer in Southampton history!!"

When this news broke out, it caused an uproar. Who doesn't know Higuain's name?Although he needs to compete with Benzema for a starting center position in Real Madrid, the ability of the small smoking gun has been recognized by everyone.

No one thought that Higuain would choose to leave Real Madrid. Although rumors about his transfer were flying everywhere, many fans believed that this was the Argentine's promotion for his contract extension and the team's starting position, but they did not expect him to really The transfer left.

The key is that there are not many teams that have been associated with him before, such as Chelsea with a weak striker and Arsenal with an unsatisfactory striker. These teams have all been associated with him, and the most sincere one is Benitez of Naples.

But in everyone's opinion, even joining Naples is "degenerate" for a star like Higuai, but they did not expect that the small smoking gun was even more degenerate, and he actually joined Southampton.
That's right, Southampton won the Europa League and the Premier League last season.But so what?It can’t change their status as a giant or even a strong team. It doesn’t mean anything to perform well in the top league for a season. To truly become a strong team, you must perform well in the league every season. Very good, for example, the results of Tottenham and Everton in the past few seasons have been relatively stable.

So in the final analysis, the background of the saints is too low, and some are not worthy of Higuain.

So why didn't Higuain contact Chelsea?You must know that the current Chelsea coach is former Real Madrid coach Mourinho. The madman gave Higuain a lot of opportunities during his coaching of Real Madrid. At the same time, he also publicly stated in the media that "Higuain is one of the strongest strikers in the world. , whoever sells him is a fool!" Such words.

And the current Chelsea does have a big flaw in the center position. Torres can no longer be trusted, and Demba Ba seems to be a scam.At the same time, Mourinho has also expressed his attitude towards the little monster Lukaku. He has no place for the opponent in his heart in the new season, so Lukaku is likely to be loaned out.

Under such circumstances, isn't it a matter of course for Higuain to join Chelsea?Because of Chelsea as a potential buyer, even Naples seemed a little nervous, for fear that the Argentine would be robbed by the Blues, but in the end you joined Southampton. What do you mean?
Is it for money?But soon everyone overturned this theory. After all, not long ago, Southampton formulated a new salary cap plan. This matter was reported by the media at the time. treatment.

But this salary is definitely not competitive with Naples, which wants to get a small smoking gun, let alone the blue team Chelsea who are "not short of money".According to rumors, Chelsea's current maximum salary is 18 pounds, and those who can get this salary are captain Terry and Belgian king Hazard.