super storm

Chapter 1205 Inadequate signings
With the World Cup coming to an end, the European League has returned to the attention of the media and fans.

During the World Cup, European football quietly completed several heavy deals.

First of all, the most suspenseful thing is that Atletico Madrid center Diego Costa transferred to Chelsea at a high price of 800 million euros. This transaction has been reported by the media as early as before the World Cup and even before the end of the season.

In addition to Diego Costa, Chelsea also took a fancy to the defense of Atletico Madrid. Among them, the left back Felipe was transferred to Chelsea with 2000 million euros. Yang Yang’s former teammate was favored by Mourinho.

The two transactions have brought Atletico Madrid nearly 6000 million euros in transfer income, coupled with other potential players leaving the team one after another, as well as the team's performance in the Champions League last season, will allow Atletico Madrid to hold very ample funds.

Immediately after selling Diego Costa, Simeone brought in Croatian center Mandzukic from Bayern Munich, a deal that cost 2000 million euros.

Goalkeeper Courtois has been in transfer doubts since half a year ago. The outside world has always linked him with Barcelona. The Belgian goalkeeper himself does not have a strong desire to return to Chelsea.

According to Mourinho's meaning, he hopes that the young Courtois will return to Stamford Bridge, compete with the veteran Petr Cech, and provide double insurance for Chelsea's goal, but Courtois clearly refuses.

From the perspective of career development, during his three years at Atletico Madrid, he has proved that he is the most outstanding young goalkeeper in Europe. He is also the main player in the Champions League final and the best goalkeeper in the Champions League.

From the perspective of personal feelings, he made a Spanish girlfriend who is very adaptable to life in Spain and is unwilling to return to the Premier League. Therefore, he made it clear before the World Cup in Brazil that he hoped that Chelsea would give him an accurate word. If Cech cannot be replaced, it is better to let him permanently transfer to Atletico Madrid.

The Atletico Madrid official also stated the same, hoping to buy out Courtois, but Chelsea refused to contact Atletico Madrid about Courtois' transfer, because Atletico Madrid's bid did not meet Chelsea's requirements, and even Barcelona felt embarrassed.

According to the revelations given by the British Daily Mail, Chelsea's clear asking price for Courtois is 4000 million euros, but both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona think this price is too high, and they are still in contact and negotiation with Chelsea.

Atletico Madrid is also making two-handed preparations. If Courtois cannot be kept, they will introduce Oblak from Benfica in the Portuguese Super League.

The Slovenian goalkeeper is only 21 years old, very young, and has performed well in the Portuguese Super League, but so far he has not really proved his strength, but even so, if Atletico Madrid wants to get him, they must pay more than 500 million euros in transfer fees, which can convince Benfica.

If it is said that Diego Costa left the team and introduced Mandzukic, then David Villa went to the United States, Atletico Madrid will target French player Griezmann of Real Sociedad, and the transfer fee is expected to be as high as 3000 million euros.

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In addition to the entry and exit of Atletico Madrid, another hot transfer team during the World Cup is Barcelona.

The starlight before last season, the empty-handed after the end of the season, coupled with the deep financial crisis of the team, the resignation of chairman Rosell, all of these have caused Barcelona to fall into a quagmire. Many people are worried whether Barcelona will never recover from it?
But during the summer transfer period, Barcelona proved themselves with efficient transfers.

The Croatian midfielder Rakitic was introduced from Sevilla at a price of 2000 million euros. This transfer was hailed as a major move for Barcelona to strengthen the team's midfield. Rakitic has proven his strength in La Liga.

Not only that, Barcelona also targeted Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos, hoping to introduce the World Cup champion to the team to replace the veteran Harvey and serve as the core of the team's midfield soul.

Fabregas went to Chelsea with a transfer fee of 350 million euros. This was another big move by Barcelona, ​​and it also caused controversy among Barcelona fans. Many people believed that it was not wise to sell Fabregas, but some people believed that Fabregas did not play at the level of Harvey's successor during his time in Barcelona.

In addition, Barcelona sent the team's substitute winger Sanchez to Arsenal at a high price of 780 million euros. This is Wenger's rare big money in recent years.

One Sanchez, one Cesc Fabregas, the transfer of two players brought Barcelona more than 7000 million euros in revenue, and at the same time reduced a large salary expenditure, which further eased the club's financial pressure.

But at the same time, Barcelona suffered a setback in the competition from Chelsea central defender David Luiz. The Brazilian central defender transferred from Stamford Bridge to the Parc des Princes in Paris, France at a high price of 500 million euros.

The defense is not good for signings, but players leave the team frequently. The veteran Puyol announced his retirement. Alexander Song did not perform well in Barcelona. He will be loaned back to the Premier League West Ham United in the new season.

According to the Catalonian media, the 32-year-old goalkeeper Valdes is about to leave the team. Barcelona is in urgent need of introducing an outstanding goalkeeper. The first choice is Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Courtois, but they cannot reach an agreement with Chelsea on the transfer fee. The second choice is Borussia Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Ter Stegen.

The situation Valdes faced was almost the same as that of Casillas. Both goalkeepers were short in stature. When they were young, they played at a high level by relying on their reaction and flexibility.

Valdez hasn't left yet, Courtois may not be able to come, and Ter Stegen is only in the rumors, but during the World Cup, Barcelona introduced Chilean goalkeeper Bravo from Real Sociedad at a price of 1000 to [-] million euros.

This is obviously also a transfer strategy, which is to tell all transfer negotiating opponents that after Bravo joins the team, Barcelona's need for the goalkeeper position will no longer be so urgent.

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Real Madrid has also adopted a strategy close to Barcelona in the signing of goalkeepers.

As soon as the World Cup ended, Real Madrid immediately announced the introduction of Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas from Levante with a transfer fee of 1000 million euros. This goalkeeper who shined in the World Cup began to fight for Real Madrid.

During the World Cup, Real Madrid quietly completed the renewal of the contract with Di Maria, and at a price of 4000 million euros, let Herrera transfer to the Premier League Manchester United.

After the World Cup, he led the Netherlands to the quarter-finals. Van Gaal, who performed well, will officially step down as the head coach of the Dutch national team and become the coach of Manchester United. He said in an interview immediately after taking office that De Gea is not for sale at Manchester United. It is impossible for any team to take De Gea away from Manchester United.

This firm statement undoubtedly cut off Real Madrid's hope of introducing De Gea. Valdano then went to Manchester in person, hoping to make final contact with Manchester United, but the Red Devils did not start negotiations with Real Madrid from the beginning to the end.

Robben also successfully transferred to Bayern Munich during the World Cup and will form the Devil's Wings with Franck Ribery in the new season.

That is to say, during the World Cup, apart from the introduction of Navas, Real Madrid did not make any progress in signings. Instead, they sold two players, Herrera and Robben, and the substitute goalkeeper Diego Lopez was transferred to AC Milan for free. This undoubtedly added to the concerns of the outside world.

Especially when De Gea's transfer was frustrated, many people were worried. Will Real Madrid suffer a blow in the transfer market?
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Yang Yang had just returned from the World Cup, and before he had time to take a good rest, all kinds of news in the transfer market rushed towards him like a tide, and his agent Mino Raiola even came to China from European football in person.

This time, he was not entirely for Yang Yang, but brought a piece of good news.

"The Espanyol team is very interested in Wu Lei. I have already contacted him. As long as he agrees, the Espanyol can immediately start negotiations with Ajax and promise to give him the main position."

Yang Yang was very happy after hearing the news, landing in La Liga, this is undoubtedly a kind of further training for the young Wu Lei, which is also very beneficial to his long-term development in the future.

However, everyone can also see that although Wu Lei is called Yang Yang II, he is not Yang Yang after all.

Back then, Yang Yang was the star of Ajax and went directly from Ajax to Liverpool, while Wu Lei transferred to the Spaniard, but I believe that as long as Wu Lei continues to work hard and continuously improve his level, he will definitely have the opportunity to go further.

"This time De Gea's transfer was frustrated, which is very detrimental to Real Madrid, because the team's entire summer transfer operation focused on De Gea. Florentino handpicked this goalkeeper, but as a result, Manchester United is not even talking with Real Madrid now. No one can do anything about him."

With De Gea's contract in his hands, Manchester United is not short of money. Van Gaal is also a very strong coach. It is said that Ferguson also called the Manchester United management and asked to keep De Gea no matter what. This makes it more and more difficult for Real Madrid to introduce this goalkeeper.

"Keylor Navas is positioned as a substitute. His problem is very similar to that of Casillas, and he is 27 years old, which is not too young. Real Madrid is still making the final effort on De Gea, but at the same time, they are also starting to prepare the second plan, which is Courtois of Chelsea. Of course, in the end, if it doesn't work, Casillas will stay and play for another year."

This is indeed a very tangled situation, but there is no way around it.

In many cases, in the transfer market, money does not mean you can be willful.

What's more, Real Madrid has always spent money carefully.

(End of this chapter)