super storm

Chapter 1338 Guilty Defense
The past six years have undoubtedly been the most prosperous six years in the history of La Liga.

Why do you say that?
Because, in the past, the old enemies of Real Madrid and Barcelona often took turns, but in recent years, the two teams have reached the peak of history and are in the most glorious period.

Leaving aside, from the 90s to the present, Cruyff’s Barcelona dream team was first, but then it was beaten to the ground by Valdano’s Real Madrid. Since then, Barcelona has fallen into a dark trough for nearly a decade, and Real Madrid has ushered in the glory of winning three Champions Leagues in five years, including the first phase of the Galacticos at the beginning of the new century.

But since Frank Rijkaard created the second Barcelona dream team, Real Madrid has completely fallen into a dark period. After that, Guardiola created the third dream team, pushing Barcelona football to the peak of history. Real Madrid ushered in a comprehensive revival in [-] marked by the return of Florentino and the joining of Yang Yang.

Since [-], both Real Madrid and Barcelona have reached their peak. In the past six seasons, the two teams have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in five seasons. The only season they did not enter the semi-finals was because Real Madrid and Barcelona met in the quarter-finals knockout round. But in terms of strength, both teams have the strength to hit the Champions League.

It would be fine if it was just the duo of the Western Super League, but in recent years, Atletico Madrid has sprung up and performed more and more fiercely.

In La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Atletico Madrid are three-legged. When it comes to the Champions League, the three La Liga teams also have the strength to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. There was even a situation where the top three of La Liga entered the semi-finals of the Champions League.

It can be said that apart from La Liga and the top three, no one else is willing to see this situation.

But whether it is Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, their strengths have been relatively stable in recent years. Needless to say, Real Madrid and Barcelona. After losing many stars, Atletico Madrid still showed strong competitiveness. This is enough to be daunting.

In the past few years, the overall competition in the Premier League has indeed been fierce, but the top teams have been weak. Manchester United has fallen with the retirement of Ferguson, Arsenal has been weak for a long time, Chelsea and Liverpool needless to say, and the upstart Manchester City still needs some time and opportunity to rise. This makes the Premier League, which is the most likely competitor of La Liga, not possess such capabilities.

The Bundesliga originally had Bayern Munich and Dortmund, but now Dortmund is not as good as before, and Juventus in Serie A also lacks some enthusiasm.

In other words, looking at the entire European football, there are only a handful of teams that can challenge the top three in La Liga.

What is even more frightening is that the purchasing power of the top three in La Liga is still astonishing.

Although Barcelona is deeply in financial trouble, they still eagerly want to introduce superstars and continue to fight against Real Madrid. Real Madrid is even more exaggerated. With the completion of the renovation project of the new stadium this summer, it is said that they have a transfer budget of up to [-] million euros. This is a very scary figure.

In this case, if Real Madrid and Barcelona are allowed to continue to recruit top stars, it will only make them stronger and stronger, and finally form an oligarchic effect.

Therefore, I don’t know who acted as this brave knight and came forward to report. First Barcelona, ​​now Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. If the top three in La Liga are restricted from transferring and signing, it will definitely be a blessing for other top European teams.

Of course, if flies don't bite seamless eggs, Real Madrid must have problems.

But the most important thing now is not accountability, but to find a way to solve the trouble caused by the transfer ban.

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The transfer ban will not affect the winter break, it is aimed at summer transfers and next year's winter break transfers.

For Real Madrid, the best way is to sign up during the winter break to strengthen the team, so that even if the appeal fails, Real Madrid does not need to worry.

But there is a problem. Real Madrid originally did not plan to sign in during the winter break. Now it is late January, and the time left for Real Madrid is only ten days, which is far from enough for Real Madrid to operate.

As early as December, Real Madrid's coaching staff and technical team had communicated about the summer transfer in the past [-] years. In addition to Morata and Asensio, Zidane and Yang Yang wanted to get a midfielder to replace Mascherano.

The player currently on the lookout is Leicester City's N'Golo Kante.

But the problem is that Leicester City currently occupies the top of the Premier League standings. It is impossible for them to let go of the team's leading midfielder during the winter break anyway, so how can they play in the second half?
But apart from Kanter, looking at European football, how many other midfielders have performed well?
Historically, winter break transfers have been supplementary in themselves, rather than as important as summer transfers.

Zidane insisted that the team could give it a try, contact the Leicester City team, and try to introduce Kanter, but the technical director Valdano made it clear that this is unrealistic. Even if the Leicester City team agrees, the price Real Madrid will pay will be very amazing.

It seems that when Chelsea tried to introduce Torres, they paid a full £5000 million, far exceeding everyone's expectations.

According to the current situation, if Real Madrid wants to force Kanter, they can only persuade Leicester City by spending money.

"I think the best result is that we appeal and try to postpone the ban until after the summer transfer, and then we can make a move as soon as possible after the summer transfer starts." Yang Yang suggested after seeing the disagreement between Zidane and Valdano.

After hearing this, everyone felt that this proposal was reasonable, but the premise was that the ban could be postponed.

Debras frowned and pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "Barcelona filed an appeal at the time, and FIFA did not respond immediately. There is still room for maneuver. We can try to contact FIFA first and delay for some time. Even if FIFA still upholds the original judgment, we can continue to appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. The final result may not be that FIFA wins."

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport, referred to as CAS, is an international arbitration institution located in Lausanne, Switzerland, specially established to resolve sports disputes, and it can be said to be an authority in the international sports field.

"I remember that Barcelona also appealed to CAS, but they didn't win." Yang Yang remembered the news.

De Blas smiled and nodded: "Yes, but we will learn from Barcelona's experience and lessons."

"How to say?" Yang Yang was a little surprised.

"I have studied the case of Barcelona. They appealed to plead not guilty, but in fact, we all know how difficult it is to plead not guilty in this kind of matter, so I personally think that if we really get to that point, we should plead guilty and try to reduce the punishment."

When Debras said this, Yang Yang immediately understood what he meant, and couldn't help agreeing in his heart.

It was not easy to find out whether it was a well-known barrister in Madrid or even Spain, and he found out the crux of the problem in no time.

Let's put it this way, if we really want to talk about the tricks of introducing young players, there are basically few clubs in European football that have no problems. For example, in order to introduce a certain player, some teams will arrange work for the player's family in various ways, thereby avoiding the age limit.

Is this the problem?Yes and no!

Really want to check, this must be the problem, but almost all teams are doing this, who is clean?
FIFA has a special agency responsible for monitoring these affairs, don't they know?
I know, but I have always turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye. If no one complains, they will be happy at ease. This is the so-called law that does not punish the public.

Then the problem arises, when someone complains and FIFA must start to intervene, at this time you can only complain about your bad luck, instead of confronting FIFA, ask, "Everyone is like this, why did you just arrest me?"

No club wants to be that kid in The Emperor's New Clothes unless he doesn't want to.

What Barcelona did to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport was a defense of innocence, which proved to be unworkable, because FIFA would issue a ban because they had evidence of Barcelona’s transfer violations, and Barcelona must not be able to prove their innocence, so Barcelona lost.

Debras has learned from it, and he wants to make a guilty plea.

In other words, if Real Madrid wants to admit that they did violate the rules, but the circumstances are not as serious as what FIFA said, then they only need to prove that some of the charges imposed by FIFA are too heavy, which is much easier than Barcelona's original defense of innocence.

After realizing this, Yang Yang had to admit that Real Madrid's resources are indeed good enough.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about a barrister like Debras is really not easy.

But even so, Debras still can't guarantee that he will be able to postpone the ban until next summer, so he still hopes that Real Madrid can make two-handed preparations to deal with various complicated situations.

Zidane, Yang Yang and Valdano are also vigilant about the transfer ban, but they all believe that with Real Madrid's current bench thickness, even if the ban does come down, the problem will not be too big.

"The most important thing is to be able to retain the players, and to be able to improve the enthusiasm of the players." Yang Yang said confidently. He firmly believes that with Real Madrid's lineup, as long as the players maintain the enthusiasm of the game, Real Madrid can cope with any situation, even including no signings for two consecutive years.

Zidane is also very confident about this, but he still can't forget N'Golo Kante.

"I still hope that the club can contact the Leicester City team during the winter break, or we can contact the Leicester City team in advance, or sign them first, and then introduce them when the time comes."

Obviously, Zidane is really looking forward to this French compatriot.

This is the case with Barcelona. They signed Turan and Vidal, but they were also restricted by the transfer ban and could not register.

In terms of midfielder signings, Real Madrid's number one goal is Kanter. Under the shadow of the transfer ban, Real Madrid will only consider selling Mascherano if Kanter is introduced. On the contrary, Argentine players must stay on the team.

It was the first time for Yang Yang to experience such a battle. Real Madrid was facing a transfer ban from FIFA, but he felt that after a high-level meeting, everyone seemed to have nothing to fear.

This also gave him a deeper understanding of giant clubs.

(End of this chapter)