super storm

Chapter 1383 All-time High
The [-] America's Cup started to ignite the flames in early June!
The opener is at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, where the hosts, the United States, take on Colombia.

Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez started this game and performed very well, and scored a penalty kick in the No.40 two minutes to help Colombia beat the US team [-]-[-].

Three days later, in the second match of the group stage, James Rodriguez once again performed bravely, with one pass and one shot, helping Colombia defeat Paraguay [-]-[-] and advance to the group stage with two consecutive victories.

In the third round of the group stage, James Rodriguez did not start, and Colombia played as a substitute. In the end, they lost to Costa Rica [-]-[-], and finally advanced to the quarter-finals as the second in the group.

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On June [-]th, the quarterfinals of the America's Cup.

No.20 In the second minute, Murillo made a direct pass from the backcourt, Cardona made a cross pass from the left rib, James Rodriguez broke into the top of the arc of the penalty area, and hit a curve ball with his right foot, which went straight to the lower right corner of the goal.

This was also the only goal for Colombia in the game.

In the end, with the outstanding performance of James Rodriguez, Colombia beat Peru [-]-[-] and advanced to the semi-finals.

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Four days later, Colombia met Chile in the Copa America semi-final in Chicago.

James Rodriguez's excellent performance did not bring good luck to Colombia, the team conceded two goals in the opening 10 minutes, and in the 7th minute, midfielder Carlos Sanchez accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off.

Afterwards, no matter how tenacious Colombia was, it was ultimately unable to compete against Chile, and finally stopped in the semi-finals.

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With the outstanding performance in the America's Cup, James Rodriguez has also become a favorite in the European transfer market.

What is even more surprising is that during the Copa America, James Rodriguez listed his mansion in Madrid for sale, which made everyone see that he wanted to leave Madrid.

Obviously, the Colombian midfielder is no longer satisfied with Real Madrid's rotation role. He is eager to go to other teams to prove his strength and value, and the closest to James Rodriguez is undoubtedly Manchester United.

James Rodriguez's agent is Mendes, and Manchester United's new coach Mourinho's agent is also Mendes. Manchester United CEO Woodward has a very good relationship with Mendes, which makes everyone believe that James Rodriguez's next stop is likely to be Manchester United.

In addition to Manchester United, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in James Rodriguez.

Guardiola replaced Manuel Pellegrini to coach Manchester City. He needs to introduce several players that fit his own tactical style, including James Rodriguez, and with the Colombian midfielder shining in the America's Cup, Manchester City is more interested in him.

Paris Saint-Germain also wants to get James Rodriguez, but the Colombian midfielder is somewhat resistant to playing in Ligue [-]. After all, he came from Monaco in Ligue [-]. Now he hopes to go to the Premier League to prove his strength and value on a broader platform.

But if the transfer to the Premier League fails, it does not rule out the possibility of him returning to Ligue [-] and joining Paris Saint-Germain.

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Real Madrid has remained silent on the transfer of James Rodriguez, but the team quickly passed a contract extension, locking De Bruyne's future in Real Madrid in advance.

Under Yang Yang’s recommendation, Real Madrid officially launched the renewal of De Bruyne’s contract. The Belgian midfielder is also determined to prove himself in Real Madrid. He is confident that he will compete with world-class midfielders such as Toni Kroos and Modric. Under the competition, he will grab more game opportunities, so he signed a five-year long-term contract with Real Madrid.

In addition to De Blau, Casemiro, who performed well last season, also officially renewed his contract with the club.

This Brazilian player who replaced Mascherano and became the team's main midfielder can be said to be Real Madrid's biggest discovery last season.

Following De Bruyne and Casemiro successively means that Real Madrid's transfer operation this summer is still based on consolidating its own strength and tapping internal potential.

But in mid-June, before the start of the European Cup, Real Madrid officially announced that they had signed French midfielder N'Golo Kante from Leicester City at a high price of 4000 million euros. Leicester City also officially announced this transfer.

The joining of Kanter has improved and consolidated Real Madrid's midfield. Everyone can clearly see that Real Madrid will still be extremely strong in the new season, because the midfielder will have Casemiro and Kanter at the same time. Together with midfielders such as David Silva, Modric, Toni Kroos and De Bruyne, Real Madrid is still strong.

In addition to Kanter, Real Madrid also officially announced that it has recalled center Morata from Juventus and local teenager Asensio from the Spaniard. Both players have performed very well in the past two seasons and their strength has been recognized by Real Madrid.

After announcing Morata's return, Real Madrid also announced the sale of Jesse to Paris Saint-Germain. For this reason, the Ligue 500 team paid a transfer fee of [-] million euros.

After Kanter joined, Mascherano also moved to Juventus at a price of 2000 million euros.

After a series of operations, Real Madrid finally completed the transformation of the midfielder's position. Everyone firmly believes that with the support of Casemiro and Kanter, Real Madrid's position is still solid, even better than last season.

However, there are gains and losses.

After Real Madrid announced the signing of Kanter, Pogba finally couldn't bear Manchester United's hard pursuit. Finally, at a sky-high price of 500 million euros, he broke the new transfer record of [-] million euros created by Yang Yang in [-]. He successfully returned to the Premier League and joined Manchester United.

This transfer also shocked the entire transfer market.

After Manchester United signed Pogba, as a city rival, Manchester City also did not sit idle.

The wealthy Abu Dhabi consortium has never been soft-hearted in equipping new coach Pep Guardiola. First, it introduced England's native central defender Stones from Everton at a sky-high price of 560 million euros, and then signed young winger Sane from Schalke 5000 at a high price of [-] million euros.

The two transfer transactions cost Manchester City over [-] million euros in total, which is enough to offset the shock of Pogba's return to Manchester United.

Not only that, Manchester City soon made another move, successfully snatching Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez from Paris Saint-Germain at a sky-high price of 8000 million euros.

After Pogba moved to Manchester United and De Bruyne renewed his contract with Real Madrid, James Rodriguez became a favorite in the transfer market. The transfer fee of 8000 million euros also proved his value, which was the same price as when Real Madrid introduced him two years ago.

After selling Pogba, Juventus quickly signed the Argentine striker Higuain at a sky-high price of 9000 million euros, which created the most expensive transfer in the history of the Juventus club and also created the highest record in Serie A history.

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The transfer market is booming.

While Real Madrid successively signed Kanter, Morata and Asensio, and successively sold Mascherano, Jesse and James Rodriguez, the top competitor Barcelona is also intensively signing.

Continuing to achieve nothing has doubled the pressure on Barcelona's management.

After Guardiola took office in Manchester City, he was the first to start from his old club Barcelona and poached the Chilean goalkeeper Bravo who performed well in the America's Cup, which left a vacancy in Barcelona's goalkeeper position.

Barcelona also learned lessons this summer and strengthened their signings in the midfield. First, they introduced Umtiti from Lyon with a transfer fee of 500 million euros, then Digne from Paris Saint-Germain with 650 million euros, André Gomez from Valencia with 500 million euros, and Paco with 3000 million euros.

Barcelona can be regarded as investing a lot of money in the transfer market.

After Bravo switched to Manchester City, Barcelona quickly targeted Ajax and poached Ajax's main goalkeeper Cillessen with a transfer fee of 300 million euros. He is also the national goal of the Netherlands.

For the poaching from Barcelona, ​​Ajax was powerless to resist. After selling Cillessen, Van Gaal did not intend to sign in as the goalkeeper. Instead, he followed Van der Sar's suggestion and will vigorously promote the youth team youngster Onana.

This black goalkeeper from Cameroon came from the Eto'o football school in Cameroon. He came to La Masia in [-] on the recommendation of Eto'o, but failed to get attention.

After sending Cillessen away, Ajax spent 1000 million euros to introduce Brazilian teenager Neres from Sao Paulo. This 19-year-old teenager has performed well in Brazil, and Ajax is extremely optimistic about him.

In addition to Onana and Neres, Ajax's rejuvenation is still continuing. A group of young players including Kluivert, Frenkie de Jong, Van der Beek, Dolberg and De Ligt have been promoted to the first team, which has greatly enriched the lineup of the first team. Pete Boss will increase the training and reuse of young players in the new season.

But it is a pity that despite Ajax's kindness to stay, Bazzor finally chose to leave the team.

In the end, the most promising midfield rookie in the Netherlands in the Ajax team moved to Manchester City in the Premier League, and the club got 200 million euros, plus England's talented rookie Jayden Sancho.

This transfer has been in contact since the end of May. Jayden Sancho originally refused to join Ajax. He preferred to stay in Manchester City and play for Guardiola. However, after Manchester City signed the young Sane at a sky-high price of 5000 million euros, Sancho knew his position in Manchester City. When he was unable to switch to other teams in the Premier League, he chose to accept Ajax's kind invitation.

The condition is that Ajax promises to give him the main position.

After signing Neres and Sancho, Peter Boss sent Ghazi, who he was not optimistic about, to Ligue 650 Lille, and Ajax received a transfer fee of [-] million euros.

After a series of operations, the lineup of Ajax's first team is much younger than last season.

(End of this chapter)