champion light

Chapter 888 Big Transfer
Although the transfer window has not yet officially opened, the transfer actions of various clubs have already begun.

In the summer, apart from the news of the Confederations Cup, the most concerned thing is various transfer rumors.

Kaka's decision to move to Real Madrid is just one of the most important ones.

In order to get rid of Barcelona's arrogance of winning the Triple Crown, Real Madrid announced the introduction of Kaka.

But their actions are not over yet.

Just how can Kaka compete with Barcelona's dream team?
Soon, Real Madrid announced another shocking news-Manchester United's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo will transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid for 8000 million pounds!

The farce of Cristiano Ronaldo transfer rumors that has been going on for a whole year has finally come to an end.

Real Madrid snatch love from Manchester United for 8000 million pounds!

£8000!

This transfer fee figure is exactly the same as when Rong Guang transferred from Bayern Munich to Manchester City a year ago!
If the transfer fee is in pounds, then Cristiano Ronaldo will be tied with Rong Guang as the most expensive player in the world.

But if it is recorded in euros... because of the continuous depreciation of the British pound in the past year, the 8000 million pounds is only equivalent to 400 million euros... It is 400 million euros less than Rongguang's original 1000 million euros.

If it is in euros, Rongguang is still the most expensive player in the world, and Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Zidane and ranked second in the world.

Two consecutive blockbuster transfer news completely ignited the attention of the media and fans.

Real Madrid is really terrible this season. They even brought in two world-class players in one go!

When Kaka transferred to Real Madrid for 500 million euros before, many people thought it was terrible. They didn't expect that another 400 million Cristiano Ronaldo came, and then contacted the glory of [-] million euros last year...

Today's transfer market is really incomprehensible - while talking about the impression that European football is deeply affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, the income of clubs has dropped sharply, the value of players has shrunk, and on the other hand, news of such terrible large transfer transactions has been exposed one after another...

The most depressing estimate is Barcelona.

It was a great achievement for Barcelona to win the Triple Crown, but they have not been happy for a month, and the news of the overwhelming Real Madrid's introduction of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo has been squeezed out of the headlines in the media...

Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid was also a heavy blow to Manchester United. Although he brought Manchester United a transfer fee of 400 million euros, with this money, Ferguson could not buy players at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo.

But why would Manchester United still sell the Portuguese?
On the one hand, it is natural that Real Madrid's asking price is too high, second only to Rong Guang's transfer fee asking price, even Ferguson has a hard time refusing it.

On the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo insisted on going to Real Madrid. Ferguson once talked to him, but it was useless.

The twisted melon is not sweet, allowing the Portuguese to stay at Manchester United, and he is also in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han.Ferguson understood this very well, so he did not force Cristiano Ronaldo to stay, but let him go to the team he wanted to go to, and wished him good luck.

The two sides parted peacefully.

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United, and some media commented that he was afraid of glory...

"...The Portuguese knows very well that if he continues to stay at Manchester United, as long as Manchester City still has Rong, he will still be his loser. The two are in the same city, but Cristiano Ronaldo has always lived in the shadow of Rong. Only when he jumped out of the Premier League and went to Real Madrid, there is a way out... So he chose to leave Manchester United. Although it will make people feel that he is a head-to-head confrontation between fear and Rong, but in Real Madrid, he can be a well-deserved number one star..."

This kind of evaluation naturally made Cristiano Ronaldo very upset, and his agent Mendes stood up to criticize this statement.

"He (Cristiano Ronaldo) is never afraid of any challenge. If he is honored in the Premier League, then he went to Real Madrid, and Messi in La Liga... He likes challenges. He went to Real Madrid just because he liked Real Madrid since he was a child. Real Madrid can also give him more things..."

When Kaka moved to Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo also left Manchester United and switched to Real Madrid, everyone wanted to hear Rongguang's comments on these two things.

But they encountered a problem - this summer, after Rong Guang finished his trip to China, no one knew where he was at all...

He seemed to have disappeared from the earth. When all kinds of lively transfer rumors were raging, he was completely out of it, as if these things had nothing to do with him.

A reporter called Deborah, hoping to interview Rong Guang.The answers Deborah gave were always that Rong Guang was inconvenient to be interviewed right now.

When a reporter asked Deborah where the glory was and what she was doing, Deborah also had no comment.

This made the reporters very helpless.

With Rong Guang's temper, if he is unwilling to accept an interview, no one can catch him.

Since Rong Guang didn't take the initiative to show up, the reporter went to find him.

Where is the glory?
They finally locked the target on the training camp on the island of Mallorca.

The training camp that Rong Guang spent huge sums of money on was built, but after that media exposure, it became silent.

Even the news of its completion has not been seen in the media.

Such a low-key place was really ignored by the media at the beginning.

But when the reporters thought about Rongguang's continuous use of vacation time to train himself before he was injured...then they had such a guess—could he be there?

Some journalists from Spain had the advantage of being close to the water, so they went to find out.

As a result, when they found the training camp, they found that the gate was closed and no one came in or out.

They have been guarding there for two days, and the gate has never been opened...

It seems that Rong Guang doesn't look like it's here...

That's strange, where will Rongguang go?

A group of people were puzzled.

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The European transfer market is in full swing, and Manchester City, as a club with a lot of money and money, is naturally not far behind.

Although there are no heavyweight transfers, transfer activities are also frequent.

Not long after the league ended, Benitez finalized the transfer of Gareth Barry.

That's right, it was Gareth Barry who provoked Rongguang before his first Premier League game.He ended up staying at Aston Villa last season, but O'Neill promised him that he would stay for another season at most.

Only after one season, Liverpool has no interest in him.

Benitez took a fancy to Barry's balance ability in the midfield, especially in defense.

So he was taken under his command.

As for the grudge between him and Rong Guang...

Rong Guang probably forgot about this opponent who once said he wanted to say hello to him.

It must be embarrassing for Barry to see Rong Guang again, but in the face of generous treatment, such embarrassment is nothing.

So in the end Barry came to Manchester City.

What's more, not only earning more in Manchester City than in Aston Villa, but also having the opportunity to participate in the Champions League, why not do it?

After buying Barry, Benitez made reinforcements for Manchester City's weak defense.

Last season, Manchester City's defense was actually very incomplete. Mark Hughes didn't have any mature team building ideas at all, and he completely listened to the club's top management in terms of transfers.

If it weren't for Sun Hai's outstanding performance in the second half of the season, as the team's main left-back, I'm afraid it would not be so easy for Manchester City to win the top four in the league.

But even so, Benitez is not satisfied with Sun Hai's performance in defense on the left.Sun Hai worked very hard, but he was old after all, almost 32 years old. Asian players are over 30 years old, and their physical fitness is declining very fast. It is difficult for them to adapt to the high-intensity Premier League.In the second half of last season, he really gritted his teeth and persisted.But hard work can't make up for everything.

If Manchester City wants to make a difference in the Champions League next season, they absolutely cannot rely on Sun Hai for defense on the left.He can be a very good substitute, but he can't play the main force.

So we have to find a successor for Sun Hai.

Benitez has set his sights on Everton left-back Leighton Barnes.

The left-back can already be regarded as the best English left-back after Ashley Cole.

He hopes to get the left back.

But there were many difficulties in the transfer negotiations with Everton.

In the beginning, Everton did not talk to Manchester City at all, and refused to accept all offers related to Barnes.

After all, if Manchester City digs it out, it will not only weaken its own strength, but also enhance Manchester City's strength.

Moyes sees Manchester City as Everton's direct rivals.

He believes that Manchester City should compete directly with Everton in the next two or three seasons, which means that he does not think that Manchester City still has the ability to hit the championship.

Therefore, selling one's main defender to Manchester City is to feed tigers.

But City have a special knack for persuasion.

That is to keep increasing the price and increasing the price!

Until the opponent can't stand it.

It's like a person doing business with another person. If the other party doesn't sell, he doesn't do any persuasion or bargaining. He just takes out a stack of money from his bag and pats it on the table, silently and continuously.

In the end, the other party was intimidated.

This is the case with Everton and Manchester City.

Moyes just refused, and Manchester City just added money.

Eventually Everton's club executives came forward.

Twenty-five million... pounds!
Everton executives didn't expect that a mere left-back could pay such an expensive price. Manchester City is really a good guy who touched the UK...

When the club's top executives intervened in the transfer deal, Moyes was no longer on the negotiating table.

Everton have agreed a transfer offer of £500m from Manchester City.

In this way, the Manchester City Club obtained the qualifications to negotiate with Barnes.

The next question is to attack Barnes himself.

Why do we say attack?

Because as early as when Manchester City and Everton were in transfer negotiations, some media exposed this matter.

Everyone knows that Manchester City is going to buy Barnes.

Everton fans are very opposed to selling Barnes.

So how does Barnes himself view this matter?

"I will not leave Everton. There are fans who support me here. I am very satisfied to stay here...Although we have not qualified for the European war, I believe that with our efforts, next season will definitely be able to..."

Barnes himself is not interested in moving to Manchester City.

He said so, and he did so.

When Manchester City obtained the qualifications to negotiate with the players, Benitez went to Barnes, but was directly rejected by Barnes.

At this time, Benitez began to repeatedly work as Barnes' agent.

Finally got an opportunity to have an interview with Barnes, not about the contract, but about the transfer.

Benitez will personally persuade Barnes to join Manchester City.

Because Barnes is a very important person to Benitez.

In the position of left back, Sun Hai can't hold it anymore, and Barry is his absolute main force in the left back position.

And after Barnes came, there is another benefit, which can increase the proportion of English local players in Manchester City's "international team", which is very important.

UEFA is already studying the policy of introducing the proportion of domestic players in European team squads.

As a local player in England, Barnes has to buy it even if it is expensive.

In fact, it is to buy an account book.

In this interview, Benitez described to Barnes the grand blueprint of Manchester City in his mind.

For example, Manchester City can participate in the Champions League, but Manchester City's goal is not to say that it is over if they go to the Champions League.Manchester City hopes to make some achievements in the Champions League - with a player like Rong Guang, with so much money, and such good conditions, if they only want to work hard to reach the top [-] of the Champions League, it would be too hopeless...

In addition, Benitez also told Barnes that you want to stay at Everton, but Everton does not want to keep you.

Just look at the choices they make when it comes to money.

If Everton really wants to keep you, then they should not sell it no matter how much Manchester City pays, just like Manchester City will never sell Rongguang, no matter how terrible prices other teams charge for Rongguang.

But what about Everton?
Twenty-five million pounds, and they bowed their heads.

The previous stubbornness seemed more like a joke.

So you stay on such a team, is it really good?
It can be said that the last words moved Barnes.

This is indeed the case. Everton was very tough in the face of Manchester City's offensive at the beginning, so he himself was full of confidence and said that in an interview.

In the end, there was news that Everton agreed to Manchester City's offer, which made him feel like he was betrayed by Everton.

I just expressed my sincerity, but Everton abandoned me!

It was such a bad feeling.

Now that Benitez said this, that feeling came out again.

It was like eating a fly, which made him a little sick and tired.

Seeing Barnes fell silent, Benitez knew what he said had an effect.

But he didn't continue to strike while the iron was hot. At this time, he was afraid of using too much force, so he just clicked it.

So he left, telling Barnes before leaving that he was welcome to call him anytime if he thought about it.

Not long after Benitez returned to Manchester, he received a call from Barnes' agent.

"Leighton is willing to discuss his personal contract with Manchester City, but I will explain in advance that even if he is willing to negotiate a contract with you, if the contract conditions do not satisfy him, he will still choose to stay at Everton."

"Of course." Benitez said so, with a winner's smile on his face.

In his mind, Barnes was already taken.

Are there any players in this world who cannot be met by Manchester City?

(End of this chapter)