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Toby Alderweireld, 40 million euros!

With Manchester United's official announcement, this transfer quickly triggered a strong earthquake in the European transfer market.

After Thiago Silva created a sky-high price of 50 million euros for a central defender, Alderweireld once again refreshed everyone's understanding of the value of a central defender, and also made it clear to everyone in the entire transfer market. Realizing the scarcity of good centre-backs.

Some media generally believe that Manchester United's transfer fee for Alderweireld is too high, but some media think it is a good deal. If even a young rookie like Phil Jones, who has not yet proven his ability, can be sold If you pay 20 million euros, then why is Alderweireld, who has proven his strength in La Liga for many seasons, not worth 40 million?

If Phil Jones has a local registered residence in England, wouldn't the alpine halo above Alderweireld's head be more valuable?

But in football circles, the consensus among more people is not about his worth, but about praising Ferguson's cunningness.

In the current European football world, many wealthy teams, including Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, have central defender vacancies. It is urgent to introduce high-level central defenders, but there are not many popular and outstanding central defenders in the transfer market.

David Luiz and Thiago Silva both switched to Paris Saint-Germain at high prices. Among the remaining central defenders, the most sought-after ones are Alderweireld and Otamendi from Chinatown. As a result, Manchester United made a decisive move. , took the lead and won Alderweireld, so there was only one Otamendi left in the transfer market.

There is a saying in the European transfer market that is right. It is not the player's strength that determines the player's value, but the supply and demand relationship in the market. Therefore, after Alderweireld switched to Manchester United, Otamendi's value soared again. .

If many teams were still counting on negotiating with Chinatown to win Otamendi at a price lower than the release fee, then after Alderweireld's transfer, everyone had only one idea: the release fee. If you can win Otamendi, you will be making a lot of money.

Under this circumstance, Arsenal's financial resources are weak, so they announced their withdrawal from the competition for Otamendi early. Wenger obviously hopes to invest more transfer fees in the center. This is the most urgent need of the Gunners at present. .

But what is interesting is that Wenger is interested in Michu, the new Spanish international who plays for Chinatown.

The day after it was announced that Alderweireld would move to Manchester United, Chinatown immediately announced that it would introduce 26-year-old central defender Miranda from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on a free transfer. Chinatown technical director Cantarero announced Milan At the press conference for joining, Da said that he firmly believed that the Brazilian central defender could effectively improve Chinatown's defense.

Head coach Pochettino, who has just led his team to finish their Asian tour and returned to Spain, also publicly expressed that he was very happy that the team was able to quickly sign Miranda, "I have known him and he is a very capable central defender. "

Almost at the same time that Miranda was signed in Chinatown, Paris Saint-Germain also officially announced that it would introduce young player Lucas Moura from Sao Paulo for a high price of 30 million euros.

This player performed very well in the U20 South American Youth Championship at the beginning of this year, especially in the game against Uruguay. He and Neymar both scored hat tricks, and was later selected by FIFA as the 2011 Tennis Player of the Year. The three most noteworthy new stars are also well-known talented players in Brazil.

Lucas Moura also said in an interview with the media in Brazil that he is full of expectations for the trip to Paris Saint-Germain.

"That's the team Ronaldinho played for and I'm very eager to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and step into the European League, and from what I know, PSG is an ambitious team."

Just when everyone had not yet reacted to the transfer of Lucas Moura, Paris Saint-Germain once again announced the team's signing results, and it was still a superstar, and another sky-high price.

For 40 million euros, Paris Saint-Germain introduced Brazilian left-back Marcelo from Bayern Munich.

Marcelo is known as the best and most lethal left back in today's football. He has always been Bayern Munich's star on the left. However, under the strong poaching of Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich still failed to stop him. Jinyuan offensive.

According to Bundesliga media analysis, one of the important reasons why Bayern Munich is willing to let Marcelo go is that Austrian youngster David Alaba performed quite well after being loaned to Hoffenheim last season, and Bayern Munich intends to recall him. The team reused him, so he took the opportunity to sell Marcelo at a high price to cash out.

With Marcelo switching to Paris Saint-Germain, the entire defense of the Ligue 1 tycoons is also full of samba flavor. It has gathered three of the four defenders of the Brazilian national team, except for Alves or Maicon on the right. .

Continuous blockbuster transfers have focused the attention of the world's media and fans on this Ligue 1 tycoon. Especially since it has been widely rumored that Gao Han will coach Paris Saint-Germain, this has caused the attention of Ligue 1 to skyrocket. , every move of Paris Saint-Germain attracts special attention.

Soon, the famous Italian transfer expert Di Marzio announced on his personal website that Inter Milan midfielder Yaya Toure has basically confirmed that he will switch to Paris Saint-Germain for a transfer fee of 40 million euros.

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boom!

The sound of slaps came from the office of the president of the Bernabeu.

Florentino stood up and glared at Angel Sanchez, the newly appointed CEO of the club who was standing in front of him. The latter was not only responsible for the commercial operations, but also took over the transfer operation. The heavy responsibility can be said to be a great increase in power, but just a few days after taking office, the transfer market gave him a slap in the face.

Yaya Toure, who Real Madrid has been pursuing for a long time, has moved to Paris Saint-Germain.

"Forty million euros?" Florentino looked calm, but his tone was full of anger. "We have a transfer budget of two to three billion euros. Can't we still afford the forty million euros?"

Sanchez stood solemnly opposite the desk. After Florentino asked, he replied calmly: "Mr. Perez, the main reason is that we acted too slowly."

He raised his head and glanced at Florentino, who snorted coldly, obviously waiting for a reasonable explanation, and then Sanchez quickly continued.

"Before we were busy with the transfers of Shaheen, Callejon and Altintop, and then Coentrao. You know, these players were strongly requested by Mourinho, so the transfer department was always Put these transfers first."

Last season, after Mourinho overthrew the club's general manager Valdano, who left Real Madrid, Mourinho has greatly increased his power within the club and now controls all aspects of the club except transfer operations. All competitive power, holding the two positions of sports director and head coach, can be said to be a monopoly of power.

"The transfer of Yaya Toure to Paris Saint-Germain was completed relatively suddenly. Paris Saint-Germain contacted Inter Milan through Mendes. The two parties may even have only one round of negotiations before Paris Saint-Germain agreed to Inter Milan's offer. The request was 40 million euros, and Yaya Toure quickly reached an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain on his personal treatment."

Florentino is not surprised that Inter Milan wants to sell Yaya Toure, because the current financial situation of the Nerazzurri is not very ideal, mainly because the Moratti family has been in a worrying situation in recent years, and the Nerazzurri The Legion is planning to build a new stadium again, so it is no news that Yaya Toure was sold in exchange for a sum of funds to complete the construction of the new stadium.

"Why did Yaya Toure skip the Champions League and go to Ligue 1?" Florentino was puzzled.

Sanchez shook his head and said that he didn't know this. After all, no one knew what Yaya Toure was thinking. "However, I received vague information. It is said that Gao Han called him and he I agreed on the spot.”

"High cold?" Florentino frowned.

After a long time, the chairman of Real Madrid sighed heavily, "I didn't expect that he really went to Paris Saint-Germain."

This is not good news for all European giants.

The Qatari consortium has astonishing financial resources, combined with Gao Han's astonishing vision for buying people, and excellent coaching performance. I believe that within two years, Paris Saint-Germain will definitely become another Manchester City team. By that time, this group of European giants will Wouldn't the team's situation become even more worrying?

Real Madrid's performance in recent years has not been ideal, and it has always been under pressure from Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. The major signings promised by Florentino have never been fulfilled, which has caused quite a stir within Real Madrid. response.

This summer, none of his originally planned superstar signings were realized. Thiago Silva and Yaya Toure both went to Paris Saint-Germain, which put Florentino in an embarrassing situation. .

"Angel." The Real Madrid president stared at the right-hand man in front of him, "You should understand that both the board of directors and sponsors are watching us over there. If we can't bring in another superstar this summer, I believe in the result. You will definitely know how to do it.”

Sanchez nodded in understanding.

The chairman may not step down because of this, but someone must be responsible for it, and even if he is not fired, he may have to leave the newly promoted position of CEO, which can barely quell the anger of fans and members.

The greater the power, the greater the obligation. The greater the power of head coach Mourinho, he must help the team win more games, and as a CEO, he helps the team make money and manage superstar transfers.

"There are not many top superstars in Europe now. They are basically not for sale. It is difficult to dig them out." Sanchez was embarrassed.

How could Florentino not know?

"Then look for younger players with potential. As long as their worth increases, they can become superstars even if they are not superstars."

Real Madrid is a membership club, and the most ideal financial result is no profit. Therefore, as the income of Florentino's Galaxy Battleship Phase I increases, large sums of money must be invested every year to transfer superstars. When it comes to Calder During the recession, the club's income dropped sharply, but there was no need to worry about spending the profits.

But in recent years, after Florentino returned to take charge of Real Madrid, the income has increased again, and Real Madrid has begun to have headaches on how to spend its profits, so the best way is to smash superstars.

"It's Neymar from Santos in Brazil, it's him, no matter the cost!" Florentino said fiercely.

It was said that Barcelona had offered Neymar another price before, and Santos offered 40 million euros, but I believe it should be increased now, but no matter how high the price is, Real Madrid is willing to pay it.

After hearing this, Sanchez couldn't help but feel a little excited. If this operation is successful, it is likely to be a sky-high transfer that breaks the summer transfer record.

But just when the general manager of Real Madrid was complacent, a call came directly to his mobile phone. As soon as the call was connected, he was shocked and shouted: "What? How could this happen?"