542 Young man, prepare to accept my unscrupulous devastation!
Perhaps many years from now, when people look back on the summer of 2009, they will not remember the Confederations Cup held in South Africa, but that the entire power structure of European football was completely overturned.
This subversion mainly came from three teams.
Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, Manchester City in the Premier League.
In mid-June of 2009, no one had noticed the tycoon in the Premier League. They were paying more attention to the Western Premier League duo, especially Real Madrid.
After successively introducing Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, Benzema, Xabi Alonso and Di Maria, as well as local players such as Albiol, Negredo, Granero, etc., Real Madrid
Investment in the European transfer market has reached a staggering 300 million euros.
This is definitely the craziest summer ever in European football.
After Florentino returned to Real Madrid, he threatened to recruit the top four superstars in the top league within one transfer period. In the end, he actually hired Ronaldo, Kaká and Benzema. If Bayern hadn't forced them to stay
, Ribery also switched to Real Madrid.
After missing out on Franck Ribery, Real Madrid turned around and signed Di Maria from Naples for a whopping 50 million euros.
The continuous generosity shocked the whole world.
Everyone knew that Real Madrid was rich, and everyone knew that Florentino was ambitious, but they never imagined that it would be so amazing.
Spending 300 million euros in one summer is crazy!
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As a direct competitor of Real Madrid, Barcelona, which had just failed in the Champions League final and suffered a humiliating defeat, also learned from the painful experience and increased its recruitment efforts in the transfer market.
First, he signed Sanchez from Naples for a sky-high price of 50 million euros, and then in the competition with Manchester City, he signed Thiago Motta for 50 million euros.
In an interview with the media, Guardiola was excited about Thiago Motta's return and the addition of Sanchez.
The Barcelona coach said that Thiago Motta can play both the defensive midfielder and central defender positions, which can bring more possibilities to Barcelona's formation and also greatly improve the team's lineup.
The arrival of Sanchez can maximize the team's offensive firepower.
"I know him well. When he was in Naples, he has already shown the strength of a world-class player. I believe that in Barcelona, he can perform better and be even better."
In the Champions League final, the absence of left back Abidal forced Guardiola to use Puyol to play on the left. Although Sylvinho was replaced in the second half, the team's offensive power did not improve much.
Introducing a high-level left back is also Barcelona's signing strategy this summer.
After several selections, Barcelona announced that it had signed Peruvian left-back Juan Vargas from Naples for 35 million euros. This left-back who has shined in Naples and Serie A in the past few seasons has successfully joined.
Camp Nou.
According to a report by Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy, Manchester City and Barcelona made bids for Vargas at the same time. The two sides chased the offer from 25 million euros all the way to 35 million euros, and both received approval from Naples.
But Vargas ultimately chose Barcelona.
What no one knew was that Vargas personally called Gao Shen to inform him of his decision to choose Barcelona and explained the reasons. Gao Shen gave him understanding and support.
Between Manchester City and Barcelona, most people usually choose the latter.
This is actually very normal, and can even be said to be a very rational choice.
After signing Vargas, Guardiola said that his lineup is basically complete.
In addition to Thiago Motta, Sanchez and Vargas, Barcelona also spent 14 million euros to sign forward Christian from Palmeiras in Brazil.
So far, Barcelona has invested a huge sum of 150 million euros in summer transfers.
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When the two Western Premier League teams were waving their checks across Europe, all the traditional giants were staying away.
Almost no wealthy team has enough strength and financial resources to stand up and compete with the Western Premier League duo.
The last one to step forward was Manchester City, the rich upstart from the Premier League.
Previously, the British media had been reporting that Gao Shen, the popular head coach who led Napoli to win the Triple Crown, gave up the opportunity to coach superstar Real Madrid and chose Manchester City.
However, this news has not been confirmed by Manchester City and Gao Shen.
However, after Real Madrid announced that Pellegrini, the Chilean engineer who coached Villarreal, officially took over the Santiago Bernabeu, media and fans around the world were basically convinced that Gao Shen would coach Manchester City.
This is undoubtedly the hottest news this summer.
But the media and fans have different answers to this.
Many people believe that Gao Shen is on the decline of his career. His planning was extremely poor. He gave up the God-given opportunity to coach Real Madrid and chose Manchester City for money. This is absolutely irresponsible for his coaching career.
But some people believe that Gao Shen chose Manchester City and came to the Premier League, which will undoubtedly make this season's Premier League more suspenseful and exciting.
Ferguson's Manchester United, Benitez's Liverpool, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea, and now the sophisticated Manchester City, the gathering of five of the world's top coaches has undoubtedly made the Premier League more exciting.
In the transfer market, Manchester City is not stingy at all.
With a transfer fee of 40 million euros, he signed the talented generals Rakitic and David Luiz from Naples, but then lost to Thiago Motta and Vargas in the battle.
Barcelona, this caused Manchester City's transfer to suffer a setback.
But soon, news came out from Germany that Manchester City officially signed Schalke 04 star Manuel Neuer for 18 million euros.
This 23-year-old goalkeeper is regarded as the leader among the new generation of German goalkeepers and one of the most powerful contenders for the future national goalkeeper. Manchester City also spent a lot of money to sign this German goalkeeper.
At the same time, the status of the three goalkeepers in the team, Kasper Schmeichel, Joe Hart and Given, were also shaken. Manchester City decided to sell Schmeichel and Joe Hart continued to rent out.
Exercise, leaving veteran Ji Wen.
In addition, captain Richard Dunn, Bodinov, Bellamy, Elano, Petrov, and other players were all cleared out at the same time. At the same time, they also contacted the German veteran Hamann and the youth training
Midfielder Michael Johnson has been released from his contract.
These transfers brought Manchester City a total of nearly 30 million euros in transfer revenue.
Among them, Michael Johnson's termination caused controversy among the media and fans, because this young youth trainee was once Manchester City's star of hope, but after a serious injury, he became increasingly undisciplined and even began to drink alcohol.
Although many people still expected this young player to play again, Gao Shen still chose to let him go.
The continuous purges have caused turmoil within Manchester City, and there are endless rumors from the outside.
Everyone can see that this is Manchester City's reorganization and purge, and it is also a correction for their winter break transfer half a year ago, because they spent a high price at that time, but the players they introduced did not perform well.
The level it should be.
The Times of the United Kingdom analyzed that the reorganization of Manchester City when they are struggling is just a precursor to Gao Shen's upcoming coaching of Manchester City, because everyone knows that Gao Shen advocates technology and offensive football, which is completely different from Mark Hughes before.
Two sets of tactics.
After sending away a group of players who did not conform to his philosophy or were not liked by him, the remaining technical players such as Robinho and Stephen Ireland are bound to get more opportunities.
Manchester City Chairman Mubarak and CEO Gary Cook held a press conference in Manchester to explain the team's transfer operations this summer and believed that reorganization was necessary in order to create a new team.
A more vibrant Manchester City.
At the same time, he also comforted the players, saying that the club is still recruiting players one after another. He believes that more big-name stars will join in the future. He hopes that everyone can continue their efforts and perform better in future games.
A reporter from the media asked at the scene that after Mark Hughes was fired, Manchester City's head coach was undecided. There have been rumors that Gao Shen is about to take over. Is this true?
In this regard, Mubarak said that there is currently no information that can be disclosed to the outside world.
"But I want to say that we are working hard to attract world-class coaches to coach. We have formulated a long-term plan and are executing it according to the plan. I believe everyone will see the results soon."
This answer will definitely not satisfy the media reporters and fans, but there is nothing we can do about it.
Perhaps in order to appease media reporters and fans, Gary Cook officially announced at the press conference that Manchester City has signed the Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez from Ajax for a high price of 17 million euros.
has been approved and is currently negotiating personal treatment with Suarez and his agent.
"We believe that soon, we will have a powerful attacker!"
But such a deal is undoubtedly bleak in the face of the transfer of superstars from Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Subsequently, Manchester City announced on its official website that it had introduced local center back Gary Cahill from Bolton for a transfer fee of 8 million euros.
This deal is mainly due to the fact that after Manchester City's reorganization, there are not enough local players in the team.
The household registration book is a rigid rule that no one can get around.
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Gao Shen left Brian Kidd and Gary Cook, who flew over from Manchester to discuss personal treatment with Suarez, in Barcelona, and flew to Madrid with Lucas.
At the airport, just as he was about to board the plane, Gao Shen received a call from Azar.
Just seeing the caller ID, Gao Shen smiled and showed his phone to Lucas, and laughed with pride.
On the phone, Hazard clearly told Gao Shen that he was willing to join Manchester City.
"I'm mentally prepared. Please help me. I want to be the best player!"
Gao Shen smiled and promised that he would keep his promise.
In fact, that day, he could have made an effort to force Azar to express his position, but he did not do so. Instead, he asked Azar to go back and think about it slowly.
People often regret decisions they make impulsively.
But the most reassuring decision is to think calmly for a few days and make a thoughtful decision.
Gao Shen was very happy. After careful consideration, Hazard chose Manchester City.
