But the reduction in investment also means something.
Lazio originally spent more than it earned, but with Manchester United taking away the white wizard Juan Sebastian Veron for 42.6 million euros, Lazio's net expenditure this season is only 20 million euros.
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The reason why Lazio agreed to trade with Manchester United was because Manchester United was willing to sell their center back Stam to Lazio.
In the end, Stam moved to Lazio for 25.75 million euros.
However, even though the net expenditures of Serie A giants have been decreasing, they are still far ahead of other leagues.
Taking the Premier League as an example, the net expenditure of the giant Manchester United this summer was only 42 million euros.
It's almost the price of a Veron.
This investment was based on Ferguson's desire to "continentalize" Manchester United and transform Manchester United's rough style into a technical team.
In addition, Manchester United also issued offers for multiple forwards at the same time.
Including PSV center Drew van Nistelrooy, Argentina center Diego Forlán of Independiente, and Sporting Lisbon’s European Bronze Boot winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
Among them, Fran is the most complex.
He himself is willing to go to Old Trafford, and the Argentinian team Independiente is also willing to let Forlan go, but there is a handover period... he has to wait until the winter window before Fran can join Manchester United.
As for Ronaldo... Ronaldo asked Deng Kai for his opinion on this deal.
These days, although the Premier League has not yet stepped up its game, Manchester United's game is already full.
Manchester United, which had won the European Triple Crown, was at the peak of its momentum and won three consecutive Premier League titles in one fell swoop, which to a certain extent improved the quality of the Premier League.
Prior to this, only stars such as Bergkamp and others who had not been successful in Serie A were willing to come to the Premier League.
You see, Zidane, Rivaldo, including Nedved, Manchester United have invited them many times, but they really don’t come.
The introduction of Veron actually has the same meaning as the introduction of Zidane in La Liga, marking the strengthening of the competitiveness of the Premier League and La Liga.
But these two transactions will be far from the same in the future.
Who doesn’t know Zidane in the future?
But how many new fans know about Veron?
"Cristiano Ronaldo, you are a smart man. If you wait a few more days, you will know whether you should accept Manchester United's invitation." On the training ground, Deng Kai gave Ronaldo enough space to think for himself.
Manchester United has the dark duo of Cole and Yorke on the front line, as well as super substitute baby-face Solskjaer, and now it has issued invitations to multiple forwards at the same time.
Cristiano Ronaldo is only sixteen years old, will he have a place if he goes?
According to secular rules, even if the strength is equal, the sixteen-year-old should sit on the bench.
People subconsciously think that young people are unreliable and dare not fully trust them.
Two days later, Manchester United officially announced the signing of Ruud van Nistelrooy from PSV for 28.5 million euros.
Sporting Lisbon subsequently rejected Manchester United's offer for Ronaldo.
Because it is impossible for Ronaldo to accept the status of "substitute of substitutes".
Manchester United is reinforcing, and as Manchester United's biggest rival in the Premier League, Arsenal is also reinforcing.
But their method of reinforcement is more economical than Manchester United.
At the invitation of Professor Arsene Wenger, Arsenal received Sol Campbell, whose contract with Tottenham had expired, to join him for free.
After learning about it, Tottenham fans angrily accused Campbell of being a Judas and actually threw himself directly into the arms of his sworn enemy in the North London derby. They will never forgive Campbell.
On the other hand, Arsenal also held a large-scale trial training for a group of youth training players from France and Cote d'Ivoire.
And found some good seedlings there.
Among them, a young man named Kolo Toure received a professional contract from Arsenal and the privilege of training with the first team, and is expected to play for the first team next season.
This will be a contract that changes his destiny.
But while Kolo Toure is happy, he is also a little sad.
Because his brother, Yaya Toure, who is two years younger than him, was not favored by Arsenal and had no chance to join Arsenal's youth training.
At the entrance of the Kearney training base, Yaya Toure was carrying his luggage and saying goodbye to his brother Kolo Toure. He was about to wander far away and head to the next team that was willing to give him a trial training opportunity.
That team is Beveren Football Club of the Belgian First Division.
If nothing else happens, Yaya Toure will spend two years there, then join Metallurg Donetsk in the Ukrainian Super League, then move to Olympiacos in the Greek Super League and Monaco in Ligue 1, and finally land in Barcelona.
But that is not the end of Yaya Toure. He will be sent to Manchester City by Barcelona, and then create the era of "box-to-box" B2B midfielder, and thus become the world's number one midfielder.
But when Yaya Toure turned around, something unexpected happened.
A middle-aged man stood in front of Yaya Toure and said: "On this day last year, I took away a Swede from here. You may have heard of his name, Zlatan Ibramovich.
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"He became a treble winner with us and stood at the top of the UEFA Cup!"
"Today, I want to take you away from here. Are you... willing to come with me?"
Trigla looked at Yaya Touré.
The latter nodded frantically as if he was having a stroke.
Sporting Lisbon!
He actually got an invitation from Sporting Lisbon!
The birthplace of that talented star!
Watching Yaya Toure and Trigla go away, his brother Kolo Toure envied his younger brother for the first time.
Although Arsenal is also known for developing young players.
But it is still difficult for Kolo Toure to get the opportunity to play for the first team in a short period of time.
As for Yaya Toure, if nothing else happens, he will directly get the opportunity to play in Portugal next season, and may even become the team's main rotation or even a player!
The backs of Triguera and Yaya Toure were also photographed by the English media.
"Triguera missed another player from the door of Arsenal's training base. Will he become the next Swedish genius?"
"He will not become the next Swedish genius! Because he is an Ivorian! Yaya Toure, another new football star in Ivory Coast who is about to shine?"
"Kolo Toure: I am very happy that my brother can join Sporting Lisbon. No young person can refuse the call of Sporting Lisbon!"
"Triguera: Yaya Toure has the potential to become a world-class midfielder. I first paid attention to him because of Deng Kai. Kai is very keen to discover the shining points of players of the same age!"
"Drogba: I am very happy to have a compatriot from Ivory Coast join the team. If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me, and then I will go to Kaige!"
"Wenger: Yaya Toure is too thin in stature and has poor dribbling skills, making it difficult to adapt to the intensity of the Premier League. He and Ibrahimovic are in two different situations. Ibrahimovic has discipline problems, and Yaya...
Toure is lacking in strength and potential. But of course, I hope he can slap me in the face in the future, because I am happy to see every young player become successful!"
I have to say that Professor Wenger’s pattern is still big.
He did not beat Yaya Toure to death with a stick.
But it's hard for Arsenal fans to have a favorable impression of Sporting Lisbon.
Because this is the second time Sporting Lisbon has had it cut from their bin.
No one likes someone who is always digging through their trash can, especially when the other person finds real money.
Doesn't that show that you don't know the goods?
There are gains and losses. While Sporting Lisbon spent less than 100,000 euros to welcome Yaya Toure, John Terry, whose loan period expired, returned to his parent team Chelsea.