The transfer situation in England is turbulent now. It is said that the Manchester City team, which has recently been taken over by the Arab consortium, has not stopped their pace. They are interested in Robinho, who is having trouble with Real Madrid. They strongly hope to introduce Robinho. .
Regarding Robinho's transfer fee, it has been speculated to be over 30 million, and it is not in euros but in pounds, and even exceeds the current Premier League champion Berbatov. If this guy really transfers successfully, he is very likely to become This summer's European standard king.
This summer, the traditional top four of the Premier League don't seem to be taking much action, but this does not mean that the entire Premier League is not taking any action. This summer, the Premier League teams seem to be going crazy, spending money like crazy and engaging in an arms race.
Among them, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City are the two teams that spend the most money. Of course, other Premier League players also invest a lot. Among these twenty Premier League clubs, only one or two clubs do not have a single transaction exceeding tens of millions. signings, and others.
Crazy, this Premier League is really crazy. I don’t know what is the reason that stimulates these teams to invest like crazy?
However, Liverpool, which performed the best last season, seems to have done nothing in the transfer market, which makes Liverpool fans anxious.
At this time, Benitez made a big move. Liverpool introduced Irish striker Robbie Keane from Tottenham Hotspur for 20.3 million pounds. Benitez finally Completed his most promising signing.
This deal was born, and Liverpool fans were extremely excited. Liverpool was not what they thought. They still had ambitious goals this season, otherwise they would not have spent such a large price to introduce Robbie Key. Yeah.
However, some rational Liverpool fans are not optimistic about this transfer. They think that Benitez is completely torturing the Liverpool team. In fact, they are more optimistic about Peter Crouch. This means selling Peter Crouch to bring in a new player. Robbie Keane, they don’t think Liverpool made anything? They also think Liverpool made a huge loss.
What Liverpool fans are most worried about now is Liverpool's defense. Everyone discovered the problem last season. Liverpool's center backs were in short supply and they had to buy center backs. The position of the center backs has not been resolved yet. The two main players The full-back left again, what do you think is going on?
Liverpool's defense is very tight now. Instead of solving this problem, Benitez makes unnecessary troubles on the front line. Isn't this asking for trouble?
At this time, Benitez himself was also very anxious. He had originally set his sights on Hamburg's Belgian central defender Kompany, but Manchester City took a step ahead. Of course, Benitez was busy with Robbie Keane. As for the transfer, he planned to deal with Robbie Keane and then turn around to deal with the Belgian. But who would have thought that before he had dealt with Robbie Keane and Kompany, they would be dealt with by Manchester City.
Having lost his favorite target, Benitez should turn his attention elsewhere. In fact, he also has his sights on two people, one is Arsenal's central defender Senderos, and the other is West Ham United's Ferdinand.
Benitez asked Wenger about Senderos. Wenger was very optimistic about Senderos and did not agree to Benitez's purchase. Instead, he loaned Senderos to the Rossoneri. This made Benitez Si was very angry. Now he only had one goal left, and that was to settle Ferdinand.
It is said that at this time, Sunderland coach Roy Keane was very optimistic about Rio Ferdinand's younger brother, and he was in contact with West Ham United. Benitez suddenly became anxious, but he could not do anything with this person.
If he failed, he would have to bring in Ferdinand.
Therefore, Benitez made an offer to West Ham United for 6.5 million pounds. He hoped to bring in Ferdinand. However, West Ham United responded that Roy Keane had already offered them 8 million pounds.
Already.
Benitez was anxious and immediately offered nine million pounds. West Ham United did not refuse this time and directly agreed to Liverpool's offer. When Ferdinand learned that Liverpool was interested in him, he immediately nodded.
agreed.
Compared to Sunderland, Liverpool is definitely an excellent choice. After all, they are the European champions and they have the Champions League to play in, but Sunderland does not.
Anton Ferdinand has always lived in the shadow of his brother Leo Ferdinand. He always thinks about success and getting rid of his brother's shadow. He wants to be himself and surpass Leo Ferdinand. Of course, if he wants to surpass his brother,
He must have a platform that can compete with his brother. Otherwise, if he keeps bouncing around in the middle and lower reaches of the team, his own fighting spirit will be wiped out, his own talent will be wiped out, and he will be lost to everyone.
Anton Ferdinand is talented and hard-working, but what he lacks now is a platform and an opportunity. Now that Liverpool is beckoning to him, Anton Ferdinand is of course very excited and he is very happy to go to Liverpool.
As a result, Anton Ferdinand officially joined the Red Army Liverpool for a price of 9 million pounds. Liverpool's central defender position was solved, and Anton Ferdinand can also play as a full-back. This solved the problem of two positions, which allowed Liverpool to
The fans are relieved a lot.
After fixing the central defender, Liverpool now has to solve the problem of full-backs. The full-backs who are now in Benitez's sight include Joel Luka, who also performed well in the European Cup and combined with Modric to become Croatia's twin stars.
, as well as Tottenham Hotspur's French full-back Chimbonda and Middlesbrough's Luke Young.
These are the three full-backs that Benitez is interested in. Among them, Joel Luca can not only play as a full-back, but also as a central defender, while the other two are full-backs and assist-type full-backs.
Each of these three people has its own characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.
Among them, Benitez is more optimistic about Joel Luca and Luke Young, while France's Chimbanda is slightly less optimistic.
At this time, Benitez immediately contacted the clubs of these three people. Middlesbrough's price tag for Luke Young was seven million pounds, while Manchester City's price tag for Joel Luca was ten million pounds.
In euros, Tottenham Hotspur's price tag for Chimbonda is six million pounds.
Among them, Chimbonda’s price is the cheapest. Of course, these guys are a bit exaggerated and there is still room for negotiation. After Benitez discussed with Liverpool’s coaching staff, their main attack now is Joel Lu
Ka and Luke Young, among which Joel Luca must be won.
Therefore, Liverpool was in contact with Manchester City on one side and Middlesbrough on the other. Of course, their focus was on Manchester City, because Joel Luka and the others were bound to win. At this time, Joel Luka
It is not for sale to Manchester City, and Manchester City's full-backs have sufficient strength. Joel Luka can only sit on the bench if he stays, and he himself wants to leave.
In the end, after a lot of back-and-forth bargaining between the two parties, Liverpool introduced Croatian full-back Joel Luka from Manchester City for 9 million euros. As soon as this transfer came out, Liverpool fans were very excited because Joel Luka
Everyone has seen the performance of this guy in the European Cup, and they are full of expectations for this guy.
Finally, at this time, Benitez changed the Liverpool fans' view of him. Liverpool fans supported Benitez extremely at this time. They firmly believed that Benitez could build Liverpool very well and become a club that has always been.
The victorious fleet.
Not long after Liverpool acquired Joel Luca, news came from Middlesbrough that they agreed to Liverpool's offer of six million euros and Luke Young officially joined Liverpool.
This time, the problem of Liverpool's defense has been solved. Liverpool's lineup is now very complete. Now that other Premier League giants see Liverpool coming from behind, they have some worries in their hearts. This Liverpool is better than last season.
They are becoming more powerful, which poses a greater threat to them.
The current Liverpool is much stronger than the Liverpool of last season. Of course, Benitez has a very heavy task. He must form this Liverpool into a team as soon as possible. Otherwise, Liverpool may not be able to achieve the good results they expected.
However, at this time, in Benitez's mind, the Liverpool team is not perfect. Now Liverpool's front line, Fernando Torres and Robbie Keane, are good. On the front line, their strength is as good as Manchester United, Real Madrid and other teams.
It's much worse than that.
Moreover, they may not be perfect in the midfield. They still have flaws. The biggest flaw now is that they lack a left midfielder or left winger who can be worthy of a European championship level.
Yes, by this time, Liverpool still have positions to strengthen, namely the left midfielder and the striker! Of course, the striker problem can be put aside. After all, Fernando Torres is very strong, and so is Robbie Keane.
Strong, their ability to score goals is undoubted, they just need to be relatively tired.
The most important thing now is to find a left midfielder who can be called upon and can fight when he comes. This is Liverpool's last task in this transfer period, and it is also the most important task.
It is very difficult to find good left midfielders and left wingers on the market now. Generally, capable left midfielders and left wingers are the main players of other teams and indispensable players. If you introduce them, their clubs will definitely not be happy.
The left midfielders who appear on the transfer lists of major teams are often not strong enough, or do not live up to their reputation. Therefore, at this time, it is difficult for Liverpool to find a left midfielder who can match their European championship strength, and must
Be prepared to spend a lot of money.
At this time, the most likely left midfielders to transfer are, of course, Russian Czar Arshavin and Porto midfielder Quaresma. Quaresma can play on both sides, so he is also within the scope of Liverpool's consideration.
However, these two guys are not cheap. Now they are asking for more than 30 million. Therefore, these two people are actually a certain distance away from Liverpool. However, Benitez is still testing these two clubs.