In major competition years, including World Cup years and European Cup years, the transfer market is generally relatively calm before the end of the competition. This is because many people will wait and see. The seller's market is waiting for their players to shine in the World Cup and then sell them.
.The younger the players, the more so.
But in April 2006, something surprising suddenly happened in European football. As soon as April entered, "The Sun" was the first to break the news. That was a French star who performed well in Lyon this season.
Franck Ribery moved to Manchester United for £26 million.
When this news first came out, everyone thought it was a joke. Ribery's performance in Lyon this season attracted the attention of many wealthy clubs, especially Lyon entering the quarterfinals of the Champions League. And in the quarter-finals, Ribery was the only one
Milan's right wing was turned upside down. Although he was eliminated in the end, he scored one goal in each of the two rounds at home and away. If he had scored one more goal in the end, he would have eliminated Milan with the away goal advantage.
Although Ribery performed so well, no one thought that Ribery was worth such a high price. After all, 26 million pounds, converted into euros, is more than 40 million euros. Ribery is only 23 years old.
A year ago, his fame was limited to France. Even if he performs well this season, the price should not be such a high price.
"The Sun" is England's number one tabloid, and there are countless fake transfer news. Many agents even choose "The Sun" when they tell fake news. Because they are professionals in this area, they
The newspapers in Europe have the best experience in this area. It is easy for them to publish fake transfer news.
But soon British newspapers began to follow up. They all vowed to guarantee this transfer. Of course, they each had their own opinions on the transfer fee, but one thing is certain. That is, Ribery's transfer is a certainty.
.In addition to British newspapers, newspapers in France and Germany soon began to report on this transfer.
After all, a transfer like Ribery's has gone through a lot of ups and downs. From Manchester United's senior management to Lyon, there are too many channels for leaking information. Moreover, Manchester United and Lyon are not prepared to block the news, but are cautious during negotiations.
That's it. After the negotiations are almost complete, there is no need to keep this transfer secret.
The reason why the media pays so much attention to this transfer is because once this transfer is completed, it will be another amazing transfer in European football. After all, after entering the 21st century. Especially the transfer in Serie A football.
After the market collapses, only the transfer fees for top superstars will be able to reach transfer fees of 40 million euros.
"Yes, we have reached an agreement with Lyon."
During the uproar, Manchester United CEO David Gill finally confirmed the media's statement. He did not say much about Ribery's transfer fee, but he said with certainty: "Frank Ribery is the player we need.
He is the key player that Manchester United will introduce next season. He will become the most important part of Manchester United's reconstruction. Although many people think that we spend too much money, I have to say that everyone will find out soon that this money is not much at all.
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After this transfer, Lyon was very happy in many aspects. Needless to say, Aulas didn't spend much money at all when he introduced Ribery. Including the commission for Rist, the signing bonus for Ribery, and Ribery.
In terms of Berry's salary for one year, the cost of bringing in Ribery was just over 10 million euros.
However, Ribery helped Lyon defend the Ligue 1 title this year, and entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League, almost eliminating Milan. Now that Ribery is transferring, the transfer fee exceeds 40 million.
Euro. Lyon's profits are very high during this back and forth.
This is even more true for Manchester United. After two consecutive years of sluggishness, Manchester United was caught off guard by the arrival of Chelsea, a rich man. Especially when Chelsea came at a time when Manchester United was in decline, resulting in Manchester United's very poor performance in the past two seasons. Ferguson originally wanted to slow down.
It is slow to carry out renewal, but the existence of Chelsea no longer allows Manchester United to hesitate. Therefore, Manchester United also needs some encouraging transfers and needs to speed up the renewal of the team.
Ferguson is very optimistic about Ribery, and he also agrees with List that Ribery is the core of the future of French football. Although the transfer fee this time is a bit high, Ferguson never has any hesitation once he makes up his mind.
.So he took action immediately before the World Cup and took Ribery from Lyon.
Ribery is even happier. Whether it is Metz or Marseille, they are both Ligue 1 clubs. After the Bosman Act, the decline of Ligue 1 has become more and more obvious. Lyon may not monopolize the Ligue 1 championship, but in
In the eyes of other top leagues in Europe, they are just domestic tycoons in Ligue 1. Now that he can join Manchester United, Ribery is very happy.
As for List, needless to say. List got too much benefit from this transfer. Aulas did not think about selling Ribery before the World Cup. He hoped to sell it at a high price after the World Cup.
Franck Ribery. But Manchester United was too strong, and the offer directly impressed Aulas. According to Aulas' prediction, even if Ribery performs well in this World Cup, the transfer fee will not exceed this amount.
Therefore, List benefited from both sides this time. He received a commission from Manchester United and a share of the transfer fee from Lyon. In the end, List received nearly 7 million euros in income from this transfer. Moreover, Ribery's salary was even higher.
At a higher level, he received a weekly salary of 70,000 pounds at Manchester United.
But Manchester United is indeed the center of the storm. Just after it was reported that Manchester United had acquired Ribery for 26 million pounds, it was once again reported that Atletico Madrid had acquired Rosicky from Manchester United for 22 million euros.
This surprised many people. What exactly does Manchester United want to do? It is rare that there are such heavyweight transfers before the World Cup, but Manchester United actually has such transfers in a row.
Although Rosicky's performance at Manchester United did not meet expectations, his performance was not too bad. Unexpectedly, Manchester United sold Rosicky. Logically speaking, at this time, everyone's focus is on the Champions League and the end of the league. Of course there are
A large part of it is in the news of the World Cup. But this season is different. Manchester United is really in the news at the end of the season.
However, it is because Manchester United has no hope of winning the Premier League this season and has been eliminated from the Champions League. So Ferguson has time to make such a transfer.
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"Italian football is so much fun. Haha."
Arnesen read the newspaper and gloated. European football in 2006 was really a troubled year. There had never been any year before so many situations occurred before the World Cup.
If the transfer news about players such as Ribery and Rosicky is somewhat attractive, then the news about Ballack joining Chelsea and Shevchenko possibly joining Chelsea is even more attractive. No one expected that before the World Cup
There have been one heavyweight transfer after another, and there are now rumors everywhere that Chelsea will introduce Shevchenko at a price of more than 50 million euros. If this transfer is successful, this will be the most sensational transfer. And Shevchenko
Compared with Kobe, Ribery and Rosicky, they are all one level behind. This is a true superstar player.
Unfortunately, these transfer news were not as popular as yesterday's news. On May 4, 2006, "Gazzetta dello Sport" suddenly published the contents of the phone call between Juventus Club General Manager Moggi and the Serie A referee designator in recent years.
The content of the recording is mainly the call record between Moggi and Paireto, who has served as the referee designator of the Serie A for 6 seasons in 2004.
The news this time is simply a bombshell. Although it has not been fully released, the content published in the newspaper is shocking. For example, Moggi of Juventus has randomly assigned referees in many games. Although there are many
People in the industry understand it clearly, but even if they understand it, the effect of being published like this in a newspaper is completely different.
"Frank, Serie A is over. The "Little World Cup" is completely over."
"kindness."
Arnesen nodded. With only more than a month left before the World Cup, no one expected that such a scandal would break out.
"After the strong Serie A teams such as Fiorentina, Lazio, and Parma began to decline due to economic reasons, Serie A's transfer market has shrunk significantly, and the attractiveness of Serie A has been greatly reduced. After this incident, Serie A will definitely
There will be a huge impact.”
"Of course, Frank."
Lister understands better than anyone else the impact of "Calciopoli" on Italian football. Although after the outbreak of "Calciopoli", the Italian national team won the World Cup, and then Milan and Inter Milan won the Champions League. But these successes are not at all
There is no way to stop the rapid decline of the Italian league.
"I can look forward. This incident will cause a devastating blow to the image of Italian football. The market appeal of most clubs will drop to a freezing point. A large number of outstanding players will flee Serie A, causing the competitive level of the Italian league to decline rapidly. Of course.
This will lead to a decline in Serie A's European competition capabilities, making it difficult to maintain Serie A's current position in the European leagues. In the next few years, the opportunities for Italian teams to participate in European competitions will be greatly reduced, which in turn will lead to more outstanding players not being able to compete in the European competition.
Willing to join Serie A’s vicious cycle.”
"That's right. Serie A has been short of money in recent years, and big transfers have begun to disappear. After this incident, Serie A clubs are even less likely to spend money. Without spending money, it is impossible to attract more good players.
It is simply impossible to surpass the Premier League and La Liga, and in the future it may even be inferior to the Bundesliga."
The downward trend of Serie A in recent years has been very obvious. With things like this happening this time, no one can stop the decline of Serie A.
"Rister, I've thought about it. Money, and only money, is the basis of current commercial football. I want to go to Chelsea, Serie A will completely decline. In the future, European football will be dominated by La Liga and the Premier League. I want to go to Chelsea. I
We cannot waste this God-given opportunity.” (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better novels and faster updates!
