The Champions League competition continues, and the Premier League teams are now becoming more and more powerful in European football. This season, a record five teams have entered the Premier League, all of which have broken through the group stage. All five Premier League teams have entered the Champions League top 16
, but when entering the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester United was eliminated first by PSV Eindhoven. Half of the Champions League quarter-finals were Premier League teams. Then in the quarter-finals, Chelsea was eliminated by Barcelona and Tottenham were eliminated by Milan.
When entering the semi-finals, there were still two teams left in the Premier League, and of course the other two teams were La Liga clubs. It can be seen that the most powerful leagues in European football now are the Premier League and La Liga. One has eliminated Real Madrid and La Liga one after another.
Arsenal, the arsenal of Juventus, and Liverpool, who eliminated Lyon and Milan.
One of the remaining two La Liga clubs is Barcelona, known as the second team, which eliminated the powerful Chelsea. The other is the dark horse in the past few seasons, Villarreal, which eliminated Inter Milan.
However, in the semi-finals, Arsenal defeated Villarreal 2-0 in two legs at home and away. Villarreal’s Champions League results in the past three years have been getting better year by year, and they have entered the semi-finals of the Champions League this season.
Among them, there are outstanding players like Arshavin and Hleb, Villarreal, David Silva and Cazorla.
In recent years, Pellegrini has been one of the most successful South American coaches in European football. Villarreal under Pellegrini has been a strong team in La Liga in recent years and has always performed well in the Champions League.
Excellent. Even in the past few seasons, Villarreal has performed better in the Champions League than Real Madrid. Liverpool was defeated by Barcelona 3-2 in two rounds in the semi-finals and failed to enter the Champions League final for three consecutive years.
"Congratulations, Fernando."
Although they have only entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, this achievement is already quite outstanding for Villarreal, which has no history. As a small fishing village, Villarreal's current achievements are simply
It’s very surprising. And because Villarreal is a small club in a small place, it can’t compare with big clubs in terms of income. Fortunately, it has performed well in the Champions League in recent years, and with the increase in the transfer market
Income, so Villarreal has been profitable in recent years.
"Manuel, congratulations."
Lister also congratulated Pellegrini. Pellegrini has performed very well at Villarreal in recent years and has embarrassed List. Lister now thinks that Pellegrini should go
A bigger stage. But for now, Villarreal is still a good place.
"Rejoice together and rejoice together."
Fernando Roig showed a smile and said to Lister with a smile. Then he slowly said: "Lister, although I have achieved good results in the past few years, I am an unsatisfied person. I hope to continue to recruit players.
"
Riester nodded. Fernando Roig is different from his brother Francisco Roig. Francisco Roig is relatively stable, and Valencia under his rule pays more attention to stability. Fernando Roig.
However, Roig is ambitious. It may have been when he was in Valencia. Francisco Roig was the representative of the Roig family. This may have made Fernando Roig a little unconvinced.
Of course, this is not because there is a problem with the relationship between the brothers. It is because the three of them are in charge of the Roig family's business. In terms of career, Fernando Roig is not much worse than Francisco Roig, so he is in the football industry.
Nor was he willing to lose to his brother. Especially after Francisco Roig returned to Valencia.
"Fernando, I heard about it. You brought in Nihat for free. This is a good deal."
Fernando Roig is ambitious, but he will never spend money recklessly. He is a very smart person, and it should be said that the team under him is also very smart. They responded quickly to the transfer market.
Turkish forward Nihat, who became famous in Real Sociedad, is still very famous in European football. Although Nihat's performance in the past two seasons is not as good as that in the 2003 season, he is still a famous player in La Liga, and importantly
He is only 26 years old now and is in his prime. Not to mention Villarreal, many strong teams in La Liga, even the Premier League and Serie A are interested in him. In addition, he is still a free agent.
However, Villarreal is the fastest among them, having already taken care of Nihat in February. This very famous player in Turkey was introduced by Villarreal for free. This action alone is not enough.
You know how many people are envious of you.
"How about it, let's start quickly."
Fernando Roig felt proud when he mentioned Nihat.
"It's not fast, it's simply too powerful."
"Rister, in addition to Nihat, we also have a signing plan. We have been talking about it recently, but there has been little progress. We need your help."
"who?"
The current Villarreal should be said to be excellent in all aspects. Especially the strength of the midfield and frontcourt is not much worse than that of La Liga giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona. If it is inferior, it means that the foundation is not good, that is, the thickness of the bench is not good.
"Robert Pires."
"Pires?"
Lister immediately thought about Pires' situation. Pires is currently 32 years old and is still very good in terms of strength. However, his current status in Arsenal is not as high as before.
With Cristiano Ronaldo performing well at Arsenal, Pires and Ljungberg can only fight for a playing spot on the wing. And in addition to the two of them, there are also players like Reyes and Robin van Persie in Arsenal.
young talent. Not long ago, Wenger also introduced a talented new star at a high price, the 17-year-old Theo Walcott. Arsenal's current wing players are overcrowded.
It can be said that with Arsenal's recruitment, Pires' status is falling again and again. Because he has enough players, Wenger has different options. This is Arsenal's peak moment. In a few years, Arsenal will
Na's personnel reserves are stretched thin.
Pires' contract is about to expire. Arsenal has a newly built stadium, so the club's funds are very tight. Pires is currently thirty-two years old. Although his status has dropped a lot, his strength is still there. He hopes to get a
A good contract, but Arsenal's financial situation is tight, so they are unwilling to take the risk of giving Pires a higher salary. Arsenal hopes that Pires will be like Bergkamp, signing once a year, and the salary is not very high.
But Pires is not. Pires is an excellent left midfielder in British football and a model player who plays on the left with his right foot. Even Capello's Juventus were eyeing him last summer. Therefore, Pires hopes to get a
A two-year or three-year contract. He would never agree to a one-year contract.
The two sides were deadlocked. At this time, Villarreal intervened, but Pires had great feelings for Arsenal and was unwilling to leave Arsenal. Although the current negotiations were not going very smoothly, he did not want to cooperate with other clubs so soon.
Therefore, the negotiations between Villarreal and Pires have not made any progress.
"Fernando, you shouldn't come to me about this matter. Go to Mark Roger. He has many solutions."
Riester has some understanding of Villarreal's actions. They are no longer satisfied with the current results and they want to hit some championships. But for now, Villarreal's players still have some problems. Therefore, the introduction
An experienced player like Pires is a very good thing for Villarreal.
"Mark Roger? Is that Makelele's agent?"
Fernando Roig thought for a moment and remembered who Mark Roger was. But he shook his head immediately. Then he said to Lister: "Lister, I have nothing to do with Mark Roger.
I don’t want to have anything to do with it. I still need your help with this matter. If you need help, you can ask Mark Roger for help. I don’t want to deal with him, and we at Villarreal don’t want to deal with him.”
"hehe."
Lister smiled. Lister understood what Fernando Roig meant. It was really because Mark Roger's reputation was so bad. He was the biggest collaborator with Arsenal back then, but he had repeatedly cheated Arsenal and made it difficult for him to do so.
Arsenal regards him as their number one enemy. And he is restless at Real Madrid. A small club like Villarreal cannot afford to offend such an agent.
"Okay. Fernando, I will talk to Pires' agent about this matter."
Riester has no close relationship with Pires's agent, but Marc Roger has a very close relationship with Pires's agent. He even has a good relationship with Pires himself, and he is the best at handling this matter.
"Rister, besides this we have one more thing to ask you for. Corinthians' Matias Fernandez is your player and we want to introduce him in the summer."
"Matthias, it's time for him to go to Europe."
Riester had no reaction. Because Fernandez performed very well in the Brazilian league, and together with Mascherano and Tevez, he was the absolute main player of Corinthians.
In one and a half years, Tevez scored 29 goals for Corinthians, while Fernandez scored 18 goals. Tevez was a striker, while Fernandez was an attacker.
Midfielder. This kind of performance attracted the attention of many clubs in European football. Not one or two people asked Riester about Fernandez.
"Fernando, this matter is simple. Contact Corinthians. The transfer fee should not be cheap. I really hope that he will move to La Liga."
The World Cup is just around the corner, but clubs like Villarreal have already started preparing for next season. What does the World Cup have to do with Villarreal? Villarreal only focuses on its own affairs.
Nihat, Pires, Fernandez, plus the existing Senna, Riquelme, David Silva, Cazorla, Forlan, Villarreal's offensive line strength is definitely
It's surprising. But after thinking about it, Lister thought that it was precisely because there were too many good players that it affected Lister's players, especially the young David Silva and Cazorla. But this matter can be kept privately
Talk to Pellegrini.
"Okay. I'll just say that it's much easier to find you for this kind of thing." (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
ps: An update today. The sewer repairs at home were recently done, and the house after demolition was not done carefully. Sorry.
