The summer of 2008 was definitely the most prosperous time in the European football transfer market in the past two decades. Before the transfer market had even opened, Manchester City had already spent more than 200 million euros to introduce many good players.
In June, in less than a month, Real Madrid once again showed its courage. Florentino also spent more than 200 million euros in the transfer market and introduced top players from major leagues.
The transfer fees spent by Manchester City and Real Madrid have reached nearly 500 million euros. Such a crazy transfer is definitely the first time in European football. Even in the first phase of Real Madrid Galaxy Battleship, Abramovich came
When Chelsea was there, it couldn't compare to the craziness of this summer. Now that Real Madrid is so prosperous, another La Liga giant, Barcelona, has quit.
Speaking of which, Real Madrid and Barcelona have been frustrated in the past two seasons. Real Madrid began to fall since the superstar policy went bankrupt, that is, after Del Bosque left Real Madrid. Not only was it suppressed by Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in turn, but it was also suppressed by various methods in the Champions League.
The team was ravaged and lost face in European football. Barcelona, on the other hand, was disintegrating and then fell into free fall. The two giants were suppressed by Atletico Madrid. It is unjustifiable. Real Madrid put all the blame on it.
Calderon, while Barcelona put all the blame on Rijkaard.
Real Madrid took the lead in the transfer market, and Barcelona was not far behind. The transfer market had just opened, and Barcelona announced a heavyweight transfer. Barcelona took away their main right back Alvi from Atletico Madrid for 36 million euros.
Si. If it were placed on any summer, this transfer would definitely be sensational.
But in the summer of 2008, this transfer was not too big. Kaká cost more than 70 million euros, Torres cost more than 60 million euros, Ribery cost more than 50 million euros, and Ribery cost more than 4,000 euros.
In front of Cristiano Ronaldo and Thiago Silva who are worth 10,000 euros, Alves with 36 million euros is not that surprising.
Afterwards, Barcelona first bought back its youth training player Pique from Manchester United for 5 million euros, and then introduced Caceres from Villarreal for 16.5 million euros.
Speaking of this transfer, Villarreal really made a lot of money. Caceres is a Uruguayan player. Caceres, who was born in 1987, only started to appear in the Uruguayan league in 2006. He has a lot of connections in South America.
Villarreal introduced Cáceres for one million euros, and then loaned Cáceres to La Liga club Huelva.
Unexpectedly, Caceres performed well during the loan period and became the best rookie defender in La Liga in the 2008 season. He immediately attracted the attention of many strong teams. He transferred to Barcelona in the summer. Caceres came to Villare.
Yair, who has yet to play a game for Villarreal, earned 15 million euros as soon as he changed hands. The deal was done brilliantly.
Of course, Barcelona's transfer is not over. They next introduced Keita from Sevilla for 14 million euros. So far, Barcelona has spent more than 70 million euros in a short period of time.
"I miss Sandro so much."
Lister was on guard against Mendes, thus disrupting Mourinho's plan to take over Barcelona. But Lister still couldn't get the power to transfer to Barcelona. First of all, the relationship between Lister and Laporta was average.
There is no deep friendship. On the contrary, both sides are somewhat wary. Therefore, Begilistan does not want List to intervene in Barcelona's transfer.
And Mourinho was not allowed to come to Barcelona. He withstood Mendes. But after Guardiola became the head coach of Barcelona, Barcelona also began to develop two other agent giants. One is Guardiola’s agent Josep
Orobitgue, the other is Guardiola’s brother Pere Guardiola.
Needless to say, Guardiola's brother is able to get along with ease thanks to his brotherly relationship with Guardiola. This is even more true for Orobite. He started working for Guardiola as his agent when he was a player.
The relationship between the two lasted for twenty years. They are the people Guardiola truly trusts. Orobitgue is almost indistinguishable from Guardiola’s relatives. Even when Pere Guardiola approaches his agent, it is still Orobitge.
Influence. If Pere Guardiola is not Guardiola's brother, then Pere Guardiola is far inferior to Orobite in terms of trust.
Riester knew that with the success of Dream Three, these two people plus Carvajal would divide Barcelona's youth training players. Among them, Pere Guardiola has talents like Thiago, plus Iniesta and others.
The image rights of Barcelona. And Orobitgue has Busquets, Tello, Montoya and other Barcelona youth training pearls in his hands.
Laporta above doesn't want to see List, and below there are agents who are closely related to Guardiola. Barcelona's transfer market and youth training camp have not left any share for List. This summer, Barcelona has so many
Neither List nor Rist was able to intervene and gain any benefit from the transfer. If List had not looked out for Messi's face, he would never have allowed Guardiola to become the head coach of Barcelona so easily.
"I heard Sandro wants to make a comeback."
Carvajal smiled. When Rosell was in charge of Barcelona transfers, Lister was relatively popular in Barcelona. Almost half of the players in Barcelona were related to him, and Lister easily intervened in Barcelona's transfers.
If not for that, he wouldn't have been able to cause such a big conflict between Henry and Ronaldinho in 2006.
"I have this idea. Anyway, Sandro has no intention of giving up."
List nodded. Although Rosell left, Lister and Rosell did not break contact, and Rosell himself did not completely quit football. At present, the Brazilian national team plays some commercial games, most of which are played by Rosell.
Russell organized it. Of course Lister knew that every time Russell organized such a business competition, a large amount of black money would enter his pocket.
"If Sandro wins, how will Pere respond?"
Carvajal was talking with some gloating. Carvajal, Spain's number one agent, is very smart. When there are changes in the club's top management, even if he is biased towards one side, he will not go too far.
Just like when Florentino suppressed Carvajal when he was the chairman of Real Madrid, it was just because Carvajal's strength in Real Madrid was too great. It affected Florentino's authority. But suppression is suppression.
Florentino had no objections to Carvajal himself. On the contrary, while Florentino suppressed Carvajal, he also reused Carvajal.
It seems very contradictory, but it is actually very simple. Carvajal has a huge influence in Real Madrid. He has enough connections to fight for the interests of Real Madrid when introducing players and cleaning up players. Therefore, Florentino likes him. These things
Everything was left to Carvajal. But Carvajal relied on Raul to run too many powerful forces in Real Madrid. This was something Florentino had to suppress. Therefore, Florentino
It is to let Carvajal continue to be his official agent, but not to allow Carvajal to have too many players in Real Madrid.
So Carvajal is deadlocked in Real Madrid. But Carvajal is currently gloating about Pere Guardiola. He was originally a member of Rosell's camp, but as Guardiola became Barcelona's head coach
, but he fell in love with Laporta. The sports company he just established recently is cooperating with people from Laporta's side. If Rosell really has a chance to come up in the future, it is estimated that the first one to deal with will be Perret.
Guardiola did it.
"But Gines, have you heard? Laporta is going to bring in Arshavin."
"Well, I heard about it. I guess I was too stimulated by Florentino."
If Arshavin was a first-class star before this summer, then he became a superstar after the European Cup. Arshavin performed very well at Villarreal and Tottenham. He scored a lot of goals and assisted a lot.
He is quite famous in European football.
But in the European Cup, he completely went crazy. The Dutch national team, which was invincible in the group stage, was kicked out by Russia in the knockout round. And Arshavin completely dominated the trend of the game in that game, defeating them by himself.
The defense of the entire Dutch national team. Arshavin's value soared after the European Cup.
Originally, his value was inflated because of the European Cup, so many wealthy clubs would not take action at this time. Wait half a year, a year, when the enthusiasm for the European Cup subsides, and then his value will naturally come down. But Laporta
It was too much stimulation from Florentino. Florentino successively introduced stars like Kaká, Franck Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Alonso. Laporta was under too much pressure. Therefore,
He can only bring in the hottest stars to compete with Real Madrid, and he has his sights set on Arshavin.
On July 17, 2008, Barcelona finally finished all the negotiations and announced the biggest transfer of Barcelona this summer. Barcelona introduced Arshavin, the hottest star of this European Cup, to Barcelona for a price of 41 million euros.
41 million euros, a good deal. Logically speaking, Arshavin's worth before the European Cup was only around 30 million euros, and it should be impossible to exceed 30 million euros. Arshavin's performance at Tottenham
It's outstanding. He has been able to complete a double-double of goals and assists in each of the past few seasons. Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in him, and the price is generally around 20 million pounds.
But after the European Cup, his value soared. Barcelona spent 41 million euros to get Tottenham to let him go. In fact, if Arshavin had not expressed his intention to fly to Barcelona, the transfer fee might have been higher.
Everyone is numb. This summer's European football transfer market is completely crazy. Another giant's transfer fee expenditure has exceeded 100 million euros. There are still several giants who have not taken action, and the transfer market is already so hot.
When Inter Milan changes its coach, Tottenham and Atletico Madrid sell many players, the transfer market will become even more lively.
