Although Julio Cruz has never played a main role in the Argentine national team, what is most talked about is his super substitute career in Inter Milan. He scored goals as soon as he came on the field and never caused trouble in the locker room.
When it comes to playing as a substitute, he plays as a substitute and can adjust to his best form as soon as he comes on the field - having such a player is a blessing for any team. However, the only ones who can do this are Cruz and
Manchester United's Solskjaer is just two people.
This super substitute is still playing in the Netherlands and has not gone to Italy yet. There is indeed a good chance to get him. As for him being a non-EU player, this is not a problem. La Liga now stipulates that a team can have him in the squad.
There are four non-EU players. At present, Atletico Madrid’s only non-EU players are Gamarra, Paunovic, Juninho and Solari. Now Solari has transferred and left, and Juninho is also very poor.
With the possibility of leaving, Atletico Madrid can now bring in at least two non-EU players.
As for Brazilian forward Jader... this guy is a man of the hour now. Although he is Brazilian, he is strong and a typical center. What is more valuable is his scoring ability. When he was in Brazil, he created a record in one season.
He scored 46 goals in 44 appearances, a terrifying record. After coming to Europe, in four seasons in Porto, he played 125 times and scored 131 goals, except for the second one.
In addition to scoring 26 goals in 30 appearances this season, he scored more than 30 goals in the other three seasons. The average goal rate was a little more than one goal per game, which shocked everyone.
Although he has never shown his strength in the mainstream leagues, his scoring rate in recent seasons has been extremely high. For such a forward, joining Atletico Madrid is also shocking enough!
A Jardel who can bring a lot of goals, a Cruz who can continue to score goals as a substitute, a Torres who has unlimited potential, and a Correa who still has some strength. If you can buy these two
Personally, then Atletico Madrid's forward line will definitely not have any problems.
Trezeguet is good, but even if he can be introduced, it will probably cost close to 30 million. Historically, his transfer to Juventus has been about this amount, and if this money is used to buy Jardel and Gram
Two people of Ruth are basically enough - two people are of course more useful than one...
One day later.
"Trezeguet's agent told us that Trezeguet is only thinking about the European Cup finals and is not considering transfers... and he heard the news that his agent is now fighting with Juventus.
Gotta be hot."
After hearing Marina's feedback, Dick sighed. Sure enough, Juventus has always bought people first and then sold them. Now they already have Del Piero, Inzaghi and Kovacevic in their ranks.
, but still bought Trezeguet, and at the same time did not sell Inzaghi until after this season... It seems that it is impossible to snatch Trezeguet from Juventus...
"Then let's change the target, Jardel, what do you think?" Dick asked Marriner.
"That Brazilian who is good at scoring goals? This choice is indeed good. At least it will not have much impact on our striker after Hasselbaink leaves... But being able to score a lot of goals in Portugal does not mean that we can
You can score a lot of goals in Spain," Marriner said after thinking about it.
Dick was also a little worried about this. It's not like Jardel has never played in mainstream leagues. He has played in Bolton Wanderers in England and Ancona in Italy. However, his performance was very poor and he didn't score a single goal. But if you think about it carefully, Jardel
He was already 29 years old when he went to Bolton, and his body began to decline. He is a player who relies more on his body to make a living. And the season before that, he suffered a serious injury at Sporting Lisbon and was absent for the second half of the season.
, his results before that were not bad - he scored 11 goals in 19 appearances!
Historically, his performance in the next two seasons was still top-notch, scoring 34 goals in 43 appearances at Galatasaray and 42 goals in 30 appearances at Sporting Lisbon!
Even if the state declines, it will only happen in two years. It will happen in two years... Who cares about it now?
Historically, Jardel went to Galatasaray this summer. Even if Galatasaray can play in the Champions League, it may not be as attractive as Atletico Madrid. After all, Jardel has played in Porto many times in the Champions League, which is more attractive.
His is a top league team, and Atletico Madrid is a top league team!
"Just buy him...because there is no other better forward, and he is also very suitable, whether it is a single forward or a double forward." Dick said decisively to Marriner.
Marriner nodded. Jardel's technical characteristics are indeed like this. When playing as a lone forward, he can be a pure shooter or a tactical center. When playing as a double forward, his coordination ability is not bad. After all, he is Brazilian.
...He has been unable to enter the Brazilian national team. It is not that there is a problem with his strength, but that his style is incompatible with the style of Brazilian football. This is not only his problem, Bayern's legendary striker Elber also has such a problem. Once
The strike partners sent by the Brazilian national team in the friendly match were Jardel and Elber. After the game, the media commented that this game was like three players with different styles forming a Brazilian team. Jardel has one style, and Elber has one style.
Jerbo has one style, other Brazilian players have another style...
There are many top players abandoned by Brazil for this reason, including Deco, Senna, Pepe, Motta... Elber is a top shooter, so why not Jardel? His only unlucky thing is that he has been wandering around during his peak years.
Outside the mainstream football circles, Dick is now going to give him this opportunity to let this top shooter show his style in the mainstream league!
Historically, Jardel transferred to Galatasaray this summer. Dick didn't know how much the transfer fee was. However, Turkey is not yet a league where you can spend money to buy stars in a few years. No matter how much it is, it won't be much.
Go, when it is no longer possible to bring in the two expected targets, Tristan and Trezeguet, Dick must win Jardel in order to have a stronger bargaining chip to compete for higher honors next season.
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The club gave him more than 40 million in transfer funds and gave him full control of the team. It was not just for him to lead the team to avoid relegation and win a King's Cup. There must be higher pursuits. In fact, Lao Xi
His intention is already clear - league, top four! UEFA Cup, strive for the championship! This is Atletico Madrid's goal for the new season!
To achieve such a goal, it is not enough to rely on the existing players, Dick must also build a stronger team.
The midfield has been solved. What needs to be solved now is the striker, and then the defense. This is also the order of positions that Dick values. The midfielder is the most important, followed by the striker, and finally the defense. In a league like La Liga,
In the atmosphere, if you want to be more popular, using better offensive tactics is naturally the way to go.
In the next few days, Atletico Madrid launched an attack on Jardel and Cruz at the same time.
Their opponents are not too strong, but not weak either. Galatasaray is also pursuing Jardel, while Bologna in Serie A is pursuing Cruz.
Dick appeared in Portugal two days later.
He came to Portugal for insurance reasons, because he didn't know what method Galatasaray used in history to get Jardel to agree to join - because at that time it could be said that quite a few European giants were interested in Jardel, and
As for when Jardel decided to join Galatasaray later, many people were very surprised, because based on his performance in Porto, even if he could not go to the top clubs in the four major leagues, he would definitely go to a mid-range team.
No problem...
The only possibility is that Galatasaray comes up with some plan that can impress him, and Dick came here just to impress Jardel with a better plan.
Dick saw this brawny Brazilian - Jardel is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 76 kilograms. He is indeed a powerful man - there are not many Brazilian players like this, but they usually play defense.
Position, it is indeed rare for someone like Jardel to play a famous offensive position.
This is also the tragedy of Jardel. With his scoring ability and physique, if he was born in a football powerhouse in Europe, whether it is Germany, Italy, the Netherlands or France, it is very likely that he will occupy a pivotal position in the national team. However, as Di Cani
As for Italy, he was born in the wrong country, and even in the club he was not as lucky as Elber. At the peak of his career, Elber played for a giant like Bayern. Although he failed to achieve success in the national team,
Considered a top star because of his performance at Bayern, although Jardel won four league titles with Porto, he was still criticized for not performing well in mainstream leagues.
“Do you want to prove yourself in a mainstream league?”
Dick looked at Jardel in front of him, and the first sentence he opened his mouth was this sentence.
Jardel's calm expression immediately changed - this was considered the most important thing in his heart. In the previous Copa America, he was selected for the Brazilian national team, but his performance was mediocre and he was completely unable to integrate into the entire Brazilian team.
He also encountered Elber. The two strikers who had the same problem had chatted in the national team. Jardel still remembers what Elber said: "It seems that we can't do anything in the national team."
Good performance... Let's concentrate on playing club games. I missed the Champions League in the first two seasons. This season, I want to attack the Champions League! For me, this is my World Cup!
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Such words deeply shocked Jardel, which was also the biggest reason why he wanted to leave Porto, a club he had played for four years. Although Porto was the hegemon of Portugal, in the European arena, it was no longer
There is so much competitiveness that it has been almost impossible to even reach the knockout stages in the past few seasons.
However, although many giants are interested in him, there are no substantial giants - Barcelona is busy retaining Figo and Rivaldo, Real Madrid is dealing with Anelka, and Deportivo is eyeing Tristan.
Inter Milan already has Vieri and Ronaldo, AC Milan has Shevchenko, Manchester United is pursuing Ruud van Nistelrooy, Arsenal has strengthened Thierry Henry, Liverpool has Owen... none of these giants seem to want to acquire him at a high price.
The only ones who are really taking action now are Galatasaray from Turkey and Atletico Madrid from Spain.
Jardel is reluctant to go to Turkey. Is this very different from staying in Porto? And Atletico Madrid can only play in the UEFA Cup, which also makes him a little unwilling.
At this moment, the first words spoken by Jose, whom he met for the first time, struck his heart like a bolt of lightning.
