The madness of the summer of 2009 began.
In this summer without the European Cup or the World Cup, all eyes are focused on European football. Every day when people wake up they look at the front page of the newspaper or the headlines in the sports column.
All the madness started when an old man named Florentino Perez Rodriguez became the president of Real Madrid Club again on June 1.
On May 14, Florentino announced his participation in the Real Madrid presidential election at the Ritz Hotel in Madrid.
In the early morning of June 1, Florentino automatically became the new chairman of Real Madrid as the only candidate. On the evening of the same day, "Chilean Engineer" Pellegrini was appointed as the team's head coach, Valdano as the club director and assistant to the president, Padesa as the sports director, and Zidane as the president's special advisor.
Then, the madness of summer completely begins.
On June 8, Real Madrid officially announced the signing of Brazilian star Kaka from AC Milan for a transfer fee of 65 million euros. After experiencing the "Calciopoli", the Rossoneri are now in complete financial difficulties. The only thing they can do is to sell their former prince to Real Madrid, who will not be short of money, to save them from the crisis.
Before Kaka's transfer news calmed down, another bomb detonated in European football.
"Manchester United accepted Real Madrid's record-breaking offer, and Cristiano Ronaldo will become a member of Real Madrid." "Marca" wrote.
Another major sports newspaper in Madrid, AS, said: "Real Madrid has tied up with Cristiano Ronaldo, even though he is still a Manchester United player."
Two local media in Madrid, Spain, reported that Ronaldo has signed with Real Madrid.
Although there was no official announcement from Manchester United and Real Madrid, the news seemed to be known to everyone.
Then, more details were revealed.
"El Pais", the comprehensive broadsheet with the largest circulation in Spain, used the headline "Cristiano Ronaldo, 94 million". The lead line is: "Manchester United has accepted Real Madrid's offer of 94 million euros, and it can be announced as long as Real Madrid meets Ronaldo's personal conditions." The transfer is completed." "Le Monde" pointed out: "After double confirmation from Manchester United and Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo has set the latest record for player transfer fees." The newspaper also revealed that "Cristiano Ronaldo will sign a 6-year contract with Real Madrid, and his annual salary after tax is 10 million euros.”
Even UEFA is getting in on the act.
UEFA's official website wrote while introducing the incident: "The Premier League champions accepted Real Madrid's offer for Cristiano Ronaldo, and later received official confirmation from Real Madrid. The transfer is expected to be completed before the end of this month." International Football Association The title of the United official website is concise and to the point: "Manchester United agrees to sell Ronaldo."
Seeing that they could no longer hide the matter, the Premier League club Manchester United and the Spanish club Real Madrid issued statements on their official websites, confirming that both clubs had accepted the other's transfer request and that Ronaldo would transfer from Manchester United before June 30. Real Madrid.
In one summer, the joining of two World Football Players suddenly put all the pressure on the new Champions League champion Barcelona.
Even if the new season hasn't started yet, if Barcelona doesn't take any action, then it can be said that Barcelona has already lost before the season starts.
Barcelona are in a hurry to expedite a big deal.
However, Inter Milan seems to be very subtle when it comes to Barcelona's offer for Ibrahimovic. Instead, they come here and keep asking about Eto'o's price.
Barcelona really wants to add Africans to Ibrahimovic's transfer. This will not only reduce the transfer cost, but also clear out Eto'o, the player at the top of Guardiola's purge list.
It doesn't feel right. This is what Guardiola said when he explained why Eto'o had to leave Barcelona. The perfunctory meaning could not be more obvious. As the African player with the most goals in the history of La Liga, he cannot get a contract extension in exchange.
Inter Milan ignored Barcelona's bid and kept asking about Eto'o's price.
Barcelona originally wanted to have a stalemate with Inter Milan, but after they received the news that Inter Milan was planning to turn around and introduce Leeds United forward Kuyt, they couldn't sit still.
Therefore, they first agreed to Inter Milan's offer for Eto'o and cleared out the people who needed to be cleaned up, at least they no longer had to smash the players into their hands.
As soon as Eto'o's deal was completed, the British media broke a big news on the other side.
"Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic joins Leeds United for 46 million euros plus player exchanges."
Everyone here in Barcelona is stupid.
They felt they were being outplayed by Inter Milan and Leeds United.
Not only did they not buy the forward they wanted, they also sold their own forward.
But after discovering that they had been cheated, they could only continue to look for stars in the transfer market. After shopping around, I found that there are really not many frontcourt players who really meet the requirements, which must be both strong and famous.
Finally, they set their sights on the "Dutch Gang" that Real Madrid was preparing to purge.
And Van Persie is their ultimate goal.
But the question is, will Real Madrid sell to Barcelona?
^^^
"Coach, we will be our opponents next season."
On the phone, Van Persie was talking to George Lee.
It is now mid-July, and the transfer war in European football is still in full swing outside. Just now, news broke about Manchester City, a new force in the Premier League who is also spending money to buy people in the transfer market.
They are preparing to introduce Dutch forward Robin Van Persie, who once played for Leeds United, from Real Madrid. The specific transfer fee has not yet been revealed.
But according to media estimates, it will definitely be no less.
After all, the prices in European football are really driven up by these big guys now.
Originally, both Manchester United and Manchester City wanted to introduce Robin van Persie, but Manchester United, which had just lost Cristiano Ronaldo, also pinned its hopes on whether Tevez, who had performed very well before, could be retained.
But there has been no agreement on salary.
Real Madrid couldn't wait and sold Van Persie directly to Manchester City.
"Has it been decided? Why did I hear that there seemed to be something wrong with the physical examination?"
"It shouldn't be a big problem. I'm already planning to find a house in the UK. I'm going back to Leeds in a few days to meet Alan and the others."
"Why don't you look for me?"
"Aren't I afraid that you will hit me? Don't worry, I will definitely not hold back when I meet Leeds United next season."
After Van Persie went to Real Madrid, he did not perform very well, mainly because Real Madrid's frequent coaching changes left him without a fixed position and tactics. It's also Lee George's fault. When he was at Leeds United, Van Persie was asked to play in every position in the frontcourt. As a result, after Van Persie went to Real Madrid, he was always short of players to play wherever he wanted.
Now if he can pass the physical examination and return to the Premier League, then George Lee will really take Manchester City seriously.
The two were chatting and laughing, while constantly reminiscing about Robin van Persie's time at Leeds United, and at the same time talking about the recent transfer situation in the Premier League and European football.
Before I knew it, it was until night.
Shortly after hanging up the phone with Van Persie, George Lee suddenly saw a new transfer news.
Manchester City officially signed a five-year contract with Argentine striker Carlos Tevez, who will wear the No. 32 jersey. Manchester City officials did not disclose specific transfer details, but according to reports from the "Manchester Evening News", "Daily Mail" and "Mirror", Manchester City paid 25 million pounds to sign Tevez. In addition, the Mirror revealed that Tevez's weekly salary at Manchester City will be as high as 150,000 pounds, second only to Robinho's 160,000 pounds.
