The summer of 2001 is destined to be remembered by all fans forever.
This summer, the completion of a shocking deal officially announced that the center of world football is shifting from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
Serie A is still the number one league in the world, but it is no longer the only place that top players yearn for.
Since this year, all the top players who became famous in Serie A have been lost to La Liga and the Premier League. Serie A has ultimately become a short-term springboard for superstar players and a star processing factory.
On July 9, 2001, Real Madrid announced the signing of Zidane at a world transfer record-breaking price of 77.5 million euros.
During this period, the two top midfielders in Europe, Figo and Zidane, joined forces with Real Madrid.
Real Madrid's superstar policy has been confirmed, and the prototype of the Galaxy Battleship has emerged.
This transfer news instantly detonated the entire world football world.
All major media outlets exclaimed that the wolf is coming.
However, under the brilliance of Zidane, few people noticed that Real Madrid promoted youngster Pavon from its own youth training to the first team.
Real Madrid president Florentino won the support of fans with his "superstar policy" and announced that he would introduce a superstar every year.
But he also knew the drawbacks of doing so.
Not everyone on a team can be a superstar.
The luxury in the midfield and frontcourt must be supported by the "civilians" in the backcourt.
Once Pavin is kicked out, the superstar policy will be improved to the "Zidane + Pavin" policy.
By then Real Madrid will enter its heyday, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the cornerstone of a century-old foundation.
Real Madrid has become the best in the world. If his mortal enemy Barcelona does not take any action, it will really be unable to suppress the anger of the fans.
Especially after Barcelona ushered in a season in which all four major players were defeated.
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"Barcelona has priced Simao at 15 million euros. Everyone knows that this is an impossible deal!" 》
"Simão publicly expressed his unwillingness to play for Barcelona. While on vacation in Madeira, he announced that he would never set foot in the Barcelona area again! 》
"Sky Sports": "Simão's agent revealed that Simão's next stop may be the Premier League, and the player personally prefers to join Manchester United!"
"Daily Sports": "What are Barcelona waiting for? Selling Simang at a low price will indeed suffer a loss, but if they don't strengthen it as soon as possible, will it happen again that all four players will lose money?"
"World Sports News": "Clubs that care about money cannot achieve great things. Real Madrid broke the world's best transfer record, but we are still struggling with the difference of several million!"
The media and fans criticized Barcelona's attitude.
In response, Barcelona's official response was aggrieved: "Barcelona is negotiating transfers with multiple important targets. This will be a season with significant investment. The reason for going slower is because we don't want to make mistakes."
"We also have excellent youth training players. We don't necessarily have to buy other people's young players. La Masia's level is world-class!"
After the announcement, Barcelona directly promoted several young players from the youth training team to the first team to provide coordination.
There are 18-year-old talented midfielder Thiago Motta, 20-year-old Barcelona midfielder future star Mikel Arteta, 22-year-old Barcelona youth training winger Luis Garcia and others.
However, fans didn't buy it.
"Not all players are qualified to compete with Quaresma!"
"Motta may still have a future, but it is difficult for Garcia and Arteta to become world-class stars!"
"I'm optimistic about Motta. As for Arteta... Iniesta's ceiling in the youth training team is much higher than him!"
"Arteta can enter the first team purely because Guardiola is optimistic about him, but Guardiola has not renewed his contract with the team. I think he may have to leave!"
"I am jealous that Sporting Lisbon has successively trained wingers such as Figo, Simao, Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo, so I promoted my own Garcia. I am not opposed to training our own people, but they must be of that quality. "
"If the team cannot buy excellent wide players such as Quaresma, I will not buy Barcelona season tickets next season, because I have no reason to watch every game that I must lose!"
"This bunch of bullshit athletic department staff are wasting Rivaldo's prime years!"
Barcelona's operation obviously went wrong, and the fans' response far exceeded their expectations.
If this continues, there will likely be changes in management.
In order to prevent the accident from happening in time, Barcelona could only respond quickly.
They decisively loaned out Luis Garcia and Arteta, leaving only Motta, letting fans know that they would not shoddy players.
But Quaresma has not arrived for a long time because Sporting Lisbon... has increased the price!
Last summer, Barcelona offered €7 million.
The psychological price of Sporting Lisbon is 10 million euros.
This summer, Barcelona offered 20 million euros.
Sporting Lisbon directly stated that this was not for sale.
Barcelona subsequently raised the price by 22 million euros.
Then Sporting Lisbon showed Barcelona the offers from Premier League teams and Serie A teams, and Barcelona was dumbfounded at that time.
Arsenal and Manchester United paid the same price.
Lazio and Roma offered a price of 25 million euros.
These teams are more competitive than Barcelona and offer more than Barcelona. Quaresma and Sporting Lisbon chose Barcelona out of their minds.
Negotiations have reached a deadlock, and Barcelona intends to put pressure on Sporting Lisbon in other ways.
If you don’t sell me flying wings, I will find other flying wings.
So Barcelona successively announced their other signings this season.
"Seventeen million euros, French defender Philippe Christanval joins Barcelona! Will become the last piece of the puzzle in Barcelona's defense! 》
"The 1.9-meter-tall iron defender Christian Vale is a type of center back that Barcelona has never had in recent years! 》
"Cristan Val is not completely suitable for Barcelona. The biggest reason why Barcelona bought him is Deng Kai!" 》
"Deng Kai, the best player in UEFA Cup history, scared Barcelona!" A header hat trick cost Barcelona nearly 20 million euros more to strengthen their air defense! 》
"Monaco made a good deal, Kristan Val is not worth 17 million euros at all!" 》
Yes, in order to solve the problem of defense height, Barcelona suffered a bit and hired a tall central defender.
They have high hopes for this player, but sometimes you really shouldn't buy things that are not suitable, because it is better not to buy them.
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The centre-back taught Barcelona a lesson the following season with a nightmarish display of turnovers.
"The Brazilian Gang wins again!" Barcelona takes away talented attacking midfielder Giovanni from Cruzeiro for €20 million! 》
"Quaresma Alternative?" Giovanni was originally a wing player and was capable of organizing the wing and dribbling breakthroughs! 》
"Barcelona gives up on Quaresma?" Sporting Lisbon has exaggerated its own value? 》
"Never buy it!" Barcelona fans held Quaresma jerseys and gathered at the club to demonstrate! 》
