Although both Barcelona and Real Madrid are actively strengthening their lineups this summer and trying to compete with Manchester United and Chelsea who are making waves in the transfer market for attention, the ultimate goals of the two are different - the main purpose of the former It is an attempt to make further progress in the new season and hit the second Champions League trophy in the club's history; while the latter's goal is to introduce fresh blood and complete the replacement as soon as possible as the superstars are getting older and get out of the current trough!
Having finished talking about the La Liga duo, let us now turn our attention to the Apennine Peninsula across the sea from Spain. As in the past, Inter Milan still continues the "good" tradition of starting team building as soon as the summer comes. However, the difference is that under the leadership of legendary star Facchetti, the Nerazzurri have changed their bad habits of repeatedly signing up and stacking frontcourt stars in the past ten years, and have begun to treat transfers with a more rational attitude!
Under the careful operation of technical director Blanca and senior consultant Oliari, Veron, Figo, Samuel, David Pizarro, Julio Cesar and other elite players have successively Coming to the Pinetina base, while greatly improving the midfield creativity that was criticized during Cooper's period, he also found two reliable pillars of the defense. The most important thing is that the Nerazzurri, who have introduced so many strong reinforcements, actually spent less than 30 million euros in the transfer market (Samuel 16 million euros, David Pizarro 10 million euros plus Pandev half of the ownership, and the rest are free to invest)! Obviously, under the leadership of the new management headed by Facchetti, Inter Milan's signing ideas and buying strategies have undergone major changes, and they no longer rely on impulse spending like they did when Moratti was in power.
Although they are not interested in becoming the focus of the transfer market, seeing Inter Milan's frequent moves, Galliani and Mo Laohu will naturally not sit back and watch their competitors grow. AC Milan purchased talented forward and two-time Serie A Silver Boot winner Gilardino from Parma for US$24 million, and also bought Czech left-back Jankulovski from Udinese. Eindhoven midfielder Vogel and former Inter Milan king Vieri also came on free transfers after the expiration of their contracts. Together with Inzaghi who returned from injury, even if the loan contract expired, Kremlin was not left. Reisbo, the Rossoneri's combat effectiveness and bench depth in the new season have also reached an extremely terrifying level!
By the way, Parma did not show much reluctance about losing their leading striker Gilardino this summer. Under George's command, this Serie A club that has been included in Tottenham's satellite club system has now completely focused on developing young players, and even bought the ownership of Dean Ashton from Tottenham. , naturally he won't be too concerned about Gilardino's departure when there are already backup candidates for the striker.
As for Juventus, although the Bianconeri did not make many moves in the summer, every move can be regarded as the right medicine - the arrival of Falcao has strengthened the vitality and impact of the forward line, Roberto Kovac, The joining of Chiellini, Gianni Keda and Balzaretti also gives Capello more options when arranging his troops, and he no longer has to use the main players to death like last season. .
In addition, the transfer deal of signing Gunners captain Vieira for 20 million euros has once again spread the reputation of Mo Lao Fox throughout European football. The super midfielder composed of Nedved, Emerson, Vieira and Camoranesi also frightened all teams that might compete with Juventus!
Looking at the Bundesliga again, as the only top giant in German football, Bayern Munich is really unable to do anything compared to other giant clubs - it just made 26 million euros from the transfer of Hargreaves. Hoeness reappeared his stingy style of being careful with his budget and never making big purchases until he was forced to do so. He actually only spent 8.5 million euros to introduce French central defender Ismael from Werder Bremen and did nothing else!
Therefore, after Bayern Munich won the Champions League in 2001, they could no longer perform convincingly. They even experienced the nightmare of being eliminated in the group stage twice in three years in this life. This scapegoat is not at all It should be the head coach or the players who should be blamed, but Hoeness, who is the general manager and is in charge of the team's recruitment work, should be questioned!
Is Bayern Munich, which is only content to dominate the Bundesliga and whose performance in the Champions League is not as eye-catching as Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund and Werder Bremen, really worthy of being a top club? This is the biggest doubt Bayern Munich has encountered during this period!
Now let's turn our perspective back to England. Unlike Bundesliga clubs, which are extremely rational and cautious in the transfer market, Premier League clubs appear to be much more active. Not to mention teams such as Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea, which are backed by wealthy owners, the fact that Owen gave up his return to Liverpool and switched to Newcastle for the sake of a weekly salary of 110,000 pounds angered almost all Red Army fans. It was hyped in the media The next step has already attracted enough attention!
In general, if one word is used to describe the transfer market in the summer of 2005, then the word "recovery" is undoubtedly the most appropriate. You know, in the past few summers, the scene of constant big-money in the transfer market at the turn of the century has been rare. Except for a few such as Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Tottenham, almost all other clubs began to become conservative due to the economic recession caused by the bursting of the Internet bubble!
In 2000, a pure shooter like Crespo could be sold for a sky-high price of 56 million U.S. dollars. The old Batty also brought a transfer fee of 32.5 million euros to Florence when he moved to Roma. When the economic bubble burst, Milan only spent 30 million US dollars to acquire Nesta, known as the world's number one central defender. Crespo's value has shrunk by nearly 20 million US dollars in just two years!
Even Real Madrid, which has repeatedly broken transfer fee records, has tightened money after Zidane, and the superstars they signed are worth less than each other. This shows how depressed the European transfer market has been in recent years!
This year, with the passage of time and the continuous stimulation of teams such as Chelsea, the transfer market finally showed signs of recovery. Although there are no shocking transactions in terms of transfer fees, the quality of players and the number of tens of millions of euro transfers have greatly improved compared to the previous two years!
Therefore, it is obviously quite appropriate to use recovery to describe this summer's transfer market!
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