Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 324 The Crazy Arms Race in the Premier League, Manchester City Is Going to Fell?

"The competition in the Premier League this season is fierce!"

On a certain beach in Catalonia, under a huge parasol, Lin Quan and Guardiola are lying on deckchairs enjoying the sea breeze.

Guardiola held a newspaper in his hand and read it with relish.

"is it?"

Lin Quan asked casually.

Guardiola is a workaholic. Although he is on vacation now, he still cares about football matters. He even remotely operated Bayern's transfer operation and sold Mandzukic, who was disobedient.

"Yeah, the big clubs in the Premier League are doing a lot in the transfer market, especially your neighbor Manchester United, who have been buying like crazy recently!"

Lin Quan remembered that after Moyes was fired, it was the Dutch Van Gaal who took charge of the Red Devils.

This guy seems to have spent a lot of money on his job, and most of it was wasted money.

Lin Quan asked to take a look at the newspaper, and sure enough, Manchester United's actions this summer are really big.

As soon as the transfer market opened, they couldn't wait to buy Luke Shaw from Southampton for 3300 million pounds.

Then they bought their midfielder Herrera from Athletic Bilbao for £3100m, Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid for £6000m and Benfica for £2000m. The opponent's defender Rojo.

In addition, they also rented Falcao, a young tiger, from Monaco for 600 million pounds per year.

Manchester United spent 1.8 million euros in the transfer market this summer, making them the most expensive team in Europe.

Although Barcelona's transfer investment is also high, Barcelona recovered 8000 million euros through selling people.

Although Manchester United left a lot of people this summer, the funds recovered through selling people were only 4300 million euros.

In other words, their net investment is as high as 1.4 million euros!
Van Gaal can really burn money!
It's just that, if Van Gaal burns such a large amount of money, it's okay if he succeeds, but if he fails, he will be scolded miserably!

However, Lin Quan went to the Internet to look it up, and Manchester United fans seemed to be applauding Van Gaal's big signings. There were no opponents, but their voices were very small.

The vast majority of fans are happy and looking forward to such an ambitious signing by the club!

"Hehe, the club has invested so much this season, it looks like it's going to do a lot!"

"Hey, looking forward to revenge against Manchester City in the league!"

"Manchester City's lineup has not changed much, and there is Lin, can we really beat them in the new season?"

There are also people who have no idea. Although Manchester City is an upstart, they were the champions of the Champions League last season. The strength of Manchester City must not be underestimated!
Last season, Manchester United was double-killed by Manchester City at home and away, and it was a big loss.

The scene where Lin Quan performed a hat-trick at Old Trafford and celebrated with Cantona's king patrolling the audience still deeply hurt the hearts of the Red Devils fans, and even became a nightmare in their hearts.

"Don't worry, we have Van Persie, Rooney, Falcao, Mata, Di Maria and many other top stars in our team in the new season. Tell me how to lose this lineup?"

"That's right, this lineup is basically scheduled for the Premier League champions this season, and the Champions League will guarantee the semi-finals!"

"Sure enough, money is a good thing. A turkey like Manchester City can get good results by burning money. Our Red Devils have a stronger background. We have invested so much this season. Next season, we will not make Manchester City's shit out!"

The fans of the Red Devils are very confident in the team's record in the new season, and now they are only looking forward to the start of the new season!

Seeing the anticipation of Manchester United fans, Lin Quan couldn't help but want to laugh.

Van Gaal is good at spending money, but leading the team to achieve results...

In addition to Manchester United, the blues Chelsea's expenditure is not small, and it is the first club to start action.

On May 5, the Premier League had just ended, and before the start of the World Cup, Chelsea impatiently reached a transfer agreement with Paris Saint-Germain, a local tycoon in Ligue 24.

The Blues sold their main central defender David Luiz to Paris for £5000 million.

This price broke the world record held by another central defender Thiago Silva in Paris.

David Luiz has also become the central defender with the highest transfer price in the world so far.

Interestingly, both Thiago Silva and David Luiz are Brazil's main central defenders in this World Cup.

Paris probably tasted the sweetness after buying Thiago Silva, thinking that David Luiz, who is also Brazil's main central defender, is as strong as his sister-in-law.

Moreover, the two are teammates in the national team, so there must be no problem with the tacit understanding. It doesn't take too long to integrate into the team after buying him, so even if it costs a little more, it is a good deal.

I have to say that Paris Saint-Germain's calculations are pretty good.

But when the Brazilian team was bloodbathed by the German team 7:1 in the World Cup, they couldn't laugh.

On the contrary, the fans of the Blues were all beaming, as if they had found the culprit for the team's loss last season:
"Thanks to the local tyrants in the Middle East for helping me demine my car!"

"Sold a rear defense bomb for 5000 million pounds, and made a lot of money!"

"No wonder my car's record was so poor last season. It turns out that there is a time bomb in the defense!"

Of course, not all Blues fans think so, there are still some people who say something fair for David Luiz:

"David Luiz's strength is still quite strong, but his sense of position is a little bit worse. Every time he sees him making defensive mistakes, he is always making a grab."

"That's right, this guy likes to go up to expand his defensive area too much, and if he fails to go up, he will look very eye-catching, which makes him look like a defensive bomb."

"This kind of defender is not suitable as a commander on the defensive line, but is suitable as a general who charges into the battle. They will be very useful when someone is in command!"

These fans really understand football. In fact, after the Brazil team lost to the German team, many professionals believed that the suspension of Thiago Silva, the defense commander, was far more important than Neymar's suspension. Brazil has a big impact.

Marcelo and David Luiz are the kind of players who like to leave their positions, plus the German team came up and took the lead.

The Brazilian team was in a hurry to recover the score and played too aggressively, so the opponent's defense was overwhelmed. This is not to say that the strength gap between the two teams is really that big!
Of course, to say that David Luiz is worth £5000 million would be a lie.

So Chelsea must have made a lot of money from this deal.

If this transfer happened after the World Cup, it would cost up to 3000 million pounds.

After selling David Luiz, the Blues raised enough transfer funds to finally buy their favorite striker.

As the champion of this World Cup, Spanish striker Diego Costa has been favored by many giants.

The Blues, who were troubled by the weakness of the striker last season, have long admired Diego Costa, a striker who performed well in the Champions League and the World Cup.

Therefore, before the end of the World Cup, they made an offer to Atletico Madrid at a price of 3500 million pounds, hoping to take Diego Costa away.

Chelsea is still very thieves. When they made an offer to Atletico Madrid, it happened to be when Diego Costa was injured and unable to play in the World Cup group stage.

At that time, Diego Costa missed consecutive Champions League finals and the World Cup due to injuries, which led to suspicions that Diego Costa was a glass man, which greatly affected his transfer value.

Atletico Madrid have the same concerns, so they started transfer negotiations with Chelsea.

But talking and talking, Spain won the championship, and Diego Costa returned from injury in the final.

Although he failed to score a goal, his performance in the final was not bad, but Lin Quan's brilliance was too bright, which covered him up.

Seeing that Diego Costa's injury is fine, Atletico Madrid's negotiations have a lot of confidence, and they firmly disagree with the price cut.

Chelsea sold David Luiz for 5000 million and bought a World Cup champion striker like Diego Costa. Are you embarrassed to buy less than 5000 million pounds?

This offer obviously makes the Chelsea people very uncomfortable, and they are not local tyrants in the Middle East and are not short of money.

Even if he is really a local tyrant, he can't be slaughtered as a winner!

Is it worth buying Diego Costa for 5000 million?

If the opponent is not injured and can be a perfect fit for Chelsea, this price is not too outrageous.

However, if they really spend so much money to buy people, then their transfer budget may not be enough.

The loss to Manchester City last season made the Blues simmer with fire. This season they are gearing up to sign up and arm themselves to the teeth in order to avenge Manchester City.

Therefore, in addition to forwards, they also took a fancy to players in other positions, such as Atletico Madrid's left back Felipe, Barcelona's midfielder Fabregas and others.

To buy these stars, without 5000 million, I am afraid it is not enough.

Therefore, Chelsea can only continue to negotiate with Atletico Madrid.

After arduous negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement. Chelsea sent Torres away and brought Felipe and Diego Costa to Stamford Bridge for a price of 5000 million pounds.

For Chelsea, they traded a declining Spanish forward for another younger Spanish forward who was at his peak.

In addition, he also got a left-back with great potential, and also cleaned up the salary space in the team by the way. This deal is definitely not a loss!
For Atletico Madrid, after sending away Diego Costa, they also need to introduce a high-level striker, and Torres is from Atletico Madrid's youth training and is a Spaniard. It is a good choice to bring him back to Atletico Madrid.

The point is that Torres' transfer price is only 500 million euros, which is no different from giving away for nothing!

For Torres, he has struggled in the past few seasons at Chelsea.

Instead of continuing to be gradually marginalized at Chelsea, it is better to change the environment and find the status again.

Moreover, he made his debut from Atletico Madrid, entered the Atletico Madrid youth training at the age of 11, and only transferred to leave after he became famous.

Now, returning to his home team after seven years, it can be regarded as returning to his roots for Torres.

After the transfer was completed, Chelsea began to go all out to contact Barcelona, ​​preparing to introduce Cesc Fabregas to complete their last piece of the puzzle.

Barcelona actually didn't really want to let Xiaofa go, but because they wanted to buy Suarez and had to compete with Real Madrid for Ronaldo, they had to sell people to raise funds.

So, after some negotiations with Chelsea, the two teams finally reached a deal at a price of 3300 million euros.

This summer, Chelsea spent 1.1 million euros on acquisitions.

However, after selling players such as David Luiz and Lukaku, they recovered 1 million euros.

Calculated, the total cost was less than 1 million euros, barely making ends meet.

In fact, for Chelsea, which lacks high-quality strikers, Lukaku, who performed well in Everton, should not be sold.

However, the relationship between Abramovich and Mourinho was tense, and he was not provided with a large amount of funds for transfer operations. Mourinho could only raise funds by selling people.

Lukaku is good, but selling him can bring the team a budget of 4000 million euros, so let's just sell him. Chelsea are worried that his performance will be short-lived and may depreciate in the future.

However, this decision paved the way for Lukaku to enter and exit Chelsea three times...

Both Manchester United and Chelsea are big buyers, and Liverpool are naturally not far behind.

This summer, Liverpool became very rich after selling Suarez, so they bought Emre Can, Lallana, Markovic, Lovren, Origi, Moreno and Ballow in one go Terry and a large group of players.

The value of these players is generally not high. The highest value is the midfielder Adam Lallana who has a local household registration, but it is only 3100 million euros.

And for people like Markovic, Lovren and Balotelli, the transfer fee is around 2000 million euros.

Although the transfer fee for a single player is not high, it can't stand the crowd!
The purchase of these players cost the Red Army a total of 1.5 million euros, which broke the historical record of the Red Army's single-season transfer fee.

However, although a lot of people have been bought, among these players, except for Balotelli, the others do not have the taste of stars at all.

And Balotelli is a famous problem player...

As a result, a very strange phenomenon appeared. Although the team spent the highest transfer budget since the team was founded 131 years ago, the fans of the Red Army were still worried.

I always feel that players bought with so much money are not as useful as Suarez alone!

But Suarez always bites and bans, the FIFA ban, and the FA ban add up to 19 games!

Who can stand the suspension for half a season?

Among the four traditional giants of the Premier League, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool all spent more than [-] million euros on acquisitions, and Arsenal naturally had to take action.

Since buying Ozil for £4500m last summer, the professor has become willing to spend money.

This summer, Arsenal also toughened up.

They first bought Sanchez from Barcelona for 4250 million euros, and then spent 2000 million euros to buy the opponent's striker Welbeck from Manchester United.

Then the professor spent 3500 million euros on two defenders and another 400 million euros on a backup goalkeeper.

All in all, Arsenal spent a total of 1 million euros this season. After deducting the seller's income, the net investment reached 8000 million euros. This is definitely a hemorrhage!
It seems that the arms race in the Premier League has indeed had a great impact.

Even a man like Wenger, who has always been diligent and thrifty in managing his family, was forced to spend a lot of money to buy someone!

As the initiator of the arms race, this summer, Manchester City's actions are very small.

They spent 1500 million euros to buy Navas, the best goalkeeper in La Liga who performed well in the World Cup, from Levante.

Then they bought Porto's midfielder Francisco and defender Mangala for 1500 million and 3000 million euros.

That's it, it's gone!
Manchester City's total transfer investment in buying people is only 6000 million euros, far less than the four giants!

Not only that, this summer, Manchester City let go of a large number of players such as Xavi Garcia, Negredo, and Rodwell, and recovered 6500 million euros through selling.

Calculated in this way, their total investment is actually negative!

What about Jinyuan Football?

Where does this look like a gold dollar football?

With so little transfer investment, the outside world can't help but start to question, is Manchester City about to start to fail?
(End of this chapter)