I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 417 Barcelona’s sky-high price quote!

After a series of celebrations, Zhao Jinge rested for a day in Manchester and then took a plane back to Germany.

After reuniting with his relatives and friends, Zhao Jinge spent a few quiet days in Germany, nothing to do with football and just relaxing.

While Zhao Jinge was enjoying a happy life in his hometown with nothing to do, as the transfer period opened, more and more wealthy clubs began their operations this summer.

The first is Manchester City, which has been in the limelight in the past two years. Manchester City's head coach Guardiola was not very satisfied with the team's current main goalkeeper Joe Hart early on. He felt that his ability was not strong enough and his condition was not stable enough.

He had long wanted to replace Joe Hart, but he had been unable to find a suitable candidate before, and the promoted second-choice performer was even worse, so he could only make do with it.

Moreover, when Manchester City won the first Champions League last year, Joe Hart performed well. At that time, he immediately kicked off the main goalkeeper. The stability of the team's lineup was also greatly damaged, so Guardiola gave Joe Hart another year. Opportunity.

Although Joe Hart's performance this season is pretty good, it can be seen from the recent high-quality semi-finals and finals that in the goalkeeper position, Joe Hart's increasingly unstable characteristics have made Manchester City's There is a hidden danger in the back line of defense.

Therefore, if an unstable factor in the defense like Joe Hart can be strengthened as early as possible, it is better to strengthen it as soon as possible.

Guardiola wants to introduce an excellent goalkeeper with stronger abilities and a style more suitable for Manchester City to further improve Manchester City's defense.

In addition to introducing goalkeepers, he also plans to examine excellent defenders and midfielders. If there are suitable candidates, he will not hesitate to take action.

Next season, Mansour's investment in Manchester City will still be very large, and he has no intention of reducing his investment just because Manchester City has won two Champions Leagues.

On the contrary, Mansour plans to take advantage of the opportunity when Manchester City's main lineup is at its peak to build Manchester City into an epic team and establish a historical foundation.

There is a huge gap in influence and reputation between a truly wealthy family and a tycoon built with money.

Just like Nottingham Forest, which once dominated Europe for a while, it has been lonely until now due to lack of follow-up investment.

What Manchester City lacks most now is foundation. Two Champions League trophies can only temporarily get rid of their image as a nouveau riche, but there is still a certain distance before they can truly become a giant.

Therefore, he wants to continue his efforts and let Manchester City try to compete for three consecutive Champions Leagues and completely get rid of the image of a nouveau riche!

Therefore, after Manchester City defended the Champions League this season, they have a higher pursuit of the team lineup for the new season, and Mansour is even more ambitious to create a real European dynasty! Heading towards the epic glory of three consecutive Champions League titles!

The big boss has an open wallet, and Manchester City also has a lot of funds in its own coffers, provided the transfer amount is sufficient.

Taking advantage of this summer window, when Manchester City's title as the defending champion of the Champions League is still well-known and attractive to players from major wealthy clubs, Guardiola decided to sacrifice his vacation and conduct a large-scale inspection of the players recommended to him by scouts. players to supplement the thickness of Manchester City's lineup as much as possible.

The first target that Guardiola wants to inspect is Ter Stegen, the new goalkeeper of his old club Barcelona. This German goalkeeper who has just turned 24 is one of the best goalkeepers in La Liga last season. One, and it fits the playing style of Barcelona or Manchester City very well.

Despite his young age, he already has three seasons of game experience as the starting goalkeeper for the Bundesliga powerhouse Monchengladbach.

After coming to Barcelona, ​​after a season of adaptation, he successfully became Barcelona's main goalkeeper last season. His excellent performance on the court also earned him the nickname "Little Lion", a tribute to the former German blond goalkeeper. Kahn.

Ter Stegen's advantages are outstanding. He has a large defensive coverage area and is good at attacking and intercepting.

In addition, he has quick reaction speed, delicate foot skills and strong ball-playing ability. He can calmly participate in backcourt passes and initiate long passes at the right time.

And the advantage of being good at attacking also makes it easier to end the opponent's attack when facing counterattacks.

So at the beginning of the transfer window, after Manchester City made the decision to replace the main goalkeeper, Manchester City's sporting director immediately made an offer to Barcelona, ​​intending to bring the young Lion back to the Etihad Stadium.

And first gave an offer of 45 million euros to test the waters and see if the other party could sell it.

If the other party is not satisfied with the price, Manchester City said it can continue to increase the price.

However, Manchester City's current signing strategy has also changed, and it is not as blindly buying people at high prices as before.

In the past, they paid high prices because they had no background, no honor, and could not attract good players.

But now, they hold two Champions League titles and are extremely dominant in the league. They are a true European hegemon, so the difficulty of attracting high-level players to join has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, when they buy people, they don’t need to use high premium strategies to impress the other party!

Of course, Manchester City is not short of money, so Guardiola can accept an offer of up to 55 million euros. If it exceeds this price, he will reconsider.

After all, Manchester City's money does not come from strong winds, and there are many players to be introduced this summer. Guardiola will not take the initiative to release a transfer signal to the outside world that Manchester City people have too much money.

However, when Manchester City was plotting to become Barcelona's main goalkeeper, Barcelona was not idle. Not long after Manchester City quoted Ter Stegen, Barcelona's mouthpiece, Mundo Deportivo, reported that Barcelona wanted to spend 300 million. The euro took away the gossip about Zhao Jinge.

Although Mundo Deportivo has never been a trustworthy media, the news this time was indeed informed by the top management of Barcelona Club.

Because after Neymar left last year, Barcelona did not choose to buy two stars, Dembele and Coutinho, to fill the gap when Neymar left, as it had historically done. Instead, they chose to save the huge transfer fee until this summer. !

They were preparing to show off their talents this summer, and Manchester City's transfer offer for Ter Stegen hit their psychological defense line. Since you, Manchester City, are interested in our goalkeeper, then we are interested in yours. The king is also very reasonable!

Therefore, the gossip disclosed by World Sports News immediately caused an earthquake in the entire football world once it was announced.

"Three hundred million euros? Are you crazy? Last year, Ronaldo only spent 250 million, and Neymar only spent 1.5 billion!"

"I remember there was news in the UK two years ago that Manchester City had offered Messi to Barcelona for 200 million euros!"

"Well, that's what happened, and it was rejected by Barcelona!"

"If Messi was worth 200 million two years ago, then taking Manchester City's original offer for Messi as a reference, plus inflation, Barcelona's offer doesn't seem to be very high?!"

"Man City is not short of money, right? If they really sell Zhao Jinge, where will they find a replacement?"

"Why don't you look back and buy Messi? It's time for a big swap of superstars. Let's see who is leaving and who is still shining brightly!"

"Haha, you sold Zhao Jinge for 300 million, bought Messi for another 200 million, and overthrew the team's existing tactical system just to earn 100 million euros. Are you crazy?"

"Indeed, it is impossible for Manchester City to agree to this transfer as long as they are not crazy. Besides, there is no way Messi, who is thirty years old, can replace Zhao Jinge, who is less than twenty years old!" If ordinary fans can still watch the excitement with them Mentality, calmly discuss this transfer rumor.

When the Manchester City fans heard the news, they all panicked.

"Zhao Jinge won't leave, will he?"

"It's impossible to leave. Zhao Jinge is not for sale to our Blue Moon. We want to take him away for just 200 million. It's impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"But what if Zhao Jinge wants to leave on his own?"

As soon as this issue came up, Manchester City fans became even more panicked. Whether they believed it or not, in order to save Zhao Jinge, many Manchester City fans spontaneously went to Zhao Jinge’s social account and posted comments in groups, hoping to save him. He remains at Manchester City.

Some fans went to the club's official website and strongly urged the team to keep Zhao Jinge.

"Zhao has made great contributions to the team, and the team should not sell him!"

"If the club dares to sell Zhao for a signing, then I will never step foot into the Etihad Stadium to watch a game again in my life!"

"Please, please come out and make a statement and refute the rumors. Please tell us that Zhao will stay in Manchester City next season!"

Even many Manchester City fans who suspected that this was fake news ran to leave messages, because this at least allowed Zhao Jinge to see how much his Blue Moon fans love him as the king.

A large number of fans went to the official website to leave messages, and so many messages quickly alarmed the club staff.

They were confused about the news. Didn't they hear that Zhao Jinge was going to be sold?

So they quickly refuted the rumors on their official website.

Seeing that the club came out to refute the rumors, the fans breathed a sigh of relief.

In addition to Manchester City fans who are frightened by this rumor, fans of two other clubs are also particularly concerned about this news.

One of them is naturally a Barcelona fan, and the other is a Real Madrid fan.

When the Barcelona fans learned about this rumor, every one of them was so excited that they wanted to celebrate with fireworks.

Although they already have a superstar like Messi in their team, Messi is already older and his strength has begun to decline.

But Zhao Jinge is different. Not only is he very young, but his strength has completely reached or even exceeded the level of the peerless twins.

If such a top superstar can be bought, Barcelona's strength will undoubtedly rise to the next level.

The fans of Paris Saint-Germain couldn't help but be excited when they thought that their team had such a powerful combination of Messi, Zhao Jinge and Suarez on the front line.

If they had this lineup in this year's Champions League knockout round, how could they lose to Paris Saint-Germain?

Barcelona fans who are eager to exact revenge on Paris Saint-Germain can't wait to see Zhao Jinge wearing the PSG jersey!

As for Real Madrid, Real Madrid fans are not too concerned about the excitement, but they are also a little sour.

"With 300 million euros, Barcelona people are really rich!"

"No, after selling Neymar, Barcelona may have three to four billion in transfer fees with nothing to use!

If Manchester City doesn't agree, I estimate they can ask for a century transfer fee of 400 million euros! "

"If Barcelona is willing to spend this amount of money to buy Zhao Jinge, I kind of admire them. I wonder why they didn't buy someone to reinforce them with so much money last year. The gap after Neymar left was waiting here!"

It is absolutely impossible for Real Madrid to pay such a high transfer fee. The money spent on selling Ronaldo last year was also spent on signings for Neymar and others.

Nowadays, Real Madrid fans feel that their team can continue to promote talents from the youth training, and there is no need to waste so much money on buying people outside.

What's more, the person buying it may not be suitable.

It's just that they have very complicated feelings about Zhao Jinge, a player that Real Madrid had been dreaming about before and even lost Cristiano Ronaldo because of it.

There is no doubt that the opponent can perfectly integrate into Real Madrid's tactical system. This can be proved by his performance in various clubs and national teams. Zhao Jinge's all-round ability in the frontcourt allows him to seamlessly connect to any team. Among the team.

However, it is too difficult to bring Zhao Jinge back to the Bernabeu.

This time Barcelona's offer can be regarded as a preview.

If Real Madrid wants to bring their former goddess back to the Bernabeu in the future, it is likely to cost a similar or even higher price.

"Aren't transfer fees in football inflation too fast?"

"Yes, a few years ago transfer fees of tens of millions of euros were the highest bids, but now they are in hundreds of millions!"

"I thought Ronaldo's transfer fee record of 250 million euros last year would last for many years, but I didn't expect it would be broken so soon. These top clubs are too money-burning!"

When they thought that they had to spend hundreds of millions to buy Zhao Jinge, Barcelona fans began to resent the Middle Eastern consortium.

It's all the fault of these oil guys. If it weren't for their existence, how could the transfer fees in football have expanded to such an extent in just a few years?

The transfer fees in football have increased tremendously since last summer. It's not that they haven't increased before, but it's just that there has never been a year like last summer when the increase was so outrageous!

After all, behind Paris Saint-Germain is the Qatari consortium, which has invested very heavily in football over the years.

Therefore, the current skyrocketing transfer prices in football are really inseparable from them!

Everything started with the transfer of Neymar and Ronaldo last year.

(End of this chapter)