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After the European Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium, the major European leagues such as Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga will not kick off until mid-August at the earliest, and the entire scorching July has become a vacuum for football.

Before the war is fought, food and grass go first.Before the start of the major European leagues, there is a vigorous round of "big purchases" for soldiers every year.Although the US NASDAQ index collapsed in April 2000 and the financial crisis in Europe and the United States has begun to spread, Williams, a famous Italian football economics analyst, wrote an article on the official website of the Italian Football Association: "European clubs in the first two seasons The expenditures in all aspects are too large. The wages of Italian players have increased by 4% compared with before, but the income of the club has hardly increased, and the financial burden is serious;

Coupled with the hoarding of a large number of players by various clubs, major banks believe that the outbreak of the football economic crisis is only a matter of time.

But Williams' words did not attract attention. European football has prospered for a century, and centipedes are dead but not stiff. The economic bubble formed in football transfers over the years has not yet burst, and a large number of clubs are still aggressive and spending money.

The first to kick off the transfer battle is Serie A, known as the Little World Cup.

Italian football has always survived under the halo of the top three in the north, but after the European Cup in the Netherlands, everything changed. The two teams in the south of Rome took the lead in launching a suffocating transfer battle. The team that just won the league championship Lazio bought popular shooter Crespo from Parma for 5500 million euros, and bought goalkeeper Peruzzi from Inter Milan for 1790 million euros. What's even more incredible is that they paid nearly 5000 million U.S. dollars in advance to order Fiore and Can Nikeda's extravagant spending is unimaginable.The rivals in the same city, Roma, are not far behind. They hired Emerson from Leverkusen for 2000 million yuan, and Batistuta, the god of war in Florence, for 3250 million yuan. It is not yet halfway through July, and the net investment of the two teams is more than 7000 yuan. million euros for transfers.

Then the battle began with the Milan duo. AC Milan took the lead and bought the Argentine prince Redondo for 1700 million euros. Of course, the rich and powerful Inter Milan will not show weakness. , Vieri, Mutu, Zamorano and Recoba and other big-name forwards, bought Hakan Suker, who performed well in the European Cup this summer, for US$600 million, and spent another £1300 million from the Premier League. Coventry bought Robbie, known as Irving in Ireland.Keane.

Afterwards, AC Milan made an attack everywhere, announcing the acquisition of Dida, Caladze, Jose Mari, and Thomason. For the transfer of big-name players such as Erdinho, if these players are successfully transferred, Inter Milan will need to spend 5850 million euros.

Facing the transfer battle between Milan and Milan, the general manager of Juventus, Moggi, cunningly sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, and acted in a low-key manner. He only bought Trezeguet from Monaco for 2350 million euros. .

The transfer struggle between La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona was even more brutal. After Real Madrid chairman Sanz stepped down, Florentino took the stage and dug Portuguese superstar Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid, who led Portugal to the semi-finals of the European Cup.Compared with the world's first price of 5600 million U.S. dollars, Figo's behavior of leaving Barcelona and switching to the arch-rival King shocked the world even more. Everyone knows the hostile relationship between the two teams, even fans with an IQ below [-]. Know how many wonderful stories will happen in the national derby in the future.

In order to quell the anger of the fans, Barcelona President Gaspart signed Overmars and Petit from Arsenal at a price of 3000 million pounds with the transfer income from selling Figo, of which Overmars' transfer fee £2000 million, Petit £1000 million.

But the fans were not satisfied. After losing the league championship, Gaspart, who was stimulated by Florentino and was a little out of order, immediately announced that he planned to pay 2000 million US dollars to the youth training member Herald, who was recovered from Valencia. Betis offered Alfonso for US$1500 million, and Van Bommel of Alkmaar for 1000 million euros.

2000 was a watershed year for Barcelona. In the ten years before that, most of Barcelona's transfer work was done quite well, including the big Laudrup who was introduced at a low price in the early 90s, and the Dutch heavy gunner Ronald. Coman, dream team member Begiristan and captain Baquero, Stoichkov brought in at 450w and Romario at $400k, etc., each of these transfers is a high-quality, cheap and super-affordable transfer , Not only allowed the team to achieve results, but also allowed the latter two to win the Golden Globe and World Footballer respectively. In 95, Luis Enrique came from Real Madrid freely, and only spent 250 million US dollars to snatch Figo of Sporting Lisbon from Parma.Then the Bosman Law came into effect, and the player transfer price gradually became higher and higher, but even so Ronaldo, who was bought from Eindhoven for 96 million in 1900, and Rival, who was introduced from Deportivo for 97 million in 2670 Most of them have proved their value for money with their own performance.However, after Figo transferred to Real Madrid, Barcelona's management seemed to have lost their minds, and a series of abnormal operations occurred. Barcelona also entered the dark turmoil at the beginning of the century from the two consecutive league championships in the Van Gaal era. From prosperity to decline, until the arrival of Rijkaard five years later.

Around 2000, the Premier League and the Bundesliga were not the protagonists of European football. The protagonists were still Serie A and La Liga. In this transfer battle, they only played a role in fueling the flames, not making waves.

Chelsea was the first to launch a transfer battle in the Premier League. Chelsea, known as a multinational force, hopes to be among the top groups in the Premier League, but has been blocked by Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal for many years.They have continued to invest this season, recalling Hasselbaink from Atletico Madrid to the Premier League for £1500m.

But none of the Premier League's top three took Chelsea seriously. Manchester United only spent 780 million pounds to buy goalkeeper Butters from Monaco.Liverpool bought Everton's Barmby and Auxerre's Diomede for a total of 900 million pounds.Babel, McAllister, Affixed are all free bargains.Arsenal's head coach Wenger even boldly sold Overmars and Petit in a package. Of the 3000 million pounds he received, only 550 million were used to buy Pires from Marseille and 700 million pounds from Mallorca. Lauren.

In fact, before Abramovich took over, Chelsea was not considered a big crocodile. It can only be said to be a local rich man. The transfer investment is very different from that of Abramovich four years later.The Premier League's top three should not fight, Chelsea's transfer battle will not start, and other teams are just playing small, and the bloody transfer market in La Liga and Serie A can only be a small wave .

Although they didn't spend much money in the transfer market, the British media dismissed the argument that the Premier League lags behind other leagues in the British and European public opinion circles, and believed that the Azzurri led by Viary and the Red Devils led by Ferguson were in the same league. There is no chance of losing to any high-spending club in Europe this year.Prior to this, Arsenal's coaches, Frenchman Arsene Wenger and Keegan, both said that it would be difficult for Premier League clubs to do anything in Europe this season.

The "Sun" columnist Wise said sourly: "Clubs in other European countries do have a lot of big money for transfers this season, but we will still achieve good results in the European arena. Manchester United can, Arsenal and Leeds can as well. Do it. Clubs in Spain and Italy have always spent more money than us. You can look back at the past few decades and history will not lie. Without high annual salaries, without signing fees, our players will still pay for Defending the honor of the Premier League and fighting in the European arena, a player does not lose himself completely because of money."

Compared with the moneyless Premier League, the Bundesliga is more pragmatic. In the middle of the transfer time in the summer of 2000, only Dortmund acquired Nigerian star Oliseh from Lazio at a "sky-high price" of 700 million pounds. The price of scoring players cannot be compared with other leagues in the five major European leagues. There are no big-name players, and the prices are mostly within 100 million to 200 million pounds.

But this also reflects the pragmatism principles of the Germans.For these little-known players, after playing in the Bundesliga for one or two seasons, their value may soar.Judging from the European Cup in the Netherlands, German football is in decline, and the Bundesliga is even uglier than the five major European leagues. , In terms of the input and output of the football industry, the conservative German football is far from entering the "new economic era". In terms of competition, they have never led in the past 20 years.

In the face of the transfer frenzy caused by Serie A and La Liga, the top three of the Eredivisie and the upstart Alkmaar are also frightened. Now that the gods are fighting, they can't take care of them for the time being. I'm afraid it's going to slaughter poor people like them.

In fact, in mid-July, the mid-range teams in La Liga and Serie A began to slow down and attack clubs outside the five major leagues. Alkmaar, who miraculously won the Champions League last season, was the first to bear the brunt, almost every day. There are transfer rumors about the players, and every day, the club sends a letter to the marketing manager Scheringa, hoping to buy Alkmaar's young star.

As the saying goes, if there are too many lice, it doesn't itch, and if you have too many debts, you don't worry. Schelinga is also tired from being harassed. Both Theo and Ismail renewed their contracts with the club with a salary increase, and goalkeeper Cesar also agreed to renew their contracts, which at least gave Scheringa a little bottom line. It will not be reduced to the embarrassment of Ajax in the previous two seasons. As long as a few more players are retained in the midfield, or sold at a high price and bought a few practical players, Alkmaar can almost keep the domestic position. Can ease the economic pressure of the club.

However, at this time, an astonishing news suddenly came. Milan's "Gazzetta dello Sport" broke the news that Inter Milan was persuading Lippi to resign voluntarily and invited Jiang Mu to coach Inter Milan. The "Gazzetta dello Sport" reporter said that someone saw Lippi coming out of Moratti's office and said loudly that he would never resign.

Now Alkmaar is in chaos, because Jiang Mu is the backbone of this team. Without Jiang Mu, it would be difficult for all the players left to maintain the glory of last season. Startled, he took the initiative to invite Jiang Mu to dinner, hoping to know whether Jiang Mu really planned to leave Alkmaar.