From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 912 2021 International Football Summer Transfers (V)
8月月29日下午，2021-2022赛季英超联赛第3轮，曼联作客挑战狼队。

In this game, Greenwood scored again. This is the third consecutive league game that the Manchester United youth player has scored since the start of the season. Greenwood's goal also helped Manchester United beat Wolves 1-0 and achieved three consecutive wins in the new season.

Greenwood's excellent form gave Mourinho and Giaretta the confidence to sell Mbappe.

At the same time, Real Madrid made a third offer of 2 million euros and directly stated that this was the final offer.

Manchester United held a meeting to discuss Real Madrid's offer and decide whether to accept it.

"What do you think?" asked the team owner Prince Jassim, who had just flown into Manchester from Qatar.

"I think it's acceptable," Giarretta said. "This should be Real Madrid's psychological price, or very close to their psychological price."

"I think there is still a possibility that Real Madrid will increase the price," Mourinho said, "but I also think that the increase in price will not be too high, so I also suggest that it can be accepted."

"Real Madrid did not make any big moves in the transfer market this summer. Instead of spending a lot of money to buy players, they sold Odegaard. Although they signed Bayern defender Alaba for free, they also cleared out captain Ramos. It is said that Varane is also on Real Madrid's clearing list. Judging from these actions, they are obviously making room for the introduction of Mbappe."

Bruno did not give a direct answer, but continued to analyze: "Real Madrid's forward line currently includes Benzema, Hazard, Asensio, Jovic, Vinicius, Rodrigo, Mariano and others, but Benzema is old, Hazard is basically useless, Asensio, Jovic, Mariano and other Mesozoic players have not performed very well, Vinicius, Rodrigo and other young players have shown some talent, but it will be difficult to support the attack line of the Galacticos in a short period of time. So they introduced Mbappe, definitely as the future core of the team, not just an ordinary attacker."

"Do you think Real Madrid is very optimistic about Mbappe and intends to make him the core of the team in the future?" Mourinho asked.

"That's right." Bruno nodded. He thought for a moment and then said, "I am confident in this judgment."

"2 million euros," Prince Jasim said directly, "Reply to Real Madrid, 5000 million euros, a fixed price, you can't lose, you can't be fooled."

"Okay, Mr. Chairman." Manchester United CEO Giarretta nodded.

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Just as Manchester United executives were discussing Mbappe's transfer and preparing to continue bargaining with Real Madrid, the Manchester United club also received Mbappe's transfer application. The French winger expressed the hope that the team would approve his transfer to Real Madrid.

Although it is Manchester United and Real Madrid who are negotiating now, it is obvious that Mbappe himself cannot be unaware of this.

In the past, Mbappe has stated more than once in public that Ronaldo is his idol and Real Madrid is the team he most wants to play for.

Although Mbappe has won numerous honors with Manchester United during his four years with the team and has developed a certain affection for Manchester United, this has not changed his "dream of becoming Real Madrid's son". He will definitely not refuse Real Madrid's invitation, and it is even possible that Real Madrid has already secured the player himself.

Otherwise, how could Mbappe take the initiative to submit a transfer application to the team at this time?

Even if Manchester United continues to refuse to approve his transfer application, he might take further action, such as a training strike?
A day later, Real Madrid responded to Manchester United: "2 million, one price, forget it."

Manchester United: Brother, since you said so, what else can I say? 2 million, okay?
Real Madrid: A guy who is not presentable, he is still haggling over 500 million. Well, that's it.

Manchester United: Marco is so rich!
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在2021年夏季转会窗口即将关闭，国际足坛即将进入2021-2022赛季的第一个国际比赛日的时候，曼联终于就法国边锋基利安·姆巴佩的转会费跟皇家马德里达成共识：2亿4000万欧元！
This is not only the highest price for a player in the history of Manchester United, but also a new transfer record in world football, breaking the record of 2017 million euros set by Paris Saint-Germain when it introduced Brazilian winger Neymar in the summer of 2.

So far, the top three in world football transfer records have all reached the 2 million euro mark.

Subsequently, Manchester United informed Mbappe that the club had approved his application to transfer to Real Madrid and he could negotiate a personal agreement with Real Madrid.

The Frenchman told Manchester United early the next morning that they had already reached an agreement with Real Madrid on personal treatment.

It is obvious that the two sides had already had contact, and they did not directly say on the phone that they had already negotiated a personal agreement. The one-day delay was just to save Manchester United's face.

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Even now that he has confirmed that he will leave Manchester United to join Real Madrid, Mbappe has not taken the initiative to call Bruno, the former captain. Obviously, the Frenchman has no sense of belonging to Manchester United, and now, his heart may have already flown to Real Madrid.

In his eyes, Bruno, the former captain, has nothing to do with him anymore, so he naturally doesn't need to pay attention to him.

"You're not angry at all?" Giarretta asked curiously when he learned that Mbappe didn't make any phone calls.

In Giaretta's opinion, it would be fine if Mbappe did not call him, the CEO of Manchester United, to say goodbye, after all, their relationship is not good.

Especially in the past two years, he has been suppressing Mbappe's request for further salary increase, which has caused the relationship between the two to be very tense at one point.

But Bruno is different. He and Mbappe are partners on the field, and Bruno has given Mbappe a lot of help. It is reasonable for Mbappe to say goodbye to Bruno before leaving.

"Why should I be angry?" Bruno shook his head and asked, "Why should I be angry?"

Seeing that Bruno really didn't seem angry at all, Giarretta said very unexpectedly: "But you were so optimistic about him and admired him at that time. You even called him personally to lobby him to join Manchester United. You also gave him a lot of help in the past four years. Now he doesn't even call me..."

"With Mbappe's transfer, the team will make a net profit of 1 million euros, of which 4000 million euros can be added to the transfer budget. I also want to thank him for his contribution to Manchester United. Why should I be angry?"

Bruno thought Giarretta's question was strange. Why should he be angry? He should just deal with it properly next time he met her. Why would he be angry?
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At 2021:9 GMT on September 1, 0, the summer transfer window of the five major leagues officially closed. All the giants have also completed their own signings and reinforcements.

In fact, this year's summer transfers can be said to have undergone tremendous changes. Not only have the former two superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Yosi completed their transfers, but even Mbappe, the leader of the new generation of stars, has changed his club.

In addition, there were two super transfers of 1 million euros for Lukaku and Grealish.

For world football, the summer of 2021 is destined to be extraordinary.

On the last day of the transfer window, important deals still took place, such as Griezmann returning to Atletico Madrid, Saul joining Chelsea on loan, and Real Madrid officially signing the talented young player Camavinga.

It took Real Madrid only one day to go from spending nothing to becoming the team with the most money in this summer window. The Galacticos first announced the signing of Mbappe on August 8, and then spent 31 million to introduce the talented defensive midfielder Camavinga from Rennes in Ligue 4000.

Just by introducing two players, Real Madrid had a net expenditure of 2 million euros, becoming the team that invested the most in the transfer market this summer with an absolute advantage.

Such a big-money signing shows Florentino's strong desire to win the 13th Champions League title.

It is still too early to tell whether the Galacticos can finally defeat Manchester United and regain the Champions League title, but Real Madrid can be said to have taken the lead by being able to poach superstar Mbappe from a direct competitor.

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However, it is difficult to say that Real Madrid is the biggest winner of this summer window. The French Ligue 6000 upstart Paris Saint-Germain is the best candidate for this title. In addition to signing Yosi for free, the French Ligue overlord also completed the free signing of Wijnaldum, Ramos, and Donnarumma, and spent million euros to introduce Ashraf, fully strengthening the forward line and goalkeeper positions, aiming for the Champions League championship.

After letting Yosi go, Barcelona fell into a financial crisis and had to clean out the high-paid players in the team again, so Griezmann left.

All of the Catalan team's signings this summer were free transfers or loans. Depay, Aguero and others came because of Yosi, but ultimately failed to become club teammates with Yosi.

In addition to the return of Griezmann, Atletico Madrid also introduced De Paul and Cunha, both of whom performed brilliantly in the America's Cup and the Olympic Games respectively.

In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich introduced Upamecano and Sabitzer, continuing its steady and cautious style; while Dortmund sent Sancho away and signed Dutch international Malen and Swiss goalkeeper Kerber.

Serie A teams prefer "economical and affordable" operations. Inter Milan loaned Correa and signed Dzeko for free. The most expensive signing was Dumfries for 1250 million euros. Dumfries performed well in the European Cup. Juventus' only important signing was the loan of Locatelli, who also proved his worth in the European Cup.

AC Milan introduced 10 players at once, but nearly half of the transactions were on loan. Veterans such as Giroud and Florenzi brought rich experience, while young players such as Tomori, Tonali and Diaz supplemented the team's vitality. The Rossoneri, who returned to the Champions League after many years, are eager to make another breakthrough in the new season.

(End of this chapter)