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

Chapter 913 2021 International Football Summer Transfers (End)
The giants in the other four major leagues are already making frequent moves, so the Premier League, which is the most money-spending of the five major leagues, naturally does not want to lag behind.

Although Guardiola ultimately failed to bring in two superstars, his former disciple Yosi and the King of Football Cristiano Ronaldo, the wealthy oil capital spent 1.75 million pounds to sign two strong players, Grealish and Sancho. This shows the Blue Moon's trust in Guardiola and its determination to regain the Premier League trophy.

However, Manchester City's performance in the transfer market this summer is still far from successful, because Haaland, the most important transfer target this summer, has not yet arrived, and even an offer of 1.5 million euros will make it difficult for Dortmund to let him go.

Not to mention that in order to make room for Haaland, Aguero was allowed to transfer to Barcelona freely. In addition, the departure of Eric Garcia is a huge loss for Manchester City's future.

In general, Manchester City was tricked by Barcelona this summer, oh no, twice. Manchester City has 2 wins and 1 loss in three Premier League games in the new season, with two 5-0 wins. The only defeat was a 0-1 away loss to Tottenham in the first round. Manchester City's strikerless formation can still kill when facing weak teams such as Norwich and Arsenal (sorry, Arsenal can only be considered a weak team at this stage), but when facing strong teams, the lack of a strong center forward who can make the final decision is still Manchester City's fatal flaw.

In the new season, if Manchester City wants to win the Premier League and the Champions League, Guardiola can only continue to rely on the midfield attacking group and Sterling's happy football before the winter transfer window opens.

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Chelsea, last season's double runner-up (FA Cup and Champions League), only introduced two major players in the summer transfer window. One was to bring back Romelu Lukaku at a high price of 1.15 million euros, which also made Lukaku the player with the highest cumulative transfer fee in world football with 3.63 million euros. The scene of the little beast crushing Arsenal defender Mari in the penalty area in Chelsea's match against Arsenal in the second round of the Premier League also reminded people of the former magic beast Drogba and Senderos.

Lukaku's arrival will help Chelsea solve the problem of Werner's poor scoring ability as the main striker last season.

In addition, before the transfer window closes, Saul, who was loaned to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid, will also become a strong contender for the main position in Chelsea's midfield in the new season.

Compared with buying players, what is more commendable about Chelsea this season is selling players. By selling and renting out substitute players such as Abraham, Tomori, Zouma and Guei, Chelsea's total transfer revenue in the summer window reached an astonishing 1.432 million euros. After deducting the investment in signings, Chelsea still made a net profit of 2320 million euros. This was achieved even though the strength of the team's main lineup has been improved.

It has to be said that Chelsea’s investment in youth training in recent years has indeed brought real returns to the team.

Chelsea also won two and drew one of the three games in the new season. The only draw was against Liverpool away from home. After taking a goal, Chelsea ended up drawing 1:1 with Liverpool with one man less due to Reece James being sent off unexpectedly.

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Compared to the Blue Moon and the Blues who have invested heavily, the two red teams in the Premier League will undoubtedly be much quieter this summer.

Liverpool's only signing this summer was Konate, one of the best central defenders in the Bundesliga, from Leipzig for 4000 million euros, providing an insurance policy for the crucial central defender position to prevent the recurrence of the dilemma of no one available at the central defender position after Van Dijk was injured last season.

In terms of transfers, the departure of Shaqiri, Wijnaldum and Wilson further weakened Liverpool's bench depth.

In terms of main players, Liverpool is still at the top of the Premier League. In the three Premier League games in the new season, Liverpool won two and drew one. The only draw was 1:1 with Chelsea at home. However, Liverpool's bench depth may be the worst among the top four teams in the Premier League. If any main players are injured or suspended again during the devilish schedule of Christmas, Uncle Zha will be worried again.

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As for Manchester United, after two summer windows without any transfers, they finally bought someone this summer, spending 2500 million pounds to bring in European Cup champion midfielder Palinha.

But this is the only signing Manchester United will make in the transfer market this summer, just like their arch-rivals Liverpool.

In terms of selling players, the main striker Mbappe transferred to Real Madrid at the last minute of the summer window, which led to the disintegration of Manchester United's attacking group F4 that had been feared by all of Europe in the past four seasons.

However, compared to the first generation of Manchester United F4 of Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez and Berbatov, which only lasted for a year, the second generation of Manchester United F4 of Bruno, Harry Kane, Rashford and Mbappe was able to last for four years, which is very rare.

What's more, although Mbappe left, he brought Manchester United a sky-high transfer income of 2 million euros. Even if the 4000 million pounds spent on introducing him were deducted, Manchester United still made a net profit of 1 million pounds on Mbappe.

If we consider the performance benefits that Mbappe brought to the team during his time at Manchester United, Manchester United can be said to have made a lot of money from the French striker.

Moreover, even if Mbappe leaves, Manchester United's attacking group F4 has not fallen apart. On the contrary, due to the continued outstanding performance of Greenwood, a Manchester United youth training product, this combination may continue to dominate the Premier League and even the whole of Europe in the future.

………………In addition to the four teams participating in the Champions League in the new season, other Premier League teams have also performed very well in the transfer market.

Levy is finally willing to spend the money. Without taking into account the buyout fee of former Atalanta central defender Romero, Tottenham has invested 7000 million pounds to introduce powerful players such as Hill, Emerson and Sarr. He also cleaned out a large number of players who no longer have a place in the team, such as Alderweireld, Sissoko, Lamela, Aurier, Joe Hart, Danny Rose, etc., and the team has a new look.

Of course, the most successful thing for Tottenham this summer is the introduction of the king of football Cristiano Ronaldo. Although Ronaldo's transfer fee is only 2000 million pounds, considering Ronaldo's sky-high weekly salary of 30 pounds, I believe Levy's heart is also very tormented.

Although the weekly salary of 30 pounds is the result of Ronaldo's major concessions, it has already increased the highest weekly salary in Tottenham's history by half!
In the three Premier League games of the new season, Tottenham, led by new coach Nuno, achieved the biggest victory at the lowest cost of three 3:1 wins, closely following Manchester United, which also won three consecutive games, and ranked second in the standings.

Perhaps, it will be difficult for Tottenham to win the championship this season, but they still have a good chance of getting into the top 4 and qualifying for the Champions League. By then, Ronaldo should be able to return to the Champions League he longs for.

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Although the value of a single deal is not amazing, the total spending of 1.5 million pounds ranks second in the Premier League, second only to Manchester City. It also ranks third in Europe and even the world, with only Real Madrid investing more than Arsenal.

However, these signings have made Arsenal the king of jokes. Everyone is saying that Arsenal has bought a lot of players who are not only veteran fans have heard of at sky-high prices. The key is that most of these players are not the main players.

For example, Ben White, who is worth 5000 million pounds, compared with Konate, who is worth 3500 million pounds, perhaps his biggest advantage is his English household registration and not-so-high salary.

但是阿森纳最让人笑话的还是三场英超联赛0胜0分0进球净负8球，英超排名第20，更是在首轮送给升班马布伦特福德队史英超首胜。

Of course, Arteta was unlucky enough to face Chelsea and Manchester City consecutively without making any adjustments to the team.

The Spanish coach has at most three games left, and if he fails to quickly adjust the team's condition, he may have to say goodbye to the Emirates Stadium.

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Leicester City, which failed to reach the top four for two consecutive seasons, learned from its mistakes this summer and decided to change its way of life. Not only did it not sell any important players, but it also spent more than 4 million euros to introduce strong players such as Daka, Soumare, Vestergaard and Bertrand.

After the start of the new season, the Foxes achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 loss. After defeating Wolves 1:0 in the first round, they suffered a shocking 1:4 defeat to West Ham away in the second round. However, they immediately adjusted their form in the third round and defeated Norwich 2:1 away. With 3 points in 6 rounds, they are still close to the championship contenders.

However, with the Premier League giants generally recruiting players with budgets of hundreds of millions of pounds today, Leicester's investment of 6000 million is still slightly insufficient, and it will still be extremely difficult to compete for the top four in the new season.

Last season, West Ham United beat Tottenham to finish 6th in the league, which was already impressive. Unexpectedly, West Ham United's performance in the new season is even more surprising. After three rounds of the Premier League, they have 2 wins and 1 draw, scored 8 goals, conceded 5 goals, and had a net difference of 5 goals. They are ranked third in the standings with a goal difference advantage, beating strong teams such as Manchester City, Chelsea, and Liverpool. Antonio is tied with Bruno on the scorer list with 4 goals.

West Ham United's defense was slightly lacking despite its powerful firepower, so before the transfer window closed, they signed Zouma from Chelsea for 3500 million euros in an effort to strengthen the team's defense.

In addition, what is even more unimaginable is that West Ham defeated AC Milan in direct competition and introduced Croatian teenager Vlasic from CSKA Moscow. It can only be said that the Premier League is really rich.

Another thing worth noting is that two new clubs also spent huge investments, namely Aston Villa and Crystal Palace. Aston Villa first introduced Buendia for 3840 million, and then signed Ings for 3520 million and Leon Bailey for 3200 million. At the same time, they signed Ashley Young for free and loaned Tuanzebe and other players, spending a total of 1.05 million euros. Crystal Palace also introduced seven players at the same time, spending 7344 million euros.

The other top 20 Premier League teams include Norwich, Leeds United and Brighton, whose total expenditure exceeds 5500 million euros.

In total, Premier League clubs spent nearly £103 billion on signing 10 players. Six of the top 10 Premier League clubs in terms of transfer spending are Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Villa and Crystal Palace.

(End of this chapter)