Chapter 184 Return to the Negotiating Table
The one to talk about is Diego Costa.
Diego Costa is a Brazilian player, but he also has Portuguese nationality. He can choose to join the Brazilian national team or the Portuguese national team.
Before last season, Diego Costa had no such troubles, because he was not well-known at all. There were too many strikers worth 6 million euros in Brazil and Spain, and neither of the two national teams had the will to recruit him.
It's different now.
With his staggering efficiency of 21 goals in 28 league appearances last season, he has caught the world's attention.
In Atlético de Madrid, Diego Costa's performance is second only to Aguero. After Aguero left, it was difficult for him to compete with him for the main position even with the '40 million euro Falcao'.
Such a heroic performance naturally attracted the attention of the national team, and both the Spanish national team and the Brazilian national team are actually plagued by a problem, that is, the 'weakness of the striker'. The problem of difficult goals has always existed, so the two major football powers have launched a battle for "Shenfeng".
The first to do it was the Spaniards.
As early as July, the Spanish national team coach Bosque and the Football Association Secretary General Perez had dinner with Diego Costa, Diego Costa told the two that he would like to play for the Spanish team.
After that, however, things took a turn for the worse.
First, the Brazilian Football Association sent an official letter to the Spanish Football Association, saying that Costa had represented Brazil in two friendly matches, and then Brazil coach Menezes also stated, "Only I have the right to decide whether to recruit Diego Costa, No one but me is qualified to decide whether to call him in another national team. A player who has played two friendlies for Brazil cannot play for another country."
Although the two friendly matches are not official matches recognized by FIFA, the Brazilian Football Federation warned in a strong tone that if the Spanish team insisted on calling up Diego Costa, they will appeal to FIFA.
If Brazil insists on not letting people go, Spain's desire to recruit Costa has also become a big problem.
Diego Costa became the most embarrassing person.
More than a year ago, Diego Costa did not have this trouble at all. He also thought that he might enter the national team in the future. The idea has always been that whichever national team invites him first, he will enter the national team.
After the Copa America last year, Diego Costa entered the Brazilian national team, but he only participated in two warm-up matches, and then he has never been able to enter the Brazilian national team.
So when the Spanish national team invited him with sincerity, Diego Costa was instantly tempted. He hoped to join the Spanish national team, instead of always 'seeing the face of the Brazilian team'.
As a result, it will be embarrassing for him to return to the Brazil team.
In addition to the daily training of Atletico Madrid, Wansheng also comforted Diego Costa, "As long as you can perform well, then all your choices are right!"
"Is that so?"
Wan Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, football is like that. They compete for you because you are good, and you are right to choose Spain, or Brazil, because you have two nationalities. If you choose one of them, and The performance is very good, no matter what the other country says, it represents your success. On the contrary, no one cares what national team you are in. It's like a year ago, you understand?"
Diego Costa nodded.
After listening to Wan Sheng's words, he felt much more at ease.
That's right, just like more than a year ago, which team cared about him, whether Spain or Brazil? It's different now, and it's all because of how good you are.
Therefore, it will be the same in the future. As long as you perform well, no matter what you choose, you will be right. What other people say is just to prove your excellence.
After figuring it out, Diego Costa has a lot of energy in training.
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On September 10, all players returned to the team.
Atlético de Madrid began collective training, earnestly preparing for the upcoming first game of the UEFA Champions League.
Group A, where Atletico Madrid is located, is undoubtedly the most concerned among the eight groups. This group is the unsuspenseful 'group of death'. Among the four teams, except for Naples, which is slightly worse, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Atlético de Madrid, whichever team is out will be a pity.
Between the three teams, there is also a lot to say.
For example, Manchester City and Atletico Madrid are involved because of the Wansheng relationship. The relationship between the two clubs is very friendly. In the summer, Boateng moved from Manchester City to Atletico Madrid, and Atletico Madrid sold Aguero to Manchester City. .
Now that the two sides meet in the UEFA Champions League, there will definitely be many sparks in the confrontation in the direct game.
Bayern Munich and Wansheng also have a lot of topics. Once Wansheng led Manchester City, they met Bayern Munich in the group stage. The two sides played against each other twice. In the end, Manchester City ended in a complete victory.
Now that Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid are together, in a sense, it is also a chance for revenge for Bayern Munich.
In this season's UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich is one of the most concerned teams. The reason is not that Bayern Munich is only a German hegemon, a European giant, etc., but because of the final venue - UEFA has set the final venue at Bayern Munich The team's home stadium is the Allianz Stadium. In other words, as long as Bayern Munich can reach the final, they will have the opportunity to win the championship trophy at their home. It is conceivable how much Bayern Munich wants to enter the Champions League final.
So in the whole A group, the worst to deal with is Bayern Munich.
Atletico Madrid's first-round Champions League opponent is Bayern Munich at the Calderon Stadium.
The first group game is played at home, which is still advantageous.
Every team participating in the Champions League wants to get a good start in the first round, and Atletico Madrid is no exception. The home game undoubtedly increases some chances of victory.
Bayern Munich has just experienced a miserable season. Perhaps all Bayern fans are reluctant to look back on the past 2010-2011. For them, it was a nightmare that they could never wake up from, and it was like an endless tie.
But in any case, the facts cannot be changed.
Bayern Munich really had a miserable season. All fronts were completely defeated, the head coach was changed later in the season, and the Champions League was humiliatingly reversed by Inter Milan... But the face must always be faced. Like previous years, Bayern Munich completed the transfer early in June. , which is a tradition of Bayern Munich, like to get all or most of the new player transfers before the start of the season.
Bayern Munich is the benchmark for Bundesliga transfers. In order to solve the many problems encountered by the team, they have strengthened their signings and signed a lot of efforts--German national goalkeeper Neuer 22 million, German Bundesliga golden boot Petersen 9.8 million , Rafinha 8.5 million, the transfer fee of these three generals alone reaches 40.3 million euros, and even the little-known Usami Takashi's loan fee is as high as 300,000 euros.
Over the summer, Bayern's signing costs reached 40.6 million euros, and the Bayern family spent nearly 30% of all 18 teams.
40.6 million euros is not the most expensive summer in Bayern's history, but it is also the second time in the club's history that it has spent so much money in recent years, except for Toni, Klose and Ribery who joined in the summer of 2007.
The signings in the new season are very targeted, especially after Neuer, Rafinha and others joined, they complemented the defensive problems that Van Gaal had always ignored in the era, while Otell and Kraft were in Bayern Munich. It makes sense for players who have no place to leave.
After completing the signings, Bayern Munich's defense is much stronger, which solves most of the team's problems.
German media are looking forward to Bayern Munich's performance in the new season.
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Atletico Madrid has been working hard in the days leading up to the game and has been preparing for the Bayern Munich match since the international break.
The club takes the game very seriously.
This is the first time Atlético de Madrid has entered the UEFA Champions League since 1996, so the fans were also extremely enthusiastic. The tickets for the game were sold out early. It is conceivable that the stadium will be crowded on the day of the game.
Atlético de Madrid is not entirely focused on the game either, and the club still has a major issue that has not been resolved, and that is about the team's TV rights contract.
As the outside media thinks, if a club does not sell the TV rights, there will be no live broadcast of the game. This is not only the loss of the TV broadcast fee, but also has a great impact on the image and publicity of the club. Atlético de Madrid won two consecutive league games and also defeated Valencia 3-1 away. All the media saw the strength of Atlético de Madrid. When Atlético de Madrid showed its strength, those TV media also saw the business opportunities of TV broadcasting.
The first is PRO Radio Satellite TV. They have been negotiating with Atlético de Madrid on the TV rights. PRO Radio and Satellite TV were very dissatisfied with Atlético de Madrid's 'privately' sale of the 'Asian' TV rights. In this case, the contract cannot be finalized at all.
But with Atlético de Madrid performing well, PRO broadcast TV has returned to the negotiating table.
After some consideration, the executives of PRO Broadcast Satellite TV found that except for the distribution of live games in Asia, the impact was not significant, and this could also reduce the price of TV broadcast fees, so they wanted to negotiate the price based on the number of games.
"One home game, 1.5 million euros."
This is the price that PRO broadcast satellite TV offers. (To be continued ~^~)