Chapter 979 I Just Want to Go to the Saints!
Southampton beat Arsenal 4-0 in the Community Shield, which shocked the entire European football world for a while. ◆.ww.▲
Even fans and the media all over the world followed in an uproar.
Could it be that the Saints are going to complete four consecutive championships in England?
You know, in the history of English football, no team has ever achieved four consecutive championships.
There were two dynasty teams that were closest to four consecutive championships. One was Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s. But at that time, the Red Army was always spoiled by competitors after winning two or three consecutive championships. A chance for a four-peat.
The other team was Manchester United during Ferguson's time.
But the Red Devils also only have the fate of three consecutive championships, not the luck of four consecutive championships. They were disturbed by Arsenal and Chelsea successively.
Today, the Saints have completed three consecutive championships. If they win another league championship, it will create a new history of English football.
Moreover, the Saints this season can be said to be strong and strong, and their strength is also outstanding in the English League.
On the basis of last season's strength, although Matic was gone, the number one superstar Messi was introduced. Just for this, the strength of the Saints this season will be a lot better than last season.
Therefore, after the end of the Community Shield, there were overwhelming voices about the Saints' completion of four consecutive English championships.
Among the odds successively offered by William Hill, Be Win and other bookmakers, the Saints are far ahead and well-deserved number one favorites. ◆▲
However, other British teams are not fuel-efficient.
After Manchester United entered August, the rate of transfers and signings has increased considerably.
First, in the negotiations with Real Madrid, it was announced to retain De Gea and promised to renew the Spanish goalkeeper with a high salary.
In retaliation, Real Madrid officially announced the renewal of Ramos.
This also disappointed the Red Devils fans, because from the beginning, Ramos never thought about moving to Manchester United, and more just wanted to use Manchester United to add bargaining chips to his contract extension.
Therefore, the nickname of Bibilian has once again been fulfilled.
But this time, the Red Devils were obviously different.
After losing Ramos, Manchester United quickly responded, announcing the introduction of central defender Hummels and organizational midfielder Gundogan from Dortmund for a package price of 60 million pounds.
Gundogan's contract with Dortmund has only one year left, but considering the popularity of organizational midfielders in European football in the past, the outside world's valuation of Gundogan has reached 30 million euros.
As for Hummels, although there are a lot of injuries, his strength is beyond doubt, especially his ability to take and play the ball in the back line, which is very much in line with the current mainstream European tactical trend.
In the past few years, Gundogan and Hummels have always been the favorites in the transfer market. There are many teams they have their eyes on, but they have not really taken a bite. The main reason is that they are too expensive. ▲●.ww.▼
But this time, Manchester United showed determination. The package price of 60 million pounds was indeed ruthless and courageous.
After the Red Devils announced that they had won Gundogan and Hummels, the Red Devils fans were in a turmoil. They were all so excited that they couldn't find their way, as if they had completely removed the psychological burden of raising prices.
What is even more exciting is that Manchester United CEO Santoko, uh, no, Ed Woodward publicly promised at the press conference that Manchester United's signings are not over yet, and there will be outstanding players joining Manchester United.
"We said that the transfer budget for this summer is 200 million pounds, and we hope to complete the reorganization of the club lineup as soon as possible!"
It can be seen that the management of Manchester United is very clear that if they want to reproduce the competitiveness of the Red Devils period, it will not work purely through small troubles. , Return to the forefront of the British.
Sure enough, after announcing the package of Gundogan and Hummels, Manchester United soon officially announced a big deal.
The official website of the Red Devils once again announced the introduction of Hamsik from Naples at a high price of 35 million pounds.
This meal once again made Ying boil and excited the Red Devils fans.
Hamsik, that is one of the few first-tier stars in Serie A!
This is the rhythm of the Red Devils going to do a big job!
Hamsik, Herrera, Biglia, Gundogan, plus Fellaini and Juan Mata who were already in the team, Manchester United's midfield strength has been steadily improved a lot . ■▼
In an interview with the media, head coach Ryan Giggs confidently stated that Manchester United's goal for the new season will be to hit the league title and at the same time hope to make a difference in the Champions League.
The management also publicly stated that the team will fully support Giggs' coaching and believes that he has the ability to lead Manchester United to success.
Coincidentally, in the case of Manchester United's successive signings, Arsenal are also not to be outdone.
Wenger made it clear at the post-match press conference after the Saints suffered a 0-4 bloodbath in the Community Shield Cup that if the team wants to be competitive in the English League in the new season, it must strengthen signings as soon as possible, especially the Chinese team. The recruitment of field and wing attacking players.
This is also seen as a warning and pressure from Professor Wenger to the Arsenal management.
As a result, on the third day after Wenger put pressure on, Arsenal officially announced that they would introduce midfielder Lars Bender from Leverkusen for 35 million pounds.
This is a midfield star that Wenger has observed for many years. His joining is believed to greatly improve the old problem of Arsenal's weak midfield and strengthen the hardness of the Gunners' midfield.
After announcing the signing of Lars Bender, the Gunners quickly announced another signing, bringing in winger Andre Ayew from Marseille on a free transfer.
This player's performance in Ligue 1 is impressive. Although he is not well-known among the fans, he has a good reputation in European football and his strength has been recognized. Now that the contract expires, Arsenal has given him five million A signing fee of sterling and a high salary were promised, and only then did he sign the Ghanaian winger among many competitors including Swansea and Liverpool. ◆
After signing two major supporters in a row, the British Mirror also disclosed that Arsenal is still in the transfer process, and the targets are Felipe Anderson and Khedira in the Inter Milan team.
In addition, the French newspaper L'Equipe reported that the players Wenger really liked were Monaco's midfielder Kondogbia and the winger Thauvin. It is said that Wenger intends to pack these two French compatriots to the Emirates Stadium.
But Monaco officials quickly refuted the rumors, saying that they have no plans to sell players, but in fact, everyone knows that many teams in Europe are staring at Monaco, Inter Milan and Hamburg like wolves.
As Koeman's team shined in the Champions League, it won the attention of all European teams.
Goalkeeper Keylor Navas, full-backs Digne, Kurzawa, Fabinho and Aurier, central defenders Marquinhos and Abdunur, even the young player Zouma, have attracted players including Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Coveted by giants such as Barcelona.
Not to mention the midfielder, Verratti let most of the European giants such as Barcelona and Real Madrid break their heads. As a result, the Italian midfielder said in an interview with the media, " I just want to go to Saints!"
It directly made the European powerhouses speechless!
After Biglia switched to Manchester United at a high price, the two French midfielders, Kondogbia and Rabiot, have become very popular.
On the front line, Tovan, Mitrovic, Fekir and Carrasco also attracted competition from European giants.
This is true of Monaco, as well as Hamburg and Inter Milan.
In the current shortage of talents, the teams under Yang Huan's command have gathered so many talents, how can they not arouse the covetousness of European powerhouses.
In order to cope with the huge sums of money poached by powerful people, not to mention the top management of Monaco, Inter Milan and Hamburg, even Yang Huan had to travel back and forth in France, Germany and Italy during the period after the end of the Community Shield. The purpose of the meeting between the management and the players is to stabilize this group of stars.
According to Master Huan, the contract should be renewed, and the salary should be increased. No matter what, we must keep the current group of players. This good development momentum must not be dissipated. .
Yang Huan has no doubt that, given the current shortage of excellent football talents in European football, if he calls out to sell, Monaco, Hamburg and Inter Milan will immediately fall apart the next day.
This group of wealthy teams will swarm up like wolves and tigers, gnawing these three teams to the bone.
As Yang Huan said at the British Chairman's Summit, today's European football is in a period of opportunity for power re-division.
Under the impact of capital, whoever can't hold on will be stepped on by competitors.
After this wave of power redistribution passes, the upper reaches of the team and the middle and lower reaches of the team will become more distinct, so Yang Huan will naturally do his best to keep Monaco, Hamburg and Inter Milan's status in European football .
As for Atletico Madrid, relying on their outstanding performance in the UEFA Champions League in the past two seasons and their competitive strength in La Liga, coupled with the official opening of the new stadium this summer, the Sheets can be said to have temporarily stabilized their pace.
Looking at La Liga again, Barcelona was banned from transferring, the team's own strength was affected, and Real Madrid's superstar policy also had problems, which were a bit out of date, and Yang Huan also received faint rumors, and Real Madrid is likely to follow Barcelona. Because of the violation of the youth training signings, he was banned from transferring.
This undoubtedly gave Atletico Madrid a chance to rise strongly!
Therefore, unless the management of the Sheets Legion commits suicide, Simeone's team is bound to rise strongly.
There is another very important reason why Yang Huan is determined to retain this group of players in the current team, and that is youth.
Whether it is Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan or Monaco and Hamburg, the average age of the players is still very young and the future is bright. As long as this group of players is retained, within two or three years, these teams will usher in results. Harvest period.
Under such circumstances, if Yang Huan sells the stars of the team in order to covet those seemingly attractive transfer fees, he is not personally destroying the future of these teams and ruining the football empire he has worked so hard to build ?
How could Master Huan do such a stupid thing?
With Yang Huan personally participating, supervising and making decisions, Monaco, Hamburg, Inter Milan, and even Ajax and Benfica have all announced to retain their players.
This has also made Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Barcelona and Bayern Munich and many other teams that intend to poach corners, have no choice but to return empty-handed. , once again demonstrated his determination.
But when the European football summer transfer was about to close, and everyone felt almost relieved, Yang Huan suddenly received an offer that was hard to refuse.
This offer is not only a high amount, but the most important thing is the person who made the offer.
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