Episode【290】: The Transfer Market Is About to Explode

July 1, 2009 came. For the first time, the Spanish club Real Madrid and the French Ligue 1 club Lyon officially announced that Karim Benzema, the young talented forward of the French Ligue 1 club Lyon, officially joined Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 35 million euros. !

A staggering 35 million euros!

Many fans had never even heard of this name before, because no one paid much attention to the Ligue 1. Many people thought that this guy came from nowhere and was worth 35 million euros at once?

Of course, some people have heard of this former Lyon twin star!

But everyone really doesn’t know how shocking this guy has been. Is he worth 35 million euros? This guy is still a young man of 21 years old!

And according to everyone’s understanding, Karim Benzema’s transfer fee is not worth 35 million euros, and there are some additional terms. If Karim Benzema completes some of the additional conditions on the transfer contract, Karim ·Benzema’s transfer fee can reach 45 million euros.

Everyone was shocked when they heard about the transfer.

Many people have checked Karim Benzema's performance in the past two seasons. To be honest, Karim Benzema's performance in the past two seasons has been pretty good. Last season, he scored 31 goals in 52 games for Lyon in all competitions, helping Lyon win the French title for the fourth time. Ligue 1 champion, he himself also won the Ligue 1 top scorer and player of the year awards.

He was only 19 years old at the time.

Last season, he played 47 games in all competitions and scored 23 goals, including 17 in the league. The data has declined, but it is still relatively strong.

This is a promising forward, but no one thinks that Karim Benzema can afford the transfer fee of 35 million euros, which is simply too high.

If Karim Benzema can be worth 35 million euros, or even 45 million euros, then how much are players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic worth?

At first, everyone thought that players like Ibrahimovic only cost 30 to 40 million euros, but now it seems that they are really smart.

Especially Mark Hughes was confused when he saw such a transfer amount.

Karim Benzema costs 35 million euros, and the new UEFA Champions League champion's main rotation player can ask for 45 million pounds, so he can understand it. Yaya Toure is recognized as a talented player in European football. At least he is more famous than Karim Benzema, and he has much more honors.

Mark Rest suddenly understood what Zhong Cheng meant.

When Jose Mourinho saw this, he naturally understood what Zhong Cheng meant. Had this guy figured it out before?

At this time, Carlos Tevez of the Red Devils and Manchester United was also seeking a transfer. Carlos Tevez wanted to join Chelsea Club, but Manchester City Club offered MSI Group an offer that they could not Reject price.

Because the ownership of Carlos Tevez is not with Manchester United now, but in the hands of Carlos Tevez's agency MSI Group, they naturally recognize the money when they see it.

It is said that Manchester City club offered them a transfer fee of 30 million pounds at that time. MSI Group was very tempted and prepared to send Carlos Tevez to Manchester City. But after seeing Karim Benzema's transfer today, they hesitated again. The price is too low!

After all, Carlos Tevez is much better than Karim Benzema, a young man with a lot of experience, and he is a man who has won the Premier League championship. They suddenly thought the price was too low, so they are still wrangling!

However, one thing can be seen, that is, the Manchester City club is really very optimistic about Carlos Tevez, and this year the Manchester City team is preparing to do a big job.

At this time, Inter Milan made some moves. They exchanged Bolzoni, Megiolini and others plus some cash for Genoa's Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta. The value of this transfer was It was determined to be in excess of 30 million euros.

Yes, Inter Milan paid 30 million euros to introduce the Brazilian midfielder who was very impressive in Genoa last season. This is a tall and strong man with good foot skills. He can go forward to organize attacks and can also stand at the back. Intercepting opponents in front of the line to disrupt the opponent's offensive organization, this is a versatile midfielder.

Although many people think that 30 million euros is a lot, Inter Milan fans think Thiago Motta is worth so much money.

Look at this price, now Jose Mourinho should understand why Zhong Cheng wants such a high price! Because this time the European transfer market has exploded, far more than before.

At this time, everyone also heard Real Madrid Chairman Florentino say: "Our Real Madrid Club is willing to formally propose to Leeds United Club to purchase Cristiano Ronaldo for 100 million euros!"

Hearing this, everyone went crazy!

Is European football transfer entering the hospital era?

Yes, both the fans and the so-called football practitioners were shocked when they heard this sentence. Think about it. In 1996, the summer bidding king Alan Shearer was only 15 million pounds. Think about it. In 1993, the summer bidding king, Bergkamp was only worth 7 million pounds. Ten years ago in 1999, Vieri, known as Mr. "90 billion", was worth only 33 million pounds.

In just ten years, the European football transfer market will enter the billion-dollar era.

Many people are speechless. The world football is changing so fast that it is unbearable!

When they saw Real Madrid asking for 100 million euros for Cristiano Ronaldo, Mark Hughes and Jose Mourinho really knew this time. Why did Zhong Cheng dare to ask for such a crazy price? This era is really What has changed is that even they can no longer hold on.

When they were even more surprised, Leeds United responded quickly. Zhong Cheng claimed: "Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale by our club. Even if you Real Madrid offer 200 million, we will not sell it unless You just pay 250 million pounds in liquidated damages, and Cristiano Ronaldo belongs to your Real Madrid team!"

Jose Mourinho and Mark Hughes were shocked!

Crazy, crazy Loya, this damn guy is really crazy, buying a Cristiano Ronaldo for 250 million? You must be crazy about money. With 250 million pounds, you can build a new club with super strength. Why do you want Cristiano Ronaldo?

In the eyes of Jose Mourinho and Mark Hughes, only a fool would spend more than 200 million to buy a player. Haha, what these two didn't expect was that someone in the future direct football world would actually do this, causing a sensation all over the world.

However, now Jose Mourinho and Mark Hughes know that if they want to introduce Luka Modric and Yaya Toure, they will really have to spend a lot of money on transfers. .

At this time, Jose Mourinho was involved in the dilemma!

Because although Inter Milan is also wealthy, he cannot do whatever he wants. He still has to consider the transfer fee in his hand.

Mark Hughes was much more relaxed. He reported the matter directly to the club and let the club handle it. Because now Manchester City has only one goal, which is to introduce some super powerful players as soon as possible to improve the team's strength. As for how much money they spend, they really don't care.

For them, 20 million pounds and 40 million pounds are really about the same!

If you look at the salary that Manchester City showed to those players in order to lure them, you will know how rich the Manchester City people were when they fell to the ground.

The current Manchester City team is just like Chelsea when Abramovich took over the Premier League. They used money to wildly raise market prices, causing the values ​​of many players to be crazily inflated.

At this time, news came from the European football transfer market that the Red Devils, Manchester United and AC Milan both valued Sevilla's Brazilian center Fabiano, but Sevilla had not thought about it. To sell Fabiano, they still have a two-year contract, but Fabiano's contract has a buyout clause. As long as a club is willing to offer Fabiano 30 million euros, they can directly sell Fabiano. Beano takes away.

Now Manchester United and AC Milan are struggling with whether to buy out directly.

At this time, a lot of news came again from the transfer market. Among them, the wealthy Manchester City club introduced striker Santa Cruz from Blackburn Rovers for 20 million pounds, and it is said that this transfer has additional terms. If the terms If all is achieved, the transfer value will eventually reach 28.5 million pounds.

Look, Manchester City is actually willing to spend 20 million pounds, or even 28.5 million pounds, for Santa Cruz. Why are they only willing to offer Yaya Toure 25 million pounds?

Zhong Cheng is not a fool, how could he sell Yaya Toure to Manchester City so cheaply.

At this time, news came from the Bundesliga that Werder Bremen sold their midfielder Diego to the Italian Juventus team for 28 million euros.

Bayern Munich introduced German center Mario Gomez from the Bundesliga club Stuttgart, with a worth of 34 million euros. This forward was the forward that Zhong Cheng once valued, and now he is in the possession of Bayern Munich.

At the same time, Chelsea Club immediately took action and introduced Zhirkov from Eastern Europe for 20 million pounds. This 25-year-old left-wing player is called Eastern European Ronaldo. After he moves to Chelsea, he will sign The three-year contract has a weekly salary of £80,000.

At the same time, Atletico Madrid also sent out news that in principle they are willing to sell their club's forward Diego Forlan, who is very good this season, has super strength, and is also the top scorer in Europe.

The 30-year-old Diego Forlan is also being pursued by Barcelona, ​​AC Milan and Manchester City clubs. Among them, there are teams willing to offer Diego Forlan a price of 30 million euros. But Atletico Madrid has said that as long as it reaches 40 million euros, everyone can take Diego Forlan away.

Yes, this summer is really crazy. Any player is worth 20 million euros, and there are almost no transfers for less than 10 million euros. This summer is really crazy.

And seeing such a crazy transfer market, everyone can't stop because everyone wants to sign players. This seems to have entered an arms race stage, and all teams are buying people.

Especially for a nouveau riche like Manchester City Club, they spend their money doing crazy things in the transfer market. In a word, I am money!

This turbulent transfer market still has some benefits for Leeds United, money comes in!