Chapter 489: Money Really Allows You to Do Whatever You Want

When Manchester United defeated Leicester City at home and became the only team to win all three rounds of the Premier League, and continued to lead the Premier League standings, Manchester United finally received good news in the transfer market.

On Monday, August 28, the official website of the Premier League giants Manchester United announced that Tottenham Hotspur's England international Harry Kane officially joined Manchester United and signed a four-year contract.

The announcement did not disclose Harry Kane's transfer price, but many media confirmed that Harry Kane's transfer price was about 120 million pounds.

At present, Harry Kane's value on the famous magazine "German Transfer Market" is 70 million euros, which is about 64.8 million pounds.

However, considering Harry Kane's age of just 24 and his status as a top player in the UK, everyone knows that once he transfers to other Premier League teams, he will definitely create a jaw-dropping record.

Now, the news of his transfer to Manchester United has been officially announced. The price of 120 million pounds has indeed more than doubled the transfer fee record for British players.

Previously, this record was held by Sterling. In July 2015, Manchester City spent 44 million pounds to introduce this talented striker from Liverpool. In addition to the floating clause in the transfer agreement, the Blue Moon finally paid 49 million pounds for the England international.

Of course, the pound was much more valuable two years ago than it is now. At that time, the exchange rate of the pound to the euro was as high as 1.42, and now it has dropped to 1.08.

However, although the transfer price of 130 million euros is amazing, considering that Paris Saint-Germain just broke the record of 222 million euros earlier this month to dig Neymar from Barcelona, ​​the news of Kane's transfer to Manchester United is not so shocking.

However, this still makes this England's leading striker the third highest transfer fee in the history of world football, second only to Neymar at 222 million euros and Bruno at 200 million euros.

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On the same day that Harry Kane was signed, Manchester United also announced that the talented striker Kylian Mbappe of the French Ligue 1 champion Monaco officially joined Manchester United. The two sides signed a five-year contract and Mbappe's transfer price was 100 million pounds.

The English media thinks this transfer price is normal.

Although Mbappe is only 18 years old, he performed very well in Monaco last season. He was the main contributor to Monaco's victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1 championship and the semi-finals of the Champions League. In addition, at the age of 18, Manchester United was able to get Mbappe at a price of 100 million pounds, which was already extremely cheap.

You know, Dembele, who performed worse than Mbappe in Dortmund, transferred to Barcelona for 105 million euros, which is equivalent to 97 million pounds.

In particular, Manchester United is facing competition from Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid in the process of competing for Mbappe. These two clubs are not short of money.

According to media reports, Mbappe himself chose to refuse the invitation from Real Madrid because he thought he could not compete with the BBC trio for the time being. It is better to go to Manchester United or Paris Saint-Germain than to play as a substitute in Real Madrid.

After all, these two teams can guarantee his main position after joining. This is very critical for the young him.

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Originally, Mbappe was more inclined to join Manchester United. After all, it is obvious that Manchester United is in urgent need of strikers. He can completely secure a starting position at Manchester United.

Moreover, as a top giant, Manchester United is obviously stronger than Paris Saint-Germain in terms of team background and influence in world football.

Of course, the biggest attraction of Manchester United to Mbappe is Bruno, the winner of the European Golden Ball. There is a saying in the world football that a team with Bruno will never lack championship honors.

Although Mbappe has won the French Ligue 1 championship, the influence of the French Ligue 1 championship in world football is definitely not as good as that of the Premier League championship, not to mention that with Manchester United's strength, it is very likely to compete for the Champions League championship.

But it is precisely because the whole world knows that Manchester United lacks strikers, and Paris Saint-Germain is not short of money, so Monaco has been hanging on the two teams, hoping to make as much money as possible without the loss of Mbappe, the talented striker.

You know, two years ago, when Martial was sold to Manchester United, the then unknown French striker made Monaco earn 60 million euros.

In fact, under the competition of Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United raised the transfer fee for Mbappe from 60 million pounds to 100 million pounds.

However, at this time, Manchester United did not raise the price at all.

Even Paris Saint-Germain stopped raising the price at this time!

After all, Mbappe's current value in the German transfer market is only 35 million euros. Manchester United's current offer of 108 million euros is more than 2 times the premium. Even if Mbappe is a genius, it is already a big risk.

What's more, the bosses behind Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain are actually one family.

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Manchester United's owner Prince Jassim is a member of the Qatari royal family, and Paris Saint-Germain is controlled by the Qatar Sports Investment Fund, which also has the background of the Qatari royal family.

Without knowing the situation, floods might have washed away the Dragon King Temple, but now that they knew it was their own family, the two clubs would naturally not compete maliciously.

In fact, this is because the two clubs are facing competition from Real Madrid, otherwise they would not necessarily raise the price to more than 100 million euros.

Monaco is also well aware of these situations, and both Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain are very kind. After all, both companies have quoted a sky-high price of more than 100 million euros. If they really encounter a team like Barcelona, They will only encourage the players to go on strike behind their backs to put pressure on their old club.

Of course, such an unethical approach may also lead to backlash. For example, Barcelona has been trying to pry away Paris Saint-Germain this summer, trying to poach Verratti. Paris Saint-Germain warned several times, but Barcelona remained indifferent, which directly angered Paris Saint-Germain. Then the result was that Paris Saint-Germain directly paid Neymar to send himself to the Parc des Princes by paying the release fee.

Yes, Paris Saint-Germain did not pay Neymar's release fee directly to Barcelona. They paid the money to Neymar, then let the Brazilian buy out his contract, and then joined Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent. .

It’s simply a disgusting way to the extreme!

The moment Neymar bought himself out, I'm afraid many people in Barcelona's management were so angry that they wanted to vomit blood!

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Seeing that Monaco could no longer let Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain, two teams controlled by Qatari capital, fight each other, they had no choice but to let the players choose between the two clubs.

In the end, Mbappe chose Manchester United, which has a brighter future.

Then, two clubs, Manchester United and Monaco, simultaneously announced the transfer of the talented French striker.

With two consecutive official announcements of over 100 million pounds, Manchester United's operations shocked the world of football.

Although the news of Neymar joining Paris Saint-Germain is more shocking, the fact that two top stars transferred to the same club on the same day for a value of more than 100 million is also a precedent in world football.

At this moment, the whole world knows what inhumanity is! What does it mean to have money and really be able to do whatever you want!

And a small Middle Eastern country called Qatar also let the whole world see their strength and the strength of money!

At this moment, Qatar also convinced the world that they really have the ability to host the World Cup.

Although it obtained the qualification to host the 2022 World Cup seven years ago, the real entry into the World Cup cycle in Qatar will have to be after the end of the World Cup in Russia next year.

Although Qatar has begun to prepare intensively for the World Cup five years later, the world's doubts about them are deep-rooted.

Now, the Qataris have declared to the world in another way and have initially won the world's trust.

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Two consecutive super signings of more than 100 million pounds have also allowed Manchester United's funds used in the transfer market this summer to soar from the last place in the Premier League BIG6 to the first position.

Although Manchester United only introduced 4 players this summer, their signing funds have reached 276 million pounds, surpassing their local rival Manchester City who spent 225 million pounds on signings.

However, Manchester United's actions are not over yet, because on the transfer deadline, which is 11 o'clock in the evening on August 31, local time in the UK, Manchester United once again officially announced a transfer, that is, Manchester United's former Premier League champion Les Special City has introduced Algerian national Riyad Mahrez!

Although neither club announced the amount of the transfer, the vast media still reported on the transfer, and the reported amount was all on the same figure: 60 million pounds!

Different channels, the same amount, that means this number is very close to the truth, or even the truth!

With the joining of Mahrez, the amount of money Manchester United spent on signings in the transfer market this summer has officially exceeded the 300 million pound mark!

Manchester United has thus become the first team in the history of world football to spend more than 300 million pounds on signings in a single transfer window!

Last year, Manchester United became the first team in the history of world football to spend more than 300 million euros on signings in a transfer window. Now they have once again set another record, that is, changing the unit of funds from euros to GBP!

However, if these transfer fees are converted into euros, Manchester United's expenditures in the two transfer windows are not much different. Last year they spent 341 million euros, this year they spent 363 million euros, an increase of only 22 million euros.

It's just that the money Manchester United spends is basically pounds!