Chapter 561

As time enters August, the footsteps of the new season are getting closer.

Since the Premier League started the first round of the new season on August 11, after entering August, the summer transfer operations of the Premier League teams have basically come to an end, and the signings of each team have gradually come to an end. Clear and obvious.

Manchester United has undoubtedly become the protagonist of the European transfer market this summer.

After stagnating in the Champions League semi-finals last season, Ferguson's team managed to overwhelm Liverpool until the final round of the league, and won the league title with an extremely narrow advantage, which made the Red Devils Manchester United feel deeply. crisis.

Deep-pocketed Manchester United waved their chequebooks this summer.

Ferguson introduced the Brazilian midfielder from Porto, Anderson, who has the title of Ronaldinho II, and the Portuguese winger Nani, known as Ronaldinho II, from Sporting Lisbon. Both players are expected to have a transfer fee of Around 25 million euros.

For these two transfer fees, Manchester United spent 50 million euros.

In addition, Manchester United introduced England midfielder Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich at a high price of 25 million euros, which is an obvious signal for Ferguson to strengthen the team's midfield strength.

After all, Scholes and Giggs are old.

Continuous introduction of strong aid, Manchester United had to shoot a few players, Heinze moved to Real Madrid for 12 million euros, the Argentine left back was originally going to join Liverpool, Benitez Heinze and Heinze have basically negotiated, but they have been strongly opposed by Ferguson. After the Premier League ruling, the transfer deal had to be cancelled.

After Solskjaer retired, players such as Alan Smith, Rossi and Richardson also left the team one after another.

In the latest transfer progress, on the first day of August, Manchester United announced the loan of Argentine striker Tevez from West Ham United and paid him a loan fee of up to 20 million euros for two years. Post-priority buyout rights.

Like Mascherano, Tevez's ownership is quite complicated. West Ham United and Corinthians, as well as an MSI agency held by the backing Jolabchin, both own the player's ownership. , This makes it difficult for Manchester United to start.

In contrast, Liverpool undoubtedly made a very shrewd deal on Mascherano, not only half a year earlier, but also decided to sign Mascherano early, which led Liverpool to the Argentine midfielder. investment becomes quite cost-effective.

After the introduction of players such as Tevez, Nani, Anderson and Hargreaves, Manchester United's overall strength has become quite outstanding. Not only is the first team strong, but even the bench is full of talents. The strength is obviously better than last season.

Therefore, before the start of the season, Manchester United is already the number one favorite to win the new season.

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Compared with Manchester United, which is rich and big, spends a lot of money, and smashed 100 million, Chelsea's investment this summer began to shrink significantly.

Last season, the Blues' flank has always been a big problem, so this season Chelsea also spent 20 million euros from Lyon to introduce French left winger Malouda, and at the same time spent 6 million euros from Barcelona. Right back Belletti.

Mourinho obviously hopes to improve the wing attack and defense in the new season through the first and last two wing players.

At the same time, Chelsea also introduced Brazilian central defender Alex from PSV Eindhoven, midfielder Sidwell from Reading, and forward Pizarro from Bayern Munich. All of these players are on free transfers.

After spending 26 million euros, Chelsea's investment has obviously shrunk a lot from before, but more importantly, the Blues sold Robben to Real Madrid, and they earned 36 million euros, plus Lars Diarra and Glen Johnson were sold for 10 million euros.

Overall, the Blues, instead of investing this summer, made money in the transfer market.

This has once again confirmed the outside world's speculation, that is, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has greatly reduced Abramovich's wealth.

Everyone speculates that the Blues will have to get used to living their lives carefully from now on.

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Arsenal have also made money in the transfer market this year.

Las Diarra, da Silva, Sagna, Fabianski and Nordveter, these five players cost the Gunners a total of around 35 million euros in transfer fees, but selling Henry would cost the Gunners about 35 million euros. 24 million euros in revenue.

In addition, Reyes sold 12 million, and three players including Ljungberg, Ariadiere and Mamba also earned 10 million euros. After full calculation, the Gunners also made money in the transfer market this summer. a lot of money.

And everyone also began to think that after selling Vieira and Henry one after another, the gunman had obviously lost his aggressiveness.

Whether it is limited by the financial situation or Wenger's own adjustment, in a short period of time, there is no player in the Arsenal team who can replace Henry. This team is destined to accompany him in the new season.

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Compared with the other three teams, Liverpool's investment is not as good as Manchester United's, but it is not stingy.

Mascherano spent 24 million euros for the club, Benayoun and Lucas Rewa also spent 20 million euros for the club, and San Jose, Liverpool invested four in the transfer market. Fifteen million euros.

Players such as Luis Garcia, Cissé and Pangler also recovered 22 million euros for Liverpool.

Therefore, in terms of total investment in the Premier League, Liverpool is behind Manchester United.

Although there is not much investment in the transfer market, Liverpool has successively renewed many important players in the team this summer.

At the end of the season, the club announced that it had successfully renewed contracts with Gerrard and Carragher, and then the team continued to renew contracts with outstanding players in the team such as Xavi Alonso, Aurelio, Riise, and Finnan. .

On the last day of July, Liverpool officially announced that they had successfully renewed their contract with Yang Yang.

Although the Red Army did not announce Yang Yang's contract renewal salary, the British media immediately broke the news that Yang Yang signed the highest salary record in the history of the Premier League, with a weekly salary of up to 150,000 pounds, which further created a new Premier League record.

If the financial expenditure of a club is likened to a scale, then salary and transfer fees will always be at opposite ends of the scale, with one side being high and the other side having to be kept as low as possible.

Liverpool won the Champions League, the Premier League also won the runner-up, and financial revenue has skyrocketed, but with this round of contract renewals, the team’s salary burden has also increased, so it is natural to properly control the transfer fee.

After all, in terms of financial revenue, Liverpool can't keep up with Manchester United.

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However, there is a saying that is right, the league still has to consider the overall strength after all.

With the accumulation of Manchester United over the past few seasons and the 100 million invested this summer, Ferguson's team has been favored by all bookmakers. Everyone believes that the Red Devils are still the favorite to win the Premier League this season.

Manchester United's title odds are as high as 2.37, which proves how optimistic everyone is about Manchester United.

Chelsea confirmed the saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Blues have sent Robben away and there are no major signings in the transfer market, the overall strength is still there, and Mourinho even threatened to take it. Make a comeback this season and win the Premier League again.

So, all bookmakers, including William Hill, see Chelsea as the second favourite to win the title, with odds of 2.5, just a tiny margin behind Manchester United.

Liverpool's odds of winning the title are six, third in the Premier League, and Arsenal's odds are eleven.

This shows how much everyone dislikes the gunman.

As for other teams, it is even higher. Wigan Athletic, Fulham, Derby County and Birmingham are as high as 2,501 and are regarded as relegation favorites.

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Since last season Yang Yang swept all the honors of the Premier League and achieved an unprecedented Grand Slam in the Premier League, everyone is still very optimistic about Yang Yang's performance in the new season.

Among the odds of the best player in the Premier League offered by major bookmakers, Yang Yang is 6 to 1, a veritable favorite. Everyone believes that after Henry leaves Barcelona, ​​Yang Yang will become a well-deserved Premier League player this season. number one star.

After Yang Yang, Rooney and Ronaldinho who played for Manchester United lost seven to one.

The two Manchester United players have high hopes by media reporters. They all believe that Rooney and Ronaldinho are the most promising players to challenge Yang Yang, because Manchester United itself is strong enough.

But there are also many media believe that Rooney does not have such strength, in addition to his local player status.

Chelsea's Drogba is in fourth place. He is 8 to 1 because he was the second highest scorer in the Premier League last season. This is also Drogba's most scoring season in history. Everyone All are optimistic about the peak period of Warcraft.

Players such as Gerrard, Cesc Fabregas, Terry and Lampard tied for fifth.

Although the odds offered by the bookmakers do not mean anything, it just proves that in the eyes of all fans around the world, especially in the eyes of fans in the UK, after Yang Yang's outstanding performance last season, He has successfully proved his strength, and he has become a well-deserved top star in the Premier League, even the number one star.

And everyone is also full of confidence in his performance in the new season.

However, some media said that Yang Yang's strength is beyond doubt, but he missed the preparation period for the new season because he received a call-up from the national team and participated in the Asian Cup. Therefore, whether the state of the new season can continue to be excellent before is always a question. is an unknown.

In this regard, Liverpool coach Benitez said that he has full confidence in Yang Yang.

"In fact, we have adopted a brand-new fitness reserve training program in the new season, because in the past we emphasized fitness more, which led us to lose too many points in the first half of the league, especially in the opening stage."

"This season we have changed our strategy. We want to start scoring points from the first round of the league, so this requires each of us to be in shape when the league starts."

"This is a season for the team to win the Premier League, and the players and I have full confidence in that."

"Yang Yang called me and he told me that he was hungry for the new season and his state has been adjusted."

Benitez's announcement for the new season has just been shouted, and Yang Yang quietly arrived at London Heathrow Airport on his hind foot.

He's back early!