Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

  Chapter 229 The turbulent European transfer market

  This summer, the European transfer market is very lively.

   With the opening of the summer transfer window, in addition to Crystal Palace’s first announcement of the introduction of Kaka for 35.5 million euros and the introduction of Ibrahimovic for 25 million euros, other giant clubs have also taken action.

  Maybe because he couldn't find a satisfactory replacement, Mourinho eventually continued to serve as Chelsea's head coach, but his rights in the Chelsea club have been seriously weakened.

   For example, in the case of transfers, Mourinho now only has the right to advise, and the right to make decisions has been taken back by the boss Abramovich.

   According to Mourinho's past temperament, he would have resigned long ago in this situation. But in order to compete with Chen Ran, he finally endured it.

   However, Mourinho has made up his mind that as long as he can defeat Chen Ran's Crystal Palace and win the Premier League next season, he will immediately resign and leave. Never suffer from this uselessness again, no matter how much money you give.

   Under the leadership of Abramovich, Chelsea spent a record price of 51 million euros to introduce the famous striker, Ukrainian "nuclear warhead" Shevchenko from AC Milan.

   In addition, Chelsea also introduced Nigerian talented midfielder Mikel from Norway's Oslo Lightning Club, and the transfer fee is also as high as 23.6 million euros.

   Introduced a free German international and midfielder Ballack from Bayern Munich;

   Swap defender William Gallas and Arsenal for England international, left back Ashley Cole;

   bought the Netherlands international defender Bolla Luz from the Hamburg club for 13.2 million euros and a series of operations.

   As for how many of these numerous signings are what Mourinho really wants, I am afraid that only he himself knows.

   In terms of Manchester United, they eventually sold Van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid, and the price was not high, only 15 million euros.

   After selling some other players, Manchester United finally scraped together the transfer fee to introduce Carrick.

   As expected by David Gill, they were slaughtered by Tottenham Hotspur boss Daniel Levy, and the final transaction price of Carrick was as high as 26.3 million euros.

   And when Tottenham Hotspur introduced Carrick, it cost less than 5 million euros in total. Not even a fraction of the current selling price is simply a huge profit.

   In addition to Carrick, Manchester United also loaned the Polish national Kuzzak from West Bromwich Albion, which is all Manchester United's signings in this summer transfer period.

   Sent away seventeen players, but only brought in two players, one of which was on loan. This shows how pitiful Manchester United's investment in the transfer market is.

   On Arsenal's side, although life is tight due to the construction of the new stadium. But with Wenger, a head coach who is good at discovering and cultivating young players, the foundation of Arsenal is still there, and it will not collapse for a while.

   This summer, they also introduced the Czech international, midfielder Rosicky, from the Dortmund club for a transfer fee of 10 million euros.

   also exchanged Spanish international Reyes from Real Madrid for Brazilian midfielder Baptista, and exchanged Ashley Cole for William Gallas.

   In addition to Bergkamp and Campbell, two veterans, one retired and one contract expired, it basically guaranteed that the team's strength was not weakened.

   On the Liverpool side, they introduced Dutch striker Kuyt from Feyenoord, England right midfielder Pennant from Birmingham, and Wales striker Bellamy from Blackburn.

   Argentine defender Paletta was bought from Banfield, and Brazilian left-back Aurelio was brought in from Valencia.

   can only be said to be minor repairs. It is estimated that they have nothing to do with the Premier League champions in the new season.

   In addition to these traditional Premier League teams, some mid-tier teams have made some big splashes.

  For example, Tottenham Hotspur spent 16 million euros to introduce the Bulgarian striker, "Brother" Berbatov from Bayer Leverkusen.

  Newcastle United also spent 15 million euros to buy Irish winger Duff from Chelsea, and also used 15 million euros to introduce Nigerian striker Martins from Inter Milan.

  Because of the outbreak of the "Italian Phone Gate" incident, Juventus and AC Milan, two giant clubs, have become the hardest hit areas for player loss.

   AC Milan's two most powerful attackers, Shevchenko and Kaka, both left.

   Worse still is Juventus, the main players in the team have almost gone for more than half.

  In addition to Ibrahimovic going to Crystal Palace, French international defender Thuram and Italian international defender Zambrotta moved to Spanish giants Barcelona for 5 million euros and 14 million euros respectively.

  Italy international defender Cannavaro and Brazil international midfielder Emerson also joined another Spanish giant, Real Madrid, for 10 million euros.

   In addition, Barcelona also bought Iceland striker Gudjohnsen from Chelsea for 12 million euros, and Real Madrid introduced Mali international midfielder Diarra from Lyon, France for 26 million euros.

   Valencia, who finished third in La Liga last season, is also investing heavily this summer.

They bought Spanish international winger Joaquin from Real Betis for 25 million euros, bought Portugal international center-back Andrade from La Crunia for 15 million euros, and introduced Italian striker Tatar from Empoli for 10 million euros Vano.

   also bought back Spain international left-back Del Horno from Chelsea for 7.5 million euros, and introduced Spain international striker Morientes from Liverpool for 5 million euros.

   Coupled with David Silva and others who returned from Celta on loan, Valencia's current lineup can be said to be strong and strong, and seems to want to overturn the dominance of the Western Super League.

   Even the debt-laden Atletico Madrid spent 23 million euros to introduce striker Sergio Aguero from the Argentine Independence.

   In Germany, Bayern Munich, the hegemon of the Bundesliga, still likes to poach people from other Bundesliga teams.

They bought German international striker Podolski from Cologne for 11 million euros, Belgian central defender Van Buiten from Hamburg for 10.5 million euros, and Netherlands international from Barcelona for 6 million euros. Field Van Bommel.

After    reported to Chen Ran the current developments in the European transfer market, the little fat Louis suddenly changed his words.

   "Chen, Tony's agent took the initiative to find me two days ago and asked if Tony is still the main player in the team next season. What do you mean by him? I wonder if there is a club contacting Tony."

  Louis is the sports manager of Crystal Palace. He is responsible for the transfer of players, so he is also the person who has the most contact with those players' agents.

   "Well, it's very possible. After you go back, take a look at him and see which club wants to poach Tony."

"Understood. However, I guess it was the fact that we introduced Ibrahimovic, which made Tony have some doubts. Chen, after Ibrahimovic came, we counted Toni and Jan. Kohler, but there are three high centers, how do you plan to arrange it?"

   "It's actually very simple. From next season, I plan to use more of the double center tactics. In this way, Tony and Ibrahimovic will play the main force, and Jan Kohler will play the bench. It's just right."

   "That's it, then it's easy to handle. I'll tell Tony's agent that when I go back."

   "Yes. In addition, it's the sensitive period of the transfer period, and you make your people move. It's the old rule, staring at our players to see if there are people from other clubs coming to poach the wall."

   "Don't worry, wrap it on me. These things are already done by those people. I will notify you immediately if there is any trouble."

   Shortly after little fat Louis left, Stephen came over again.

   "Chen, after the news that we are going to hold the International Champions Cup came out, various sponsors came in an endless stream, and the investment situation was very good. However, today there is a special sponsor request, I think you may need to make up your mind."

   "Oh? What's the request?"

  Generally, Stephen can decide on this kind of advertising sponsorship. Today, he also specially came to ask, which immediately aroused Chen Ran's curiosity.

   "It's the Red Bull group in Austria, they want to add a team to the International Champions Cup."

"Red Bull Group? As far as I know, they have two teams, Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull New York. Don't tell me they want one of those two teams. Would you like to participate in the International Champions Cup?"

   "That's right, Chen, you can't hide anything from you. That's it, they want the New York Red Bulls to also participate in the International Champions Cup."

   "New York Red Bulls? Our International Champions Cup participating teams are all teams that have won the Premier League championship or even the Champions League. What qualifications are the New York Red Bulls qualified to participate in? Have they won any significant championships?"

   "I haven't won the championship. But the people from the Red Bull Group said that they are willing to pay for sponsorship."

   "Hehe, the Red Bull Group is quite shrewd and wants to use our four Premier League giants to boost his New York Red Bull status. Tell me, how much are they willing to pay?"

   “Five million euros.”

   "Five million euros? Just for the New York Red Bulls to participate in the International Champions Cup?"

  Chen Ran was really surprised now, it seems that these drink sellers are really making money.

   "Of course not. They also want to title the International Champions Cup this time, and the New York Red Bulls are just additional conditions."

   "Five million euros, it's not impossible to consider."

   There is no way, the power of the silver bullet is too powerful, and Chen Ran can't bear it.

Although the figure of   5 million euros is not much, it is the first time that the International Champions Cup will be held. The beginning of everything is difficult, and someone is willing to title sponsorship, which is already very good.

"Stephen, you and the Red Bull Group said: The New York Red Bulls can participate in the game, but they don't have an appearance fee. Otherwise, they title sponsor five million euros, and as a result, the New York Red Bulls take another five million euros in appearance fees, this is not Have you become a white wolf with empty gloves?"

"Ok, I see."

   "Stephen, wait a moment."

  Chen Ran seemed to remember something again, and called Stephen back, who was about to leave.

   "What's the matter? Chen, what else is wrong?"

   "Stephen, ask Emirates, the big sponsor of our club, if they are interested in sponsoring the International Champions Cup."

"Tsk tsk, Chen, it's your brain. If Emirates is also willing to sponsor, then they and the Red Bull Group will become competitors, and then we will be able to get a better contract. Awesome, your approach is really so amazing."

  Chen Ran moved a little, and Stephen immediately understood Chen Ran's intention. You can't say what the Red Bull Group says. If Emirates is introduced, Crystal Palace Club will be able to turn passive into active during negotiations.

   "Stephen, since the International Champions Cup is held in the United States, then you can ask Coca-Cola and Pepsi to see if they are willing to sponsor. After all, it is their home stadium, and maybe they will be interested."

   "By the way, when you contact Coca-Cola and Pepsi, you must tell them that the Red Bull Group has made an offer to us to sponsor the International Champions Cup. Understand?"

   Good guy, Stephen is completely convinced now.

   He originally thought that Chen Ran had found a competitor for the Red Bull Group, but in a blink of an eye, he brought two more Big Macs to Red Bull.

   And these two giants are not the same as Emirates. After all, Emirates and Red Bull Group do not belong to the same industry and have no direct competition relationship.

   But Coca-Cola and Pepsi, which are direct competitors of Red Bull.

  Especially PepsiCo, whose Gatorade sports drinks account for 85% of the US sports drink market.

   Now that the Red Bull Group has come to the United States, it is buying teams and sponsoring games. Isn’t it clear at a glance what it is doing?

  Chen Ran believes that if PepsiCo knew that Red Bull Group would sponsor the International Champions Cup, they would not be indifferent.

   Now, let the bullets fly for a while.

   By the time this bullet flies to the United States, it will at least turn into a rocket.

   The next day, little fat Louis found Chen Ran again.

   However, his face is not very good-looking today.

"Chen, I've made it clear. It's Bayern Munich that wants to poach Tony. In fact, they contacted Tony last year, and then we ruined their plan with a salary increase and a contract extension. I didn't expect them to be immortal and make a comeback this year. already."

   "Bayern Munich?"

   Hearing Luiz mention the name, Chen Ran couldn't help but think of the matter of taking the Cross family away from Bayern Munich before.

   Could this be Bayern Munich's revenge?

   "What's the reaction on Tony's side?"

   "The current situation is good. After I told Tony's agent about your team's tactical arrangements for next season, they were relieved and should not pay attention to Bayern Munich's temptation."

   "Well, after all, we just won the triple crown. It is the most powerful time. Under normal circumstances, no player will leave the team at this time."

   "However, the Bayern Munich incident also sounded the alarm for us. For these veteran giants, we can't relax for a moment."

   "Louis, you cheer up your people and report any trouble."

"clear."

   (end of this chapter)