Chapter 128 Advance to the main competition
The summer transfer market in 2009 is destined to be remembered.
Kaka's soap opera transfer to Real Madrid finally has a final episode.
Real Madrid Club officially announced on June 5 that AC Milan stars have officially joined, and the Brazilian's net worth reached 65 million euros, which also makes Kaka the second highest-priced player in football history. The highest-priced one is still Zhang Yang. His transfer fee from AC Milan to Manchester City last year was as high as 75 million pounds, which is about 90 million euros.
The whole of Madrid was boiling because of Kaka's arrival, but "As" excitedly said to Real Madrid fans, "Kaka is here, this is just the beginning!"
Why do you say so?
This is because Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid is coming to an end.
Florentino built the Galaxy Battleship first and foremost. On the silver-shining battleship, there were seven superstars such as Casillas, Robert Carlos, Zidane, Figo, Beckham, Ronaldo and Raul! That "Galaxy Battleship" is also generally considered to be the most luxurious team in football history!
Now, Florentino is elected as president of Real Madrid again, and a bloody storm is immediately stirred up again.
While the waves of Kaka's transfer to Real Madrid are still rippling, Cristiano Ronaldo is getting closer and closer to the Bernabeu.
On June 11, Manchester United announced through its official website that it would accept Real Madrid's offer for Cristiano Ronaldo. Real Madrid immediately negotiated personal contracts with Portuguese stars.
Such a statement is almost equivalent to announcing Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid. Manchester United accepted the offer from Real Madrid. This is the biggest obstacle for Cristiano Ronaldo to transfer to Real Madrid. For the players personally, they have long been in love with Real Madrid, so their personal treatment will naturally not be a big problem.
Just a week later, Real Madrid excitedly announced: We are very happy to have reached an agreement with Manchester United on the joining of Cristiano Ronaldo. From now on, Cristiano Ronaldo is a member of Real Madrid!
Almost at the same time, Manchester United's official website also announced on its official website that Cristiano Ronaldo had officially bid farewell to Old Trafford Stadium, and also sent blessings to Portuguese stars on the official website. In Manchester United's six years, Cristiano Ronaldo played 291 goals for the Red Devils. Under Ferguson's training, Cristiano Ronaldo gradually grew into one of the world's best stars, and during this period he won the Premier League championship three times with Manchester United. In 2008, Cristiano Ronaldo helped Manchester United win the European Championship trophy, which is the biggest reason why Cristiano Ronaldo can defeat Zhang Yang with a slight advantage and win two personal highest honors: the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Awards.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the second star to join Real Madrid after Kaka, and Real Madrid officially announced that Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer fee is as high as 80 million pounds. In this case, the Portuguese's transfer fee has also rewritten the highest record in football. According to Spanish media, Ronaldo's annual salary will reach 13 million euros, an increase of 5.5 million from his time at Manchester United.
Interestingly, the Sun revealed that when it comes to the transfer fee for transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo, who had long been secretly talking to Real Madrid, did not help Real Madrid to lower the price of Manchester United. Instead, he made a request for Florentino, that is, his value for transfer from Real Madrid must exceed Zhang Yang!
In fact, there has been constant debate about which one is better than Cristiano Ronaldo. Last year, Cristiano Ronaldo defeated Zhang Yang with an extremely weak advantage in the selection of the European Golden Ball Awards and World Footballer. This also made Zhang Yang's fans very angry and insisted that Cristiano Ronaldo was benefiting from the good performance of the whole team of Manchester United.
This also made Cristiano Ronaldo very unhappy, so he insisted on surpassing Zhang Yang in terms of transfer fees and establishing himself as the most valuable player. Talented people are very proud. This is also why Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer value is just like the transfer value maintained by Zhang Yang is 5 million pounds higher!
When Real Madrid was causing huge waves in the transfer market, Manchester City, which was also highly anticipated by the media, was a little silent.
It was not until July 3 that Manchester City's second signing of the season was announced. They spent £24 million to buy England international centre-back Lescott from Everton.
Manchester City clubs' acquisitions in this summer's transfer market are not as stormy as last summer, but are very stable. They did not rush to introduce superstars on the offensive line from the beginning like they did last season, but instead further consolidated the team's defense.
Gareth Barry and Lescott are both England international defenders, one is the captain of Aston Villa and the other is Everton's defensive core and captain. Manchester City used a lot of money to win the two captains, and their arrival will greatly enhance Manchester City's defense line.
The arrival of Lescott is mainly to make up for the shortcomings in the central defender position due to the fact that Manchester City veteran Richard Dunn is old and his strength has declined.
Last summer, central defender Ben Haim, who joined the team from Chelsea, performed quite average in the season. After Lescott joined the team, Ben Haim was also sold to Portsmouth by the team. Once in and out, Manchester City's strength in the defense has improved a lot.
In addition, since Gareth Barry can play as a central defender, left back, left forward, and midfielder, Manchester City fans were very surprised by the arrival of Gareth Barry and Lescott. With Zhang Yang, Robinho and Ronaldo, Manchester City's offensive ability is not a problem, and the team's defense has been unstable. Manchester City will participate in the Champions League this season. The media and fans have always been worried that Manchester City lacks Champions League experience. When facing Real Madrid and Barcelona and other giants, the defense will face too much pressure. Now, the arrival of these two will make Manchester City's defense much more stable. At least, Manchester City fans are much more stable in their hearts. After all, Gareth Barry and Lescott are both main international stars in England.
It can be said that although Manchester City's acquisition this summer is not as crazy as last year, it is very targeted, and almost every transfer is very purposeful. The Manchester City Evening News also praised Manchester City Club Chairman Alfaim. The Arabs don't know much about football, but he knows how to listen and listen to the suggestions and opinions of professionals. The establishment of a team and a dynasty requires a solid foundation. The importance of modern football and defense is undoubtedly. After a crazy accumulation of offensive stars, Manchester City finally realized the shortcomings and began to transform the defense line.
After introducing Gareth Barry and Lescott, Manchester City finally made another stir on the offensive line.
Then, Manchester City poached the city's arch rival Manchester United.
This time, Manchester City fell in love with Manchester United's striker, Argentine Tevez.
In fact, Manchester United does not intend to put Tevez into the transfer market. After Cristiano Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid, Manchester United now has only three strikers on the table, Rooney, Berbatov and Tevez. They will not let Tevez go at this time, because if Tevez is let go, it will not be easy to introduce a striker in the transfer market that can be comparable to Tevez's strength.
However, what Manchester United didn't expect was that Tevez still chose to leave.
For big-name clubs like Manchester United, almost no player they can't keep as long as they want to keep. But this summer, Ronaldo and Tevez actually left together. Ronaldo's trip to Real Madrid should be a natural result, because Manchester United reached this tacit understanding with Real Madrid last season. So, why does Tevez, who Manchester United expects to keep, leave?
In short, the deterioration of Tevez's relationship with Manchester United and the drifting distance was the main reason for the Argentine striker's departure.
In order to retain Tevez, Manchester United paid £25.5 million to "turn the formal contract" of Tevez, and agreed to provide Tevez's five-year long-term contract and the highest player salary, but none of these could keep Tevez.
Manchester United fans know Tevez's value. It was Tevez's goal in Manchester United's last four Premier League matches that allowed them to win the championship three times and defeated Liverpool's challenge. Manchester United fans petitioned the club and urged the club owner to keep Tevez.
Looking back on September last year, Tevez also said in person: "I hoped to sign a long-term contract when I first came here. If the Manchester United chairman can put the long-term contract on the table, I would sign it without hesitation."
However, the first to sign with Manchester United was former Tottenham striker Berbatov, who bid £30.75 million, but he dragged it against Tevez again and again, trying to lower the price.
Teves worked very hard on the court, scoring 34 goals in two seasons, including 15 goals last season.
At the same time, Tevez did not get the expected starting opportunity in major events such as the European Champions League, which made him increasingly dissatisfied.
When this summer transfer period came, Tevez had made up his mind to leave. In addition, wealthy clubs such as Manchester City and Chelsea showed goodwill to him, Tevez was even more determined to leave.
If Manchester City may have been dismissed last season, then Manchester City is attractive to any star now. There are stars like Zhang Yang, Robinho and Ronaldo in Manchester City. When latecomers face the accusations of "going to Manchester City for money" from the media and fans, they can defend themselves with greater confidence; of course, the most important point is that Manchester City has qualified for the Champions League and shows a strong upward momentum.
On July 26, Manchester City announced that Manchester United's Argentine scorer Tevez has transferred from Manchester United to the Blue Moon for £25.5 million!
"Manchester City is still the same Manchester City, and they still can't change the problem of accumulating offensive stars (the kind of nouveau riche). Of course, this time, they did a good job in the transformation of the defense line." - The Times still holds a complimentary attitude towards Manchester City's recruitment so far this summer, and they scored 7 points for Manchester City's recruitment.
"...Tevis is the kind of star who can improve the team's offensive ability. However, Mark Hughes must be careful of the Argentine's hot temper. Of course, at Manchester City, no one is qualified to be arrogant in front of Zhang Yang..." - The Guardian
At this time, Manchester City had been training for a week. Because they had to play in the Champions League qualifiers, they concentrated about a week earlier than the other three teams that wanted to play in the Champions League.
On August 1, Manchester City played a heavyweight warm-up match before the season, and they lost to Inter Milan two-to-four.
Zhang Yang was unable to score a goal in the game, and Mourinho arranged for Matrazi and Vieira to join forces to restrict Zhang Yang, which achieved good results.
After this warm-up match, the English media began to have a heated discussion on how long Zhang Yang and Manchester City can go in the Champions League.
The Sun even said bluntly that Manchester City is in its current state, let’s first think about how to pass the Champions League qualifiers level.
The opponent Manchester City encountered in the Champions League qualifiers was the Celtics, which should be said to be the most difficult opponent they can meet in the qualifiers.
This is mainly because Manchester City has not entered the Champions League for so many years, and their European points are almost negligible. Therefore, they encountered the Celtics, who are more powerful among the teams in the qualifying rounds that are not the top five leagues.
Zhang Yang was very calm when interviewing the media for this suspicion and discussion. He said, "The Celtics must not be willing to meet us."
On August 15, the 2009/2010 Premier League season kicked off.
Manchester City's opponent in the first round of the season was Blackburn. In the end, they defeated their opponent 2-0 away game, and Zhang Yang failed to score. However, he contributed an assist and created a penalty kick, which was sent by Ronaldo.
Three days later, they defeated the Soviet Super League giants Celtics 2-0 away, and won a complete victory in the first round of the Champions League qualifiers in two rounds. Zhang Yang scored twice in the game!
Manchester City won two straight wins to make a good start for the new Premier League season and their prospects in the Champions League.
Compared with Manchester City's situation, their city rival Manchester United is in a bad situation. In the first round of the league, Manchester United struggled to beat Birmingham 1-0 at home. In the middle of the week, just when Manchester City played away against the Celtics, the second round of the Premier League had ended, and Manchester United lost to the newly promoted Burnley 0-1 away.
After this defeat, the Guardian also fired at Manchester United's inaction in the transfer market this summer: 80 million pounds sold Ronaldo and 25.5 million pounds sold Tevez. Manchester United sold all the two major goal machines in the team in one summer... In terms of buying people, they only ate from Wigan to Valencia and introduced Obertan from Bordeaux. The price of these two people was less than Tevez, and they signed Irving with zero transfer fee. From the perspective of making money, Manchester United made a lot of money...
…Look at Manchester United’s previous transfer work - Vidic, Carrick, Hargreaves, Berbatov..., Sir Joe, who signs one (or several) big-name stars almost every year, chose to keep a low profile in signing this year. After two guns were moved away, who can make up for the huge gap? No one knows that in the match between Manchester United and Burnley, Manchester United besieged the home team for almost 90 minutes, but they were unable to score. Instead, they were attacked by Burnley. I believe Sir Florence must have a headache now...
Three days later, the third round of the 2009/2010 season kicked off. Manchester City beat Wolves 1-0 at home, and Zhang Yang scored the only goal in the game. This was also his first goal in the Premier League this season.
In this round of the league, the media criticized and accused the poor recruitment and the weak offense broke out. They massacred Vigan Athletics 5-0 away game, Berbatov scored a hat trick, and Rooney also scored a goal.
Three days later, on August 25, 2009, in the second round of the third round of the 2009/2010 Champions League qualifiers, Manchester City defeated the Celtics 3-1 at home, eliminated the Soviet Super League giants with a total score of 5-1, and entered the top 32 of the Champions League.
The Celtics scored at the beginning, and Zhang Yang scored a goal for Manchester City in the 12 minutes of the game, helping the team equalize the score, and also stabilized the morale of the army.
After the game, Zhang Yang led the whole team to make a sprint in the stands, cheering the team for advancing to the Champions League.
Listening to the cheers of the fans in the stands, Zhang Yang was also very excited. He has been away from the Champions League for a season, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich... Wait, do you miss me?
Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, be careful, your buddy is back!
Four days later, Manchester City defeated Portsmouth 1-0 away in the fourth round of the league, and Zhang Yang assisted Tevez, who made his first debut for Manchester City, to score. While helping the Argentinian get his first goal for Manchester City, it also helps the team win the league after the start of the season and the Champions League five consecutive victories.
The Manchester City Evening News also cheered for the state shown by Manchester City. Their post-match title is:
Chapter completed!