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Defending the La Liga title and reaching the Champions League final were a source of pride for Barcelona fans, but being beaten three times by the Red Rebels in one season and the team's almost powerless performance in the final made Barcelona fans feel ashamed.

Is this still the Barcelona that once surprised and claimed to be the dream team of the new generation?

It's time for the new president of the club, and Laporta is determined to be re-elected, but Rosell, the former vice-president of Barcelona who was ousted from Barcelona, also decided to run, and the latter's slogan was to attack Laporta, denouncing the latter for failing to bring glory to Barca, and on the contrary, he dragged Barca into debt.

The cause of this incident began in 2003 when Laporta was elected president of Barcelona, when he inherited a mess from Gaspart, with a debt of nearly 100 million and was on the verge of bankruptcy, but at that time Laporta decided to borrow 150 million euros from the bank, not only to pay off the debt in one fell swoop, but also to take Ronaldinho from Manchester United.

This was hailed by Laporta as one of the most important transfers in Barcelona's history, and Ronaldinho also laid the cornerstone of Barcelona's rapid rise in one fell swoop and became the soul of Barcelona!

In Xiao Yu's previous life, Barcelona relied on his outstanding results, Ronaldinho became the first person in football in one fell swoop, and his commercial value surpassed Beckham's, which benefited Barcelona a lot and made Barcelona the richest club.

But with Xiao Yu's crossing and the rise of the Red Rebels, Barcelona has always lived in the shadow of the Red Rebels in recent years, first being killed in the knockout rounds, and then being killed three times in the following season, although they reached the final and earned a lot, but Barcelona's revenue capacity grew slowly, and Ronaldinho's commercial value could not be compared with Beckham, Kaka, Xiao Xiaoluo and Messi.

All of this seemed to have toppled the dominoes, causing Barca's debt crisis to worsen, and although Barcelona under Laporta's leadership have been in a state of growth, Rosell feels that Laporta's many wrong decisions have affected Barcelona.

From the original Laporta borrowing Beckham to participate in the campaign, which led to the damage to Barcelona's image, to Laporta's many mistakes in the transfer market, such as the key player Deco was taken by Chelsea, Van Bommel was also preempted by Manchester City, etc., resulting in Barcelona's Athletic strength not being improved, and the debt has not been alleviated.

But Laporta scoffed at Rosell's accusations, and although the latter was hailed by the media as Laporta's strongest rival, in fact, Laporta did not take him seriously, because he was very easily supported by his members.

According to Barcelona's election regulations, candidates who want to run for the presidency of Barça must win the signatures of 1,804 members, and Rosell cannot do anything about this, while Laporta easily has the signatures of more than 10,000 members.

In other words, even Russell, who is considered by the media to be Laporta's biggest rival, is not even eligible to run, so in this case, why should Laporta bother with him?

It can be said that the election campaign has not yet begun, but Laporta has already confirmed his re-election ahead of schedule.

Barcelona is like a political axe body, the presidential election is a political election, and since Laporta is re-elected, he must start settling all kinds of old scores, such as those who support Rosell.

For Ronaldinho, Laporta is both loved and hated, on the one hand, he is the soul and cornerstone of Barcelona, on the other hand, he has a close relationship with Rosell, he is the star signed by Rosell himself, and he has made his position on Rusell's side when he was running for president before, which is an offense to Laporta.

It's hard to say why Laporta was so tempted to sell his soul star, perhaps when Ronaldinho was clearly backing Rosell, or maybe when he saw Chelsea's heavy transfer offer that was hard to refuse.

All in all, with Laporta's re-election, Ronaldinho is no longer for sale at Barcelona!

Selling Ronaldinho and getting a large transfer fee can fill the financial hole on the one hand, and on the other hand, Laporta's emphasis on youth training has benefited last season, with stars such as Iniesta and Pedro rising successively, which made Laporta decide to focus on the academy.

When Kenyon proposed to Laporta to buy Ronaldinho, Laporta did not express his attitude, but he decided to listen to Kenyon, which means that anything is possible!

Eventually, after more than half a month of operation, Kenyon brought Ronaldinho to the Premier League and Stamford Bridge as he wished, although he once again created a sky-high transfer in football transfer history.

65 million euros, such a transfer is amazing at any time, but Kenyon said with a smile at Ronaldinho's press conference at Stamford Bridge that this transfer is worth it, because Ronaldinho can bring huge influence to Chelsea and improve his strength.

Carlo Ancelotti even smiled and said that Ronaldinho will be the soul of Chelsea, and he will be the last piece of his tactical puzzle, but at the same time the most crucial piece.

Analysts believe that if it weren't for Ronaldinho's sluggish performance in the World Cup, which affected his value, he would definitely have broken Zidane's transfer record, but unfortunately, Ronaldinho failed to set a sky-high price in the end.

But now that more and more teams choose to be diligent and thrifty, they can still come up with such a sky-high transfer to attract players, and there may only be Chelsea and Manchester City in today's football.

So, coincidentally, when Chelsea signed Ronaldinho, Manchester City also announced an equally surprising transfer.

…………………… For two days in a row, almost every sports journalist in England had to travel back and forth between London and Manchester, not for the red-hot Newton Heath Cup charity friendly between the Red Rebels and Droysden, but for the two players.

One is Ronaldinho, and the other is Italy's main country, Buffon!

It's hard to imagine why Gianluigi Buffon made the switch to Manchester City.

Just as many people felt unbelievable about Patrick Vieira's defection to Manchester City last year, this club has little to offer players other than money, but after a season, Manchester City has shown everyone that money can be exchanged for competitive strength!

Vieira, Colo? Toure, Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Van Bommel ...... Star-studded names, they packaged Manchester City, who were almost relegated, into fourth place in the league and reached the Champions Cup, which is an absolutely amazing result for Manchester City.

With the opening of Manchester City's new stadium this season, the City Stadium will require a new look to enter the new stadium, and Alfasim wants to see City become the second Red Rebels to win not only the Premier League, but also the Champions League.

Is this possible?

The answer is, probably!

Gianluigi Buffon, £35 million; Dutch international Clone Kemp for a £10 million transfer fee; Ajax's defensive core Heitinga, tied up with a strong defender De Jong, with a transfer fee of 20 million pounds.

Several successive transfers are considered by many professionals to be a big signal for Van Gaal to build a strong backline for Manchester City, after all, Kronkeng and Heitinga are versatile players at the back, while De Jong can be a guarantee in midfield, and they have all proven their strength in Villarreal and Ajax respectively.

The introduction of Buffon has also greatly strengthened Manchester City in terms of goalkeepers, and I believe that the main goalkeeper in the new season will undoubtedly be Buffon, and Givenn can only become Buffon's replacement, which is inevitably a bit of a violent thing.

Up front, in order to find a suitable partner and replacement for Ibrahimovic, Manchester City brought in Brazilian player Elano, worth up to £10 million, and also agreed a transfer to Santa Cruz with Bayern, the Paraguayan player who said goodbye to the whole season in 2005 due to a torn cruciate ligament.

Van Gaal is optimistic about Santa Cruz's ability and feels he can be a contender for Ibrahimovic, while Elano is a versatile player up front, and from this point of view, Van Gaal is undoubtedly preparing for a two-front or even multi-front battle.

…………………… In addition to Chelsea and Manchester City's big recruitment, the recruitment of mid-table teams in the Premier League this season is not small, and many professionals believe that this is a positive sign of the Premier League's increased income and financial improvement.

Newcastle's league standings last season were not ideal, and they couldn't even win the League Cup, which made the old Premier League powerhouse desperate to strengthen themselves again this season, especially with the retirement of veteran Alan Shearer, Newcastle bought striker Martins from Inter Milan for £10 million, and then bought Fast Motor from Chelsea for £5 million.

Newcastle manager Rod said that Martins will become Shearer's successor, and his speed will make all Premier League teams fearful, so he specially handed Shearer's No. 9 shirt to Martins, and he also brought in Duff, hoping that this pair of fast pairs can help Newcastle play beautiful attacking football.

Middlesbrough have started to strengthen their backline, bringing in centre-back Hutter from Chelsea, which cost them £6 million, while they have also managed to retain last season's outstanding goalscorer Jurgen Hasselbaink, which has also given Middlesbrough a solid boost.

Another team that has made a lot of moves is Tottenham Hotspur, a well-run Premier League side that almost reached the UEFA Cup last year, and this season Tottenham manager Joel decided to sell midfield stalwart Michael Carrick to Manchester United for £19 million in exchange for a generous transfer fee to allow them to operate in the market.

In order to strengthen the attack, Tottenham brought in the dashing Gobertitar from Bayer Leverkusen for 11 million pounds, the Bulgarian striker did not perform satisfactorily at the beginning of joining Bayer Leverkusen, but in the 03/04 season, he exploded, scoring 16 goals in 33 league games, and in the following two seasons, the number of goals reached 20 and 21 respectively, which was very stable, attracting interest from many European clubs, but he finally chose Tottenham.

'Joel personally called me and told me that Tottenham are a very ambitious team and that their goal this season is to try to get to Europe and try to reach the Champions League, which I was surprised but I believed in him, so I decided to turn down other offers and come to the Premier League and I want to contribute to this team!'

In addition to this, Tottenham also brought in right wing-back Chim Bonda from Bastia for £6 million, as well as Ivory Coast midfielder Jokola for £8 million and Malblanc from Fulham for £2 million.

Although selling Carrick will pay a lot of money, Tottenham Hotspur has invested a lot this season, which makes everyone feel new to this old powerhouse and look forward to their performance in the new season.

But when it comes to another surprising transfer in the transfer market, it is West Ham United.

The background of the MSI company founded by the British-Iranian Horabuchin has always been confusing, but Horabuchin's desire to buy West Ham United has never been broken, and there are even rumors that before Horabchin's acquisition of Corinthian, he thought about buying a Premier League capital team, which was not possible due to financial problems.

With the acquisition of Corinthian, Horabuchin brought a sworn enemy to the old Brazilian powerhouse, Argentine star Tevez, and at the same time poached Felipe from Flamengo? Melo, both of whom were selected for their respective national teams with their outstanding performances at Corinthian, and landed on the stage of the World Cup in Germany.

Now, Horabuchin has brought the two players to the Premier League and he is hoping to buy West Ham United.

Since West Ham United is not a publicly traded company, the takeover can go ahead as long as the shareholders agree, but after the West Ham shareholders agreed to be acquired, the Premier League stepped in to stop the deal for the simple reason that they suspected Khorabchin's financial sources.

If it was in the previous Premier League, maybe Horabchin had the possible surname of success, but as the Premier League became more and more standardized, the requirements for acquisitions became more and more demanding, and the possibility of Horabchin's acquisition was very small.

The acquisition of West Ham came to naught, with Tevez and Felipe? Melo was left at West Ham United, some say it was a loan, some said it was a buyout, no one knows what the situation was, the only thing that is certain is that West Ham United has greatly increased.

While the other Premier League teams have steadily improved, the three promoted teams have made small moves, with Reading bringing in South Korean player Xue Qihyun for £1.5 million, Sheffield United bringing in Chinese player Li Tie from Everton on a free basis, and Watford on loan goalkeeper Forster from Manchester United.

Compared with last year's two promoted horses, West Ham United and Droysden, this season's Premier League three promoted horses, more likely to stay Reading, Sheffield United and Watford obviously do not have the strength to stay in the Premier League, is the favorite to be relegated this season.

However, Sheffield United manager Warnock said he was confident in his team's relegation and he was sure his team could stay in the Premier League!

But who knows?

(To be continued)