Some people say that the game on the football field is a war, so Xiao Yu feels that football is a battle, a big battle caused by countless wars.

There has never been a shortage of heavyweights in the transfer market, especially in recent years.

Betis signed Denilson in 1998, Inter Milan signed Vieri in 1999, and this summer, Real Madrid and Figo are eye-to-eye, Lazio seduces Parma's Crespo, Xiao Yu knows that these two transfers will be successful, and they will be a transfer price.

Zinedine Zidane moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001, Gianluigi Buffon moved from Parma to Juventus, Mendieta moved from Valencia to Lazio, Ronaldo moved from Inter Milan to Real Madrid in 2002 and Rio Ferdinand moved from Leeds United to Manchester United.

This impressive blockbuster transfer has been successful, such as Figo, Zidane, Buffon, Ferdinand and other stars have played their due strength after the transfer, helping the owner to get back the ticket price, and there are also Mendieta, Denilson, etc.

If this is a war, then the big teams are squandering in the transfer market, in addition to trying to strengthen their own strength, but also to attack and weaken the strength of their opponents, so as to widen the gap between the teams.

Of course, in fact, the situation is different for each club.

Real Madrid has bought superstars for several years in a row because Florentino wants to use the attraction of superstars to improve the team's performance, but also bring profits to business development and repay the club's huge deficits; Lazio are hoping to use huge transfers to attract attention, improve results, and help the club make a difference in the stock market.

However, after these two predators speculated on the value of the stars for several years, Real Madrid did get the result they wanted by virtue of the unique advantages of the membership system, coupled with Florentino's business skills, and became the most luxurious galaxy battleship in the world, but Lazio was in trouble because of this huge transfer fee.

But what about beyond that?

It is undeniable that the value of the star was immediately inflated to a whole new level!

Some people may say that the market determines the value, and the superstar is worth this price, so someone will spend so much money to buy him, which is not wrong in itself, but behind this action is the continuous deepening of the gap between the rich and the poor, and the continuous flow of excellent stars to the big clubs, widening the gap between strength and weakness.

This has almost become the irreversible mainstream of European football in the new century, and it is not something that can be changed by one person or a club at all, and Xiao Yu is not Batman, he will not say that he wants to change all this, he will only think that if the new Manchester United minimizes the loss in this trend.

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At a time when there was speculation about whether Figo would go to Real Madrid, whether Beckham would leave Manchester United, and whether Real Madrid was running for president and whether Sans could be re-elected, in Manchester, England, which has not yet become the mainstream of European football, the new Manchester United signed Wright Phillips from the sworn rival Manchester City.

The latter is unable to play at Manchester City, so he will be hoping to get a chance to prove himself at the new Manchester United.

The transfer of Wright Phillips has also triggered some further changes, first of all, Manchester City immediately increased the price, the introduction of Aston Villa central defender Eschiogu, whom manager Royle admires very much, in Xiao Yu's previous life, the player was chased by Manchester City and Middlesbrough this year, but failed to make the transfer, and after a season, Manchester City was relegated, and Middlesbrough successfully acquired the star for 8 million pounds.

However, now that Manchester City has got Ehiogu in advance because of Xiao Yu's intervention, I don't know if their relegation situation will change this year, at least it should be said that the hope of relegation is greater.

After securing the transfer of Wright Phillips, Mourinho is satisfied with the current first-team squad of 24 players, and because of the transfer of Kic, the new Manchester United, who originally wanted to apply for a special talent clause for him, transferred this treatment to Essien, and the new Manchester United, who have already worked on it once, seem to be familiar with it this time.

In addition to Essien, Olic applied for German citizenship through his wife, so he could play for the new United in the English League and Palacio also successfully obtained Spanish citizenship, so the new Manchester United first team was finally put together.

Don't doubt it, although it is a promoted team, and the new Manchester United does keep a group of players as much as possible, the turnover of personnel in the new season is still very large, and almost half of the entire first team has been replaced.

The departing players are Kevin Evan, Stephen Smith, Jonathan Maiten, Danny Collins, Roy Williams, Ricky Willens, Knovic and Kic, of whom Novic and Kicic were absolute mainstays of the new Manchester United last season.

With the departure, the new United also brought in a number of players, such as Bosingwa, John Terry, Franck Ribery, Rodrigo Palacio, Aarau Diarra, Florent Malouda, Wright Phillips and Brad Hangrande, as well as Daniel De Rossi from the youth team, who did well after switching to midfield in the youth team.

The number of players who have left and brought in is about the same, and the positions are very targeted, but because Darren Lyons and Karl Maternson have both decided to retire and join the club's coaching staff, the first team squad has been reduced from 25 last year to 24 this year, but Xiao Yu believes that this group of players will be better than last year in terms of strength and development prospects.

Among the players who left last year, only Krevik and Kic were the absolute main players, Kevin Evan was the substitute for Stansson, and Darren Lyons and Matinson were the main players before the season, but too many injuries made their form unguaranteed, and they were basically replaced by Hleb and Essien in the middle and late seasons.

Gone Novik, Xiao Yu brought Ribery, Malouda and Wright Phillips, and the departure of Kic, although the loss is not small, but in exchange for John Terry, in addition to Palacio, coupled with Kitson's growth, the new Manchester United may not be as strong as last year's forward line, but compared to other teams in the League C, it is not bad.

In this case, Xiao Yu discussed with Mourinho and decided to close the transfer market.

The deadline for the team's training camp is approaching, Xiao Yu and Mourinho both hope that the team can run in and train in a stable environment, so closing the transfer market at this time is to hope that the players can concentrate on the new season without distraction.

Due to the excellent performance of the new Manchester United in the national league last year, it attracted the attention of many League C, League Two and League One teams, and they also expressed interest in the new Manchester United players, including Essien, Hleb, Olic and other young midfielders have attracted a lot of attention, but for those offers, the new Manchester United have all declined.

Interestingly, Juninho, the biggest name in the team other than Schmeichel, is not cared for, not because of the Brazilian's poor performances, but because of his high weekly salary.

The contract salary of 4,000 pounds per week is not something that any team can get, and this year's new Manchester United has been promoted to League C, according to the contract, Juninho's salary will be increased to 4,500 pounds per week, although it is not the highest salary in League C, but at least it is not something that any team can afford.

Don't forget, in addition to the fixed weekly salary of the player's contract, a series of expenses such as appearance fees, assist fees, and goal fees are also a lot of expenses, and if you want to poach people from the new Manchester United, you have to offer a higher salary, which creates a situation where Juninho Jr. is not interested.

However, this made Xiao Yu breathe a sigh of relief, Juninho Jr. performed well in the second half of last season, especially his free kicks were a great help to the team, enriching the attacking means, and his deployment in the midfield was also a major factor in the success of the new Manchester United.

It can be said that last season's core axis only walked an arrow figure called Quic, but the basic framework is still retained, and it has been strengthened to a certain extent, so Xiao Yu believes that the new Manchester United in the new season is still worth looking forward to.

It was in this context that the new Manchester United welcomed the players back from vacation.

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It's a gloomy morning, a normal morning for those who are used to Manchester mornings, but it's uncomfortable for newcomers.

Mourinho's expression was as gloomy as the weather overhead, and he stood straight on the training ground with a cold face and an equally cold grey training uniform, flanked by his aides, including Darren Lyons and Carl Maternson, who were part of the team last season.

Schmeichel, who returned from holiday a few days earlier, was among them, and despite previous rumours that United wanted him to return to help the Red Devils keep the goal, Schmeichel refused without thinking about it, because he felt that with his current situation, staying at the new United would be more promising.

One by one, the players walked slowly into the training ground, and although Bruce was strict with the team's discipline last season, the first day after the holiday will be more relaxed, which is also the tacit approval of most head coaches.

But it is clear that Mourinho is not one of them.

The first to show up on the training ground was Garay Turner, who has been in the team for two years and knows that his ability is becoming less and less suitable for the new United, so he feels he should play his part off the pitch.

Then there was Juninho Jr., who came out on the heels of Gary Turner, followed by Olic and Kitson.

These people basically arrive at the training ground before training time, and after that, everyone can be late.

Mourinho didn't let people scream, just stood quietly over there, and the assistants next to him also stood quietly, as if they were in a military parade, which suddenly made Juninho Jr. and others notice that the atmosphere was a little wrong, so they all stood in line below, and they didn't dare to speak loudly, but they were vaguely guessing.

The man standing in the middle who looks younger than Schmeichel is the new manager?

ps: Lao Chen is a talker!

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