373 Arms race
If you want to talk about the summer transfer market in the last two seasons, the hottest is undoubtedly the Premier League.
Chelsea's rise has brought a lot of rubles to the European football market, while also giving those teams in crisis a chance to cushion them, and despite the loss of vital players, they have been rewarded with a rare respite to prevent the team from collapsing.
After bringing in superstars such as Crespo, Veron, Mutu and Stam last year, Chelsea failed to show too much strength in the Premier League, finishing only third in the latter part of the season, which has to be said to make Abu feel very dissatisfied.
From the crushing defeat to the Red Rebels at the start of the season, rumours of Ranieri's sacking were endless, but the Italian eventually held out until the end of the season, and for the tinkerer, all discerning people could see that his sacricade was inevitable.
It should be said that after the end of the Premier League schedule, the biggest suspense in the Premier League transfer market is who will join Chelsea and become the new manager of the Ruble Army.
There are a lot of rumors from the outside world, the head of the double champion Red Rebels, Portuguese Jose? Mourinho is the most favored by Abou, he even called Xiao Yu personally, but Xiao Yu refused without hesitation, and Mourinho himself did not think of jumping ship to Chelsea, he ran in the Red Rebels for 4 years, and finally won the Premier League championship, which is the harvest season.
As Mourinho said in an interview with the media, he can get the most power in the Red Rebels, he has the power to kill and kill in the first team, and he also has a group of very good young talents that he has carefully cultivated, why did he move to Chelsea and accept a puppet position with someone pointing fingers at the top of his head?
Xiao Yu spoke with Mendes on the phone after the season to discuss the renewal of the contract between Mourinho and Xiao Xiaoluo.
The Portuguese agent's business has been booming lately, and thanks to Porto's good performance in the Champions League, many players are also being targeted by big clubs, which has made Mendes' influence expand rapidly.
But in the face of Xiao Yu, Mendes has always maintained the humility of the year!
After more than two years of dealing, Mendes is very aware of Xiao Yu's reverse scales, and also knows Xiao Yu's ability and bottom limit, what he hates most is that his agent instigated his players and staff to jump ship, but he is not the kind of blindly strong, and the treatment he gives to players and staff is very high.
This is not to say that the salaries of the Red Rebels players are high, but in addition to the salary, the players are treated much better than other European teams in all aspects, not to mention anything else, just for the players to manage their finances, the Red Rebels guarantee at least 10% of the annual income, who can do it in other clubs?
In addition, the Red Rebels' ability in commercial development is also not possessed by some clubs, and even Jose Mourinho has received an endorsement contract from Italy's Armani, and it is conceivable that the commercial value of the new Premier League rising manager is also increasing rapidly.
Another thing Xiao Yu doesn't like is that he doesn't like players to affect the competition because of business, so if the agent of the player under the Red Rebel Army accepts a commercial contract for the player, the first reaction is whether this contract will affect the player's training and competition, if it will, then push it away.
There is no shortage of commercial contracts for Red Rebels' players, and the annual endorsement fees that Adidas gives to players are very high, as well as the endorsement income that the club earns for players, all of which are in addition to salaries.
It is precisely because of this that the players' agents dare not easily offend the club, especially the agents of many players themselves have a very good relationship with Xiao Yu and have been good friends for many years.
For example, Curtis's father is Curtis's agent, and Xiao Yu has been good friends for many years, and he is also the agent of Drogba, Essien, Terry, De Rossi and other players, who are the most loyal backbone of the Red Rebels.
Kaka's agent is his father Bosque, and Bosque calls Xiao Yu a benefactor all day long, and often tells others that if there was no Xiao Yu, what would have happened to their family in the first place, which makes it difficult for others to move Kaka's mind from him, and the player himself has not thought about leaving the Red Rebels.
Messi's agent is his father Jorge, an honest man, it was with the support of Xiao Yu that he went to study as an agent, and now his family is working in the Red Rebels, and he relies on the Red Rebels to eat, so it is naturally impossible to want to defect.
As for Mourinho and Xiao Luo's agent Mendes, under the guidance of Xiao Yu, he has jumped from a small agent in Portugal to a big agent in Portugal today, and he has always maintained a sense of awe for Xiao Yu.
It is precisely because of this complex relationship that the Red Rebels still have a very good grasp of players and agents, and the cooperation between the two sides is also mutually beneficial, and the relationship is unbreakable.
Chelsea want to move the minds of Jose Mourinho and the Red Rebels players, which is undoubtedly impossible!
In addition to Mourinho, Abou has two other targets, one is Ajax's technical director Louis van Gaal, and the other is AC Milan's current manager Carlo Ancelotti, both of whom have considerable quality, especially the latter.
After hitting a wall with Mourinho, Abou specifically attacked Ancelotti, and he offered a high salary temptation for Ancelotti, while also offering a transfer fee that was hard to refuse, so that Ancelotti could make a big difference in the transfer market.
When AC Milan gradually embarked on the concept of thrift and thrift, coupled with the frequent intervention of Berlusconi and Galliani, An Fat also moved the mind of wanting to change jobs, and finally after more than half a month of see-sawing, An Fat decided to jump to Chelsea, for which Abu will pay him a high termination fee.
An Fat Man is about to enter Chelsea, Xiao Yu received the news early, and he also understands this, because there are not many managers in football today who can replace Ranieri, and An Fat Man is undoubtedly the best among them, with the surname of Abu, either An Fat Man or Van Gaal, he only needs the top.
But what Xiao Yu didn't expect was Chelsea's next move.
There will always be rumors and rumors in the media, but surprisingly, under the deliberate guidance of Chelsea, the new coach of Chelsea who is optimistic about the media is focused on Van Gaal, but An Fat is not much concerned.
In the undercurrent, Chelsea's €53 million acquisition of AC Milan's chief striker Andriy Shevchenko is a key deal for Ann Fatty, and he has asked Chelsea to keep Veron and Crespo, both of whom have a place in his tactical map.
In addition, Ann also wants a strong midfielder, and he is more optimistic about Roma's Emerson than the beast Davies, who is rumored to be powerful from the outside world, so Chelsea quickly completed the transfer of Emerson from Roma for 29 million euros.
The central defender needs to find a solid partner for Stam, and An Fat is very optimistic about Inter Milan's Cannavaro, the Italian international has been tormented by injuries in the past two years at Inter Milan, and Inter has never been able to get results, so Cannavaro has already had the heart to escape, so the two sides quickly finalized the transfer fee, Cannavaro's new value is 15 million euros.
This is a higher price than Juventus getting Cannavaro in history, but there is no way, who makes Chelsea a rich financier, and everyone wants to knock it out?
In addition to Cannavaro, Chelsea brought in Carvalho and Pacos Ferreira from Porto, who cost Chelsea more than €30 million, but that's not all, as Chelsea quickly finalised the super-midfielder Deco, who has made a name for himself in European football over the years, and the hottest star in Europe's transfer market this year, costing Chelsea €21 million.
The addition of Deco has also made Chelsea's midfield extremely luxurious, and the luxury midfield composed of Frank Lampard, Deco, Veron and Emerson is undoubtedly one of the best in Europe, even compared to Manchester United's combination of Ryan Giggs, Scholes and Keane.
In addition, Chelsea's forward line is also extravagant, with Shevchenko, Crespo, Mutu and the arrival of Kai Yueman from PSV Eindhoven, which also makes Chelsea's attacking power this season very exciting.
Relatively speaking, in the backline, Chelsea also invested a lot, Stam, Cannavaro and Carvalho's central defender combination is very strong, but the goalkeeper Cudicini is a little reassuring, so Chelsea brought in Thiem, who performed very well in the Bundesliga last season, from Stuttgart? Hildebrand.
When Chelsea announced this transfer and investment, the whole of Europe was a sensation, because Chelsea invested more than 150 million euros this summer, which is the most invested team in Europe, and it is well deserved to be the ruble gold group.
But behind the crazy investment, Ancelotti's ownership, the joining of a number of powerful stars, Chelsea's strength has undoubtedly been greatly improved compared with last season, and at the same time, they have also become the biggest favorite to win the Premier League in the new season with a series of transfers, especially the press conference of An Fatzi's joining, he said that he has only one goal to become the owner of Chelsea, that is, to win the championship!
Under strong pressure from Chelsea, the Red Rebels have not made much movement in the transfer market, the promotion of Argentine teenager Sergio Aguero from the youth team has not been obscure, Dzeko and Mascherano have not moved on loan to De Roysden, and the only relatively big movement is that AC Milan have pursued Palacio, but so far there has been no substantial progress.
Like the Red Rebels, Arsenal did not make much of a splash in the transfer market, bringing in striker Robin van Persie from Feyenoord and midfielder Flamini from Marseille, neither of which caused much movement.
Manchester United has made some big moves, first poaching Leeds United captain Allan from Leeds United? Smith, and then spent £27 million from Everton to bring in Wayne Rooney, and the forward line formed by Ruud van Nistelrooy and Saha is not lost to Chelsea in the attacking power of the four strikers.
Ferguson, on the other hand, suffered from wide flanks last season, which led to Manchester United's midfield never reaching the configuration of the golden four midfield of the year, so Ferguson is determined to restructure his midfield this year.
He first brought in Quaresma from Sporting Lisbon, a player with a flamboyant style who is not worth much, but his practical surname is questionable, and whether he can adapt to the Premier League is also a big unknown, but that's not all, considering the age of Giggs and Scholes, Ferguson has brought in the Santos duo from Santos, Robinho and Diego.
With Diego having Italian citizenship and being able to join the team directly, but Robinho has to apply for a labour certification, Manchester United are ready to apply for a special talent clause for Robinho.
At the same time, Ferguson also brought in Argentine defender Heinze from Paris Saint-Saint-Holmine, as part of his efforts to strengthen the backline.
If Chelsea spends a lot of money, Xiao Yu can understand, but where did Manchester United get so much money to engage in an arms race with Chelsea?
Xiao Yu's first reaction was that Manchester United was bought!
Since the stallion incident, the dispute between Ferguson and Manchester United's board of directors has not been broken, and it is no secret that Maniier and others plan to sell their shares while Manchester United's valuation is at a high level.
But just when Xiao Yu was about to learn about Manchester United's situation, there was another big move in the transfer market.
(To be continued)