The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 1172
1172 An Exploding Transfer Market
On July 1, 2009, Real Madrid and Lyon announced that Karim Benzema, the young Lyon striker, had officially joined Real Madrid for 35 million euros.
A shocking 35 million euros!
Before this, many fans had not even heard of this name, because no one paid much attention to the Ligue 1. Many people thought that this guy came from where, and it was worth 35 million euros in one go?
Of course, some people have heard of this former Gemini Lyon!
But it’s not clear how shocking this guy is. He’s worth 35 million euros? This fellow is still a 21-year-old young man!
It is also understood that Karim Benzema’s transfer fee is not worth 35 million euros and there are additional conditions that, if Karim Benzema completes some of the conditions attached to his transfer contract, Karim Benzema’s transfer fee can reach 45 million euros.
Everyone was stunned when they heard about the transfer.
A lot of people went to check on Karim Benzema’s performance in the last two seasons. To be honest, Karim Benzema has done well in the last two seasons, scoring 31 goals in 52 games against Lyon last season, helping Lyon win the Ligue 1 title for the fourth time and winning the French League’s best striker and player of the year awards himself.
He was only 19.
Last season he scored 23 goals in 47 games, including 17 in the Premier League. There was a decline in the numbers, but it was still quite powerful.
It’s a promising striker, but no one thinks Karim Benzema will be able to withstand a transfer fee of 35 million euros, which is simply too high.
If a Karim Benzema is worth 35 million euros, or even 45 million euros, what about Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic?
At first, everyone thought that Ibrahimovic and the rest of the players were only 30-40 million euros, but now it seems that they are really brainless.
Especially when Mark Hughes saw the transfer amount, he was dumbfounded.
Karim Benzema alone costs 35m euros, and he understands that the new Champions League champions can charge £ 45m for a rotation of key players. Yaya Touré is recognized as a genius player in European football, at least much more famous than Karim Benzema and has a lot of honor.
Mark Rest suddenly understood what Zhong Cheng meant.
When José Mourinho saw this, he naturally understood what Zhong Cheng meant.
At this time, Manchester United’s Carlos Tevez was also looking for a move. Carlos Tevez wanted to join Chelsea Football Club, but Manchester City offered an undeniable price to the MSI Group.
Because Carlos Tevez is not owned by Manchester United, but by Carlos Tevez’s brokerage firm MSI Group, they naturally recognize him.
Manchester City were said to have offered them £ 30 million in transfer fees and MSI was tempted to send Carlos Tevez to Manchester City. However, after seeing Karim Benzema’s transfer today, they hesitated again. The price is too low!
No matter what, Carlos Tevez is much better than Karim Benzema, a young man with a lot of experience and a Premier League title.
They suddenly thought that the price was low, so they were still bickering!
However, there is one thing that can be seen, and that is that Manchester City Club is really optimistic about Carlos Tevez, Manchester City is ready to do a big job this year.
Internazionale have made a move at this point in time, offering Borzoni, Megiorini and others in cash in exchange for Genoa’s Brazilian midfielder Tiago Motta, a move valued at more than 30 million euros.
Yes, Inter paid 30 million euros to bring in the mighty Brazilian midfielder from Genoa last season. He was a tall, muscular but skilled midfielder who could move forward and intercept opponents in front of the defensive line to destroy the opponents’ offensive organisation. He was an all-around midfielder.
Although a lot of people think 30 million euros is a lot, Inter fans think that Tiago Motta is worth so much money.
Looking at this price, José Mourinho should now understand why Zhong Cheng wanted such a high price! Because the European transfer market has exploded, far more than ever before.
At the same time, Real Madrid president Florentino said: “Our club is willing to pay 100 million euros to hear from Leeds United about the purchase of Cristiano Ronaldo!”
Hearing this, everyone went crazy!
Is the transfer of European football about to enter the hospital era?
Yes, both fans and so-called football practitioners were stunned when they heard this. Think back to 1996, the summer winner, Alan Shearer, was only £ 15 million. Think back to 1993, the summer winner, Bergkamp, was only £ 7 million. Ten years ago, Vieri, known as Mr 90 billion, was only £ 33 million.
In just 10 years, the European football transfer market is about to enter a billion yuan era.
Many people were speechless. The changes in the world football world were really too fast, making people unable to withstand it!
When they saw Real Madrid offer Cristiano Ronaldo 100 million euros, Mark Hughes and José Mourinho really knew why Zhong Cheng dared to ask so crazily. This era had really changed, and even they couldn’t hold on any longer.
And when they were even more shocked, “Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale at our club. We won’t sell him even if Real Madrid bid 200 million pounds unless you pay a penalty of 250 million pounds. He belongs to Real Madrid,” said Zhong Cheng.
José Mourinho and Mark Hughes were thunderstruck!
Crazy, Madman Loria, this damn guy is really crazy, 250 million to buy a Cristiano Ronaldo? This is crazy about money, 250 million pounds can create a new super-strong club, why do you still want Cristiano Ronaldo?
In the eyes of José Mourinho and Mark Hughes, only an idiot would spend more than 200 million to buy a player. Haha, these two didn’t expect that someone in the future football world would actually do this, shocking the entire world.
But now José Mourinho and Mark Hughes know that it will take a lot of money to get Luka Modric and Yaya Touré.
At this time, José Mourinho had chosen to be in a dilemma!
Internazionale are wealthy, but he can’t do as he pleases, so he still has to consider the transfer fee.
Mark Hughes, on the other hand, was much more relaxed. He directly reported this matter to the club and let the club handle it. The reason for that was because Manchester City had only one goal, and that was to bring in some super-strong players as soon as possible to improve the team’s strength. As for how much money they spent, they really didn’t care much about it.
Twenty million pounds is about the same as forty million pounds for them!
You can see how much money the City players had when they fell to the ground, just by looking at the salaries they were showing them to lure them.
Manchester City are like Chelsea when Abramovich was in the Premier League. They are frantically raising the market price with money, causing the value of many players to go up frantically.
At this time, the transfer market for European football has received further news, both Red Manchester United and AC Milan are keen on Sevilla ‘s Brazilian centre-forward Fabiano, However, Sevilla did not want to sell Fabiano. They still have two years left on their contract. However, Fabiano’s contract has a buy-out clause. As long as there are clubs willing to bid 30 million euros for Fabiano, they can directly take Fabiano away.
Manchester United and AC Milan are at odds over whether to buy them out or not.
At this time, the transfer market again came a lot of news, including the rich Manchester City club from Blackburn for 20 million pounds Santa Cruz, and the transfer is said to have additional terms, if all the terms are agreed, the transfer amount will eventually reach 28.5 million pounds.
Look, Manchester City are willing to spend 20 million pounds, or even 28.5 million pounds, for Santa Cruz. Why are they willing to offer only 25 million pounds for Yaya Touré?
Zhong Cheng was not an idiot, how could he sell Yaya Touré to Manchester City so cheaply?
Werder Bremen have sold their central midfielder Diego to Italian side Juventus for 28 million euros, according to Bundesliga sources.
Bayern Munich bought German centre-forward Mario Gomez from Bundesliga’s Stuttgart Club for 34 million euros. The striker is the striker Zhong Cheng once favoured and is now in the hands of Bayern Munich.
Chelsea also made an immediate move to bring in Zhirkov from Eastern Europe for £ 20 m. The 25-year-old left-winger, known as Eastern European Ronaldo, will sign a three-year contract with Chelsea for £ 80, 000 a week.
At the same time, Atletico Madrid sent word that they were willing in principle to sell their club’s striker Diego Fran for a season that was incredibly impressive, powerful and the European Archers’ King.
Diego Fran, 30, is being chased by clubs from Barcelona, AC Milan and Manchester City, and one of them is willing to offer Diego Fran 30 million euros. But Atletico Madrid said they could take Diego Fran with them for 40 million euros.
Yes, this summer is really crazy, any player is worth 20 million euros, less than 10 million euros transfer almost no, this summer is really crazy.
And seeing such a crazy transfer market, everyone still couldn’t stop because everyone wanted to lure reinforcements. It was as if they had entered an arms race, and all the teams were buying people.
Especially for the nouveau riche like Manchester City Club, they are frantically messing around in the transfer market with money. In short, this daddy is money!
This turbulent transfer market is still good for Leeds United. Here’s the money!