431 Turbulent British Football
Duff's transfer has a huge influence.
3,2 million pounds, also let everyone see Abrasimovic's ambition. Up to now, he has spent more than 70 million pounds in the transfer market. The British football world is really shocked now.
Because it seems that this Russian rich man has a lot of money. And it's as if his money is water, and there is no end at all.
Most importantly, Duff is Chelsea's most famous and powerful player in the transfer market.
Although Chelsea had bought Peron from Manchester United before Duff. But Peron failed in the Premier League. When Manchester United bought Peron, Peron was a famous Italian player. He is also an excellent midfielder in European football.
But after Manchester United, Peron has not been used to the rhythm of the Premier League.
So although Chelsea bought Beron, it was shocking that they did not buy Duff at all. Duff is one of the best right-backs in the Premier League. He has made great contributions to Blackburn's Champions League and League championship.
More importantly, Duff is a product of Blackburn Youth Training Camp. Although he is not a native English player, he is no different from a local player.
I have been influenced by English football since I was a child. It is completely easy to play in English football. When you get to Chelsea, you don't need to adapt.
Chelsea is also very bold. As soon as Duff arrived at Chelsea, he gave Duff a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds. This salary is definitely the best in the whole European football world. Even Real Madrid's Raul, Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Figo and others' salaries are nothing more than that.
It can even be said that most of them are not as well paid as Duff.
The salary of Raul and Zidane is only 6 million euros a year. But Duff's annual salary has reached more than 5 million pounds.
Duff is very strong. This is recognized by everyone in European football. But Duff's fame can never be compared with those superstars of Real Madrid. Not to mention that Ronaldo is a player who chases the ball king, not to mention that Ronaldo and Zidane.
Let's talk about Figo, which is the core of Portugal. He used to be the captain of Barcelona and the best right-back in the world. A player who has also won the Footballer of the Year.
Raul is the Prince of Madrid and the Prince of Spain. Many people say that Raul had a good life and was born in Madrid. But from another perspective, being able to play the main force in Real Madrid at a young age shows his strength.
But the salaries of these world-class superstars can't be compared with Duff.
This also makes many people see Chelsea's boldness. Chelsea is not short of money.
George was very angry when he saw Duff's weekly salary of 100,000 pounds. When facing reporters, I was very dissatisfied with Chelsea's approach.
"Chelsea's approach completely disrupts the normal football market. And it will also cause chaos in the transfer market. They all use high salaries ** players, so they definitely can't control the increase of players' salaries. We welcome normal salary increases, but unrestrained salary increases like Chelsea will increase the burden on the club.
George is really dissatisfied with Chelsea's arbitrary salary increase.
Duff is 100,000 pounds. So what will the team members such as Pires, Klose and Miku think?
If there is no idea, George won't believe it. Thinking of this gives George a headache and also makes George angry.
Because this is a heavier and heavier burden for teams like Blackburn. If the salary is not raised, the players can't keep it. The club can't afford to raise the salary.
Many media are extremely amused that George came out to attack Chelsea.
When Abramovich first came to British football, George welcomed them. Now that Chelsea has reached out to his territory, George began to criticize others.
Is there something wrong with criticizing people's salary?
Normal people only need to think about it. Why does Chelsea compare with Real Madrid? What does he do to attract players?
Chelsea is just a strong team in the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League. If it is not based on money, high transfer fees and salaries beyond the salaries of other clubs, how can it attract high-level players? Isn't that what you Blackburn did back then?
George's attack is definitely not the first or the last.
Many people in British football instinctively reject Abramovich. At first, it was because the British football world was conservative, and they didn't want outsiders to get involved. But later it was because of a panic.
The Premier League has had a previous case of money buying a champion, which is Blackburn. But now Chelsea's Abrasimovic is obviously better than Jack. Walker is even crazier. This is a person who doesn't treat money for money.
70 million pounds, throw out the eyelids without blinking.
How can such a rich man not let other clubs panic when he comes to the Premier League?
So it is normal to denounce Chelsea's blind salary increase. There are definitely many media outlets in England who blame Chelsea.
But no matter what outsiders say, Chelsea ignores it. Duff's transfer is not the end.
I just bought Duff from Blackburn, and Chelsea poached from Blackburn again. This time they wanted to dig Klose, and the first offer was 30 million pounds. However, after George asked Klose, he refused directly.
Although once Klose transferred, his salary would be more than 100,000 pounds, Klose did not choose to leave like Duff. George is very satisfied. He is worthy of being his direct player.
In addition to Klose, Chelsea is aiming at Gala, who is depressed in Blackburn.
Although Gala was a substitute in Blackburn, he played a lot in the game. Because he is a versatile player in Blackburn's back defense, there are still many opportunities to play. Gala has also contributed to Blackburn's excellent achievements over the years.
Finally, Chelsea bought Gala for 9 million pounds.
Of course, Chelsea's crazy transfer is not over yet.
They first bought Mutu from Parma for 15 million pounds, and then from Inter Milan for 17 million pounds.
Although these two transfers were not shocked by Duff's transfer, they still shocked the European football world.
Crespo has been famous for a long time. As early as 1996 when Crespo was in Argentina, he scored ten goals in 13 games of the Copa Libertadores, helping the River Plate team win the Copa Libertadores.
And after Crestpo came to Italy, his performance was also excellent.
Especially in the 00-01 season, Crespo is completely a god. He not only became the top scorer in Serie A in Parma, but also scored 50 goals in 56 games throughout the year. This performance made Crespo squeeze into the ranks of world-class shooters.
Although he was in Inter Milan last season, he could not become the main striker of Inter Milan because of his good players. But Crespo still made 12 appearances in the Champions League and scored 9 goals. What kind of performance is this?
So Crespo came to Chelsea and shocked everyone.
If Cresto is a world-class player who has been famous for a long time. Then Mutu is a player who has performed well in Italian football in the past two seasons.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Mutu is very young, or that he became famous very late. In fact, Mutu became famous very early. He became famous as a teenager as early as a teenager. At the age of 20, he was already looked up by Inter Milan.
However, Inter Milan can't be mixed up by the younger generation. At that time, Inter Milan did not even have a position for players of the level of Recoba. As for Mutu, it can only be a tragedy.
Mutu had to leave Inter Milan and start wandering. All the way to Parma, the front line combination with Adriano is invincible in Italian football. As a result, it has also attracted the attention of European football.
The arrival of Crespo and Mutu attracted the attention of all the European football world. Because Abrasimovic has already spent more than 110 million pounds on the transfer fee for Chelsea.
At this time, many British footballers began to think of a short story.
I don't know who sent it out.
It is said that when Abramovich had just joined Chelsea, Ranelli came to Abramovich's office tremblingly, because everyone was too strange to the new boss. Unexpectedly, as soon as Ranieri came to Abu's office, Abu gave Ranieri a blank piece of paper.
Then tell Ranieri what kind of player he wants and write it down there.
As for the issue of money, there is no need to consider Ranieri. This was almost what Abu meant to give Ranieri a blank check and tell Ranieri to fill in the transfer fee casually.
I don't know if this story is true. Anyway, it is said that there is a nose and eyes, but now everyone believes it. What is a blank check? This is a blank check. During a transfer period, he invested more than 110 million pounds without blinking his eyelids.
Who has this kind of courage in today's football world?
Florentino, the strongest in European football in recent years, can't do it either. Of course, even Inter's Moratti dares not spend so much.
............Chelsea is getting better and stronger in the transfer market.
But George has a headache. Now Duff is gone, Gala is gone, Hakan. Suke retired, Henning. Berg has retired and Blanco is going to be a full-time coach. With so many less players, George can't ignore adding the team's lineup.
Duff, this is Blackburn's main player.
Even if Kaka rose strongly last season, Duff's playing time is almost the same as Pires and Miku. Now that Duff has left Blackburn, George wants to find a replacement for him. Who should I call?
Now on the side of Blackburn, only Pires and Hleb are left.
Rebel, he may be a regular player in the first team this season. But even so, Blackburn is still less on the sidelines. It's safest to make up four sideline players.
Gala, the all-round defender, has also left. Add Henning. Several defenders of Berg and Blanco have left. Now Blackburn's defense is obviously short of people.
The central defender is only Lucio and Campbell, and the left-back is only Reese. There is no worry about the right road, because Sanior and Sun Jihai have no problem. But the central defender and left back need to find someone.
Thinking about it, George has a headache.
Forward line Hakan. Suke retired. We also need to find a substitute striker.
Just as George was thinking about it, other strong teams in British football had already started their transfer.
Manchester United has taken two world-class stars this summer. Peron is good. After all, Peron is a marginal star at Manchester United. Because he has not been able to fully integrate into the rhythm of the Premier League, Peron's departure is not a big deal.
But Beckham is different.
Since 95-96, Beckham has been firmly in control of the right side of Manchester United. It is the absolute main force on the right side of Manchester United. Now that Beckham is gone, Manchester United lacks a right-back.
Ferguson fell in love with Cristiano of Sporting Lisbon. Ronaldo. It cost 12 million pounds to grab the new Portuguese star. And he also bought Cleberson, the first Brazilian star in Manchester United's history, with a transfer price of 6.5 million pounds.
There are also some small transfers, French striker Bélión and American goalkeeper Howard.
Compared with Chelsea, Manchester United's transfer is much simpler.
Of course, Arsenal's transfer is even more so. Arsenal only had two transfers this summer, and it would definitely make other strong teams laugh. Because their biggest conversion was to buy Dortmund's goalkeeper Lehman for 3.5 million.
In addition to this transfer, there is another one that buys Clichy for 250,000 yuan.
This is the transfer of a rich club. Even the moves of the Premier League relegated team in the summer are much better than Arsenal.
Liverpool's action is also much smaller.
Liverpool also has only one move this summer. That's to spend four million pounds to buy right-back Finnan.
Arsenal and Liverpool are not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, another strong team in London. Tottenham Hotspur spent more than 10 million pounds on this summer, Zamora, Postega and Canute. Although it's not much, it's much more bold than Liverpool and Arsenal.
Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, their actions in the summer are very simple. Compared with Chelsea's excitement, they don't seem to have any action.
As for Blackburn, there is no action so far.
Because George is waiting.
Or George is thinking about how to supplement it. Thirty-two million pounds, nine million pounds, which is 40 million pounds of income. George didn't know how to deal with it. It is to buy some powerful generals to supplement the strength of the team.
You should still buy some veterans or talented players to enrich Blackburn's substitute lineup.
40 million pounds?
If you use this money, you should be able to buy some good players.
"Larent, Carl, what do you mean?"
Blanco looked at George and asked, "George, are you satisfied with the current main lineup, or do you want to..."
George meditated for a moment.
"The main lineup should be said to be satisfactory. Even if Damien leaves, the main lineup can still deal with it.
Blanco smiled when he heard George's words.
"That's simple. George, your requirement is a substitute lineup. Then before I want to buy a player, you should look down.
"Below? Do you mean the youth team?
Blanco nodded.
Yes. Our youth team still has a lot of good seedlings. It should not be a problem to substitute.
George looked up at Carl.
Carl understood what George meant when he saw George's eyes. Carl is usually not only the main team training, but also the most familiar with the youth team. Carl nodded. Then he took out some information to George.
George picked it up and saw that it was the list of youth team players recommended by Carl to George.
(To be continued)