Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 690 The European Arms Race
Shan Yongzhuo was enjoying his vacation in a relaxed manner.

Meanwhile, Granada's transfer progress is also going smoothly.

The first player they took down was Cambiasso.

Cambiasso, 34, was officially announced to be leaving Inter Milan at the end of the last round of Serie A last season.

There are quite a few teams eyeing this veteran.

However, after being personally met with by Kroos and Pellegrini, the veteran decided to join Granada.

Cambiasso's arrival brought Granada fans a moment of great joy.

After all, although this veteran is getting on in years, as Inter Milan's vice-captain, his ability is still very reliable. For Granada's relatively weak midfield, he is a good addition.

More importantly, Cambiasso was a free transfer, and Granada did not need to pay a transfer fee to sign this veteran.

This made the cunning businessman Cross very happy.

The second signing was also finalized quickly.

Manchester United veteran left-back Patrice Evra was eventually brought to Granada by Toni Kroos for €150 million.

Not only Evra, but also Portuguese youngster Rafael Guerreiro was taken down.

Granada paid a transfer fee of 200 million euros to Caen for this young player.

The cost-effective addition allowed Granada to immediately fill the void left by the departures of Blind and Siqueira on the left flank.

Granada then made several more moves and scored against several more players.

Chelsea striker Torres joins on loan, Liverpool youngster Alberto joins on loan, Real Madrid youngster Cheryshev joins on loan, Serbian youngster Milinkovic joins for €300 million, and Manchester City defender Lescott joins on a free transfer.

The only pity is that players like Vucinic, Emre Can, and Sturaro, whom Shan Yongzhuo valued highly, did not join Granada for various reasons.

However, with this, Granada's transfer is basically complete.

What surprised European football was that Granada still managed to make a net profit in the transfer market this season.

They sold Lindt Jr. for €2700 million, Feng Xiaoting for €400 million, and also Siqueira for €900 million, Rico for €1000 million, and so on.

After the summer, Granada earned nearly 50 million euros by selling players.

However, the expenditures were minimal.

Cambiasso and Lescott joined on free transfers, while Torres, Cheryshev, and Alberto were all on loan for very low fees. Then came Evra for €150 million, Guerrero for €200 million, and Milinkovic for €300 million.

To everyone's surprise, Granada's summer transfer spending was less than 1000 million euros.

However, this is not too surprising.

Since the arrival of Dan Yongzhuo and Kroos, Granada's biggest signings have been Dan Yongzhuo, followed by the €1200 million acquisition of Nainggolan from Cagliari. Almost all other signings have been under €1000 million.

However, the players they sold were all more expensive than the last.

Mane and Kante were previously sold by Granada for many times their original value, and Yuya Osako was also sold for more than ten times his original value.

Then there's Little Blind, who was sold for 2700 million this summer due to soaring prices.

People were surprised to find that Granada had taken over Porto's place as the "Black Spot of Europe".

However, despite being the reigning La Liga champions, Granada is still a relatively small club and doesn't receive a lot of attention. They weren't even on the transfer market this summer.

The battles between the major clubs are the most watched part of the transfer market.

The first team to draw attention is Manchester United, who are usually incredibly frugal, but this summer they have suddenly become very active in the transfer market.

They acquired Di Maria from Real Madrid for €5800 million, brought in Luke Shaw from Southampton for €3300 million, took Herrera from Athletic Bilbao for €3100 million, and acquired Rojo from Benfica for €2000 million.

Manchester United's spending of £150 million has made them a sensation in the Premier League.

Chelsea, on the other side, were not to be outdone. They brought in Diego Costa, who shone in La Liga last season, from Atletico Madrid for 3400 million euros, Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona for 2900 million euros, and full-back Felipe from Atletico Madrid for 2000 million euros. For these three players, Chelsea paid more than 8000 million euros.

However, compared to Manchester United's constant outflows without any inflows, Chelsea made a fortune on David Luiz.

Compared to Manchester United and Chelsea, other Premier League teams haven't made any particularly noteworthy moves.

The only surprising thing was that Arsenal poached Sanchez from Barcelona for £3500 million, becoming the Premier League's most expensive signing this summer.

Compared to the Premier League, La Liga is much more exciting.

Granada's strong rise and Atletico Madrid's disruptive performance have put enormous pressure on the two giants of La Liga.

Under immense pressure, the two giants naturally opted to wag their checkbooks and buy those superstar players.

Barcelona has spent a fortune this summer.

They brought in Croatian midfielder Rakitic for 1700 million, goalkeeper Ter Stegen from Germany for 1300 million, and Mathieu from Valencia for 1800 million.

They also continued to fleece their old friend Arsenal, bringing in Vermaelen for 2000 million.

Of course, this is just the appetizer for Barcelona. With a record signing of 8170 million euros this summer, Barcelona directly spent a sky-high price to bring their pillar, Uruguayan striker Suarez, from Liverpool to Camp Nou.

This signing demonstrated Barcelona's ambition, and the MSN trio emerged, shocking Europe.

Despite letting go of Sanchez and Fabregas, the Spanish media remains extremely optimistic about Barcelona's performance in the new season.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid on the other side were equally determined not to be outdone.

They brought in James Rodriguez, the Colombian midfielder who shone at this summer's World Cup, from Monaco for 8000 million euros; brought in Toni Kroos, the new generation of German midfield core, from Bayern Munich for a bargain price of 2200 million euros; and took away Keylor Navas, the goalkeeper of Costa Rica, the biggest dark horse of this summer's World Cup, from Levante for 1000 million euros.

However, compared to Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid also overhauled its squad and generated considerable revenue.

They sold Di Maria for 5800 million, Morata to Juventus for 2000 million, and Xabi Alonso to Bayern Munich for 1000 million.

Compared to its investment, Real Madrid's revenue is not small either.

The resurgent Atletico Madrid is not to be outdone. Although they lost two key players, Diego Costa and Felipe, their investment is by no means weak.

The €3000 million deal that brought Griezmann from Real Sociedad left Shan Yongzhu feeling disheartened for quite some time. However, Granada's financial resources and strategies made it impossible for them to compete for him.

In addition, they brought Croatian aerial powerhouse Mario Mandzukic from Bayern Munich for €2200 million, Cerci from Torino for €1600 million, and young goalkeeper Jan Oblak for €1600 million, among others.

Despite the media's view that Atletico Madrid's transfer spending is still incomparable to that of the two La Liga giants.

However, in Shan Yongzhuo's view, Atletico Madrid's transfer spending was just right, as they bought good players who were cheap and effective.

In the new season, Shan Yongzhuo believes that Atletico Madrid is still the most formidable opponent besides Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and may even be more dangerous than Real Madrid.

(End of this chapter)