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Chapter 364 Wenger's Ambition

The 1998-1999 season was more or less affected by the hosting of the World Cup. For example, the end of the World Cup was in late July. Although the top four players were hot spots in the transfer market, the summer training camps of various clubs were coming to an end. At this time, negotiating transfers with these players meant accepting a player who was not well-trained and exhausted at a premium.

With the rapid advancement of commercial football in continental Europe, the economic risks encountered in player transfers are increasing.

In the past two years, many top European clubs have made some money through commercial operations. Many industrial tycoons who control the clubs have also continued to increase investment and register funds for the clubs, but they are still very cautious in buying and selling players.

In the eyes of many clubs, players are not just employees of the team, but also valuable commodities.

It would be great if this living product continued to increase in value in the market, but after a player joined, he was not acclimatized and his performance was not satisfactory. Not only would he not be able to increase in value, but he would become a product in the club's inventory, and it would continue to depreciate and depreciate over time.

Unless a player like Shearer flirts with Manchester United before the World Cup and shows his value through statistics, he can successfully complete the loan procedures after the World Cup.

The sales volume of the top four national team players in the World Cup is really mediocre. At this time, a premium must be paid to let the original club let go. In addition, they missed the pre-season training camp. After the start of the season, it will inevitably take a long time to adapt to the new team or even the new league.

For these players, many clubs are cautious. In case of a mistake, the loss will be tens of millions of euros in transfer fees plus wages. Who likes to be taken advantage of?

But there are also unbelievers, such as Real Betis, who signed Brazil's cycling king Denilson from Sao Paulo for a record 3100 million euros.

This transfer made this unknown Spanish club suddenly the focus of the world's attention. You must know that Ronaldo's transfer fee when he transferred to Inter Milan was only 2800 million euros. After such a comparison, everyone couldn't help but grow up.

Is Denilson better than Ronaldo?

Nonsense, he is an acrobat on the football field, how could he be compared with two consecutive World Footballer of the Year.

Will the transfer market usher in the golden dollar era from now on?

There is this trend, but it is absolutely impossible to have it so fast.

You must know that the combined transfer fees of Stam and Yorke are only 3600 million euros. Are they not as good as a player who has not proven himself in the European arena?
It's also bullshit.

But Real Betis still made a decisive move and bought the substitute surprise soldier in the World Cup.

Many people think that the owner of Real Betis bought Denilson to make a gimmick and enhance the influence of the club.

Professional football people scoff at this statement. Denilson has a gorgeous style of play. He is only 21 years old and has made a name for himself. It seems that he has great potential.

After the transfer, Zagallo believed that Denilson was the best winger in the world. The Sao Paulo team even patted their chests and told the management of Real Betis that Denilson was Ronaldo's successor, and letting him go was just considering the player's development.

Real Betis proved their ambitions to the whole world, and also showed everyone their gambling nature.

Talking about the transfer in private, Ferguson described the management of Real Betis with continuous swear words.

In his mouth, Real Betis is not even as good as Blackburn, Newcastle and Chelsea.

Although these three clubs are also stupid and rich in money, they have created a good lineup after all.

Because Blackburn has accumulated a group of powerful players, it finally snatched the league championship from Manchester United in the 1994-1995 season.

You must know that since the establishment of the Premier League, Manchester United has won five league titles in the first six seasons, and the only time the title has been lost is to Blackburn.

So you can't say that this money was wasted, after all, it has worked.

The lineup formed by Newcastle was even more domineering than that of Blackburn, which even made the championship lose suspense at Christmas in the season.If Ferguson hadn't brought Cantona and the "Class of 92" together to create a miracle of reversal, Newcastle United might have achieved dominance.

Even if they didn't win the championship, they won the Premier League runner-up for two consecutive seasons, and they have been the ideal springboard for foreign players for a long time after that.

And Chelsea spent money to buy players purely for eyeballs. They bought Gullit, which opened the door to Serie A transfers.Subsequently, a group of Serie A players such as Zola and Vialli landed at Chelsea, all of which were influenced by Gullit.

Although Chelsea's high annual salary for Gullit did not make their performance soar, it left a good impression on many Serie A players.

Even a world-class star like Gullit is willing to go, what else can others say.

This season, Chelsea signed the steel central defender Desailly, and the French central defender fully proved his worth in the World Cup.

Even if the French team's striker is rotten, he can still make the team's defense solid.

Without him, the French team's defense would definitely not be so hard.

In fact, Ferguson also has a lot of ideas about Desailly. Judging from the current strength, he is definitely a hard currency in the transfer market. Buying him is absolutely awesome for Manchester United's defense this season.

But after careful consideration, Ferguson gave up competing with Chelsea because Desailly was about to turn 30 years old.

This age is the natural moat for a player's status. No matter how good and vigorous a player is, he will inevitably start to decline after the age of 30, and his status will decline at a speed visible to the naked eye, or even fall off a cliff.

As the head coach of Manchester United, it is impossible for Ferguson to do this kind of showy operation that only cares about the present and does not look at the future.

Compared with Desailly, Stam is young and has good strength, so the price/performance ratio is not known to be much higher.

Of course, Ferguson did not use bad words to describe Chelsea's management, because it is not easy to win the champion central defender.

Manchester United doesn't like Desailly, but it doesn't mean other clubs don't like him.

Chelsea can stand out from the competition among many clubs, and it does have its own uniqueness.

This summer's bid king is Denilson, and No.2 is Vieri. His transfer fee reached 2900 million euros, which also surpassed the transfer record set by Ronaldo a few years ago.

What is even more shocking is that Vieri was going to transfer to Lazio, but Wenger did not know what tricks he used to fool him to Arsenal just before the transfer of the Italian center, and actually snatched the Italian striker from the Serie A "Seven Sisters".

Most of the reason why the Liberian striker was able to transfer to Arsenal was to repay Wenger's kindness. It was the French who bought him from the Cameroon League to Monaco, and he has since embarked on the road to superstardom.

George Weah has since been emphasizing that without Wenger there would be no him.

So when Wenger was about to challenge Manchester United, George Weah joined Arsenal without hesitation.

Considering that the Liberian footballer is over 30 years old, he is eager to repay his kindness, and the money given by Arsenal is not bad, so AC Milan let him join Arsenal.

But Vieri is different. He is 25 years old this year, and he is at the peak of his career. It is a bit surprising that he is willing to join a club other than Serie A, because Serie A is the best league in Europe after all. Lazio’s upward momentum in the past two years is also very obvious.

After Vieri joined, Arsenal's striker did not lose to Manchester United at all, and even looked more gorgeous from the face of the card.

In the eyes of the media, Arsenal has posed a great threat to Manchester United.

Whether it was Blackburn Rovers or Newcastle United before, although they bought a lot of luxury lineups with strong immediate combat power in the British Isles, the biggest characteristic of these two teams is that they have no cohesion.

Basically, their combat effectiveness can only be maintained for one season. Regardless of whether they can win the championship or not, they will face disintegration in the following seasons.

This is the biggest hidden danger of introducing mercenaries, and there is no solution.

The Frenchman's team is different. The players he introduced are either from the old department before or are at the beginning of their careers. They have strong plasticity in both character and ability.

Once this team is allowed to develop centripetal force, it will bring a huge threat to Manchester United every year in the future.

After Vieri joined, Arsenal's striker has five high-level players, whether it is George Weah, Ian Wright, Bergkamp, ​​Vieri or Anelka, they all have strong combat effectiveness.

In the midst of everyone's applause, Ferguson poured cold water on Wenger: "Arsene is an excellent head coach, especially in terms of players' cognition. His transfer is a risky move. I say he knows it in his heart."

The media wanted to ask why, but Ferguson kept silent.

Beckham understood the meaning of the old man from the God's perspective opened by the old John. He heard from the old John that Vieri's advantages and disadvantages are particularly obvious. This is a player who is unwilling to be lonely and likes to jump around.

So Beckham asked about Vieri's resume, which was indeed the case.

A 25-year-old player has played for 7 clubs, and Arsenal is the 8th team he has played for. This statistic does sound a bit scary.

This kind of person will not become the core of the club no matter what industry he is engaged in, the reason is very simple, the loyalty is too low.

Ferguson was more afraid of that young man named Anelka. The old man never understood where Wenger poached these players.

In response to Arsenal's situation of picking up leaks everywhere, Ferguson is also planning to upgrade his scouting system, and he can also dig some such treasures.

(End of this chapter)