coach legend

Chapter 343 The New Goalkeeper

"800 million dollars, George, are you crazy?"

When George left Brazil complacently, Evan couldn't help but express his thoughts.

Kaka gave George good news the next day.Kaka is willing to move to Blackburn, so the remaining issue is to apply for a labor certification for Kaka.Of course, since Kaka only played half a season in the Brazilian League, he is not eligible for a labor certificate.

Then George can only apply for a "special genius clause" for Kaka.

But Evan thinks George's $800 million is a bit expensive. $800 million, that's £500 million.Blackburn's current transfer fee is not sufficient. When Campbell was signed, the signing fee was already very high.

Although the value of current players has soared, the bubble in the football market has begun to burst. 500 million pounds, buying a 19-year-old young player is rare even in European football.

For Kaka, there is only half a season of Brazilian League experience.Evan is not very optimistic.

"Evan, don't question my vision. Didn't you also watch some of his game videos and think he is good?"

Before coming to Brazil, Evan had read some information about Kaka.

At that time, Evan also recognized Kaka's talent.

"I think he's good, but $800 million is always..."

"If we don't get him now, we won't have a chance at all in two years."

If it weren't for this opportunity now, Blackburn would have won the Champions League.If teams like Manchester United and Milan enter the transfer process, Blackburn will not have any advantage to compete with them.That is, Kaka is still a player who has just debuted.

Giants like Manchester United and Milan haven't paid attention to Kaka yet.

It is only mid-July now, and George has already won two heavyweight players.Campbell and Kaka both made George quite satisfied.

Campbell can play the main force when he comes, and can immediately improve the strength of Blackburn's defense.As for Kaka, although it is impossible to become the main midfielder of Blackburn immediately.But Kaka is in the team, which can completely allow George to make another change in Blackburn's tactics.

Therefore, the transfer of the two, although it cost George a lot of transfer fees.But George still thought it was worth it.

Blackburn have been quick this season.In other words, George has always moved quickly in the transfer market, and George doesn't like that kind of procrastinated transfers.Just like Arsenal, they procrastinate in buying players.

Even their buying of players has been delayed until the last few days of the end of the transfer period before buying players.

Although that can save some transfer fees, but because the new aid arrived late, it was also late to practice with the team.

George obviously didn't like this.George is unwilling to let the team's training be affected for several million pounds.It is George's consistent idea to transfer as quickly as possible.

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Although Campbell moved to Blackburn, the impact was great.

Not only in British football, but also in European football is a matter of great influence.Blackburn itself is very strong, the Premier League champions last season.And if there is no misjudgment, no one can say where he can reach in the Champions League last season.

Now that a strong player like Campbell is added, European football can see Blackburn's ambitions.

But this transfer only took a short time, and bigger transfer news hit European football.The entire European football world was shaken.

That is the current European midfielder, king of France, Zidane, known as "Zi Zu", transferred from Juventus to Real Madrid at a world record price of 7500 million euros.When this transfer came out, everyone in European football was shocked.

Florentino made another big move that stunned everyone.

Last summer, Florentino had just become the chairman of Real Madrid when he introduced Figo from rival Barcelona.Not long after the transfer market opened this summer, Zidane, the best midfielder in the world, was brought in again.

So bold.So bold.

In the current European football, who can have the courage of Florentino.

However, although Juventus lost Zidane, they definitely did not make a loss. 7500 million euros, what price is this.It was not until Ronaldinho nearly ten years later that he broke the transfer price.

They used the money from selling Zidane and added some money from the club to buy Thuram, Buffon and Nedved.

Although the reputation of any of them cannot be compared with Zidane, all three of them are truly world-class players.Using Zidane alone to replace three world-class superstars, this deal is worthwhile no matter how you look at it.

Zidane's transfer was a truly happy one.

Real Madrid got a king like Zidane, and it is also recognized as the closest star among active stars.Not only to further enhance the logo of Real Madrid, but also to bring Real Madrid's strength to a new height.

For Zidane, from Juventus to Real Madrid is a leap in his career.Although Juventus is also a giant in Europe, people will still say that it is Real Madrid when it comes to the number one giant in Europe.

Now European football does not know how many players are crying and shouting to join Real Madrid.

Juventus is the beneficiary of this transfer.A reconstruction was quickly completed, and Nedved, Thuram, and Buffon have all become Juventus' most important main players in the future.

However, with the arrival of Buffon, one person's position has become quite awkward.

He is Van der Sar, the main goalkeeper before Juventus.

Van der Sar absolutely does not think that Juventus bought Buffon to buy himself a substitute player.What is Buffon's worth? When he came to Juventus, the transfer fee exceeded 4000 million US dollars.It is the highest transfer fee in the history of goalkeeper transfer.

And Buffon is Italy's No. [-] national goal.

How could such a player be a substitute for himself?Van der Sar understood that his days at Juventus had already entered the countdown.

But Van der Sar is not afraid, he has confidence in himself.

Van der Sar became famous as a teenager. Van der Sar represented the Ajax senior team for the first time in the 1990-91 season. Soon, at the age of 21, he helped Ajax beat Turin in 1992 and won the Champions of the UEFA Cup.And even in the 1994-95 season, he followed Ajax to win the UEFA Champions League.

This was Van der Sar's heyday.

Later, Van der Sar moved to Juventus and was also the main goalkeeper of Juventus.

In the Dutch national team, Van der Sar has been the main goalkeeper since he was first selected for the national team at the age of 24.

This kind of experience made Van der Sar feel that even if he left Juventus, there should be an olive branch for him from a wealthy family.But he was wrong. Since Buffon's transfer, his agent has been busy for a long time, but found that the European giants basically have no desire to buy Van der Sar.

It's not that Van der Sar's strength is insufficient, but that these European giants already have their own goalkeepers.They will not take the risk of buying Van der Sar, a 31-year-old goalkeeper.

This made Van der Sar very frustrated.

At this time, the only club that contacted Van der Sar was a club from the Premier League, a team called Fulham.

This is a newly promoted team.However, their boss has some ambitions and wants to do something big in the new season.So I contacted Van der Sar and was willing to buy Van der Sar for 500 million pounds.

Van der Sar was dismissive at first.

Fulham, what club, I haven't heard of it.Not to mention that foreign players like Van der Sar look down on Fulham, even a native of England like George looks down on Fulham.

As the first football club in London, Fulham has a longer history than Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham United.It's a pity that their honor book is empty. If you insist on finding one, it is that they entered the FA Cup final nearly 30 years ago and failed.

Van der Sar was initially humiliated.

How to say Van der Sar is a goalkeeper who has won the UEFA Cup and the Champions League.He is also the main goalkeeper of Juventus and the Dutch national team. Is it true that he really wants to go to this newly upgraded Premier League team.But after waiting for a while, it turned out that no other clubs were interested in him.

In other words, even if some clubs are interested, they all retreated when they saw the 500 million pounds thrown out by Fulham.

They will not compete with the upstarts from the Premier League for money.And Van der Sar is already 31 years old, who knows what will happen in the future.

Van der Sar has almost resigned to his fate.I didn't expect to be reduced to this point.

But Van der Sar is a cheerful person.Since things are already like this, it is useless to think about it.He handed over his transfer to his agent and then spent time at home with his wife, Anne-Marie, and children.

Van der Sar's favorite thing to do is to be with his son and daughter.

At this moment, the phone in his arms rang.Van der Sar picked it up and saw that it was a call from his agent.It looks like negotiations with Fulham are almost over.England?Premier League club?Fulham?

Van der Sar shook his head.I never thought about going back to the Premier League before.

"Rob, why is the negotiation over?"

Already thought about it.So Van der Sar asked very casually.

"Edwin, I have already terminated the negotiation with Fulham."

"Huh?" Van der Sar was taken aback.Van der Sar remembered that a few days ago his agent said that Fulham's contract was not bad.It is said that as long as some of the terms are changed, the problem will not be serious.How could the negotiations be terminated after a few days.

"Another club has contacted me."

"Who?"

"Blackburn in the Premier League. George Levy called me himself."

"George Levy?" Van der Sar was taken aback.Van der Sar played for Juventus these two seasons.For the name George is very popular.This young coach, who is only one year older than himself, is now well-known in European football.

Excellent grades, but a bad temper.

However, Van der Sar knew that Blackburn was a Premier League powerhouse and last season's Premier League champion.They are actually interested in themselves?Compared to Blackburn, what is that Fulham, what kind of club is that?

"Yes, Edwin. George Levy called me and said he wanted you to move to Blackburn."

(End of this chapter)