i want to be king

Chapter 681 Arms Race
With the announcement of Bayern's financial report, the entire German football world, and even European football circles, were buzzing.

It was at this time that many people really realized the value of Su Dong.

On the court, fighting for the team is just part of Su Dong's value. As a professional player, his commercial value and global influence outside the court are no less than his performance on the court.

Far away in Manchester, Mubarak, Soriano, Begiristan and Guardiola were discussing the transfer progress of the new season, but the topic was involuntarily attracted by this report from Germany.

"If Su Dong can come to Manchester City, our global strategy will be carried out more smoothly and more confidently." Soriano said with emotion.

As a financial background, Soriano was envious of Bayern's financial report from the bottom of his heart.

Whether it is in terms of revenue, cash flow, or debt, Bayern is a model for European professional clubs.

What's even more frightening is that this team is still very strong.

When Su Dong joined, Bayern was already not weak and had a solid financial foundation. Otherwise, they would not have invested in Su Dong, but now, they have turned over several times. It is not an exaggeration to describe Bayern today as rich and powerful.

"Hoeness is right. If Bayern is willing, they have the financial resources to introduce any superstar in the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. They have a cash flow of more than 1 million euros. My God, what is the brain structure of the Germans? Why save so much money?" Soriano wondered.

With so much money, you should find a way to spend it, or invest it.

"I guess it has something to do with the predicament of the Bundesliga after the Kirsch Group went bankrupt. After all, the life of all the Bundesliga teams was very difficult at that time. Bayern also cut down their clothes and dieted. Now that they have some money, they naturally don't want to spend it lavishly."

When Begiristain said this, he shook his head and smiled: "I heard before that Hoeness is a housekeeper. Bayern's superstar strategy is still fully promoted by Beckenbauer and Rummenigge."

Although the relationship between the Big Three is good, in fact, their ideas are still very different.

In terms of making money, Bayern is very high-profile, but in terms of spending money, the Bundesliga Banba is as low-key as possible.

Except for the year when Su Dong was introduced, in the rest of the time, Bayern basically did not make any big moves in the transfer.

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Manchester City's actions in the transfer market this summer have not been smooth.

Although the team has a star like Robinho, the attraction to top players is still quite weak.

To put it bluntly, last season's performance was too hip.

The transfer fee of Robinho, the champion, was as high as 900 million euros at the beginning, but now, it is less than 3000 million euros, and there is even no market for it, because Robinho's disappearance during the winter break has made many teams discouraged.

Similarly, he also lost Guardiola's trust because of this incident.

Guardiola himself has a strict standard for players. For example, players like Adebayor and Kolo Toure are not within his consideration. He wants to introduce Pepe or Lucio, but these two players are difficult to poach.

Not only that, in terms of the midfielder position, what Guardiola wants most is Xavi Alonso of Liverpool. He even went to Liverpool in person and had a long talk with Xavi Alonso, but Xavi Alonso told Guardiola clearly that it was difficult for him to refuse the invitation from Real Madrid, so Guardiola was forced to buy the old player Busquets from Barcelona.

He recognized Busquets' ability, but he was too young and not as experienced as Harvey Alonso.

With the poor performance of the team and the reorganization of the team, many players including Ruo, Elano, Bojinov, and Sturridge have chosen to leave the team, which makes Manchester City also need to sign in the midfield.

Guardiola also has very high requirements for midfielders. After the introduction of Iniesta was frustrated, he gave the three major midfielders David Silva, Modric, and Fabregas.

Not to mention the striker, the Sudong that Guardiola wants is basically impossible, and the alternative Dzeko has also renewed his contract with Wolfsburg. Tevez and Adebayor are not liked by Guardiola. The more likely one is Santa Cruz of Blackburn.

There are still two wings, whether it is the winger in the frontcourt or the full-back in the back line, they all need to introduce strong support.

Among them, the left back is the most urgent. Guardiola really wants to get Marcelo, but Bayern does not intend to negotiate Marcelo's transfer at all.

The Abu Dhabi consortium does not set too many restrictions on the transfer of Manchester City, and gives enough authority to the technical team and Guardiola. However, due to the impact of the club's performance, it is basically impossible to really introduce outstanding players.

Even Robinho is clamoring to leave the team.

Therefore, Soriano and Begiristan now have money on hand and cannot spend it!
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The summer transfer will always be dominated by the giants.

Florentino's Real Madrid is even more the protagonist of the protagonist.

It started with Kakara, followed by head coach Pellegrini, followed by local players such as Xavi Alonso and Arbeloa. These have greatly improved Real Madrid's strength.

After entering July, Real Madrid soon officially announced that they had successfully signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United at a record high price of 400 million euros.

Due to the setback in the introduction of Sudong, Real Madrid also quickly announced that the transfer fee for the introduction of Benzema from Lyon was as high as 500 million euros.

It can be said that Florentino showed his skills and courage completely different from his predecessor Calderon. He made everyone marvel at his operational ability, allowing Real Madrid to re-emerge overnight and become the focus of media and fans around the world.

Many media have even asserted that Real Madrid will be a strong contender for the Champions League in the new season.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema, the top players of the three major leagues gathered in Real Madrid, is there anything more exciting and anticipating than this?

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As Real Madrid's mortal enemy, Barcelona is also not idle.

At the same time that Real Madrid was aggressively signing in, Rosell poached Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan at a sky-high price of 7000 million euros, completing what Mourinho expected, the trident combination of Ibrahimovic, Eto'o and Messi.

On the defensive line, after the unsuccessful introduction of Lucio and Pepe, Barcelona introduced Ziglinski from Shakhtar Donetsk.

The central defender performed well in the Champions League last season, is tall and strong and has amazing potential.

Mourinho hopes that the joining of Ziglinski can fill the weakness of Barcelona's defense, especially in terms of defense against high balls.

The two transfers cost more than [-] million euros, and Barcelona also showed aggressive courage this summer.

The arms race between the Western Super League duo has also successfully attracted the attention of the world.

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After a period of operation, the transfer of local tycoon Manchester City has also made progress.

Su Dong and Dzeko suffered setbacks successively. Manchester City introduced Paraguayan center Santa Cruz from Blackburn at a high price of 700 million euros. Guardiola is full of expectations for him and believes that he can attack Manchester City in the new season.

Robinho finally moved to AC Milan at a high price of 2000 million euros. Players such as Elano, Ruo and Bojinov also left the team one after another. Manchester City wanted to introduce Aquilani in the midfield, but the Roman midfielder went to Liverpool.

After several twists and turns, Begiristan targeted Valencia's David Silva for midfield signings, and repeatedly raised the offer, hoping to poach Sudong's best friend from the Bat Corps.

But it was Benfica's winger Di Maria who was the first to be finalized. His agent was Mendes. In the past period of time, Begiristan had been in contact with Mendes about Sudong's transfer, so he signed Di Maria with a transfer fee of 500 million euros.

In addition, Manchester City also signed Sanchez from Udinese in Serie A for a transfer fee of 500 million euros.

Manchester City also launched a pursuit of Keylor Navas, who played for Sevilla, hoping to recruit the Spanish winger.

In mid-July, Valencia finally let go of Manchester City's gold dollar offensive.

For 800 million euros, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid and successfully signed the young Spanish international from Valencia.

Guardiola is very excited about the successful signing of David Silva. In the press release announcing David Silva's joining, Guardiola said that Manchester City has found the core of the midfield. He firmly believes that David Silva will succeed in his team and his tactics.

Subsequently, Manchester City announced successively that they signed Gareth Barry from Aston Villa for 1000 and [-] million euros, and introduced Sylvinho from Barcelona on a free transfer.

Through a series of operations, Manchester City has taken on a new look, and its overall strength has also improved compared to before.

But whether it is the UK or the European media, they are full of concerns about Guardiola's coaching. I don't know how far this famous Barcelona player who has never coached the first team can bring this rich team?
In just one year, the Abu Dhabi consortium invested [-] million euros in transfer fees. If salary, club expenses and other inputs are included, it is conservatively estimated to be around [-] million euros.

If you invest so much, Manchester City is still struggling in the middle, which is unreasonable anyway.

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After entering late July, Bayern is about to usher in the German Super Cup.

Before that, Bayern officially announced that they had successfully signed Brazilian right-back Rafinha from Schalke [-].

Hoeness finally made a move and signed the right back who Heynckes is quite optimistic about, hoping that he can strengthen the thickness of the team's right bench.

And this will be Bayern's only introduction this season.

With the renewal of players such as Ribery, Robben, Schweinsteiger and Ram, Bayern also ushered in the first official game of the new season.

German Super Cup.

(End of this chapter)