Soccer Card System

Chapter 468 Atletico Madrid's Summer Transfer Window ([-]rd + [-]th two-in-one chapter)

Chapter 4 Atletico Madrid's summer transfer window
The matter of the contract was settled quickly, and Gao Bo signed the contract the day after he returned to Madrid.

No one would turn down a raise for themselves.

Cerezo was very happy. Atletico Madrid definitely earned Gao Bo a salary of 900 million a year.

Last season, Gao Bo didn't spend much on the transfer budget. Cerezo has also seen the signing plan for this season. It is mainly to prepare for the departure of some old players and players who have high salaries on the bench but are not needed. This season's signings are much less than last season.

Such a head coach who doesn't spend much money, can still bring good results, and has an unparalleled vision for players, with an annual salary of 900 million, Atlético Madrid is definitely making a lot of money.

After finishing his own contract, Gao Bo immediately devoted himself to pre-season preparations.

Before the start of this season, Atletico Madrid still had a lot of players who wanted to leave the team.

Mainly concentrated on the back line.

The most influential one is of course Antonio Lopez. The main left-back of the previous season lost his main position after Gao Bo became the head coach. He also lost his Spanish international province. Antonio has not been called up by the national team for almost a year, which is also related to his situation in Atletico Madrid.

There are relatively few games in normal times, so the head coach of the Spanish national team, Bosque, dare not trust his state.

Therefore, Antonio Lopez, who has lost his position, is ready to seek to leave the team.

For Lopez's departure, Gao Bo is still very regretful. His strength is good, and he can be regarded as an absolutely qualified substitute.

In the position of central defender, Ujfalusi has also made it clear that he will leave the team, and Pereira seems to be looking for a next home.

These veterans who stayed from the previous dynasty no longer had a main position in Gao Bo's team, so it was normal to seek to leave, and Gao Bo did not set up obstacles for them to leave.

Antonio Lopez chose to wait until Kobo returned to the team to say goodbye.

"I want to thank you, boss!"

Antonio said.

"Winning the La Liga title is the most important moment of my career!"

"I hope you can stay, Antonio."

Antonio Lopez shook his head, but he didn't say anything.

In fact, he could see that Gao Bo wanted him to stay, but he only continued to serve as a substitute for Alex Sandro.

Speaking of which, Antonio Lopez is the same age as Gao Bo, less than 30 years old.

The 30-year-old player is still at the peak of his career, but he is about to go downhill soon.Lopez doesn't want to be in retirement mode at age 30.

In dealing with Antonio, Gao Bo showed his tender side.

There is one year left in Antonio's contract, but Gao Bo is willing to give the Atletico Madrid youth player to the team for almost ten years for free, and also relegated from Serie A to Serie B with Atletico Madrid, and then upgraded to Serie A. Such a painful process.

Although Antonio's Atletico Madrid career only won a Copa del Rey and a La Liga title after Gao Bo came, these two important championship trophies have little to do with him.

But for Atletico Madrid, Antonio Lopez is the real meritorious captain. Therefore, Gao Bo let him find his next home for free, also to allow the Atletico Madrid captain to have a wider choice space, and the transfer fee will be free. It will make him more popular in the transfer market.

In the end, Lopez chose to go to the Bundesliga, and he joined the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen.

In addition to Antonio, Atletico Madrid also sent them away at low prices or simply for free for other old players who needed to leave the team.

These old courtiers of Atletico Madrid left the team with the aura of La Liga champions and Copa del Rey champions.

Ujfalusi returned to the Czech League, Pereira joined Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, and right back Barrera went to the Ligue [-].

In addition to the defenders, Atletico Madrid has more departures, and there are also midfielders.

Assuncao and Elias, who didn't get any opportunities last season, also chose to leave the team.

In this way, Atletico Madrid must sign up in defenders and midfielders.

Since there was a plan before, Atletico Madrid's transfer work was carried out very quickly.

The first to win is the central defender Miranda. Miranda played for Sao Paulo, Brazil. After the end of this season, Miranda's contract expired, so Atletico Madrid picked up a big bargain. By way of free transfer, Atletico Madrid introduced Miranda, a Brazilian international central defender who can challenge Boateng's main position.

But even if Miranda joins, Atletico Madrid only has three central defenders.

Not to mention the three central defenders who have to take care of the Champions League, even single-line combat like last season is not safe, so Gao Bo intends to introduce another central defender.

This time he took a fancy to the veteran Lucio.

After the end of this season, Lucio's contract at Inter Milan will expire.

According to the normal development, Lucio will sign a contract with Inter Milan for two years this summer, and then next season, Inter Milan will sign with Inter Milan; Lucio will terminate the contract, and then the veteran will return to the Brazilian league and fade out of mainstream league vision.

However, Gao Bo believes that Lucio can still play in the European League for at least two or three years. Now Lucio is 32 years old. With the help of the card, it is no problem to play until the age of 35.

Moreover, he introduced Lucio only to strengthen the team's bench, not to use Lucio as the main force to death. Therefore, a capable and experienced central defender like Lucio has become a good choice.

Moreover, if Lucio is signed this summer, it will also be a free transfer!
The speed of Inter Milan's decline was astonishing. After the end of the season, Inter Milan got nothing. They scored 76 points in the league and ranked second behind AC Milan by six points. In the Champions League, they lost to Schalke 04 humiliatingly in the quarter-finals. It showed that they lost 04-[-] to their opponents in the away game, and then returned home. Inter Milan was humiliated by Schalke [-] [-]-[-]!
The reason for all this, apart from the turmoil after Mourinho's departure, the biggest reason is the aging of the lineup. Now Inter Milan is dubbed a "nursing home", and most of their main players are 30 years old.

Cesar is 31 years old, Lucio is 32 years old, Moussael is 32 years old, Zanetti is 37 years old, Cambiasso is 30 years old, Eto'o is 30 years old, Materazzi is 37 years old...

And the only younger Balotelli defected to Manchester City after the end of the Triple Crown season.

Such a lineup is naturally weak in succession and lacks competitiveness.

And more importantly, Moratti does not intend to invest money.

Inter Milan fans laughed at themselves after losing a certain game: Papa Mo smoked Marlboro, I am innocent and poor.

Don't invest money, the lineup is aging!

This is a problem that everyone can see clearly, so Moratti put forward the slogan of "sell people before buying people" under such circumstances.

But who can Inter Milan sell?
Ned?Maicon?

Therefore, they can only clear some of the veterans whose contracts have expired, leaving room for salary, so as to attract some stars who will play in their prime to join.

And Lucio is in this context, Inter Milan has been slow to renew his contract. In the real history, Lucio did not start until the league was half a month away, and Inter Milan's contract was long overdue.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid can take advantage of the danger during this period and take the opportunity to bring Lucio to Spain.

The fact is also true. Lucio, who waited until the end of the season and did not get his own contract, was disheartened. When Atletico Madrid handed him an olive branch, Lucio readily agreed and signed the contract given to him by Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's performance last season is obvious to all, and Atletico Madrid will appear in the Champions League this season. Lucio believes that his experience in the Champions League is an important factor for Gao Bo to fancy himself.

At Atletico Madrid, he doesn't have to worry about not having a chance to play.

After the two central defenders are settled, the other positions need to be solved with some money.

Two players left the midfield, and Gao Bo intends to buy a player from the transfer market, and then transfer Saul to the first team, so that he can make up for the gap left by Assuncao and Elias.

The current defensive midfielders in the team are only Kanter and Mario Suarez, so Gao Bo intends to buy another midfielder with sufficient defensive ability.

He's looking at Gabby!
The later Simeone's confidant and favorite general, the defense in the midfielder position is very good, and the physical confrontation ability is also strong.

This season is not just the domestic league. Atletico Madrid is fighting on the third line this season, so he must strengthen the lineup.

Gabi is a good candidate, because he is an Atletico Madrid youth player. Before joining Zaragoza, he played for Atletico Madrid more than 300 times, and there is a repurchase clause in his contract-only [-] million euros can bring such a powerful player back to Madrid. Why not do it?

Gabi's transfer went smoothly, and Atletico Madrid paid a transfer fee of 300 million to bring the 28-year-old defensive midfielder back to Calderon.

In addition to Gabi's transfer, the transfer of left back Alba is also advancing.

Valencia was not very willing to let the Spanish defender go, but in the face of Atletico Madrid's offer of 800 million euros, Valencia finally agreed to let Alba go.

In the text on the right, Gao Bo is looking at the Real Madrid B team, the Castilla player Carvajal who plays in the second division.

It was easy to convince Carvajal.

Carvajal, who has played for the B team for many years, can hardly see the hope of being promoted to Real Madrid. In fact, although Real Madrid’s youth training camp is comparable to Barcelona’s La Masia in Spain, it is difficult for their youth training players to get opportunities in the first team due to Real Madrid’s superstar strategy. Florentino proposed the "Zidanega Pavone" policy back then. Facts have proved that this policy is very inconsistent with the laws of football development. Playing in the game did not play a role in promoting development, but killed a talented player.

Therefore, in Castilla, many young people aged [-] or [-] are looking forward to playing for other La Liga teams. At least they can get first-team playing experience and receive training in La Liga.

The same is true for Carvajal, so it is still very easy for Atletico Madrid to persuade Carvajal to join.

Obstacles appear on the Real Madrid side.

Real Madrid is reluctant to sell its youth players to Atletico Madrid, and the two sides are sworn enemies.

At the beginning, Real Madrid proposed to rent Carvajal, but Atletico Madrid naturally refused. Even if they shifted their goals to other places, they would not be able to help Real Madrid develop players. They are not Real Madrid's satellite team.

The second plan proposed by Real Madrid is that Atletico Madrid buy Carvajal with a transfer fee of 300 million euros, and then sign a repurchase clause.

Atletico Madrid hesitated a bit. Is Carvajal, a young player with no experience in La Liga, worth 300 million euros?

In the end, Gao Bo decided to buy it!
300 million to buy Carvajal is definitely worth it.

However, on the terms of the repurchase, the two parties still need to argue.

Finally, in the contract, the two teams in Madrid reached an agreement: If Atletico Madrid is going to sell Carvajal, they must notify Real Madrid, and Real Madrid can buy it back at Atletico Madrid's sale price!
In this way, Carvajal successfully joined Atletico Madrid.

Speaking of which, the exchanges between the youth training players of the two teams in Madrid are still very frequent. The banner of Real Madrid, Raul, switched to Real Madrid from the youth training camp of Atletico Madrid...
Atletico Madrid quickly completed their summer signings.

A total of five players were introduced, and a total transfer fee of 400 million euros was spent.

Atletico Madrid's lineup is considered very stable, and these five players are more of a supplement to the bench lineup.

On June [-]th, although the transfer window has not yet opened, this does not prevent players from joining. These players just signed contracts with Atletico Madrid first, and then the contracts will officially take effect after the transfer window opens.

On Atletico Madrid's official website, Atletico Madrid released a group photo of five players and Gao Bo in one breath.

"The head coach of the team has signed five new players, welcome to Atletico Madrid!"

On the homepage of the official website, a line of large Spanish characters stands out.

(End of this chapter)