I Want to Be the King of Football

Time has entered June, and the curtain of the European transfer market has slowly opened.

Everyone has gradually noticed that there have been some subtle changes in the wording of the major media when commenting on the Premier League.

For example, when it comes to winning the Premier League, it is inevitable to mention the big 4, or the traditional top four, or the four big families.

These four teams are talking about Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.

Although Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and other teams have occasionally shaken their traditional top four positions in the past few years, it is basically difficult to shake the foundation, and it is often after adjustment that they recover immediately.

Nowadays, when everyone mentions the Premier League, they unconsciously mention the top five.

Yes, on the basis of the traditional semi-finals, Manchester City has been added.

Even some media will mention the top six, in addition to Manchester City, there are Tottenham Hotspur.

In the Champions League last season, Tottenham Hotspur's performance was too amazing, especially Gareth Bale, it can be said that he stepped on Maicon's shoulder to climb to the position of European star.

For the time being, many giant teams are still waiting to see how far Gareth Bale can play, and Tottenham Hotspur will continue to build the team around Gareth Bale. Tactics, further highlight the role and ability of Gareth Bell, let him play a higher value.

At this point, the goals of the club and the players are the same.

For a team like Tottenham, it is very necessary to obtain a huge transfer fee through Gareth Bell, strengthen the team's signings, and then drive the healthy development of the club.

Just like Arsenal, in fact, the Gunners are not not selling Cesc Fabregas, but the price given by Barcelona is not high enough.

The Gunners are also in urgent need of a transfer income to help the club sign, otherwise, Wenger is a hard-working woman.

In fact, after last season's games, it was clear to everyone that the Premier League's day had changed.

The rise of Manchester City is not possible, but a fact.

A team that can continuously slaughter Arsenal and Manchester United on the road is not a strong enemy, then what is a strong team?

More importantly, after the end of the season, Manchester City proved its success with the treble, and it also made it clear to everyone that Manchester City's overall strength and stable season performance.

Today's Manchester City is in a period of rapid growth. General Manager Soriano has made it clear that the team will continue to increase its signings this summer and continue to improve the team's strength. This is undoubtedly a signal.

What about other teams?

Manchester United is sucked by the Glazer family, Arsenal has no money, Chelsea's owner does not invest, Liverpool is going through a slump, Tottenham Hotspur is not yet capable of hitting the championship...

In this case, the Premier League is no longer a traditional top four, but a real top five or six.

No matter how it is arranged, Manchester City will definitely be included in it.

Even Tottenham Hotspur has the strength to make it to the top four, as they almost broke into the top four last season.

Six teams compete for four places, how to adjust?

Everyone is very clear.

The competition in the Premier League in the new season will be fiercer than ever, especially the battle for the top four.

If it is said that participating in the Champions League was originally a ban on the traditional semi-finals, then now, Manchester City and Tottenham have moved their cakes, and the traditional semi-finals must also give strong counterattacks to defend their own interests.

That is 20 to 30 million euros of income, who can ignore it?

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They all need to be strengthened, but the situations they face are different.

The strategy given by Manchester United is to be younger. In the case of Van der Sar and Scholes deciding to retire, Ferguson introduced Spanish goalkeeper De Gea from Atletico Madrid for 21 million pounds to fill Van der Sar. vacancies, while vigorously promoting Cleverly and Welbeck.

Meanwhile, Phil Jones from Blackburn for £17m and Ashley Young from Aston Villa for £16m,

Ferguson has always insisted on the introduction of young players.

Several players are not very old, but they are young rookies full of potential.

This makes people look forward to Manchester United's situation, but also somewhat worried.

Can Ferguson really rely on these young players to wash away the shame of the Sanya king last season?

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Chelsea's situation is more complicated.

After firing Ancelotti in an almost humiliating way, no famous coach was willing to take over the Blues for a while, and finally Boas, who was only 33 years old, was chosen.

In order to get Boas, Chelsea even paid a huge liquidated damages for him, as high as 13 million pounds.

So much so that even the Portuguese media can't stand it. They think this is too outrageous. The transfer fee of the head coach is even higher than that of many first-line players. Isn't this a joke?

After signing Boas, Chelsea threatened to give a transfer budget of 80 million pounds.

After Boas joined Chelsea, the Blues quickly introduced talented center Lukaku from Anderlecht, Belgium at a high price of 18 million pounds.

This young teenager has been pursued by many European giants in the past year, including Manchester City.

But after much consideration, Lukaku finally chose Chelsea.

After the failure of Bayern's Modric, Chelsea resolutely adjusted its target and introduced Portuguese midfielder Meireles from Liverpool at a price of 11 million pounds and from Barcelona at a price of 5.5 million pounds. The teenager Romeu has brought in the young Lucas Piazon from Sao Paulo, Brazil for £7.5 million.

Just when everyone wondered that Chelsea had no major moves, the Sun suddenly broke the news that under the operation of the agent Mendes, Chelsea finally paid a termination fee of 40 million euros from Porto. Introduce Falcao.

This undoubtedly triggered a strong reaction from the world football world.

If Paris Saint-Germain spent 45 million euros in the introduction of Pastore, the European transfer market finally reappeared in the transfer market, and 40 million euros is considered a high price.

Immediately after that, Chelsea announced that they would introduce Juan Mata from Valencia at a high price of 30 million euros.

This once again set off a chain reaction.

Valencia finally raised enough funds and immediately used the money to introduce central defender Rami from Lille, talented midfielder Parejo from Getafe, Piatti and goalkeeper Diego Alves from Almeria, etc. players, to further strengthen the team's strength.

However, after investing heavily, Chelsea has been hindered in the cleaning of old players.

For example, veteran players such as Drogba, Anelka, and even Lampard are not in Boas' plan, but they have not been able to clean out the team. The high annual salaries of these players have discouraged many teams.

And this may also lay a hidden danger for the new season.

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In the case of Manchester United and Chelsea's successive large-scale efforts, Liverpool is more low-key.

Dalglish insisted on focusing on local players, and successively introduced players such as Downing and Henderson. Among them, Henderson is also a midfielder that Manchester City has been paying attention to for a long time, but he finally chose to go to Liverpool.

It is estimated that he is also worried that after he arrives at Manchester City, he will be reduced to the role of Gareth Barry as a substitute player for the team, and it will be difficult to play the main role.

After all, Guardiola is very demanding of midfielders, as everyone knows.

Arsenal's soap opera selling captains, after dragging on for a few years, finally came to an end.

But what is surprising is that Cesc Fabregas' transfer fee is not as high as rumored, but only 26 million pounds, which is equivalent to a low price promotion to a certain extent.

In the past few years, everyone can see that Cesc Fabregas has gone to Barcelona with all his heart, and now he has got what he wanted.

And with the money from the sale of Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal paid more than 20 million pounds to introduce Chamberlain from Southampton, Gervinho from Lille, South Korean player Park Joo-young from Monaco, Everton brought in Arteta and high school defender Mertesacker from Werder Bremen.

Among them, Arteta is to fill the vacancy of Cesc Fabregas, while Mertesacker is to make up for the weakness of the team's back line.

Arsenal's centre-backs have been humiliated over the past few years.

For example, Senderos was knocked out by Su Dong and tragically abused by Drogba. Last season's Juru and Koscielny were also frequently humiliated by Su Dong, all of which made Arsenal's defenders terrible.

This time, Wenger also made up his mind and introduced high school Wei Mertesacker.

With the provocation of the Independent newspaper close to Arsenal, If Su Dong really has the ability to hit Mertesacker, count me as a loser!

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While other teams are rushing to sign, Manchester City is also operating in an orderly manner.

After signing Xavi Martinez for 25 million euros, the team soon announced that it had brought in talented Brazilian winger Douglas Costa from Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk for 15 million euros.

Originally, it was Neymar that Manchester City wanted to introduce, but the ownership of this player was very complicated, and he was very close to Barcelona president Roselle, so Manchester City finally adjusted the target and chose Douglas Costa of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Not only that, but Manchester City soon signed the talented Belgian winger Eden Hazard from Lille.

The best player in the Ligue 1 last season was favored by many giant teams, but Manchester City finally persuaded Azerbaijan through long-term contact and two phone calls between head coach Guardiola and captain Su Dong. Zaal, to dispel doubts, joined Manchester City.

Hazard said in an interview with Belgian media, Su Dong told me on the phone that he was very much looking forward to my cooperation. This is an invitation that no one can refuse.

And just in July, Manchester City announced the most important transfer of the summer.

Atletico Madrid, Aguero!

The transfer fee is 45 million euros!

It equaled the transfer fee of Paris Saint-Germain's introduction of Pastore, and became the transfer king of this summer!

Manchester City also relied on this transfer, with a total investment of 110 million euros, becoming the team with the most investment in the European transfer market this summer.

This makes everyone believe that Manchester City in the new season will only be stronger and better than last season!