Lord of Greenery

Chapter 529 Premier League summer transfer
"I'm happy, my players didn't play well at the World Cup," Klopp said jokingly.

Liverpool's main players, especially Li Ze, Salah and Firmino on the front line, were all eliminated in the World Cup group stage.

To a large extent, this is a good thing for Liverpool.

For any giants, the FIFA virus is something that makes them talk about it.

Although the overall level of the UEFA Champions League has surpassed the World Cup, the World Cup is still the most watched cup.

When the World Cup is at its peak, a single sport can compete with the entire Olympic Games!
The rise from the team to the country also affects and even places too many emotions on the fans.

Therefore, every player will do his best in the World Cup.

Like Kaka in the past, he had to participate in the World Cup to hide his injury from Real Madrid for 10 years.

This move angered Real Madrid, and he also gambled on his own career. In the end, the bet failed, and he fell all the way, and finally left Real Madrid sadly, and has now retired.

Kaka's situation is not an exception. There are many players who take the World Cup very seriously.

Even the players of the major giants will not paddle in the World Cup for the club's performance.

But there are always some players who are exceptions.

The combination of Liverpool's strikers is very strange, two African players plus an Asian player.

The three countries are not considered invincible players in Asia and Africa, and they have performed well if they can enter the World Cup.

Being eliminated in the group stage is really normal.

Li Ze and the others didn't need to act, so they were naturally eliminated early.

What a great result for Liverpool to start next season!
When Li Ze and the others were eliminated, Klopp called to comfort them, and he held back his laughter at that time.

When Klopp introduced players, he didn't pay much attention to their nationality. I really didn't expect such a surprise.

The new signing Van Dijk is Dutch. The Netherlands did not enter the World Cup this time, just like Italy.

The new season has not yet started, and Liverpool has a little upper hand.

In the summer transfer market, Liverpool also rarely became the focus.

Van Dijk is worth £7500 million, Fabinho is worth €5000 million and Alisson is worth €7250 million.

Each of Liverpool's three transfers has been spectacular.

The transfer fees of Van Dijk and Alisson even set a record for the transfer fees of central defenders and goalkeepers in the world!

However, it didn't take long for this record to be broken.

It may be because of the butterfly effect brought about by Manchester City's accident, or it may be that the performance of last season made Manchester United's top management see hope, and they are willing to pay again this summer.

Unlike Manchester City, Manchester United has a solid foundation. Ferguson started to commercialize the team 15 years ago, and Manchester United has a strong ability to be responsible for its own profits and losses.

Now that Ronaldo is back, he has given him a shot in the arm.

In addition to Ronaldo, Maguire and Wan Bissaka, who would have come to Manchester United next season, went to Manchester United this summer.

At the same time, Maguire also broke the transfer record of a central defender set by Van Dijk.

On the other hand, with his outstanding performance in the World Cup, Courtois was spotted by Real Madrid.

Although Navas has been performing very well in Real Madrid, the Real Madrid coaching staff has always been very dissatisfied with him.

In their opinion, De Gea is the best goalkeeper.

They have hooked up with De Gea many times over the years, and once almost succeeded, only to be tricked by the slippery Van Gaal.

Perhaps the greatest contribution of Van Gaal during his tenure at Manchester United was the retention of De Gea.

Perhaps disgusted with the long-term tug-of-war with Manchester United and De Gea, Real Madrid shifted their targets.

Courtois is the best goalkeeper in this World Cup, and he is the best goalkeeper in this official selection.

Among the semi-finals of the World Cup, only he and France's Lloris can be regarded as superstar goalkeepers.

And Lloris did not perform well in the World Cup, especially in the final.

Courtois, on the other hand, has been outstanding.

Belgium was eliminated, and the responsibility was not his.

Real Madrid likes to buy players who performed well in the World Cup. Ronaldo performed well in 02, and Real Madrid bought Ronaldo;
Cannavaro performed well in 06, Real Madrid bought Cannavaro;
Ronaldo performed well in 14, Real Madrid bought Ronaldo;
Now in 18 years, Real Madrid bought Courtois, who performed well in the World Cup.

Real Madrid is so rich and powerful, and it is also very attractive to players.

Real Madrid wants to buy someone, and few players will refuse.

A player who is not one of the top five players in the world, or who does not perform well on big stages such as the World Cup and the European Cup, rarely catches the eyes of Real Madrid.

Especially the formed players, the last time they have to be the best players in the half of the five major leagues.

And Real Madrid attacked Courtois, and Courtois immediately fell.

Chelsea didn't even have time to react, and Courtois was determined to go to Real Madrid.

Whether it is the senior management or the head coach of the Blue Army, they never thought that Real Madrid would target Courtois, and they never thought that Courtois would be so heartless.

Now that something like this has happened, Chelsea is in a panic.

Prior to this, Cech, the old Chelsea goalkeeper, chose to leave because he thought he was not completely aging and did not sit on the bench at Chelsea.

Even at this age, Cech still has the level of a world-class goalkeeper.

He is not reconciled to being a bench now, so he went to Arsenal.

In other words, Chelsea doesn't have a good enough goalkeeper anymore.

When Cech and Courtois are both there, the Blues coach is a trouble of happiness.

But now it's the exact opposite, and there is no one available on the goalkeeper.

Courtois walked so hastily and so resolutely, Chelsea were not prepared at all.

The result is that everyone knows that Chelsea is short of a goalkeeper, and everyone has raised the transfer fee by two levels.

Abu was forced to review the feeling of being slaughtered as a kid back then.

Back then, Abramovich bought people at a premium, which was his pleasure, but now he is forced to, so the mood is naturally completely different.

In the end, Chelsea bought Kepa from Athletic Bilbao. The transfer fee was as high as 8000 million euros, breaking Alisson's transfer record.

Kepa is an excellent goalkeeper, but buying him for a transfer fee of 8000 million euros is outrageous.

Courtois offended the Blues all of a sudden, but he probably didn't care too much.

In contrast, Arsenal spent 2500 million euros to introduce Leno, a goalkeeper with a level similar to Kepa.

Manchester City did not have any strong transfers this summer, and Mahrez in the original trajectory is still in Leicester City.

On the contrary, they either sold or rented, and left many players, probably because they wanted to work hard on the books like Paris.

Among the top six teams in the Premier League, Tottenham is the strangest.

This summer, they have almost no buyers, and almost no sellers. The only few transfers are mostly on loan.

The only one involving a transfer fee was the one that sold Moussa Dembele to Guangzhou R&F in Huaguo. The transfer fee was 535 million euros.

That's right, this summer, Tottenham made a net profit of 535 million euros in transfer fees!

(End of this chapter)