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Volume 10, 2003 Europe Volume 10, 2003 Chapter 567 Storm (5)

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    Midfielder McCron was bought by Crystal Palace for 700,000 pounds, while the other two young midfielders, 20-year-old Portuguese midfielder Viana and 19-year-old English midfielder Ambrose, had different circumstances.  Ambrose was loaned back to the Ipswich team where he debuted, while Viana was retained after talking to Mourinho. It was not that Mourinho took care of his Portuguese fellow, but this  After all, this young boy is considered to be the most talented left-footed player among the new generation in Portugal. His poor performance last year was probably due to his inability to adapt to English football.

    England forward Carl Cotter was bought by the "Crazy Gang" Wimbledon. The 25-year-old striker has played less than ten times in the past two seasons combined, and Mourinho did not keep him.  Meaning, and there were only two years left on his contract, so Pei Wei generously let him go for a symbolic 200,000 pounds. Lualua stayed. After all, the Democratic Congo forward could still play.  Right winger, and he himself was not willing to leave (no team wanted him), so he simply stayed as a substitute among the substitutes. Ameobi was loaned to Portsmouth, and the other one was loaned last year.  The young forward Chopra who left the club continued to be loaned to Watford in the League One.

    This series of transfers was completed within a week. The main reason is that these players who helped Newcastle reach the Champions League last year are relatively attractive in England, and Pei Wei did not worry too much about the transfer fee.  That's why it sold so quickly.

    Among the nine players transferred out, except for four players on loan.  Newcastle only recovered ¡ê3.7 million from five other players, which was not enough to spend on Ian Hart alone.

    But this is inevitable. After all, you don¡¯t want these players, and there are no outstanding players. It¡¯s good to be able to recover more than three million in transfer fees. Chelsea, who also made a big change, sold out during this period.  Eleven players, with the exception of two players who are on loan.  All other players left on free transfers, including Italian veteran Zola and Dutch goalkeeper De Houye.

    this circumstance occurs.  In addition to the fact that Abramovich is rich and does not use small money as money, the main reason is that the players transferred from Chelsea are basically older, or their contracts have expired, so they are basically free transfers, while the players transferred from Newcastle are  He is relatively young and the contract period is relatively long.  You can recover some funds to some extent.

    After loaning another full-back, 20-year-old Irish teenager Brennan, to Coventry in League One, the only troublesome figure in the team that needed to be cleaned was former England international Lee Bowyer.

    Bowyer still has some strength, but his bad record makes Pei Wei hate this person. What's more, he doesn't want Newcastle to have another scandal of teammates fighting each other in the game. What's more, Bowyer's annual salary is quite a lot.  Up to ¡ê1.6 million a year.  Dealing with him will also get rid of a burden.

    However, when Pei Wei put Bowyer on the transfer market, he discovered that almost no other Premier League team was interested in him. Strong teams looked down on him, and weak teams that needed stars to avoid relegation were even more afraid of such a troublesome figure.  Afterwards, the unity in the locker room was affected, and few mid-tier teams were willing to bear his salary. Finally, after Pei Wei repeatedly lowered his worth.  Only Southampton expressed their interest. In the end, Pei Wei almost dumped Bowyer to Southampton for an ultra-low price of 1.2 million pounds.

    During this period, Abramovich made another big move. This time he reached out to Inter Milan in Serie A. They bought Argentine striker Hernan Crespo from Inter Milan for 16.8 million pounds.  After Crespo was released, Inter Milan bought Julio Cruz, Crespo's backup center for the Argentina national team, from Bologna for 7 million pounds. This move even aroused the attention of top scorer Vieri.  Dissatisfied, but no one expected it.  This seemingly inconspicuous acquisition now turned out to be Inter Milan's most successful acquisition this year.

    After knowing the news.  Pei Wei sighed. Originally, he admired Cruz, a humble and low-key shooter.  As a center, although he is not as dazzling as those top centers, he can always score unpretentious goals one after another. What is even more rare is that no matter how long he sits on the bench, he never  Regardless of any complaints, as long as he has the opportunity to play, he will be able to contribute, as Zaccheroni commented on him: "He may not become a 'phenomenon', but he will never be a 'trouble'!"

    ??There have been only two such super substitutes, Solskjaer and Cruz of Manchester United, who are so efficient and willing to sit on the bench for twenty years.

    Pei Wei once thought about buying Cruz Land, but for some reason, the performance of Argentine players in the Premier League has not been very good, just like the experiences of Veron and Crespo in the Premier League.They were all quite unsuccessful, which also made Pei Wei a little afraid. In addition, personally speaking, Cruz would prefer to stay in Serie A and Inter Milan, known as the "Argentine Gang".

    The soap opera about Makelele became more and more intense. After his application for a salary increase was ruthlessly rejected by Real Madrid, Makelele also became angry. Under the instigation of agent Rogge, the pre-season training at Real Madrid began.  Afterwards, Makelele did not show up at the training ground - he began to break out and stopped participating in Real Madrid's pre-season training, using such extreme means to express his protest.

    Real Madrid was furious. General manager Valdano said: "Makelele broke the contract without reason. This is a disciplinary issue. According to Real Madrid's documents, the club has the right to ban him and fine him, and it does not rule out the use of legal weapons."  "It's possible." "Aspen", which is almost the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, is also cheering. They reported that Real Madrid has reported Makelele's strike to FIFA.

    Makelele's agent Rogge certainly won't take this threat to heart. He understands that Real Madrid is unlikely to report such a matter to FIFA, and FIFA will not be too full to take care of this.  Kind of thing.  He said in the newspaper: "Makelele is not on strike. The reason why he did not participate in training is because he felt very tired after returning from Asia and wanted to rest for a few more days."

    After defending Makelele's actions, Rogge began to let Makelele play the role of a victim: "The president promised Makelele to renew his contract in September 2002, but the club delayed  No matter how long it takes, there has been no movement. Do you think it is normal for Makelele to receive such a low salary?¡±

    In the Premier League, Manchester United and Chelsea also joined in the fun. It is said that Manchester United's head coach Ferguson has had discussions with Rogge, and Chelsea has offered a transfer fee of 12 million pounds to buy Makelele. It seems that for a while, this light  Completely shrouded in the light of frontcourt superstars such as Zidane, Figo, and Ronaldo, the unknown defensive midfielder has become the focus of European football.

    Now Real Madrid is in trouble. They don't want to let Makelele go, but the current situation is that Makelele is clamoring to leave, otherwise he will have to raise his salary. Real Madrid wants to poach Manchester United's Beckham, but Manchester United does the opposite.  He came to poach him, and Chelsea and Newcastle directly reported huge transfer fees. Even Perez began to waver. After all, his thoughts are all on Beckham now, and he does not want to be involved in Makelele's.  Too much time was wasted on him - for the chairman who later had mixed reputations, he valued the commercial value of the players more. At this point, Makelele obviously could not catch his eye, which is why he was willing to pay  They gave Zidane an annual salary of tens of millions of euros, but they were unwilling to give Makelele an additional salary of one million euros.

    At this time, Pei Wei increased his offer by another hundred pounds. The price of 16 million pounds was simply a sky-high price for a defensive midfielder. When Real Madrid was still hesitating, I don¡¯t know why Chelsea  There is no further bid. After all, after buying Crespo, Chelsea has spent nearly 90 million pounds in the transfer market. Even Abramovich is a bit overwhelmed - plus he has already spent the cost of acquiring Chelsea.  More than 200 million pounds, and Ranieri did not strongly request the transfer of Makelele. It was purely because Abramovich was unhappy with Newcastle and wanted to cause damage.

    Manchester United is even more thunderous than rainy. They have the best defensive midfielder in the Premier League. Even Veron cannot shake Keane and Scholes in the midfield position, and it may not be possible after Makelele comes.  Position, it is impossible for Sir Alex to pay more than Pei Wei's price to buy Makelele. The purpose of participating in this soap opera is probably to disgust Real Madrid. After all, Sir Alex Ferguson hates Real Madrid who have always wanted to poach him.  .

    Finally, Real Madrid agreed to Makelele¡¯s transfer request on August 15th. Newcastle¡¯s first bid and last player to buy this season finally came to St. James Park Stadium.

    So far, Pei Wei has spent 80.2 million pounds in the transfer market, basically completing his "100 million pound transfer" commitment.

    After such a large-scale transfer in and out, Newcastle's lineup has been completely renewed. Mourinho is satisfied, and so are the Newcastle fans. They can't wait for the start of the new season and the games of the new Newcastle.  .

    But Pei Wei seems a little dissatisfied.
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