“The transfer market this year is very difficult!”

The first high-level meeting of Atletico Madrid's new season was not deliberately arranged.

On the morning of the second day after Gao Han returned to Madrid, after reporting to the Sports City, the three management giants, the team leader, the chief scout and the core coaching staff all came to his office.

A dozen people sat around the coffee table, soaking the new tea that Gao Han brought from China for a special trip, and chatting.

"The crisis in the Bundesliga has obviously affected the entire European football world. Now not only small teams are saving money, but even the giant teams are slacking off. Many teams in Serie A are even in financial crisis. For example, Real Madrid, which insists on a superstar for a year, is difficult to make progress in transfer operations."

Paul Footrey analyzed the current situation in European football and seemed very unoptimistic.

As the saying goes, the spring river is warm and the duck prophet, whether life is good or not is the best view of the transfer market.

Compared with the prosperity and prosperity in previous years, this year is really too cold.

If you don't talk about anything else, just talk about Real Madrid.

If Florentino had money, he would try his best to spend money like he did in the past two years, and would not even cost 50 million euros. As long as he could give out 40 million euros, Lazio would definitely give Nesta with both hands, and even argue like he is now?

"We can be considered rich people in the entire transfer market now." Xiao Hill laughed.

Everyone couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

"What is our transfer budget this year?" Gao Han asked with a smile.

Serezzo looked at everyone around him, "Thirty million euros."

Everyone was in an uproar. It was indeed a rich man. If the talks were well, they could buy a superstar.

"It's also thanks to Gao Han." Serezo looked at Gao Han with gratitude. "The team's performance in the past two seasons is eye-catching, especially last season, which greatly promoted the team's commercial development, increased its revenue a lot, but the transfer investment was very small."

"This summer, we sold Fernando Correa and sent veteran Oscar Mena away. The team not only left a large amount of expenses, but also received a transfer income, so the budget is relatively abundant."

Speaking of this, Cerezo looked at Gao Han, "You decided to spend this budget."

Except for the three giants, everyone else was shocked and looked at Gao Han in unison.

That's 30 million euros!

But Gao Han thought about it, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I really don't know how to spend it!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

It can be seen that too much money is also a very troublesome thing.

"Let me tell you the current transfer news related to our team." Paul Futrey said.

After everyone saw it, the Portuguese hawk's nose opened again.

"Galliani of AC Milan called me and wanted to introduce Xavi Alonso. They hoped to complete it by players and cash. Jose Mali, Albertini and Kolocini are all OK."

Paul Futrey smiled slightly, "I even think that if we were willing to talk, it would be fine if one of them was replaced by three."

The 23-year-old Jose Mari played as a striker and winger. He debuted in Seville, but became famous at Atletico Madrid. Later, he transferred to AC Milan for a high price of 19 million euros, but his performance was not very ideal and he was not valued.

Albertini is a veteran and also plays as a midfielder.

As for Argentine central defender Kolocini is only 20 years old, he is a rising star of Argentine central defender. He did not get a chance after joining AC Milan. However, Alaves, who was loaned to La Liga last season, became the backbone of the team's defense, performed very well, and was known as the Lion King.

It is indeed a bit sincere to change three, but Gao Han is not interested.

He shook his head without even thinking about it, "They think beautifully, three substitutes and the players they don't want to replace Harvey Alonso?"

Everyone also knows that Harvey Alonso is not only the midfielder excavated and cultivated by Gao Han himself, but also the core of the future midfielder whom the Bedding Legion has high expectations. How could he sell it?

"Rome also called and asked Guardiola about the asking price." Paul Fottery continued.

Gao Han sneered, "I pushed it, I won't sell it!"

"Barcelona is very interested in Xavi Alonso and Villa. It is said that Van Gaal has appointed Xavi Alonso to take over the fourth position, while Villa will replace Rivaldo's position."

But as soon as the Portuguese finished speaking, Gao Han asked strangely, "Do they have money?"

Everyone burst into laughter again.

Xiao Hill had asked this before, and the Catalan media was speechless. Now, Gao Han asked again, the answer was the same.

No money!

"I heard that you will get money after selling Rivaldo." Paul Futrey smiled.

Everyone smiled again.

As a wealthy family, Barcelona has indeed become in disgrace in recent years.

"By the way, has Valencia made any moves recently?" Gao Han suddenly remembered the Bat Legion.

As the runner-up of last season, the Bat Legion was too low-key and suspected of making a fortune in silence.

Benitez is not easy.

"The same is true. I'm short of money. I heard that I've started a fight with Lazio recently." Xiao Hill is familiar with these things and replied after taking the conversation.

"What's going on?"

Hill shook his head and smiled, "It's not the matter of Mendeta's transfer back then? Lazio owed the already due installments, but Valencia was eager to get funds, invest in the transfer market, and strengthen the lineup. Lazio had no money, so he wanted to return Mendeta, who performed poorly, but how could Valencia be willing?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't laugh, but instead sighed.

Mendetta, an active Spanish international, was a superstar player who was very popular in European football a year ago, but a year later he fell into this field and became a hot potato that no one on the shelves avoided.

The gap is really sad.

But Gao Han saw more than this, "The cold winter is really coming!"

Everyone was also shocked, who said it was not?

Even Lazio and Valencia are starting to lose their money, and the depression in the transfer market is inevitable.

This is also a bit too popular in the past few years. The seven sisters in Serie A, the two La Liga champions, plus the Premier League and Bundesliga, the entire European football world was so popular that all teams were spending money big, which directly led to the expansion of the entire transfer market.

Now, Kilch Group went bankrupt before the World Cup, and the Bundesliga was greatly affected. Many teams, including Dortmund and Bayern Munich, are in deep crisis and the Bundesliga has fallen.

However, European football has long been integrated, and the decline of the Bundesliga has naturally affected other European leagues, especially La Liga and Serie A.

Relatively speaking, the Premier League is relatively good, the broadcast rights are well developed, and the commercial operation ability is strong, so it has been affected relatively little. Several teams such as Manchester United and Arsenal still have good purchasing power.

But overall, the cold winter is really coming.

After Gao Han breathed heavily, he stopped thinking about these questions and looked at Paul Futrey again.

"Does the technical department have any suggestions on midfield recruitment?"

The Portuguese nodded immediately and handed over a document, "According to your previous request, we cooperated with the scouting department and finally signed up several players."

After Gao Han turned it open, he placed it on the coffee table, and all the coaching team members around him surrounded him.

"The wild boar Edgar Davis, twenty-nine years old, was at his peak, but was not favored by Lippi. He was almost sent to Arsenal during the winter break, but later stayed in the team, and Juventus marked him a price of 10 million euros."

Gao Han nodded slightly, his heart moved, his eyes swept away, and Edgar Davis's data immediately emerged.

Potential is 185, strength reaches 174, and it is a pretty good midfielder.

Moreover, he is a winger, with excellent skills under his feet, both offense and defense, and is small, which is in line with Gao Han's midfield positioning.

"Everyone knows the advantages of this Dutch midfielder, but his shortcomings are also obvious. He is definitely unwilling to be a substitute, and it is even difficult to accept rotation. Moreover, his salary is also a big problem, and he is very energetic."

As a world-class midfielder, Davis' salary is indeed not cheap compared to Atletico Madrid.

I'm afraid it's necessary to break the team's salary structure.

"Lazio contacted us not long ago through the middleman. They are interested in selling three players, Mendeta, Lopez and Simeone, to raise funds for the team's new coach Mancini's major change."

"Lazio's offer to Mendeta is 20 million euros, and it is allowed to rent it for one year. Compared with the sky-high price of 48 million euros a year ago, it has shrunk by more than half."

Everyone was also quite surprised.

Although Mendeta's performance in Serie A is sluggish, his strength is definitely not a problem.

In just one year, it has shrunk by 28 million euros. In addition to the poor performance of the players, I am afraid that the bubble is squeezed out.

"Lazio's offer to Claudio Lopez is 15 million euros, while Diego Simeone's offer is only 2.5 million euros."

After going to Lazio from Valencia, although Lopez performed poorly as well as La Liga, he was still pretty good. His value was not severely reduced compared to the 22 million euros two years ago.

As for Simeone, most of them were recuperating last season, and later participated in the World Cup, and their performance was not ideal. They even avenged Beckham when they were against England. It is said that the first target of cleaning proposed by head coach Mancini was the Argentine midfielder.

Among these three players, Mendeta and Simeone can play in this position of Marcos Senna, especially Simeone.

As the humeral minister of Atletico Madrid's double champion back then, he shined in this position.

"Acc Milan also gave the green light to Albertini's transfer. Although this player is older, his performance has always been stable. According to the reply I received with his agent, although his annual salary is as high as 3.5 million euros, he is willing to reduce his salary, and AC Milan is also willing to bear part of the salary."

"In addition, we also contacted Van Bomel of Eindhoven. This player performed well in the Netherlands, both offense and defense, and was quite a general. However, his transfer fee was not cheap, at least 15 million euros to convince Eindhoven to release the people."

Gao Han knew this and knew it.

Among these candidates, Mendieta is the biggest brand and the one that can stimulate fans the most, but the value and salary are also the highest.

Of course, as the biggest superstar player, if he can use it well, Mendieta is also the strongest.

Davis is the one who meets the requirements of Gao Han, but this guy is a thorny guy, the hardest to manage, and he cannot accept substitutes and rotations.

Fan Bomel has a bad card, but it is the rising period of his career. He is worth a lot of money and has excellent strength.

Albertini is the most cost-effective, but his most suitable position is the midfield center, which is Guardiola and Xavi Alonso. It is probably not suitable to play Marcos Senna.

As for Diego Simeone, Gao Han looked at it with his golden eyes. After being injured, his strength has declined a lot, only 160, and he is the weakest among several candidates, but he is a celebrity at Atletico Madrid and is loved by fans.

This kind of circle looks very suitable, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

It's really a headache!

People say it’s hard to make money, but I’m the opposite.
Chapter completed!