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Real Madrid bought Liverpool's star Michael Irving for a transfer fee of 12 million euros. Once the news was announced by the media, it immediately triggered a strong earthquake in European football!

Although Florentino has fulfilled his promise of "one star in a year" since he took office in 2000, and has brought international superstars such as Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo and Beckham to the Bernabeu Stadium in the past four years, no one could have thought that Florentino actually dug up Liverpool's pillar this year, and at a low price of 12 million euros!

Therefore, with the announcement of this news, Real Madrid's popularity among the fan group has surged a lot, catching up with Fiorentina, which failed in the Champions League semi-finals, and becoming one of the two football clubs with the highest commercial value and the strongest money-making ability in the world!

"Really, if you didn't stop Antonio, how could I have been to Real Madrid? It would have been our Inter Milan!" Morati, who was invited by Zhuang Mingge to visit his villa in Florence, was watching Irving, who was holding the Real Madrid jersey on the TV and smiling happily, while pretending to be dissatisfied, "Tsk tsk, 8 million pounds (12 million euros were about 8 million pounds at the time), Real Madrid really took a big advantage this time!"

Having said that, Morati did not mean to blame Zhuang Mingge. After so many years of friendship, Boss Mo Da knew very well how vicious Zhuang Mingge's vision was, so he decided to stop when Zhuang Mingge took action to stop, and did not get involved in Irving's transfer.

"Haha, Massimo, please relax. Irving will sooner or later regret his decision today." Zhuang Mingge smiled and poured a cup of tea for Moratti, comforting, "Although Irving's playing style and technical characteristics are very suitable for a team like Inter Milan that focuses on defensive counterattacks, don't forget that since the injury in 1999, Irving's injury has never stopped. Frequent injuries have had a serious impact on his condition and the speed of survival. Once he loses his speed and his technical skills are not solid enough, Irving is just an ordinary forward with rich experience. Besides, you already have two first-class forwards in your team, Crespo and Mutu, and the younger generation, as well as Martins and Caron. Introducing big-name stars like Irving will inevitably squeeze the living space of others, thereby triggering unnecessary locker room conflicts."

In Zhuang Mingge's opinion, Irving's choice is really not very wise. Not to mention anything else, Irving is the well-deserved number one scorer in Liverpool, and the first choice on the offensive end. Even if coach Benitez doesn't like Irving, it is impossible to remove him from the starting lineup without any injury factors. And what about Real Madrid? Two superstars, alien Ronaldo and local flag Raul, were under pressure, and local forces such as Morientes and Portillo were eyeing me. Irving is definitely not as glorious as he was at Liverpool, and even has the possibility of becoming a substitute.

"Well, you're saying something is reasonable." After hearing Zhuang Mingge's explanation, Morati stopped engaging in this topic and continued to talk to the other party about the current transfer trend of European football.

The topic returned to Irving's transfer. After the deal was completed, the Liverpool club, which sold the only top star in the team and the team's forward ace, did not receive much criticism and protest from Liverpool fans. Instead, Irving himself was condemned and criticized.

The reason for this situation is mainly because Irving himself played a really not glorious role in the transfer to Real Madrid. As a star discovered and trained by Liverpool, Irving first rejected the club's contract renewal conditions, and then joined forces with Real Madrid to reduce the price with only one year left in the contract, which made his old club Liverpool suffer a big loss in the transfer market. What Irving did this summer really hurt the hearts of Liverpool people.

To be honest, as a star with ideals and pursuits, it was understandable that Irving transferred to another team for the championship trophy, but when he was planning to leave his parent team, he helped Real Madrid to lower the price and refused to renew his contract with Liverpool, forcing the Reds to sell the striker to Real Madrid for a bargain price of 8 million pounds. This is really unreasonable.

You know, Irving is a winner of the Golden Boot for two times in the Premier League. In 2001, he won the European Golden Ball Award with his five-time champion. Although his competitive state has declined due to the team's record and injuries in the past two years, it is absolutely impossible for other teams to introduce him without spending more than 20 million euros of real money. However, Real Madrid finally settled the transfer for 12 million yuan. If Irving was not under pressure, who would believe it?

Therefore, when Irving used his contract with only one year left and his attitude of refusing to renew his contract, forcing the Reds' senior management to agree to Real Madrid's 12 million euros offer, his relationship with Liverpool was actually exhausted. This also became a thorn in the hearts of Liverpool fans, blocking Irving's road to returning to Liverpool afterwards.

After all, when the team was in financial difficulties, Irving refused to renew his contract and even lowered the price with Real Madrid, which caused Liverpool to suffer considerable economic losses, resulting in them not having enough funds to transform the team, and they could only rely on demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall... Liverpool clubs, which suffered a big loss, would definitely be dissatisfied with Irving.

Irving's transfer was like a starting gun, completely igniting the European football transfer market in the summer of 2004. For example, Abramovich, how could this Russian tycoon who was determined to use football to expand his influence?

So, after a short period of dormant, Lazio finally took action in the transfer market: On July 10, Lazio officially announced that they had purchased their main right winger from Fiorentina for a transfer fee of 18 million euros, Frenchman Rudovic Jiuli! At the same time, the Blue Eagles also announced that they had introduced Edgar Davis, who had played world-class performance from Juventus for free during the loan period in Barcelona!

Obviously, Lazio, under the control of Abramovich, plans to show off his skills in the transfer market this summer. This time, their poaching goals are no longer limited to those second-rate clubs. The Blue Eagles, who have played a wonderful season and qualified for the Champions League, have the confidence to compete with those giant clubs.
Chapter completed!