Chapter 29 The Crazy Transfer Market [Please vote for recommendations and follow up! 】

After winning the warm-up match against Aberdeen, Werder Bremen has only the last warm-up match left in July.

Coach Schaff was very satisfied with the team's offensive cooperation in the midfield and frontcourt in these two games.

With the addition of Lin Quan and De Bruyne, Werder Bremen's frontcourt firepower has increased this season compared to last season.

However, the problem of the team's defense still exists, so he began to look for the defender he wanted in the transfer market.

He first offered Liberec defender Teodor Selassie, 26, at a price of 1.5 million euros.

Liberec was the champion of the Czech First Division last season and will compete in the Champions League next season.

Therefore, they were unwilling to sell their players at low prices at this time. Faced with Werder Bremen's offer, they rejected it and stated that Selassie was not for sale.

However, because the level of the Czech League is low and the attention is not high, it is difficult for them to retain players invited by the five major leagues.

As long as the other party comes up with an offer that is enough to impress them, they will eventually agree to the player's transfer.

Schaaf knows this very well. After all, these leagues in Eastern Europe, such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, and even the leagues in Ukraine, are all exclusive territories of the Bundesliga.

They want to buy people from these places, unless they are also interested by the wealthy clubs in the five major leagues, otherwise there is no way they can't buy them!

So he added 300,000 euros to the quoted price of 1.5 million euros and quoted again at 1.8 million euros.

Liberec was impressed by the offer. In their view, Selassie was not an indispensable and absolute main force.

If they get the 1.8 million euros given by Werder Bremen, they can go to the transfer market to buy some young monsters and train them. As long as one of these little monsters can cultivate a star, they will make a profit.

So they accepted Werder Bremen's offer and completed the transfer.

Selassie can play as a full-back and a full-back and is considered a versatile player.

However, the team's central defender position is still not strengthened, and players still need to be purchased.

Before buying anyone, he must first buy Sokratis Papastathopoulos, the team's main center back on loan from Genoa.

The Greek is now 24 years old and in his prime, and his worth was already as high as 8 million euros two years ago.

However, after joining AC Milan in the 2009-10 season, due to fierce competition within the team, he did not get enough playing time, so his value plummeted to 2 million euros.

Werder Bremen loaned him here last season, and his performance after one season has won unanimous recognition from fans and the club.

Schaaf believed that this was a player with great strength and potential, so he offered 2 million to buy him out.

Although Genoa is not prepared to recall Papastathopoulos, they do not want to sell him so cheaply.

Especially when he performed so well in the Bundesliga last season, a price of 2 million is not enough to impress them.

So they rejected Werder Bremen's offer and let the news out that they would need at least 5 million euros to take away the Greek.

This price exceeded Werder Bremen's bottom line. Schaff gritted his teeth, increased the price to 3.5 million euros, and told Genoa that this was Werder Bremen's bottom line, and he would not buy it any higher.

As soon as Genoa heard the offer, they immediately agreed to the deal, making Coach Schaff realize that he had been fooled and he was immediately furious.

Although he was still angry, he still knew in his heart that he was getting a big deal.

Paying 3.5 million euros to buy a main center back who can play for the team for at least seven or eight seasons is a very profitable deal!

Moreover, based on Sokratis Papastathopoulos's performance in the Bundesliga last season, if he can continue his outstanding performance this season.

Then it is very likely that he will be spotted by some wealthy clubs. If the team wants to resell it, they will not have to worry about not being able to sell it, and they may even make a fortune.

So he informed the club and quickly signed Papastathopoulos.

After buying two defenders, Werder Bremen's budget is almost exhausted.

Therefore, they could only sign Dusseldorf's center back Luki Muya last season on a free basis with zero transfer fee.

Although Lukimya is a free agent, his strength is not weak.

He was the core of Dusseldorf's defense in the Bundesliga last season. He was originally planning to transfer to the Bundesliga club Cologne.

But Cologne's unexpected relegation last season caused the transfer to go to waste.

He didn't want to play in a low-level league, so when faced with the olive branch extended by Werder Bremen, he naturally accepted it without hesitation.

After signing three defenders and promoting a young man from the team's echelon, Werder Bremen, who is financially stingy, ended his transfer this season.

This summer, Werder Bremen received 11.25 million euros from transferring players, and spent 6.25 million euros on purchasing and renting players.

In total, the net profit was 5 million euros, which was considered a small profit.

Unlike Werder Bremen who are thrifty and prudent, this year, in the transfer market of European football, the rich spend money like water and frantically buy their favorite players.

The Russian Premier League tycoon Zenit St. Peter's offered 50 million euros to take away Porto forward Hulk, letting the world know the terrible financial resources of Russian oligarchs.

And Paris Saint-Germain took away the opponent's main defender Thiago Silva from AC Milan for the second highest price in history of 42 million euros. Not only did it almost set a new record for the transfer fee of a defender in football, it also made the world aware of it. The tyranny of the Middle Eastern tycoons.

Unwilling to be left alone, Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich bought Athletic Bilbao's main defender Javi Martinez for 40 million.

This transfer directly broke the Bundesliga's historical transfer record, raising the threshold from 33 million euros to 40 million euros.

Athletic Bilbao, where Martinez belongs, does not want to release him, so Bayern can only pay liquidated damages and forcefully take away Hama.

This transfer also allowed Bayern to find the last piece of the championship puzzle.

The madness of the local tycoons seems to have ignited the enthusiasm of major wealthy clubs to buy people.

So, they also took action one after another.

Chelsea bought Hazard from Lille for £32 million.

Real Madrid took Modric away from Tottenham for £30 million.

Arsenal captain Robin van Persie moved to Manchester United for £24 million. ,

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People are overwhelmed with all kinds of transfer news. Originally, these had nothing to do with Lin Quan and others.

However, on the Barcelona side, World Sports reported a piece of gossip:

A Scottish Premier League club made an offer to Barcelona for 5 million euros, hoping to bring Lin Quan from the youth team to play in the Scottish Premier League.

Because the report was small and had no follow-up, it was quickly forgotten.

Lin Quan was completely unaware of this.

However, on Barcelona's side, some people couldn't sit still.

"Damn it, what did that kid do? Why is it that someone has already made an offer before the Bundesliga has even started?"

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