Compared with previous years, this summer's transfer market is somewhat different. In the season after the competition, players who perform well in the European Cup or World Cup often become the protagonists of the transfer market, and major teams have generously donated to these players. However, although there are many star players and super rookies with outstanding performance and great potential in the 2008 European Cup, it seems that they do not have the same transfers as they used to be.

So far, the most impactful heavyweight signings in the transfer market: Ronaldinho, Alves, Amauri, Robi Keen, Berbatov and others have nothing to do with the European Cup. Ronaldinho's transfer to AC Milan was a scene for several seasons in the morning, and Alves even transferred to Barcelona not long after the end of last season. At that time, the European Cup had not started yet, Amauri had been booked by Juventus, and Liverpool's buying of Robbi Keen was also a scene that had been circulating for a long time.

Only Berbatov, which is the spare tire of Manchester United's old sir Ferguson after failing to buy Zhang Yang. Well, even the spare tire is not cheap, with £30.75 million, which is also the most expensive player ever bought by Manchester United.

These stars who have nothing to do with the European Cup are performing big dramas. On the contrary, the players who performed the most eye-catching in the European Cup, such as Villa in Spain, Arshavin in Russia, and Moutinho in Portugal are deeply involved in transfer rumors, but as the transfer period is already in early August, they can't see any signs of changing their clubs. This is in sharp contrast to the stars of the teams who moved one after another after the 2004 European Cup.

In the European Cup four years ago, the 18-year-old Rooney benefited the most. When the transfer was only a little over 4 hours before the end of the transfer, Sir Ferguson finally attracted the talented young Rooney to the account for 20 million pounds. In the just-concluded European Cup, Rooney was a star in the English team. Not only was he selected as the silver boot with 4 goals, he was also selected into the official best team and showed great room for improvement.

The smart Barcelona and Chelsea are the clubs with the most profits. The former won two European Cup celebrities, Deco and Larson. Although there are big brands such as Figo, Deco is the absolute core of Portugal. His organization and running in the midfield are the key to the host's advance to the finals. Barcelona bought Deco for 12 million euros, which is also a key deal for Barcelona's successful rise. Larson scored 3 goals in the European Cup, and Barcelona fell in love with the experience of a Swedish veteran.

After the 2004 European Cup, Chelsea bought several players who performed well in the European Cup under the auspices of Mourinho. Portugal's main central defender Carvalho was worth 13 million pounds, and he became a key player for Chelsea to dominate the Premier League in the future; Czech goalkeeper Cech and Dutch wing Robben also came to Stamford Bridge. His smart transfer in the summer of 2004 allowed Barcelona and Chelsea to increase their strength in the next few years, thus creating a new world in their respective leagues.

Although Ibrahimovic has long been famous, heel-scoring Italy's 2004 European Cup scored, making Juventus finally determined to acquire the super shooter with a tall figure and good skills. In the end, Ibrahimovic joined the old woman for 17 million euros.

At that time, these signings were considered to be quite successful, and played a considerable role in the changes in the European football landscape after the 2004 European Cup.

Therefore, after this year's European Cup, major clubs have also put in their best efforts to buy those stars who performed well in the European Cup.

Like previous years, the 2008 European Cup was also exciting, and a large number of talented players emerged. Spain's Villa, Xavi, Silva, Fabregas, Iniesta, Torres, Germany's Podolski, Schweinsteiger, Russia's Alshaven, Netherlands's Sneider, Portugal's Pepe, Moutinho, etc. These are all the dishes that have been targeted by many teams.

However, it is not that easy to transfer these people. Among them are core players of giant teams, such as Xavi, Fabregas, Torres, etc., and the possibility of transfer is very small.

There is another type of player whose position in the original club is already in danger, but the performance of the European Cup has added points. Podolski and Schweinsteiger are the representatives. After the European Cup, these two announced that they would be loyal to the team and would not transfer. The club immediately renewed the contract with them to appease them.

The stars who have emerged in the European Cup of other non-wealthy teams are truly the targets pursued by many wealthy teams.

At this time, Manchester City also wanted to come over and get a share of the pie.

Now, there are several hot items in the transfer market.

Russia was able to reach the semi-finals in this European Cup, and their offensive core Arshavin made great contributions; and in the Portuguese team, the young player Moutinho also attracted the attention of many giants.

In addition, Croatian midfielder Modric is also a hot commodity now. He has a delicate skill and a good overall view. He once led the team to defeat the final runner-up Germany in the group stage.

Modric, a midfielder who played for Dynamo Zagreb, was born in 1985 and is 23 years old this year. It was the time when a young player began to grow rapidly. In fact, as early as the 2006-07 season, the well-known Modric attracted the attention of Arsenal head coach Wenger. However, even the famous Zhengtai Guan did not succeed in defeating Modric at that time.

What ultimately made Modric famous was the 2008 European Cup qualifiers. The Croatian national team performed well in the qualifiers, and Modric was the team's top hero in the team's surprise kicking England out of the European Cup.

With Croatia's qualifying, the invitation letter to invite Modric to join flew to the desk of President Dynamo Zagreb, including Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

However, it is worth mentioning that the English clubs that were eliminated from the 2008 European Cup final by Modric himself are among the most active players. Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United are both interested in Modric, and Arsenal head coach Wenger also hopes to take action again to completely defeat Modric.

Manchester City coach Mark Hughes's goal is Modric.

After several warm-up matches before the game, Mark Hughes clearly realized Zhang Yang's strength. This guy is simply a goal-scoring machine and his statement is excellent.

However, Mark Hughes still noticed some details. First of all, Zhang Yang and the whole team of Manchester City were not fully equipped, and their tacit understanding was a little worse. Many of Zhang Yang's goals were scored by this young man on his own. Although this shows that Zhang Yang is very strong, in the long run, how to build tactics around Zhang Yang and improve tacit understanding is the most important thing.

In addition, there is another point, that is, Mark Hughes also realized that Manchester City's ability to transport shells to Zhang Yang in the midfield is slightly inferior. Zhang Yang is his personal ability, but you can't always expect this person to fight alone. The midfield must be able to provide strong support to Zhang Yang. This is like, Zhang Yang is the most powerful cannon at present, but someone must send shells to him.

Ellano's performance is pretty good, but this is far from satisfying Mark Hughes. The Welsh head coach knows that Zhang Yang's arrival is a good opportunity for Manchester City. If he can build a strong team around Zhang Yang and achieve good results in the Premier League and even in the Champions League, then this will be his best opportunity for Mark Hughes to become a world-class master.

So, Mark Hughes has been looking for help for Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang's helper in his tactical blueprint is to find another reliable partner for Zhang Yang on the front line, and the other is to enhance the strength of the midfield again.

Manchester City has been chasing Robinho, but the progress has not been very smooth.

Now, Modric has also become Mark Hughes' most urgent prey in midfield selection. What makes Mark Hughes happy is what Modric said when talking about his future, "I really want to imagine what it would be like for a giant team like Manchester United or Chelsea. I know I am still young and the giants may not be suitable for me, so I am still thinking about it."

Obviously, for Modric, although the temptation of the giants is hard to refuse, Modric also knows that his fame and qualifications are not enough to gain a foothold in a team like Chelsea and Manchester United. The main problem at the moment is to accumulate game experience. Therefore, at the suggestion of national team head coach Bilic, Modric began to consider some mid-range teams.

The person who was excited about Modric's statement was not only Manchester City coach Mark Hughes, but also Newcastle coach Kevin Keegan, who was also extremely excited because Modric seemed to have a good impression of Newcastle, the quasi-powerful Premier League powerhouse.

The English media seem to love Croatian stars who have eliminated England from the European Cup, and they have been tracking Modric's transfer.

The Sun even conducted a continuous follow-up report on this.

On August 6, The Sun reported: Modric came to Newcastle, and the Croatian midfielder accompanied by Newcastle coach Kevin Keegan to visit the training ground of Newcastle club. Kevin Keegan and Luka Modric seemed to have a lot of talk. The Croatian midfielder seemed closer to St. James Park Stadium.

August 7: Zagreb Dinamo Club Chairman Mamic publicly stated, "So far, Newcastle is the closest club to Modric!" Newcastle fans have begun to look forward to joining the Croatian midfielder.

And in everyone's opinion, Modric is almost certain to join Newcastle.

At this moment, Manchester City Club suddenly intervened strongly, and Manchester City Club head coach Mark Hughes made a public statement, "I admire Modric very much. He is the kind of star who can perform magic. I hope he will consider Manchester City."

Newcastle disdained Manchester City's statement. Their head coach Kevin Keegan said in an interview with the media, "Modric must know that Newcastle is different from Manchester City, and he will make his most suitable choice. Newcastle fans don't have to worry about anything at all."

Not to mention whether Kevin Keegan, who once coached Manchester City, said this, but this does show the confidence of the Newcastle head coach to win Luca Modric.

Kevin Keegan's promise to fans that he would definitely win Modric, but his guarantee period lasted only two days. On August 8, a statement from Manchester City's official website made Newcastle executives, including their head coach Kevin Keegan, stunned.

The statement said: Manchester City club has reached an agreement with Zagreb Dinamo on Modric's transfer issue. After obtaining a labor permit, the player will officially become a member of Manchester City after a physical examination.

Now, Newcastle people were stunned. Not only Newcastle, but almost all those who were paying attention to Modric's transfer were stunned.

It took only three days from Manchester City's announcement to take action against Modric to their announcement of taking Modric. This Croatian genius midfielder, which has caused many giant teams to chase after for more than half a year, was defeated extremely quickly?!

Since Manchester City club has not announced the amount of the transfer fee, the media has speculated that Manchester City must have used money to smash the Dynamo Zagreb club where Modric plays, and Modric must have been forced to come to Manchester City. In particular, Newcastle fans firmly believe that Modric really loves Newcastle, and he dreams of a St. James Park player, not the Manchester City Stadium, which is now full of copper smell.

On August 9, Modric arrived in Manchester. He said in an interview at the airport, "I am very happy to be with Manchester City. I was hesitating before, until I received a call, Zhang Yang invited me to come to Manchester City to create a big scene. I have to admit that I just hesitated for a few seconds and nodded..."

Many years later, Modric disclosed his private chat records with Zhang Yang on Facebook in his autobiography, which allowed people to learn some details of this weird transfer.

Modric is pouring the tower, and at this time someone is reminding him to be private.

Zhang Yang: Hello, I am Zhang Yang.

Modric (somewho was flattered and inexplicably): Ah, hello, Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang: Hey, buddy, I heard you are going to Newcastle?

Modric (or for no reason): Yes, yes.

Zhang Yang: Come to Manchester City.

Modric (shocked): Ah—

Then, a minute later, he received a call from Zhang Yang, who went straight to the point. The first sentence was: I have seen you play football, it's great, how about it, come to Manchester City, let's create a big scene together.

Modric was stunned for a moment, not what he said for a few seconds, and then spoke: I'll think about it again.

Zhang Yang: What are you doing with a real man?

Modric was stuttering, as if he was making some decision. After another half a minute, he said loudly: OK! Let's create a big scene together.

Zhang Yang smiled: After coming to Manchester, I will treat you to a meal.

In this way, in a few words, Manchester City Club began to taste the huge influence on the stars after Zhang Yang arrived for the first time.

Of course, Zhang Yang has become a person that fans of this historic team don’t like before he has played a game with Newcastle.

PS: Everyone, let’s have a few red tickets.
Chapter completed!