Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 313 The Game of the Rich

Truth be told, Sampdoria fans were delighted to be able to snatch their talent from the hated Sassuolo squad.

They expect this will be the culmination of Sampdoria's summer transfer action.

But it wasn't until the summer transfer window closed that they discovered that Berardi's transfer was the climax of all Sampdoria's transfer actions this summer...

After the summer transfer window closed, the Italian media conducted a summary review of the performance of the Serie A teams in the transfer market.

In the comments of various media, this summer obviously does not belong to Sampdoria.

There are two most sensational transfers in Italian football this summer. The first is that Real Madrid's former main striker "Little Smoker" Higuain left Real Madrid, where he had played for many years, and switched to Naples. With a transfer fee of 17.5 million euros, Higuain has become the king of transfer bids in Serie A this season.

Another very sensational transfer has nothing to do with money, but with feelings - Galliani helped AC Milan buy the former Milan golden boy Kaka from Real Madrid for free this summer. Kaka, who had an unsatisfactory life in Real Madrid, has never been able to prove himself again, so he gave up struggling this summer and returned to AC Milan, who is like a family to him.

Kaka's return made AC Milan fans very excited. Although they will not be able to play in the Champions League in the new season, but with Kaka, they will definitely be able to qualify for the Champions League next season!

The media are also expecting that Kaka, who has returned to AC Milan, can regain his feeling in a familiar environment and turn back to the omnipotent Mr. Golden Globe in the past.

For the fans of AC Milan, they still have another idea-Kaka is back, and they will seek revenge from Sampdoria this season, repaying all the humiliation of last season a hundredfold!

Although Berardi's transfer to Sampdoria can be regarded as the transfer news hotly discussed by Sampdoria fans and local media, but among the top ten sensational transfers of the summer compiled by Gazzetta dello Sport, Sampdoria Asia didn't have any signings, but one was transferred-Icardi transferred to Inter Milan for 15 million euros, and was ranked fourth on this list by Gazzetta dello Sport.

I don't know if this is a kind of humiliation of Sampdoria by Gazzetta dello Sport...

At the club level, Naples has become the most terrifying Serie A club this summer, with the introduction of center Higuain from Real Madrid for 37.5 million, and the introduction of central defender Albiol from Real Madrid for 12 million. Ten million to introduce winger Callejon from Real Madrid, another 9.5 million to introduce Mertens, more than 5 million to introduce Zapata, and loaned Liverpool goalkeeper Reina... etc., basically put Cavani's transfer fee to Paris Saint-Germain has been squandered.

However, this series of suffocating operations fully shows that Naples is not reconciled to the second place in the league achieved last season. They want to overthrow Juventus and win the Serie A championship. For this reason, they have captured the city in the transfer market and become the club with the most spending in Serie A this summer. The introduction of strong reinforcements is all over the four lines of risk, midfielder, defender and goalkeeper. , Naples in the new season can be described as the most anticipated team.

In comparison, Sampdoria is much shabby.

The most expensive signing is Berardi. Half of the ownership cost Sampdoria 9 million euros, which is still paid in three years. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Sampdoria to take out the money at once...

Then there will be no signings that need to spend money.

Those signings this season are either on loan, free transfers, or vouchers in transfer transactions, such as the young defender Salamon from AC Milan, who was transferred to AC Milan by Polly Vouchers... Oh, it's not that there are no other signings with money. De Silvestri, who was on loan in the team last season, will continue to be loaned to Sampdoria this season. For this, Sampdoria paid Rental fee of 150,000 euros.

9.15 million, that's all the money Sampdoria spent in the transfer market this summer.

Not as good as half of Icardi's worth.

Those who hear it are sad and those who see it cry.

I didn't spend a lot of money on signings, but if I can do business, I can introduce some players with high cost performance.

But apart from Berardi and De Silvestri, the other signings have either never heard of it, or they are not able to play in other teams, or they are too young and inexperienced players...

In terms of transfers, Sampdoria is almost like a Taobao store for Double Eleven activities. In addition to Icardi and Polly, Patacchiola, Piovacari, Rossini, Maccarone, Volta... These players who were either substitutes or rotations last season have also left the team.

In terms of transferring players, Sampdoria left a total of 16 players, but they only brought in 10 players. Whether these 10 players can fill the vacancy left by the 16 players is hard to say.

For Sampdoria fans, the only thing that can comfort them is that after leaving Icardi and Polly, the impact of other people's departure on Sampdoria's main lineup is not too great. Young people like West, Kosticic, and Obiang have become more mature after being tempered last season, and the future is more worth looking forward to. You must know that these few people, together with Gao Zheng, have cooperated since the reserve team, and the tacit understanding is deeper than that of ordinary players.

As long as there are no accidents for Gao Zheng, referring to the team's performance last season, this season shouldn't be too bad.

Judging from the ratings given by Corriere dello Sport to the signings of the 20 Serie A teams, Sampdoria got a six-point rating, a perfect score of 10, which is passable.

The evaluation is fairly fair, leaving Icardi and coming to Berardi, but it is not easy to say that Berardi can fill the vacancy left by Icardi, and other signings lack bright spots. So in the new season, Sampdoria still has to rely on the old lineup of last season, and how far they can go depends mainly on Gao Zheng's performance.

As for Gao Zheng's performance...

When this comprehensive score was released, Sampdoria had already played two rounds of Champions League qualifying.

Their opponent in the qualifying round is PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands, a traditional giant of Dutch football.

But with Gao Zheng's three goals in two rounds, Sampdoria finally eliminated their opponents with a total score of 3:2, advanced in a thrilling manner, and qualified for the Champions League group stage, which is the main match.

After the game, the media said that Gao Zheng was the only reason for Sampdoria to advance.

In the first round, Sampdoria challenged Eindhoven away. If Gao Zheng's goal in the 78th minute helped the team equalize the score, Sampdoria might lose to Eindhoven away. .

Back at home, Gao Zheng scored all two goals of Sampdoria, helping the team beat PSV Eindhoven 2:1, and was able to advance with a total score of 3:2.

Without Gao Zheng, these three goals would not exist, and Sampdoria would have been eliminated 0:2.

Sampdoria's promotion to the Champions League match naturally made Sampdoria fans and Genoa's local media very happy. After all, this city once again has the Champions League.

But those who don't like Sampdoria and Gao Zheng will be very unhappy if they wait to see their jokes.

There are also media who said sourly that Sampdoria fans should not be too happy too early. Judging from their performance in the transfer market, it may be a good thing for them to be eliminated in the qualifying round. At least They can concentrate on the domestic league without being distracted by the Champions League, and finally get a decent ranking.

And the game played by rich and local tyrants like the Champions League is not suitable for them at all. At that time, multi-line combat will definitely wear down this team with a weak bench.

In fact, whether it is the Champions League or the transfer, it is a game played by the rich, and in these two games, everyone is not optimistic about Sampdoria's performance.

The performance of the transfer market can already be concluded, and it is passable.

If you consider that this team is going to play in the Champions League, it will fail.

After qualifying for the main match, Sampdoria was assigned to Group H in the group stage draw. This group has the world-class team Barcelona, ​​​​and the veteran Dutch giants Ajax and Scotland's top giants Celtic. All three teams have won the Champions League.

In this group, Sampdoria, which has only won one Serie A championship and one Cup Winners Cup championship, is simply not worth mentioning...

After the results of the group came out, the Italian media could predict that Sampdoria would be eliminated after the group stage.

"...This is not a bad thing for them. At least in the second half of the league, they can devote all their energy to relegation."

"Gazzetta dello Sport" sarcastically said.

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