Europa League winter transfer market closes today

　　The residual heat of the World Cup has not dissipated, and the giants set off a wave of crowd grabbing

　　January 31 is the deadline for this season's Europa League winter transfers.

In previous years, the popularity of winter transfers was far less than that of summer, but this time there were many differences.

The World Cup in Qatar has just ended, and many players with eye-catching performances were immediately targeted by the giants and became members of the winter transfer list. Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, the three major teams with poor early records, also chose to make up for the World Cup. Strong, so this time the Premier League winter transfer is more lively than in previous years.

　　Reporter Yin Chengjun

　　The richest transfer

　　Ronaldo moves to Saudi Arabia

　　Strictly speaking, Ronaldo's joining Riyadh Victory Club is not considered a transfer, because during the World Cup, he had peacefully terminated his contract with Manchester United and was a free agent.

However, Ronaldo's attention is too high, and his departure has also affected a series of transfer actions in major European leagues, so Ronaldo can be regarded as the first shot for this season's winter transfer.

　　That is, on the day when the winter transfer window opened on January 1, Ronaldo officially joined Riyadh Victory, with an estimated annual salary of 200 million euros. He also overtook Mbappe to become the player with the highest annual salary in football in the world. Joining this time, It can be called the most local transfer in football history.

　　most annoying transfer

　　Liverpool to sign Gacpo

　　Gacpo is the most dazzling star of the Dutch team in the World Cup in Qatar. When the "Oranje" was eliminated by the Argentine team, this player was also targeted by the Premier League's giants for the first time, and his transfer is just around the corner.

　　What's interesting is that Manchester United coach Ten Hag planned to sign Gakpo last summer, and the transfer fee was only 25 million euros, but Ten Hag thought twice and then signed Anthony.

Time has passed, and Gakpo's value has skyrocketed after being hammered by the World Cup. Liverpool, who is in a very low state, did his part to sign him for 44 million euros.

　　However, Gakpo's heroic state has been lost after joining Liverpool. He had 13 goals and 17 assists in 24 games in Eindhoven before, but he had zero goals in five games after coming to Anfield.

The Premier League is really a magical league. Players like Anthony, Nunes, and Gakpo misfired as soon as they landed, which also made Klopp who was impatient.

　　most expensive transfer

　　Chelsea sign seven players in one go

　　This season, Liverpool and Chelsea are really a pair of difficult brothers and sisters. Both teams are sluggish and have invested a lot with little effect.

In comparison, Chelsea is more wealthy than Liverpool in terms of transfers. Liverpool only signed one Gakpo during the winter window, while Chelsea signed seven generals in one go in order to return to the top four.

　　Among these transferred or loaned players, there are not only the long-established giants Felix and Fofana, but also young hopeful stars Madueke, Mudrik and Gusto who are only about 20 years old. , the level of negotiation is really high.

However, these seven transactions cost Chelsea nearly 200 million euros, and Mudrick alone reached 100 million euros.

After the summer transfer, Chelsea once again became the largest customer of the winter transfer, and the ability to burn money is evident.

The combined winter transfer costs of the Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A, Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League only reached 140 million euros, and the Chelsea team exceeded the sum of the six leagues.

　　However, it is impossible to leave too much time for Chelsea. Coach Porter must rebuild the confidence of the players in a short period of time and strive to grab the top four positions in the next game.

　　Most missed transfer

　　'Gunman' targets Trossard

　　Arsenal has progressed by leaps and bounds this season, and the scenery is boundless. In the transfer market, it has also changed from the previous decline.

Financially unable to compete after Chelsea missed Mudrick, the "Gunners" aimed at Trossard, who was going to join Tottenham, and signed a powerful winger who could fight at a price of 26 million pounds.

　　Trossard performed eye-catchingly in Brighton. Although he is 29 years old, this is the golden age of a striker. His arrival can definitely help the "Gunners" consolidate their top position.

　　And Tottenham did not lose after losing Trossard. He also borrowed Dutch striker Danjuma on loan by picking up the leak.

Everton originally liked Danjuma very much, but the team's head coach Lampard suddenly dismissed get out of class, and the deal was stopped. Tottenham took the opportunity to follow up and obtained an excellent striker who could partner with Sun Xingmin on loan.

　　In fact, both Arsenal and Tottenham can not buy people, but Chelsea's momentum is too "volume", so they can only choose "arms race", otherwise they may really fall behind.

　　(Source: Qilu Evening News, Edition A09, January 31, 2023)