Real Madrid's summer transfer work started with passion, a smooth process, and ended with a slightly depressing end.
Calderón did not continue to bring the star player he promised to Bernabéu after successfully signing Qin Xiong.
Kaka said no.
Fàbregas, who had Barcelona's "blood", simply ignored Real Madrid's invitation.
Robben also remained on the sidelines under the decision of Chelsea Football Club and his father.
It was indeed too risky to join Real Madrid at this time.
Qin Xiong was a blessing from heaven.
Emerson and Cannavaro were packaged by Real Madrid from Juventus to Bernabéu for 20 million euros, and the transition was smooth.
Lyon's fierce player, Diarra, was a player that Capello had focused on bringing in. Capello, the coach who focused on defense, even boasted for Diarra: "With Diarra, I will lose at most three league games in a season."
Van Nistelrooy, who had a heated argument with the team's new king, Ronaldo, at Manchester United, was cleared out by Ferguson, and Real Madrid signed him for 15 million euros.
The last deal was out of distrust of the Brazilian gang, and Capello asked to bring in a substitute for Robinho.
At the same time, with the team bringing in van Nistelrooy as reinforcements in the forward line and the arrival of Qin Xiong in the midfield, Baptista, who came to the team from Sevilla last year, was in a very awkward position. He was not happy at Bernabéu in the past year. He used to play the 9 and a half role in Sevilla, and he was directly promoted to the center forward when he came to Real Madrid. Naturally, his play was affected.
So, Calderón knocked on Arsenal's door again.
Baptista and Reyes swapped for a year, and everyone changed their playing style.
Reyes's days at Arsenal could be described as torturous. Even though the team was brilliant, he was mentally treading on thin ice. His confidence was destroyed by the valiant English style of play in key battles. Not only was he not successful at Arsenal, but he was also regarded as a typical example of someone who could not adapt to the style of play in the Premier League.
Arsenal Football Club had been interested in Baptista before, but unfortunately, Real Madrid beat them to it. This time, everyone was exchanging fortunes, and both sides hit it off.
Reyes also came to Real Madrid.
At the beginning of August, Real Madrid's training began.
The new Real Madrid training base completed last year was Florentino's glorious achievement. It was 10 times bigger than the old training base! In short, it was worthy of Galactica.
The training base was located in Valdebaibas, near Madrid's Barajas Airport.
Qin Xiong drove his Bentley from England to Spain. He drove his Bentley to the parking lot of the training ground on the training day.
Just as he got out of the car, a car also came to the parking lot.
Qin Xiong stood in place and waited. He felt that it would be impolite to just walk away.
The person who got out of the car was the captain, Raúl.
Qin Xiong looked at Raúl with a smile on his face. Raúl also walked over with a smile and took the initiative to extend his hand. When the two shook hands, the reporters who had been lying in ambush near the parking lot quickly pressed the shutters of their cameras and took a photo of the two star players meeting for the first time.
Qin Xiong's reaction was a little unnatural. He probably did not expect such a normal thing to cause the paparazzi to be so excited.
Raúl smiled and said to him, "Here, you'll get used to it."
Qin Xiong suddenly realized.
Real Madrid's influence was not comparable to other clubs.
Qin Xiong chatted with Raúl as they walked. He and Qin Xiong did not have much in common. It was similar to the formulaic greetings in social interactions.
The captain was concerned about the living arrangements of his new teammates, talked about the environment of Madrid, and then introduced the shops and restaurants in the city that were suitable for family members to patronize. He talked about the local customs and so on.
Qin Xiong listened patiently. After the two men walked into the locker room together, Qin Xiong saw many of his teammates who had already arrived in the locker room in advance.
Probably because the team had changed managers again, and the famous iron-fisted manager was Capello, the players were more conscious and did not want to anger Capello over trivial matters.
The atmosphere in the locker room was very dull. Qin Xiong saw Ronaldo's protruding belly at a glance, and then he waved to everyone to say hello. Most of his teammates just turned to look at him and responded symbolically. Only a few of his teammates would personally say a normal greeting.
Qin Xiong's mind suddenly rang with a sentence that Raúl had said to him before.
"Here, get used to it."
He did not come to the Bernabéu with an air of superiority.
So his mentality was as if he had been reborn.
Be yourself and start all over again!
He walked to his wardrobe and suddenly realized that someone was staring at him. He turned his head and saw Ronaldo's absent-minded gaze.
Qin Xiong took a step back, but Ronaldo's gaze did not change.
He then realized that Ronaldo was not staring at him, but at Qin Xiong's wardrobe.
Qin Xiong suddenly thought: number 9?
Yes, number 9 was originally Ronaldo's number.
However, when Calderón brought in Qin Xiong, all the numbers with good single-digit numbers were already taken.
Number 7 was Raúl's. The number below 7 was traditionally the number of defensive players. Number 8 was good and could have been given to Qin Xiong. But for some unknown reason, Calderón forced the number 9 jersey to Qin Xiong!
Qin Xiong's team analyzed that this might be a signal to sell Ronaldo.
At least they were calm and objective.
Calderón's enthusiasm for Qin Xiong and even overturned the system of Real Madrid's ownership of star players' portrait rights in Florentino's era, so that Qin Xiong could have 100% of the portrait rights, and thus think that Calderón was a kind and loyal elder.
On the contrary, as Florentino's former assistant, Calderón's cold-bloodedness in some things was jackals of the same lair as Florentino, such as the purge of his old subordinates!
Ronaldo was the iconic superstar of Galactica in Florentino's era, but Ronaldo did not achieve the excitement that previous superstars brought to Real Madrid, and even witnessed the formation and fall of Galactica.
Figo and Zidane brought the team the league title and the Champions League title in their first season after joining Real Madrid.
Ronaldo only brought Real Madrid one league title in the past four seasons, and then went from bad to worse.
When it came to the stage of preparing for the new season, Ronaldo was not purged, but was stripped of the number 9 jersey.
This was undoubtedly a trick of the "White House."
At the same time, it was a subtle signal to the outside world.
Florentino's era was over!
The flashy Galactica era was also over!
The number 9 jersey of the star player changed owners, and a new era began!
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