After Real Madrid's first league game of the new season was announced as an upset, the fans could not help but miss Qin Xiong, the figure who always stepped forward in times of crisis.
Even Real Madrid's top management was no exception.
With the official closing of the European summer transfer window, Real Madrid's recruitment work was criticized by the media and fans.
Therefore, Real Madrid's top management made two moves to make up for it.
The first move was to finalize the future talents.
Marca reported the news of Real Madrid's official announcement of three rookies joining and made a pungent comment.
"It is difficult to accept that Real Madrid only spent 15 million euros in the summer. In the past decade, this is the season in which Real Madrid spent the least. Van Der Vaart could not stop the complaints of the Madrid media and fans. The smart Real Madrid's top management found another way. Although the road was difficult to walk, it could lead to a sunny day.
The reason why people looked forward to this road was because it was called "the future."
Just like the blackjack game on the card table, the dealer issued the past, the one issued was the present, and the one that was not issued was the future. Real Madrid's brilliance was that while they went all out to prepare for the present, they also continued to grasp the development of the echelon talents. Talent scouts all over the world helped Real Madrid grasp the first-hand dynamics of the new star market. River Plate's new star, Musacchio, was one of them.
Musacchio had great potential. As a player who could be a center back and a right back, he was 183cm tall and his speed was his advantage. On the field, his style of play was steady and his long passes were accurate. The Argentine media had already regarded him as the successor of J-J Zanetti.
River Plate's chairman, Garlinberg, hoped that Real Madrid could pay a transfer fee of 3.1 million euros, but in the end, this matter did not reach an agreement.
On the one hand, Musacchio was still too young to play in Real Madrid. Real Madrid would only loan him out or continue to hone him in the youth team. Garlinberg said, "The negotiations are basically over, but it does not rule out sending him out on loan."
Other than Musacchio, there were a few other players that Real Madrid had already secured.
The Belgian striker, Kabamba, was a young player from 1987 who played for Standard Liege. He was 180cm tall. Strong and explosive, the template was positioned as Mpensa's type. Due to the cooperation between Real Madrid and Standard Liege, the joining of Kabamba was regarded as the beginning of the real cooperation between the two clubs.
In addition, Real Madrid brought in a 19-year-old Hungarian striker, Adam Scholoy, from VfB Stuttgart II. Scholoy, who was 193cm tall, would represent Real Madrid II in the Primera División. The transfer fee was 500,000 euros. With time, the Hungarian youngster's achievements would not be below Davor Suk's.
In addition, Schorsch from Hertha Berlin had also turned down a contract offer from Chelsea and joined Real Madrid. Schorsch was 189cm tall and weighed 80kg. He played as a defender and was the main force of the German U19 youth team.
Real Madrid's top management hoped to appease the fans' anger at the lack of transfer signings by bringing in future stars. Maybe it would be effective, but what was the truth?
After Calderón took office, he vigorously built the "local backbone."
Casillas – Raúl – Ramos – Guti – Raúl. On the other hand, the Real Madrid youth camp members were increasingly not in an important position in the club. This contradiction was really puzzling.
In the current Real Madrid squad, only two players, Javi Garcia and de la Red, were the new products of the youth camp. Moreover, they were both given the opportunity to return to Real Madrid because of their excellent performance outside. Moreover, from the current situation, it was difficult to guarantee their playing time in the new season. Maybe they would be like Soldado, returning to Real Madrid and sitting on the bench for a season. They would completely give up on Bernabéu and could only leave again.
Statistics showed that since Calderón became the president of the Real Madrid Club, Bernabéu had sent away 43 youth camp members in two years, but the income was only a mere 46 million euros. It was not even the starting point of the Lyon club's request for Benzema's transfer negotiations. The Lyon club's president, Aulas, said that they did not want to hear a price lower than 60 million euros!
It was also not the price Real Madrid offered to Villa. Real Madrid had offered 50 million euros to Valencia, but it was rejected!
This summer, 11 players left Real Madrid's youth camp. Among them, Balboa and Soldado were considered part of the first team. The two of them made Real Madrid's income eight million euros. The second team's Callejon brought 1.2 million euros to Real Madrid, and Juanmi brought one million euros to Real Madrid. The rest of the youth camp players were released by Real Madrid for free.
In fact, among the 43 youth camp players that Real Madrid sent away, only 11 players allowed Real Madrid to receive transfer fees. Among the other players, seven of them were free to leave after their contracts expired. There were 25 players whose contracts had not expired, but Real Madrid was generous enough to let them go without any compensation.
When Real Madrid was looking for a striker everywhere, Mijatović did not hold back and let the second team's striker, Nieto, leave freely.
Last season, Nieto was transferred to the first team several times, and his performance was not bad. At that time, Nieto was directly transferred from the C team to the first team.
However, such a striker with great potential for appreciation was now abandoned by Real Madrid. Nieto had now joined Real Madrid. In the near future, La Liga would have one more striker who would be the happiest to break through Real Madrid's goal.
Last summer, Real Madrid released 12 youth camp players. Among them, only four players, Negredo, brought income to Real Madrid. The other eight players, regardless of whether their contracts had expired or not, were free to leave, including Borja who had joined Real Mallorca and Mata who had joined Valencia.
Negredo brought three million euros to Real Madrid. This summer, Real Madrid was prepared to spend four million euros to buy him back. However, because the club was busy with Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer, other work was delayed. In the end, Real Madrid passed the deadline to buy Negredo back and could only give up on the plan.
Borja's example proved that Real Madrid's willingness to work for others was indeed questionable.
Borja joined Mallorca on a free transfer last summer. After a season, West Bromwich Albion paid six million euros to buy his contract with Mallorca. Mallorca received three million euros, and Borja's agent, Carmanio, received the other half. Such an easy way to make money was indeed enviable.
Mata made Real Madrid's heart ache even more. His contract with Real Madrid had expired, but the club did not give him a new contract. Mata joined Valencia on a free transfer and grew rapidly. He was one of Valencia's players who appreciated the fastest. After a season, Mata's value had reached 20 million euros!
In 2006, Calderón's big move after taking office was to clean up the youth camp. As a result, a total of 20 players were purged by him, but the income was only 8.3 million euros.
Among the 20 players, there was no lack of excellent players like Arbeloa, Portillo, and Juanfran!
Forty-three new stars were sent away in two years! Real Madrid received 46 million euros, but how much of their future did they sell?
Now, Calderón is buying talented seedlings from all over the world that the fans are looking forward to. This approach is correct, but the future development may be the result of working for others! "
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