Claudio Marchisio scored again in the second leg of the Coppa Italia quarterfinals, which, to some extent, strengthened Gianni Luca and the Juventus senior management's determination to get Marchisio.
On the night of the end of the game, Juventus raced against time to conduct emergency negotiations with Inter Milan. In the end, both sides took a step back and reached a consensus on the transfer price of Marchisio. Of course, given that Juventus was the party in urgent need, their concession was greater. It could be said that they gritted their teeth and raised the price a lot.
In fact, before reaching a consensus, Juventus had also done all the preparation work. They had even secretly conducted a medical examination for Marchisio in advance. The results of the medical examination were naturally normal.
At nine o 'clock in the morning on January 31st, the Italian Football Federation confirmed that it had received the fax of the transfer agreement between the Juventus Football Club and the Inter Milan Football Club for Marchisio's transfer, as well as the transfer fund guarantee agreement that was urgently issued by the bank early in the morning. This also meant that the transfer was approved by the Italian Football Federation. It only took five minutes for all the procedures to be completed, and the transfer was confirmed! Of course, this was also because of the huge influence of Juventus and Inter Milan, which prompted the Italian Football Federation to speed up its work and handle special matters specially. Otherwise, with the bureaucratic style of the Italian Football Federation, it would have dragged on for at least a few hours.
At 9: 11 a.m., the Juventus Football Club couldn't wait to announce on their official website that the team had officially brought back Claudio Marchisio from Inter Milan for a price of 24.5 million euros. The two sides had signed a five-year contract!
"Marchisio Returns!" This was the huge headline on Juventus' official website.
Marchisio could only be regarded as a substitute for Modric at Inter Milan. He was not an indispensable player. The introduction of such a player made Juventus very excited. It also showed that the current Juventus team was not easy on the road of rebuilding.
Later, the Inter Milan Football Club also confirmed the completion of Marchisio's transfer to Juventus on their official website. Inter Milan's official website thanked Marchisio for his contribution to Inter Milan in the past two and a half seasons and wished him good luck at Juventus.
The news of Marchisio's transfer to Juventus shocked the Italian football world and also the European football world.
Of course, Marchisio could only be said to be famous. He was not a heavyweight star player yet. The reason why this transfer caused a sensation was that it was the first transfer of a player between Inter Milan and Juventus in recent years, especially after the "Calciopoli" incident.
Most importantly, Marchisio's transfer fee was as high as 24.5 million euros!
Before this transfer deal, the French striker Anelka, who had transferred to Chelsea for 20 million euros, was the "king of the bidding" so far this winter. He was also the biggest star player among the transfer players this winter. However, the French striker had been hanging out with Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Fenerbahce, and other small and medium-sized clubs in recent years. He no longer had the high-spirited spirit he had when he transferred to Real Madrid for 35 million euros eight and a half years ago.
In any case, Chelsea's spending of 20 million euros to bring in Anelka also illustrated Chelsea's wealth. After all, he was the king of bids.
But now, Marchisio's 24.5 million euro value broke all of this. The young Italian midfielder was called the king of the winter transfer market.
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Marchisio was transferred to Juventus at the price of the "king of bids" this winter. The one who was hit and affected the most by the news of this transfer was the Liverpool midfielder, Mohamed Sissoko. The Malian had been waiting for Juventus' call and did not realize that he was a spare tire.
It was not until Juventus had completely settled Marchisio that they regretfully informed the Malian's agent that Juventus had to give up on bringing in Sissoko for technical reasons.
Then, while the Malian was stunned, Juventus' official website released the news of Marchisio's joining.
Not to mention how much Sissoko, his agent, and the Liverpool Football Club resented Juventus, on the Italian side, it suddenly became lively on the day of the transfer deadline.
Less than an hour after the official website announced Marchisio's transfer to Juventus, Inter Milan's official website announced the news of the arrival of the new player.
The negotiations for Toni Kroes' transfer to Inter Milan were finally reached on the morning of the last day of the transfer deadline. Although Bayern Munich was angry at Inter Milan's "poaching behavior," it was difficult for Bayern Munich to force him to stay on the basis that the player himself, the player's family, and the player's agent were all working hard to get him to play for Inter Milan.
Of course, Inter Milan did not completely fall out with Bayern Munich. Inter Milan, who had relied on Marchisio to take advantage of Juventus, was willing to pay a transfer fee of 4 million euros for Toni Kroes. This money could be said to be more sincere.
In the summer of 2007, Bayern had spent 12 million euros to bring in Klose, the number one striker in the German football world, from Bremen. This poaching action had made the Bremen fans gnash their teeth in anger. At that time, there had even been rumors that Klose's wife had an affair with his teammate, which had angered Klose and made him decide to leave. Later on, it had been proven that this was purely groundless.
In the 2002 World Cup, Ballack became famous and laid the foundation for him to become the leader of the German national team with his outstanding performance. This scene made Bayer Leverkusen happy and sad. They were happy because Ballack was their team's representative star player, but sad because Bayern had poached the German national team's midfield star player at a low price of 6 million euros half a year ago …
In the Bundesliga, there were probably few people who hated Bayern more than the Bayer Leverkusen fans. This was because Bayern had poached several of Bayer Leverkusen's great players in this century alone. After poaching Ballack and Zerroberto in 2002, Bayern took away the number one center back in the Bundesliga, Lucio, in 2004. The transfer fee of 12 million euros could be said to be "good for the price" for Lucio, who was one of the top center backs in the world of football at that time.
In addition to Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach was also harmed by Bayern Munich. The same player was poached by the same team twice. This was not common in the world of football, but Borussia Mönchengladbach had encountered such misfortune. In 1990, Effenberg, who was a rising star at Borussia Mönchengladbach, was poached by Bayern. Because of this poaching, Borussia Mönchengladbach's rising momentum suffered a major blow. But just two years later, Effenberg left Bayern. After a period of time in Fiorentina, Effenberg returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1994 and spent four successful years there. In the end, he was once again spotted by Bayern and poached away. Borussia Mönchengladbach lost their absolute flag and suffered another blow. However, this also achieved Effenberg's true glory moment in Bayern. This German leader, who had the nickname of "Tiger," reached the pinnacle in 2001 when he led Bayern to win the Champions League trophy, which had been lost for 25 years.
Bayern Munich had always been good at poaching players, and they did it at a very low price. Therefore, in this situation, Inter Milan was willing to pay a transfer fee of four million euros for Toni Kroes, an 18-year-old who had only made two or three appearances in Bayern Munich's first team. For Bayern Munich, who had always been stingy in their recruitment and were keen on poaching players at a low price, this could be considered "extreme benevolence." At the very least, Bayern Munich was no longer so angry when faced with the transfer fee of four million euros. They were even a little proud. They were already thinking about where to find one or two geniuses with the four million euros. Maybe they could even go to Bayer Leverkusen and shop around.
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On January 31, 2008, at 10: 33 a.m., Inter Milan's official website officially announced that the team had recruited the 18-year-old midfielder Toni Kroes from the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich for four million euros. The two sides signed a five-year contract.
This signing was very sudden. Some Inter Milan fans did not even know who this 18-year-old German kid was. However, after the announcement on the official website, Inter Milan fans were not dissatisfied that the team had only recruited a German kid after Marchisio's departure. This was because:
"Toni Kroes is a talented player of the new generation of German football. He is a player that Coach Li Ang specifically wants!" On the official website, this sentence was used to explain the signing: "The young man that Li Ang has his eyes on!"
With such a label and annotation, it was enough!
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