While Gao Xiaodong was visiting relatives and friends in China to enjoy vacation life, the European transfer market was in full swing.

Because there are no major events like the World Cup and European Cup, as soon as the league ended, major Premier League teams began to purchase frantically. Manchester City bought Krish, Boateng and Savage, Chelsea bought Piason and Matic, Liverpool bought Downing, Henderson and Concheski. Even Arsenal, who has always been stingy, spent 12 million pounds to buy Gervinho, but the Premier League boss Manchester United not only did not buy anyone, but also sent Brown and O'Shea away.

For Manchester United, last season was a perfect season, and the triple crown was almost impossible to be perfect.

There is a Western saying that things do not need to be repaired if they are not broken. Besides, it is so perfect. Manchester United naturally does not want to change its main framework. All Manchester United wants to do now is to leave the absolute core Gao Xiaodong and fill in the pits left by goalkeepers Van der Sar and Scholes' retirement.

Scholes's pit is easy to fill, because Scholes was already a substitute when he retired, and his position can now be replaced by Hargreaves and Carrick. The newcomer Pogba is also a strategic midfield potential stock.

But Van der Sar's pit is difficult to deal with. A good goalkeeper is equivalent to half a team. In a team, no position can be more important than a goalkeeper. For example, Manchester United, if Gao Xiaodong is missing, it may not be able to win the ball, but if you change to an unreliable goalkeeper, it is likely that you will lose.

Because Van der Sar is old, Manchester United has been looking for Van der Sar's substitute, but the goalkeeper position is too special, and the main goalkeeper of the giants is impossible to sell. The goalkeeper of the small team has not been tested in the competition, so Ferguson has never found a look at it.

Until Manchester United met Schalke 04 in the Champions League knockout stage, Schalke 04 goalkeeper Neuer shocked Ferguson. Ferguson felt that this was the goalkeeper he needed the most. Moreover, because Schalke 04 is not a giant, it is possible for Manchester United to dig Schalke 04's corner, so since the Champions League knockout stage, Manchester United has never stopped contacting Neuer.

Manchester United is the most successful team in the world football world today and the most successful club. Schalke 04 is just a mid-to-high-level team in the Bundesliga and has basically no influence in the world football world. If Manchester United wants to poach Schalke 04 players, even the core players, it will definitely be effortless.

But unfortunately, the Bundesliga overlord Bayern also lacks a world-class goalkeeper after Kahn retires. Butter and Rensing are not stable enough, and are not doing their jobs, and are not worthy of Bayern's status as a giant. Bayern happens to be interested in Schalke 04's goalkeeper Neuer.

It is known that Manchester United is pursuing Neuer, but Bayern manager Hoeness still claims that Neuer is the only choice for Bayern goalkeeper, while Bayern chairman Rummenigge said that the best player in the Bundesliga should play for Bayern. This is not only Bayern's need, but also the national team's need.

So it was originally a matter of Manchester United poaching Schalke 04's main goalkeeper, which was easy and pleasant, but with Bayern's intervention, it soon became a competition between Manchester United and Bayern for Schalke 04's main goalkeeper.

Schalke 04 cannot compete with giants like Bayern and Manchester United. They have never thought about competing. A goalkeeper like Neuer cannot be owned by a small club like them, and Neuer only has one year left for a contract. Therefore, club chairman Tonis said in an interview with the Munich Daily, "Nothing is impossible, and Neuer's transfer is not impossible. Everyone has a net worth, so if a club offers a reasonable offer, we will naturally consider it seriously."

Tonis’ meaning is very obvious. I will not offend anyone from Manchester United and Bayern. Whoever gives you more money can take Neuer away.

For Schalke 04, this is also a good idea. Anyway, if you can't keep Neuer, you will naturally make more money.

If the two new and old tycoons are fighting for Neuer, Chelsea and Manchester City, the new and old tycoons, this will be easy to deal with. Both sides will report the price and take away whoever has the more money. But now the competition for Neuer is Manchester United and Bayern.

Manchester United has no money!

Last season, Manchester United bought Gao Xiaodong by bank loans. Although he got the Triple Crown this year, he still had 300 million euros in debt. They didn't have much money to buy Neuer. What they could rely on is the attractiveness of the Manchester United platform and Ferguson's soft power to players. In other words, they wanted to spend less money to fool people to Manchester United.

Bayern is rich!

The Bundesliga is the most stable league in the five major leagues. Their clubs have stable profits every year. Bayern dominates the Bundesliga. According to a report by Bayern economic director Hofurner, Bayern has made profits for 18 consecutive seasons. Although it has to pay back the debts of Allianz Arena, this does not put too much pressure on Bayern.

However, rich Bayern will never spend too much money on buying players, especially those in the Bundesliga, because Bayern doesn't need to spend too much money, and other Bundesliga teams have to sell players to Bayern.

Bayern has a special attraction to Bundesliga players, especially German players. In addition to being prone to winning championships in giants, they are also more likely to join the national team at Bayern, which is also very attractive to German players.

Players are willing to go to Bayern. If the club obstructs it, some players would even rather wait until the contract expires and go to Bayern for free, which forces the Bundesliga teams to sell the players to Bayern at a lower price.

Now although Schalke 04 has raised the green light for Neuer's transfer and sells it to whoever gives more money, the cunning Manchester United and Bayern don't want to pay more money, and they all want to make money out of nothing.

Ferguson said when Schalke 04 chairman Tonis announced that Neuer is not a non-selling product, "Neul is excellent, Manchester United admires Neuer very much, but there are many excellent goalkeepers in Europe, such as Ajax goalkeeper Stecklenburg, who is the second Van der Sar. If we can't buy Neuer, Stecklenburg is also a good choice.

Bayern manager Hoeness also said: "Although Neuer is Bayern's only goal now, Bayern will not spend more than his value on a player. Bayern is a rational club. We will not be blackmailed by other clubs, nor will we compete with other clubs viciously."

Both Manchester United and Bayern both expressed their desire for Neuer, but they didn't want to offer a price first, so they dragged it on. At this time, the anxious thing became Schalke 04, because Neuer only had one year's contract left. If he couldn't sell it this year, Schalke 04 wouldn't get a transfer fee for Schalke 04 next year.
Chapter completed!