Manchester United, Arsenal, and Atletico Madrid don’t want it! Mr. 70 million, why is no one taking over?

"Zhekelais will not leave for 70 million euros, and I have never promised this." In this transfer window where many wealthy families are struggling to find their ideal center, the statement of Portugal Sports Chairman Frederico Valandas triggered an earthquake in public opinion.

At the first team that has long relied on the four forwards (442 formation) to conquer the world, Simeone attaches great importance to the personnel reserves and individual soldiers in the frontcourt. Considering that Correa is interested in leaving the team, Griezmann is old, and Simeone wants to introduce a striker to compete with Alvarez and Sollot. The player's positioning is a "important rotation" rather than an "absolute main force", which means that they cannot spend a high price of nearly 100 million euros for a player from the Portuguese Super League. You should know that Atletico Madrid only spent 75 million euros when introducing Alvarez in the summer window of 2024. Manchester United accelerated its signings this summer after creating the worst record in the Premier League era. The Tenghager era left behind a pending payment of 154 million euros in signings. Ratcliff risked bankruptcy to promote the "energy conservation and emission reduction" plan, and duplicate construction and risky investment in signings were unwilling to it. After Kunia joined, Manchester United's frontcourt was a little bloated and had to clean up the redundant staff before they could continue to open the checkbook.

At present, the Red Devils uniform team is working hard to find the next home for Hoylen. Inter Milan and Naples from Serie A are the most promising "takeovers". However, considering Oak Capital's conservativeness in dealing with the issue of signings and DeLaurentis' tough character, it is not easy for Manchester United to sell Hoylen as soon as possible. Amorin is eager to reunite with his old subordinates, but Manchester United has lost the initiative in the battle for Tzekelish.

Arsenal dare not ask for the age of 27, with an annual salary requirement of more than 10 million euros, and its past unsuccessful Premier League and Championship experience, its technical characteristics are difficult to meet the tactical requirements of position attack... On the Champions League stage this season, the "characteristics" of Zhekelais are very obvious. This seems to be a "data man" who can be asked for in the "small league", but it is difficult to adapt to the "data man" in the advanced arena. In the 2024/25 season, the rotation structure of Arsenal's forward line was completely destroyed by the injury wave. No player in the team could score more than 10 goals in the league. Arteta's team failed in the Premier League championship battle for two consecutive seasons due to "the power of the striker". Based on his unsuccessful experience in buying centers in the past few seasons (Havertz and Jesus), Arsenal is very cautious when dealing with the issue of Dzekérais. Arteta seems to be more inclined to introduce Seschko. Whether Portugal sports' price cuts will become the key to affecting the final trend of this deal.