Gao Zheng's transfer to Atletico Madrid not only caused a strong response in China, but also a very sensational news in Europe.

After all, this is the value of a Chinese player.

For European football, no Chinese player has ever been worth so much money before.

Before this, the highest transfer fee record for Chinese players belonged to the legendary Chinese football figure Sun Jihai. He is the most successful among Chinese players studying abroad. Of course, now it seems that this honor is probably to be given to Gao Zheng...

In 2002, he transferred to Manchester City for a permanent transfer of £2 million, or about €3.26 million.

This transfer fee even set a record for Asian players at that time. Coincidentally, Gao Zheng's transfer fee has also set a record for Asian players.

But even if he played for Manchester City for six seasons, played 130 times in the league and scored three goals, his value is twenty times different from Gao Zheng's current value.

Even considering inflation from 2002 to 2014, this growth rate is very terrible.

With this value, Gao Zheng jumped into the ranks of world-class stars.

The high value greatly satisfyes the vanity of many Chinese fans.

After the transfer was finalized and the amount of the transfer fee was disclosed, a large number of Chinese fans were happy. For professional football, the player's value can often reflect the player's ability and level from a certain angle.

This is also why everyone cares so much about transfer fees.

But not everyone will applaud the transfer fee. In fact, there are another large number of Chinese fans who are "scared" by this number.

Seven thousand five hundred euros, not seven million euros, but seventy-five million euros!

What is this concept?

The transfer window this summer has not been closed yet, and new transfers will appear at any time.

In the La Liga, on July 16, Barcelona announced that they signed Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Liverpool for a transfer fee of one million euros. They are the "market" in the La Liga transfer market this summer so far.

Gao Zheng's 75 million ranks second, Real Madrid is pursuing Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez, and it is said that it is about to succeed. If the transfer is confirmed, the transfer fee may be around 80 million euros. But even so, Gao Zheng's transfer fee can be ranked among the top three in La Liga this summer.

Compared with the European transfer market this summer, Gao Zheng's transfer fee amount is currently among the top three.

If you compare it vertically in the time dimension, Gao Zheng's 75 million euro transfer fee is also a shocking number, both in La Liga and the entire European football world. This number makes Gao Zheng ranked above Zidane in the 2001-2002 season. The only ones that can be more expensive than him are Cristiano Ronaldo who transferred to Real Madrid in 2009, Gareth Bale who transferred to Real Madrid last year, Suarez this year, and Jamece Rodriguez. (Note 1)

In other words, in the transfer fee rankings in the entire world football history, Gao Zheng can rank fourth or fifth!

To put it another way, he is the fourth or fifth most expensive player in the history of world football!

This is a very amazing achievement.

Through this horizontal and vertical comparison, it is not difficult to understand why many Chinese fans and media reporters were scared...

Some people think that Atletico Madrid is crazy and spending so much money to buy Gao Zheng, which brings huge economic pressure to himself. He will always be "the most expensive signing in Atletico Madrid's history" and be observed by countless people with a microscope. As long as he performs poorly, he may attract criticism and ridicule. Such a public opinion environment is obviously not friendly to Gao Zheng. If Gao Zheng is not satisfied, he will probably be labeled as "the most expensive signing in Atletico Madrid's history" on the hat "the most expensive signing in Atletico Madrid's history"...

Some people think that the mysterious Chinese consortium that provides part of the transfer funds for Atletico Madrid is purely kind-hearted to help. They did this to make Gao Zheng create history, but also pushed Gao Zheng to the forefront. They do not care about Gao Zheng's transfer fee record, and would rather let Gao Zheng go to Atletico Madrid turn into a simple transfer, so that everyone should not focus on Gao Zheng's transfer fee figures.

Of course, some people think that Gao Zheng’s value is not a good thing, so naturally some people think the opposite of them.

Most of those who support Gao Zheng’s high value are Gao Zheng’s fans. They believe in their idols and think that Gao Zheng deserves such a value. And they think that those who are worried are “fake fans” who lack confidence in Gao Zheng, and only they are true love.

Gao Zheng's value has caused controversy not only in the country, but also in Europe.

After the transfer deal between Atletico Madrid and Sampdoria was officially announced, the figures about Gao Zheng's transfer fee were quickly reported by the media.

The "Marca" newspaper even gave Gao Zheng a front page headline, and put out his transfer fee figure next to Gao Zheng's photo, and there was a big question mark behind the number.

Even if you don’t have to look at the specific content, you can understand the attitude of the Maca newspaper.

They were surprised by Gao Zheng's transfer fee and thought Gao Zheng was not worth the price.

Some people oppose nature and some people support it, and Europe and China are the same.

"As" believes that Luis Suarez, who scored 31 goals in the Premier League last season, can be worth one million, and James Rodriguez, who scored 11 goals in the Ligue 1 last season, may be worth eighty million euros. Why did Gao Zheng, who scored 31 goals in the European Golden Boot last season, break the Serie A goal history record for a single season, be worth seventy-five million?

Of course, this year is the World Cup year, and Gao Zheng did not participate in the World Cup. Suarez and Jamez Rodriguez participated in the World Cup, and the latter had outstanding performances in the World Cup, which is one of the reasons for their high value.

But Ibrahimovic did not participate in the World Cup either. He transferred to Barcelona for nearly 70 million euros. Judging from his performance in the league at that time, why didn't anyone think Ibrahimovic was not worth the price at that time?

"As" believes that Gao Zheng is definitely worth 75 million euros. Of course, Gao Zheng's skills in Atletico Madrid cannot play a performance that suits his value, which is another matter...

Barcelona's media also came to join in the fun when something happened in Madrid, but they had nothing to say. Although Barcelona regarded Real Madrid as an enemy, Atletico Madrid was their enemy last season, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid competed for the league championship. With one round left in the league, Atletico Madrid ranked first, leading Barcelona, ​​three points ahead of Barcelona, ​​who was second. The last round of the league was exactly the direct dialogue between the two sides, and Barcelona faced Atletico Madrid at home.

As long as Barcelona can defeat Atletico Madrid at home, they can win the league championship with the same score as Atletico Madrid by relying on the advantage of the win-loss relationship between the two sides.

This game is still Barcelona's home court, and the home team is even more favorable before the game.

As a result, Simeone's team stubbornly tied Barcelona 1:1 away and won the league championship when they encountered an adverse situation.

The pro-Barcelona "World Sports" gloatly stated that the 75 million euros worth would become a time bomb buried in Atletico Madrid, and it would be detonated at any time. Moreover, such a high transfer fee would make an enemy in the team for Gao Zheng. How do other Atletico Madrid view this newcomer who is "the most expensive player in the team history"?

Barcelona's mouthpiece "Daily Sports" simply called the transfer deal a business act of Chinese companies spending a lot of money to sponsor Gao Zheng to play football. They believe that Atletico Madrid did not have any competitive considerations when buying Gao Zheng, but just to be able to develop and utilize the Chinese market to make money. Maybe Atletico Madrid didn't pay a penny, and Gao Zheng was just a mascot they invited for free.

Gao Zheng performed well in Serie A, but in the eyes of the Daily Sports News, the already declining Serie A is not worth mentioning at all. His outstanding performance in that declining league cannot prove anything. La Liga and Serie A are no longer the same league as the same level.

In the transfer market this summer, Barcelona's lack of interest in Gao Zheng fully demonstrates this. A club like Real Madrid will actually be related to a club like Sampdoria for a Chinese player. In comparison, Barcelona is worthy of being a real giant. The real giant will not let itself condescend to deal with second- and third-rate clubs.

Finally, the Daily Sports News welcomed Gao Zheng meaningfully: "Welcome to the Western Super League, Chinese!"

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Note 1: The transfer fee for Neymar here is 57 million euros, and the statement of 111 million euros reported by Marca, nor the statement of 86 million euros. Therefore, Neymar's transfer fee is far below Gao Zheng.
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