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31 WGM #51 2017/10 wgm8.com 事实证明，转会市场的最后几天成了反 高潮的戏码，很多众人期待的天价转会 最终并没有发生。 The final days of the summer transfer window proved to be somewhat of an anti-climax with the most anticipated big money deals falling through in the end. 文陆逸 By Leanne Lu 尽 管这个转会市场英超俱乐部一共在球员转会上投 资14亿英镑，连续第六年打破夏季转会纪录，但 关窗日却并不是我们所熟悉的大戏。 2011年著名的直升机戏码没有再度上演——那年英 格兰前锋安迪•卡罗尔乘直升机从纽卡斯尔抵达利物浦， 勉强够时间完成当时创下俱乐部历史身价的转会交易。 而同一天费尔南多•托雷斯以5,000万英镑从利物浦 转会切尔西的交易，与卡罗尔一路向西的直升飞机之旅 遥相呼应。不过，这两名球员在接下去的两个赛季都没 能在各自俱乐部证明自己的身价。 2013年夏天，厄齐尔在关窗日以4,250万英镑从皇 马转会阿森纳，这笔转会最终被证明是那个赛季的最佳 引援之一；而马夏尔在关窗日以3,600万英镑从摩纳哥加 盟曼联，在何塞•穆里尼奥的执教下，目前看来越来越为 一笔精明的投入。 那么，今夏的转会市场究竟出了什么问题？关窗日 的焰火晚会去哪儿了？有个事实成了关键：考虑到很多 英格兰球队与日俱增的财力，在目前的转会市场上，没 有球队甘心沦为靠卖球星为生的俱乐部。 当然，其中最显著的无疑是费利佩•库蒂尼奥的例 子。利物浦显示出很强的留住球员的决心，多次拒绝来 自西甲豪门巴萨的天文数字，起码目前库蒂尼奥还是利 物浦的一员。加泰罗尼亚球队一直没有放弃对库蒂尼奥 的追逐，尽管红军已经强调巴西球星为非卖品，他们还 是没有掩饰引进库蒂尼奥的想法。 而利物浦也有自己的烦恼。在转会窗口最后几天， 他们在转会市场上一掷千金的愿望只带来了一个早就想 离开阿森纳的年轻球员张伯伦。他们在今夏转会市场上 A lthough Premier league clubs spent £1.4 billion on players during the transfer window – breaking the summer spending record for a sixth consecutive year – there was none of the final day drama we’ve become accustomed to. There was certainly no repeat of English striker Andy Carroll’s famous helicopter ride from Newcastle to Liverpool on deadline day in 2011, arriving just in time to finalize what was a record deal at the time. Fernando Torres’ £50 million transfer from Liverpool to Chelsea echoed Carroll’s west-bound chopper adventure, although neither player ultimately lived up to their hefty price tag. Mesut Ozil arrived at Arsenal from Real Madrid for £42.5 million in the summer of 2013 and proved to be one of the best signings of that season, while Anthony Martial’s final day move from Monaco to Manchester United in a £36 million deal seems to be an increasingly prudent investment under the guidance of José Mourinho. So, what went wrong with this summer’s transfer window? Where was the final day bonfire? One fact holds the key: no Premier League club wanted to become a ʻʻsellingˮ club in the current market given the dramatically increasing financial power of many English clubs. The big one, of course, was Philippe Coutinho who for now at least remains a Liverpool man after the club showed resolute determination to resist huge offers from Spanish giants Barcelona. The Catalan club didn’t give up in their dogged pursuit of Coutinho, making their intentions very clear despite the Reds stating there was zero chance the Brazilian star was for sale. But Liverpool had their own struggles, with their attempted late market splash netting only want-away Arsenal youngster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Missing from the list is French international Thomas Lemar, Dutch center back Virgil van Dijk and rising star Naby Keita who all had moves to England’s north blocked by their current clubs. Keita was eventually signed by the Reds but on the condition that he remains with German Bundesliga club Leipzig for another 12 months before they let him go.