Alexis Sanchez. Photo: Reuters

On January 31 in Europe slammed the transfer window. First and foremost, this January will be remembered for two serious exchanges with the participation of Arsenal.

TRANSFER TRIANGLE

The funny thing is that Arsene Wenger did mnogohodovochki and smarter.

In 2013, Arsenal have long tried to persuade real Madrid to sell Utila, but “Royal club” was looking for a replacement. Londoners helped real Madrid and ourselves have launched a chain of transitions:

– August 19, Gervinho went from Arsenal to Roma.

– August 30, Lamela moved from Roma to Tottenham.

– September 1 bale moved from Tottenham to real Madrid.

– September 2 Esil moved from real Madrid to Arsenal.

Although Twitter joked that actually transfer the snake longer.

Mnogohodovochka from Arsene Wenger. Photo Twitter

This winter, Arsenal pulled two less intricate, but also high-profile transaction. And now Wenger put before the fact, but did not expect his blessings – the Frenchman failed too many talks, and last summer its role in plant breeding has decreased significantly. In the autumn of Arsenal lured to his chief scout Borussia Dortmund’s Sven Militate, and that his connections helped the Londoners to catch a Forward.

With the back Gabonese Londoners agreed a long time ago, but Borussia Dortmund needed a replacement scorer. Arsenal offered her a Fat surcharge, but the Frenchman refused to leave London because his pregnant wife. Had Arsenal “to include Sherlock”: Fat you can’t leave Chelsea just the whole month looking for a tall striker and on the bench at blue kisnet quality striker Batchwise.

But Chelsea didn’t want to sell the Belgian, so “the Arsenal” has agreed to pay the neighbors 1.3 million pounds for the lease Batchwise to Borussia Dortmund. No, you think!

CHANGING BODIES

Before the move, Arsenal warmed up for another deal and here, too, is a winner. Alexis Sanchez six months later, the contract expired and to renew his striker was not going to. A graceful solution has been found for the Chilean, Arsenal still would be bailed out a penny, and “Manchester United” was a good player ready to go. Why don’t you trade players like they do in NBA and NHL?

For football it’s rare, although sometimes exchanged Seedorf for Coco and Reyes for Julio Batista. Now Sanchez with Mkhitaryan in this small list. Interestingly, Arsenal with Manchester United even announced the transfers at the same time. But in different ways.

THE ART OF PRESENTATIONS

Arsenal issued ordinary SFII with smiling Mkhitaryan, and Manchester United did from the view of a beginner a small film. In the video on Twitter Manchester United Alexis Sanchez played the club anthem on the piano, and then the fans discussed, his hands pounding on the keys in the clip or not its. His – Manchester United proved.

Presentation of players in social networks turned into art. All want to surprise the fans. For example, the Scottish “Motherwell”, introducing Peter Hartley, made a parody clip with Sanchez.

Besiktas announced the transfer of the ex-CSKA Wagner Lav a movie in which the transferred films about love.

Even little-known European clubs creative approach to the presentation of the new signings. “Braga” and “Konyaspor” bet on the series: Portuguese club told about the acquisition Figarola Diogo from Olympiakos in the form of a collection of trailers, and the Turkish – made Samuel Eto’o the character of “Game of thrones”.

CENTRAL DEFENDERS IN THE PRICE

Three of the seven biggest transfers this winter, not counting the exchange Mkhitaryan and Sanchez, is buying Central defenders. Van Dyck resigned from Southampton FC to Liverpool, Laporte from Athletic Bilbao to Manchester city, and Inigo Martinez from real Sociedad to athletic. If individual prizes defenders are getting rare, and their contribution to the success of the team is usually a much higher value on the transfer market this injustice is eliminated.

Characteristically, for Manchester city now play four of the five most expensive defenders in the history: Laporte, Walker, stones and Mendy. Plus the most expensive goalkeeper Ederson. For this quintet “citizens” have fork out for 225 million pounds is more than it spends on the defense of Bosnia, Senegal and 50 countries.

RECORD NEYMAR RESISTED

Real Madrid threatened to buy up Neymar for an astronomical sum, but changed his mind in time. But “Barcelona” has started in the summer brought to mind the case – Coutinho still changed from scarlet to blue and maroon, for 120 million euros and became the second in the list of most valuable players in history. Here only history will be updated often – judging by the fact that the three leaders at a cost now there are players bought in the last six months.

A PETITION FOR TRANSFER WORK

In the English Premier League the players have a good option – they can officially submit your club request the transfer, but will lose part of the bonus in the contract. Sometimes the players are right, although this does not mean that the club immediately sell it. For example, van Dijk and Coutinho back in the summer filed a request, but left in January. Tried to leave Chelsea and Diogo Costa. But that is a separate case – the Spanish Brazilian is just quarreled with Comte and wanted to return to Atletico Madrid, and that it was forbidden to register beginners to winter.

At the end of January filed a petition to transfer and the leader of the “Lester” Mahrez, but Manchester city did not agree on the price with the “foxes”. However, it is clear that the midfielder will leave the club later – the distress signal submitted and will respond.

DEBUT CRYPTOCURRENCY

In this window held a historic transfer, which you might not notice. Amateur Turkish club “Chronostasis” paid for a player cryptocurrency – Omer Faruk Kiroglu cost the club 0,0524 bitcoin (385 pounds) and two and a half thousand Turkish liras (841 lb).

The President “Chronostasis” don’t even hide the fact that specially pulled off a deal that the club has written in Newspapers. So we did it.

Gosh CHERNOV, sport express