Wei Zheng was absolutely right. This summer's European transfer market was very strange, because even Real Madrid had started selling players for profit.
Ibrahimovic and Maxwell went to Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain, Kaka returned to Serie A with AC Milan, and Maicon transferred to Premier League side Man City. Those four players alone brought Real Madrid more than a hundred million euros in transfer fees. On top of that, the Spanish youngster Canales moved to Valencia, bringing Real Madrid another eight million euros.
Real Madrid had earned nearly 120 million euros in transfer fees, yet had not spent a single cent on the transfer market so far. This inevitably made people wonder whether Real Madrid planned to tighten its purse strings this summer.
Yang Yang was in China. When he heard that Canales had transferred to Valencia, his first reaction was surprise. Everyone at Real Madrid had once held this youngster in high regard, and Real Madrid had specifically loaned him to Valencia so that he could get more playing time.
But unexpectedly, Canales suffered a serious injury at Valencia: a torn ligament in his right knee. It kept him out for more than half a year. After returning, he performed extremely well, only to get injured again after three appearances. Once again, it was a torn ligament in his right knee.
Under those circumstances, Valencia was still willing to buy Canales for eight million euros, which showed just how great the youngster's talent was. However, no one could say for certain anymore whether he would live up to the expectations people had once held for him.
When Yang Yang heard the news, the image that came to mind was of the young kid who had chased after him for an autograph and to exchange jerseys after Yang Yang's