Every parent wants their child to achieve excellent results, and they usually motivate their children by promising some material rewards, such as "if you get the first place in the class, you will be rewarded with a game console" and so on. In general, the higher the price of the reward, the higher the expectation.
Similarly, if a club has high hopes for a player, it will add special clauses, such as some additional clauses that Barca added in the transfer of Andre Gomez. From high hopes to dismal departure, Andre Gomez played for Barca for 749 days, making 78 appearances, contributing three goals and three assists.
There is too much controversy about The Portuguese star André Gomez. Despite its brilliance, like a budding flower, it never finds its place, like the lyrics of the song "Is it about to wither before it blooms?" He gained the trust of two managers, Luis Enrique and Valverde, at Barca and did not wait for his outburst in the end.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > young talent who took off from Valencia, André Gomez was coaxed by the European giants</h1>
In the summer of 2014, Andre Gomez joined Valencia in La Liga from The Portuguese Premier League benfica. After two seasons of tempering, he gradually grew into the team's main midfielder. At Valencia, andre Gomez, Paco and Rodrigo formed the offensive core of three young players, helping the team to reach the Champions League in 2015. On 8 May 2016, Valencia visited the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid, and Andre Gomez scored a violent "Cristiano Ronaldo" long-range shot in a corner kick attack, giving fans a taste of his strength, and international football witnessed a rising star.
Good things always happen one after another, and the summer of 2016 was full of success for Andre Gomez, who not only won the European Championship with the Portuguese national team, but also received the attention of many European giants, which was the best reward for his hard work on the pitch.
Faced with the chase of Real Madrid, Juventus, Chelsea, Manchester United, Barca and other teams, Valencia was not moved, and the team was waiting for an ideal offer. Because there was a clause in the contract for buying Andre Gomez that "Benfica got 25% of the profit from selling the player again", they had to sell as high as possible for maximum profit. It is understood that Andre Gomez's liquidated damages are 120 million euros, and Valencia know that these big clubs will not pay this price for him, so the psychological price of the team is 40 million euros. In today's hundreds of millions of transfer markets, 40 million euros may only buy an unknown young player. However, in the 2016 transfer market, it is still risky to buy a player under the age of 23 at this price.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > love talent, sudden force, Barca signed Andre Gomez at a high price</h1>
In the initial plan, Barca wanted to reduce the transfer fee by adding cash to players, and they could provide two young players, Tello and Halilovic, but Valencia were not impressed. At the same time, Real Madrid also hope to get Andre Gomez, who the team hopes will be able to take over Modric's place in the future. As time went on, Real Madrid and Andre Gomez got closer and closer, and there were even reports in the Spanish media that the players were about to join.
In the end, Barca took the lead and successfully stood out among many suitors. According to media reports, at 22:30 local time on July 22, Real Madrid has reached a transfer agreement with André Gomez, and it seems that they have won. But 30 minutes later Barca announced that the cut was successful, and they impressed Valencia with an offer of 35 million euros plus 20 million euros, a total of 55 million euros, and Got Andre Gomez. In the ensuing period, the media gradually dug into some transfer insiders, including an additional clause of "winning the Ballon d'Or multiple times and paying another 15 million euros", which was enough to reflect Barca's expectations for André Gomez.
In this way, Andre Gomez became Barca's transfer champion this summer, and the team spent almost 60 million euros of summer transfer budget for him. But Barca went on to sign several players, spending more than €100 million, which the team explained as "spending ahead of time on next year's budget." "
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > new signings are in place, old people are leaving, and Barca are looking forward to a new season in subverting tradition</h1>
For this transfer, the team and players are very satisfied, and the fans also think it is very worth looking forward to, because Barca not only got an excellent midfielder, but also improved the appearance of the team, in addition to the most important reason is to repay Real Madrid for robbing people". In the summer of 2015, Barca were very close to getting Porto player Danilo, who the team hoped would be able to take over Alves. But Danilo's father suggested his son join Real Madrid, so Real Madrid grabbed the right-back in the final moments. Therefore, this time Barca snatched Andre Gomez from the mouth of Real Madrid, which can also be regarded as repaying the "robbery hate" last season.
Although there have been strong reinforcements one after another, some sober Barca fans do not recognize these transfers, they believe that after winning the "five championships" in 2015, president Bartomeu began to subvert the team's tradition, abandoning a large number of team's youth players, which will be punished in the future. In the summer of 2015, young players including Xavi, Pedro, de Ulofiv, Dennis Suarez, Montoya, Tello and other young players left Camp Nou, and in the summer of 2016, young players such as Baltra, Munir and Sandro also left Barca, of which Baltra sold to Dortmund for only 8 million euros. On the one hand, the loss of a large number of young players, on the other hand, is replaced by a large amount of money, including Turan, Alex Vidal, Andre Gomez, Digne, Paco, Umtiti and other players have come to the team, but these "mercenaries" have not been able to bring Barca another Champions League title. After a big wave, most of the players bought left after only two or three seasons with Barca.
As it turned out, the fans were right at the time. In recent years, Barca have been in turmoil in selling young players and buying and selling other players. In 2020, the central axis of the team is still the four veterans over 30 years old, Pique Busquets-Messi Suarez, which is also the central axis that won the 2015 Champions League.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > family, give gifts, and Andre Gomez appears at Camp Nou</h1>
On July 26, 2016, Andre Gomez completed his medical examination and took a group photo with the team logo. He officially joined on 27 July, becoming the seventh Portuguese player in Barca's history after Figo, Quaresma and Decaux.
Andre Gomez's parents are also said to have played a key role in the transfer, as they are both Barcelona fans. At andre Gomez's unveiling ceremony, his parents, brother, girlfriend and agent Mendes witnessed this exciting moment. Bartomeu considered him "a world-class player" and commented that his father, Gomez Sr., was a die-hard Barca fan. At the same time, the elder Gomez also prepared a mysterious gift for Barca's representatives to express his gratitude for signing his son. This is a box of famous Belém traditional pastries from the creamy mille-feuilles of the Belém district along the Tahoe River's Atlantic estuary, also known as egg tarts.
At the press conference, Andre Gomez expressed his expectations for the new season, which he hopes to "win all the championships and be successful at the end of the season." As Camp Nou was changing the turf, Andre Gomez's unveiling ceremony was arranged at the B team stadium, he was wearing the no. 21 red and blue shirt, under the sunshine and the attention of Barca fans around the world, confidently waving to the fans present. It is worth mentioning that he chose the number 21, which is the number worn by his idol Zidane in Juventus.
Joining Barca and becoming Messi's teammate is a dream that many players can't achieve. André Gomez was lucky enough to realize his dream at the age of 22. On 30 July 2016, Andre Gomez's 23rd birthday, he will start his barcelona journey.