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The 54-goal striker only sells 70 million, but Arsenal and Atletico Madrid don’t want it. Is it the real reason why Portugal produces a lot of parallel products?

3:56am, 4 June 2025Football

What does it mean to score 54 goals in 52 games? Messi and Ronaldo are at this level at their peak. But Yorke's report card made Arsenal and Atletico Madrid wave at the same time to refuse. The current transfer market is worth 70 million, but the two giants would rather chase "semi-finished products" like Xie Shike. What's the trick behind this?

The answer may be hidden in the two words "Portuguese Super League".

Yorcres' embarrassing situation is really hard to understand. Spanish journalist Eduardo Burgos revealed that Atletico Madrid had little interest in him, and Arsenal turned directly to Seschko. On the surface, it seems that the salary requirements are too high - the total cost of 120 million euros is indeed scary, but what really discourages the wealthy are probably that Brighton's dark history and the "parallel" label of Portuguese super strikers.

In the Premier League that year, Yorke's performance was mediocre, and the Portuguese Super League immediately turned into a "goal machine". This contrast is too big, and people can't help but wonder: How loose is the Portuguese Super League's defense?

Just look through history and understand. The Portuguese Super League has indeed produced "fat" forwards in recent years. Do you still remember Brazilian striker Carlos Vinicius? The Portuguese Super League Golden Boots were immediately lost after being loaned to Tottenham. Uruguay Nunez defeated all sides in Benfica and has become the fifth striker in two seasons when he transferred to Liverpool. The most typical one is Felix. After leaving the Portuguese Super League with a net worth of 120 million, he has already gone to multiple clubs, and now his net worth has dropped to less than 30 million euros. The problem lies in the particularity of the Portuguese Super League. The defensive intensity here is not the same level as that of the Premier League and La Liga. Yorkress is the kind of striker who needs plenty of room to adjust and shoot after shooting and is good at dribbling the ball. The Premier League, which has full strength, will not give you such space.

What Arsenal needs is a standing center forward who can handle the central defender in the penalty area, and Xie Shik obviously meets this requirement more. Atletico Madrid already has Alvarez and Sollot. Judging from past experience, they tend to explore those semi-finished strikers instead of spending a lot of money to take risks.

In addition, Portuguese Super League teams generally have a large gap in strength, and there are too many games where strong teams beat weak teams. How many of Yorke's 54 goals were scored against the relegation team? The coaching staff of the wealthy family knows this kind of "gold content" doubtful data.

To put it bluntly, the Portuguese Super League is a "data beautifier". The intensity of the league competition is not strong enough and the quality of defense is uneven, which has given many players a hotbed for data swiping. Yorke's experience is not accidental, but a "crisis of trust" that Portuguese super strikers are generally facing.

The giants are becoming more and more rational now. They no longer simply look at data, but also value the performance of players under high-intensity confrontation. Yorke wants to prove himself, either cut his salary and go to the Premier League to prove it, or continue to "become the king" in the Portuguese Super League.

Putting aside several Champions League giants, the Premier League relegation team Manchester United may be the last life-saving straw for Yorke. Amorin is familiar with his characteristics, but with Manchester United's current chaotic situation, they may not dare to take the risk of investing such a large amount of money in a 28-year-old striker. Without a Champions League, Yorke will also make it lose the price. If both sides want to "marry", it will be almost the same.

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