117. Cooperation with Leicester City
For the two people mentioned by Zhang Sheng, the first thing everyone questioned was Ben Alpha's personality. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Heiko Fogel made a clear objection: "It's not easy to bring a player like Ben Arfa. First of all, he has been left in the reserve team at Newcastle now, and it is really difficult to say about his physical condition and competitive condition, I don't know if you have sent someone to track his actual training situation, even if he is maintaining a good training situation in training now, his character, are you sure you can control him? Don't spoil the atmosphere of our whole team because he is alone, and besides, there are so many young people in our team, don't bring him bad. ā
Hearing Heko Fogel's words, even the other three people who don't know much about the inside story of European football agree with him, after all, Ben Alfa's notoriety is well known.
Seeing that everyone was very opposed to Ben Alpha, Zhang Sheng had to explain: "Ben Alpha's bad personality is indeed a problem, but his strength is still really good. It was Perrin who introduced me to him. ā
Hearing Peilan's name, everyone was taken aback, and no one expected that Peilan would introduce players to Zhang Sheng.
"I've asked European scouts to look at Ben Alpha's training and games and he's done pretty well. Zhang Sheng didn't give everyone time to think deeply, and continued to explain, "Pei Lan can also be regarded as Ben Alpha's mentor, and he still has some feelings for this talented disciple. Ben Arfa has been out of action for a long time, but his ability to play in the Premier League is still evident. After he came to China, he was far away from the European environment, and there were not so many opportunities for him to make contact with him off the field, and I think there was still hope for him to come over, besides, he is now a free body, and it is not a loss to get him. ā
Seeing Zhang Sheng's insistence, everyone couldn't say anything, after all, Zhang Sheng's ability to lead players is still very good, maybe there will be a miracle again this time.
As the general manager of the club, Ding Fan looked very simple: "Since we want to get him over, then we have to make a move now." According to you, there may be someone else who has taken a fancy to this junk stock. ā
Zhang Sheng nodded and said, "That's true." So I've had people ask Ben Alpha and his agent about it, and they don't have any objections to coming to play in Asia, as long as they get paid. ā
Ben Alpha now has few suitors, and most teams are afraid of him, but there has never been a shortage of gamblers in world football.
Although Zhang Sheng paid attention to Ben Alpha a year in advance this time, now Zhang Sheng is also afraid that this situation will happen again, so he has contact with him in advance.
And Zhang Sheng believes that Ben Alpha is the kind of player who is easily bought by money, don't look at his later self-explosion in 2016 and rejected the annual salary of tens of millions offered by the Chinese Super League club, in addition to the fact that he played with confidence in the state at that time, there are also factors that use this news to raise his value.
Thinking about his history of fighting with the chairman of Lyon for 50w euros, and turning against Marseille for the annual salary of 50w euros, his attitude towards money can be seen in general.
Now he is at a low point, and his agent has even said in the media that he is ready to retire, which shows how dangerous his situation is.
Ben Alfa's current annual salary at Newcastle is 2 million pounds, even if Zhang Sheng pays him a salary, no matter how high it is, it will not be higher than the salary of Pato, the highest paid player in the current team - 350w euros, it is estimated that the salary of 300w euros, plus the signing fee of 100w euros, he can accept.
After confirming Zhang Sheng's salary, Ding Fan hurriedly wrote it down in his notebook, this is his job, if he can negotiate a lower salary, it will be his performance.
After discussing Ben Arfa, everyone started talking about Weigl as a player.
In view of the fact that people in China do not know him very well, this time it is mainly Heiko Fogel who is giving Zhang Sheng advice.
Heiko Fogel sighed a little and said: "I know the player Weigel. I'd heard his name when I was leading the youth team at Bayern Munich, after all, his club Munich 1860 was our local team. But this player is only at the level of the youth team of the lower German second team, even the coach who is engaged in youth training in Germany, it is estimated that there are few people in the youth circle of Bavaria (the German state where Munich is located) who know about him. How did you know about this player?"
Zhang Sheng talked about his experience of knowing Weigel and assured: "I think this player has a lot of potential. The main reason why he is unknown in Germany is because he does not fit the style of play in the Bundesliga. The game of the Bundesliga has always been known for being physical confrontation and high play, and Weigel is the kind of player who has good skills at his feet, sharp short passes, and smart running, and it is normal that he is not too famous. ā
When Heiko Fogel heard Zhang Sheng say this, he was obviously interested, and hurriedly asked: "Do you have his training and game videos here, and you can have data." ā
Zhang Sheng nodded and said, "Yes." I've been following him. Do you remember the group of youth coaches we sent to Germany last year for further study? I gave them the task of observing the youth training of German clubs. Rangnick was also very helpful, connecting our coaches with a lot of clubs in the Bundesliga, Bundesliga and even the Bundesliga, and one of them studied with the youth team at Munich 1860. ā
Hearing Zhang Sheng's explanation, Heiko Fogel was completely convinced, and he said: "Okay, you show me Weigel's video, and I will also help you analyze it." But one thing I have to remind you about is that young players in Germany don't usually go abroad to play. With the level of Weigel that I know, even if he can't play in the Bundesliga, he still has a chance to go to the Bundesliga, and it's very difficult to bring him to China. ā
Heiko Fogel's words gave Zhang Sheng a big hint, and Zhang Sheng was also embarrassed by this problem.
Soon Zhang Sheng gave a compromise answer: "So be it." If Weigel is willing to come to China, that's the best, and if he really won't come, I think we should buy it too. We can buy him on loan at RB Leipzig. Red Bull are playing pass-oriented, fast-pressing football right now, and their style of play will certainly give Weigel a lot of growth, and I believe Rangnick is teaching the youth team. ā
In fact, Heiko Fogel has his own selfish intentions. If Weigel really has the potential that Zhang Sheng said, then it would be a waste for him to come to China to play, and obviously he will have better growth if he stays in the German Second Division. As a German footballer, he still hopes to see good seedlings in Germany have a good growth environment. And Heiko Fogel does believe in Zhang Sheng's vision, and the player that Zhang Sheng pays so much attention to is really a star of hope.
Now hearing Zhang Sheng's compromise plan, Heiko Fogel is relieved.
RB Leipzig is obviously a big investment, a club that understands football, and it is really possible for Weigel to play.
However, now that Heiko Fogel is playing for the Dragon Club, he is obviously also worried about the club's results, and he has to ask worriedly: "If Weigel doesn't come, what will our club do?"
Zhang Sheng waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this. There are still a lot of potential midfielders. Like Gallardini, who is still in Serie A Atalanta and is on loan to play in Serie B, Frank Kessie is a good player, although there is a certain performance, but it is not enough to shine, and it is still possible for us to spend some money to buy it. If these players don't come, it's really not good, I still have a lot of connections in South America, let them introduce me to a few good strengths, but not too noticeable midfielders, that's no problem, after all, South American teams are short of money, as long as the money is in place, buy it is handy. ā
Hearing Zhang Sheng spit out the names of many European team players that he had never heard of, Heiko Fogel had to shake his head and sigh at the wide range of Zhang Sheng's attention, but what he didn't expect was that the information of these players was the benefit of Zhang Sheng's rebirth.
After determining Weigel's matter, the meeting also came to an end, Ding Fan made a record of the players mentioned by Zhang Sheng in this meeting, and began to prepare for the club's staff in charge of transfer to contact those players.
Zhang Sheng, on the other hand, began to discuss with Leicester City the transfer fees of Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante.
This time, Leicester City gave Mahrez and Kante 200w pounds and 150w pounds respectively, for this number, Zhang Sheng has objections, two such promising players, and they are reborn again, how can this money be let go, the second transfer is a necessary condition.
Soon Zhang Sheng began negotiations with the other party, and this time Zhang Sheng contacted Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson.
Nigel Pearson was clearly a little unimpressed by Zhang Sheng's proposed second transfer share, and he mentioned in his reply to Zhang Sheng: "The price we have given is high enough, and besides, we are not a club that survives by buying and selling players, and we will not add the so-called second share condition." ā
Zhang Sheng's reply was more direct: "If that's the case, then it seems that this transfer can only be talked about here." ā
Zhang Sheng still has a certain amount of information to collect about the coach Nigel Pearson, this is a very typical English coach, the player was born, and he had a short period of brilliant performance in the club, but the strength is just like that, he started to coach after retiring, and most of the teams he led were in League One or the Championship at the same level.
Such coaches are mixed in England, but their vision is still very high, they look down on this and look down on that, and they also have some bad habits inherent in English players, such as letting their sons play in their own clubs, and the management is not strict, and their concept is very speechless: "As long as the game can be won, you care what the players do off the field." ā
Under this level of management, the atmosphere of the team is also obvious, and later he did make a big mess when he led Leicester City, after the team struggled to relegate from the Premier League next year, the team came to Thailand, where the owner is located, his son James Pearson and Adam Smith and Tom Hope 3 young players teamed up to prostitute prostitutes, they called these prostitutes "squinted eyes", which is typical racism, and they also blatantly filmed ** video, and finally Nigel Pearson was also fired by the club.
Shortly after Zhang Sheng and Nigel Pearson collapsed, Vichai's son Atwa contacted Zhang Sheng, and Awaat was very enthusiastic on the phone: "Hello, Mr. Zhang. We are very sincere in buying these two players and I hope to discuss with you in person in the near future regarding their transfer fee and how they will be transferred. ā
Zhang Sheng decisively agreed to his request and made an appointment to meet in China the following week.
Atwa soon flew from Thailand to China and visited Zhang Sheng, apparently not only for the transfer of Mahrez and Kante, but also to get involved with Chinese football.
Artwa first asked Zhang Sheng what he thought about this transfer: "Our club attaches great importance to this transfer. Mr. Steve Walsh, who is in charge of transfers at the club, felt it was important for me to come and meet you in person to show our sincerity. ā
Zhang Sheng expressed his opinion: "I also attach great importance to the two of them, and you are not the only one who pays attention to the two of them, in fact, the Portuguese Super League with which we cooperate, Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian First Division, and RB Leipzig in the German Second Division have expressed their interest in the two of them. And they all offered good conditions. I have no problem with the terms of the second transfer share that I have proposed. ā
In fact, Zhang Sheng is not lying, the ability shown by Mahrez and Kante, Zhang Sheng mentioned these clubs are recognized, and the conditions for the second transfer share are not excluded, after all, everyone has a similar precedent for cooperation, and the players provided by Longteng Club are also very practical, and they are also optimistic about the future of these players.
Atva obviously accepted this condition by default this time, he nodded and said: "I also agree with this condition, we can talk slowly about how much we share, in fact, I came here this time mainly to hope to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with your club." (To be continued.) )