Chapter 139: The Confrontation with Moji (Part I)
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"Yes, Luca Toney is a player I really admire. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 In my opinion, he is definitely capable of taking up the mantle of Vieri and continuing the fine tradition of the Italian national team in the strong center forward position. In front of a long gun and a short cannon stretched out by the media, Silver Fox calmly expounded his opinion, "However, I still have to make it clear here first." That is, if Toni still wants to play for the Italian national team, then please plan his career accordingly as soon as possible. After all, when I look at players, I don't put on my list players who don't even play in a regular position at the club and who play in leagues outside of Italy. ”
The implication of Lippi's words couldn't be more obvious: he is indeed quite optimistic about Toney, but if the Italian centre-forward wants to wear the shirt of the Azzurri and also intends to play in the World Cup in Germany, which is in two years' time, then Toney must leave Tottenham and return to play in the Italian league!
The Italian national team has always had such an unwritten rule - priority is given to the selection of international players from the Italian domestic league! And Italian players who play overseas, even if they play phenomenal performances, it is difficult to get the favor of previous national team coaches!
"I'll you, Lippi, are you full, why do you have to get along with our Tottenham?" After learning of Lippi's statement, George couldn't wait to send someone to Italy immediately, hang the silver fox and whip him hard for three days and three nights, or throw him directly into the Adriatic Sea to feed the fish, "What kind of grudge do I have with you, you dare to blatantly encourage Tony to seek a transfer?!"
Although the Italian is not in George's long-term plans, he does not intend to choose to let go of Toni easily - for this person who can greatly enrich the team's tactical routine, and in his previous life, he became the only Golden Boot winner in Serie A to score more than 30 goals in a single season in nearly half a century, George's original plan was to let Tony, who has already entered his prime, brush up on his statistics in the following season, and then sell it to other teams at a high price to make the difference.
Now it's a good thing, after Lippi put forward the request of "don't want to be in the national team if you don't return to China", in order to get a place in the national team, Tony is destined to not choose to continue to play in White Hart Lane. And Tony's place can only be the Apennine Peninsula, which has been the center of European football for nearly two decades!
Therefore, George was naturally extremely unhappy with what Lippi had done in his heart. But even so, he was only complaining in private, and he didn't really want to do anything to Lippi, because the Silver Fox does have the confidence to make such remarks now - although Serie A in this period is no longer the "small World Cup" that countless stars flock to, but before the phonegate incident that caused his reputation to plummet, the Italian national team did select internationals according to this employment standard. It wasn't until the phonegate scandal, Juventus was relegated, and a large number of high-level players fled Serie A, that Donadoni, who succeeded him, had to break this rule, so that the so-called overseas legions began to appear in the Italian national team.
Tony's movements can be described as quite fast. Less than half a day after Lippi made the above remarks in front of the media, the Italian took the initiative to submit a transfer application through his agent, clearly expressing the hope that Tottenham could let him go back to Italy to play!
Despite the anticipation of Tony's actions, when it did happen, George was furious. Because I don't know if it's a coincidence or intentional, Juventus actually jumped out at the same time to take advantage of the fire and make a transfer offer for Toney. The most important thing is that Moggie's initial offer for Tony is only a measly $6 million!
You know, Tottenham signed Toney, who was at a low point in his career, from Brescia last year, but spent a full 6.5 million euros in transfer fees. After a season of polishing, Toney's stats and abilities have improved quite significantly, how could George agree to sell Tony to Juventus for a loss?
If Moggie's offer is just a tentative offer, then George can also endure this breath and bargain with Moji on Tony's transfer fee according to the principle of paying back the money on the spot according to the sky-high asking price. However, Juventus' attitude has been extremely tough, claiming that they will only pay a maximum transfer fee of no more than $8 million for Toney!
And Toney's agent is also jumping up and down during this time, urging Tottenham to reach an agreement with Juventus as soon as possible to complete the transfer deal - you don't have to think about it to know that this product must have received Moggi's benefits, so he will try his best to encourage Tony to join Juventus.
Although Mo Lao Fox's calculation was indeed clanging, Mo Ji, who was used to being domineering in Italy with the power of the Agnelli family, obviously forgot a very important thing. That's Tottenham's hometown, but in the UK, Moggie simply can't extend his sphere of influence to such a distant place!
Moreover, George didn't have to worry about how the Agnelli family behind Moggie would feel. With George's current assets and influence, if anyone in the Agnelli family dares to threaten themselves on this issue, then George will definitely let these people understand what it means to not die if you don't die!
"Giuseppe, tell Moggie that bastard, don't try to take Tony from us without an offer of more than $15 million!" Naturally, George didn't hesitate to throw Moggie's latest offer about Tony into the trash, and instructed Marotta who came to report with a grim face, "Also, tell that restless agent that it won't do Tony any better if he continues to make trouble like this." If it really me off, believe it or not, I'll let Tony stay on the bench until his contract expires before leaving White Hart Lane?!"
"Brother, do we need to teach that Italian who doesn't know the height of the sky a lesson? Let him remember that there are some people he must not offend. Adele's face was also quite ugly at this time, and she gave her opinion to George, "Give me a week, I can definitely let this guy be ruined and go to prison for the rest of his life!"
In fact, if Juventus had played by the rules, Adele would not have reacted so much. It's just that Moggie obviously doesn't intend to run the transfer properly, which angered George and Adele. Especially when George has figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing, the two of them have an order of magnitude of bad feelings towards Moji!
It turned out that after falling in love with Toney, Moggi first said those words through Lippi's relationship, which made Tony have the idea of leaving Tottenham, and then bought Toney's agent and promised him a large amount of benefits, so that he would be responsible for persuading Tony to convince the latter that joining Juventus was the best choice. In this way, Moggi can get the transfer of Luka Toney at a much lower price than other rivals.
To be honest, if Moji is not facing Tottenham with George's backing this time, but a team with a weak background, then his series of combos are enough to make the opponent directly announce the surrender and obediently offer the players that Mo Lao Fox fancies.
And now, this time, Moji, who did not do a good job in intelligence work, obviously kicked a piece of iron plate with excellent quality. As for the extent to which Mo Lao Fox will be counterattacked from George's side, it depends on what kind of decision the latter will make!