Mendes is the best agent in the world, not even one, the only one who can compete with him is Raiola, but in terms of the breadth of contacts and the flexibility of his wrists, Raiola is also much worse than Mendes.

It is true that Mourinho is a good partner for Mendes, but Mendes cannot rely on Mourinho all, after all, Mourinho can only coach one club, but Mendes has hundreds of players under him, offending other coaches, Mendes does not have to do business.

Manchester United has had some financial problems in recent years, but the Americans are good at business operations, and maybe it will rise again in a few years, and Mendes will not dare to easily offend Ferguson, who even the American owner does not dare to offend.

Mendes said with a smile: "Manchester United still wants to buy Xiao Dong, sir, Xiao Dong estimates that it is impossible to take away the liquidated damages without activating them." ”

Ferguson said domineeringly: "Activate the liquidated damages too." ”

Mendes said with some confusion: "Could it be that Rooney's iron heart is leaving?"

Ferguson's tone was still stiff, saying: "Whether Rooney goes or not, Manchester United always have to buy people. ”

Mendes smiled: "Rooney's strength is not worse than Ronaldo, I think he just wants to be worthy of his salary, if Manchester United can greatly increase his annual salary, he should stay, Rooney bought Xiaodong, Manchester United's strength will not improve much." ”

Ferguson said: "Mr. Mendes, whether Rooney goes or not, I will buy it." ”

Mendes groaned slightly, immediately came to his senses, and said with a smile: "If Rooney leaves, Xiao Dong is Rooney's best stand-in, if Rooney stays, Xiao Dong can also restrain Rooney when he comes, even if he can't buy Xiao Dong, as long as the lord says that he wants to buy Xiao Dong, Rooney will not dare to ask for a price, sir, you are really clever in this move." ”

Ferguson secretly admired Mendes' cleverness, but said coldly: "It's still not as smart as you played with Mourinho last season." ”

Mendes laughed dryly twice and said, "This trick is good, but how do you prove that Manchester United has so much money to buy people?"

Ferguson waved his hand, "There is no need to prove it, as long as I say buy it, no one dares to suspect that I can't afford it." I know Mourinho is very keen to take Gao Xiaodong and help him play Barcelona, but he has been using it for a year and this time it will be Manchester United's turn. ”

Mendes smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, to be honest, Xiao Dong is old, it is impossible to listen to my arrangement of everything, whether you or Mourinho, or others, whoever wants Xiao Dong needs his own consent." ”

Ferguson said: "Gao Xiaodong agreed to come to Manchester United last season. ”

Mendes smiled, "Sir, last season was last season, last season Gao Xiaodong was still a player of the second-rate team Porto last season, but he flashed for a season, and now Gao Xiaodong is already the European Treble, the top scorer, and the favorite for the Golden Ball." ”

Ferguson said: "The Premier League is now the best league in Europe, Manchester United is strong, has a deep heritage, has the largest number of fans in the world, and is not much better than Inter Milan, which has just changed managers and has an aging staff. ”

Mendes said: "But isn't the conditions of Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga better?"

Ferguson said: "This argument is not interesting, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United are the best clubs in the world, it depends on where the player intends to go, I now hope that Mr. Mendes can put aside his personal feelings and deal with this transfer completely from the player's point of view." If you can give Manchester United a fair bidding environment, whether Manchester United buys Gao Xiaodong or not, Manchester United and Gaidfoot will still be good partners in the future. ”

Mendes and Mourinho have an unusual relationship, but judging from Gao Xiaodong's attitude, it may be difficult to transfer to Real Madrid, so he didn't want to offend Ferguson, so he said: "Sir, I promise you, but Xiaodong is not what it used to be, there are many clubs interested in Xiaodong, if Manchester United can't make a competitive offer, it will be more difficult to sign Xiaodong than last season." ”

Ferguson has been paying attention to Gao Xiaodong for a long time, and knows that what Mendes said is true, "Mr. Mendes, I will definitely give Gao Xiaodong a sincere offer, and I also want to talk to Gao Xiaodong in person, I don't know if it's okay?"

Mendes pondered for a moment and said: "Of course not, in principle, but after the World Cup enters the knockout round, Xiao Dong may come to South Africa to watch the game, and when the time comes, I can arrange for you to meet." ”

Ferguson looked happy and said, "Okay, Mr. Mendes, I'm waiting for your good news." ”

"Well, wait for me to call. ”

Mendes chatted with Ferguson for a while before leaving.

Ferguson sat in his chair and pondered for a moment, then picked up his phone and dialed the number of his boss, Glazer.

"Hello, Sir Alex. ”

Over the microphone came the American boss Malcolm. Glazer's calm but determined voice.

Ferguson smiled mildly and said: "Mr. Malcolm, that's right, this summer, I want Manchester United to add a little fresh blood. ”

"Absolutely, who are you going to buy?" Glazer was not surprised, he had hardly invested much in the transfer market over the years of buying Manchester United, but sold Ronaldo, the world footballer, so he agreed to Ferguson's request.

Ferguson's smile remained the same, "Inter Milan's tall little winter." ”

"What......", Glazer was startled, and his voice suddenly became high, "Gao Xiaodong, is Rooney sure to leave?"

Ferguson said: "No, Rooney's contract extension is still being negotiated, but Rooney said that Manchester United need to buy world-class players to increase competitiveness, so I hope to win Gao Xiaodong." ”

"Gao Xiaodong's worth is not low. ”

"It's estimated that there are no 80 million euros that can't be taken down. ”

"What?"

Glazer is really going to jump up now, Ronaldo is only 90 million euros, Gao Xiaodong is 80 million, he doesn't know why Ferguson is staring at Gao Xiaodong, now Manchester United is the double runner-up of the league and the Champions League, why spend so much money to buy a 20-year-old young man.

Glazer said: "Sizz, I don't want to and won't interfere with any of your decisions, I'm sure you have your reasons, but I want to know, what if we buy Gao Xiaodong, but Rooney chooses to stay?"

Ferguson smiled: "Stay, stay, didn't Ronaldo and Rooney coexist very well back then." ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time before a voice came out, "Sir, you know that we have a lot of debt, and if we want to buy Gao Xiaodong, it will make our debt even heavier." ”

Ferguson said sharply: "Mr. Malcolm, when you bought Manchester United, you were more in debt. ”

Glazer smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, but I believe that Manchester United can make me more money, can Gao Xiaodong?"

Ferguson said: "I don't know if Gao Xiaodong will make more money for Manchester United, but I believe he can bring more trophies to Manchester United. ”

Glazer was silent for a while and said, "What is Gao Xiaodong's annual salary?"

Ferguson said: "More than 10 million, which is about the same as the annual salary that Rooney asked." ”

Glazer added: "If Rooney transfers, how much can he sell?"

Ferguson said: "About 70 million. ”

Glazer said: "Manchester United bought Rooney for 30 million euros in 04, and now it is almost twice as high, if Gao Xiaodong buys it this year and sells it in five years, how much can it be sold?"

"It's going to grow by 10 million a year, and after five years, it's about 130 million euros," Ferguson said. ”

Glazer thought for a moment and said, "If you can ask for his portrait rights, you can buy it no matter how much debt you have." ”

Ferguson said: "At Inter he has half of the image rights. ”

Glazer said: "All of them have to come over, and I'd rather give him more annual salary." ”

Ferguson, knowing the Jewish boss's business acumen, said: "Okay, I'll try my best, but there are many teams chasing Gao Xiaodong, and we have little initiative." ”

Glazer said: "Where are you now, I'll go over, let's discuss it again." ”

Ferguson said: "The scene of the opening ceremony in South Africa. ”

"Okay, I'll go over today. ”

Glazer hung up the phone, summoned his think tank to conduct a detailed analysis of the possibility of buying Gao Xiaodong, and then left the United States by plane to South Africa to discuss Gao Xiaodong's transfer with Ferguson.