When Gao Xiaodong and La Burta met, Mendez had just finished meeting Galeries Lafayette Florentino in a hotel in Madrid.

The main purpose of this meeting was to finalize the details of Mourinho's contract, and at the same time to communicate on the future structure of Real Madrid's squad, mainly to negotiate Gao Xiaodong's transfer to Real Madrid.

Although the agreement between Real Madrid and Mourinho has basically been reached and the annual salary has been negotiated, there are still two key issues that have not been fully resolved.

One is that Mourinho wants Florentino to give him enough autonomy, and when it comes to the team's tactical arrangements and personnel selection, what he says is the final decision.

This is because in his final year at Chelsea and the second year at Inter Milan, both clubs have given Mourinho a lot of resistance to transfers, and Mourinho believes that the reason for the poor results is that he has too little autonomy and is too constrained by the manager.

In fact, Mourinho just wants Florentino to cut the rights of general manager Baldano and athletic director Padza, so that he can contact Florentino directly, rather than deal with Valdano.

In today's Real Madrid, Baldano is the club's No. 2 man, directly controlling the club's transfer power, and the current Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini deals with the most is Baldano. In addition, it is worth mentioning that when it comes to the choice of manager, Baldano voted against Mourinho, because he knows that Mourinho has always demanded that he have the right to decide on the transfer. If Mourinho does join Real Madrid, Baldano's importance will be greatly diminished by then.

Florentino is very cautious about this issue, he is not stupid, of course he knows the relationship between Mourinho and Mendes, and is worried that Mourinho will take the opportunity to get Mendes' people to Real Madrid.

However, after Inter Milan easily defeated Barcelona 6-1, Florentino relented and agreed to Mourinho's request.

In terms of squad structure, Mourinho first demanded that Real Madrid must poach Gao Xiaodong from Inter Milan. Secondly, he needs McCone at right-back, and Real Madrid also need to poach McCone from Inter Milan.

McCone said that even if he is the best right-back in the world, after all, he is already a 29-year-old veteran, and if he can exchange a lot of cash, Inter Milan will not necessarily be forced to stay, and the annual salary will not be too high, but Gao Xiaodong is not easy to say.

Gao Xiaodong not only has great potential now, but his combat power is not much worse than Messi Ronaldo, and Inter Milan will definitely stay, so even if Gao Xiaodong is willing to come to Real Madrid, Real Madrid may need to activate 80 million euros in liquidated damages.

80 million euros to buy Gao Xiaodong is also worth it, after all, Ibrahimovic is worth 66 million, but what about the annual salary?

In Real Madrid, Ronaldo's annual salary is 13 million, which is a well-deserved first person, the core; Kaka's annual salary is 9.6 million, the second person in the team; if Real Madrid gives Gao Xiaodong 9 million, Gao Xiaodong may not be willing to come, because Inter Milan also gave Gao Xiaodong an annual salary similar when he proposed to renew his contract.

If Gao Xiaodong's annual salary exceeds 10 million, what will Kaka think in his heart? After all, it is the former World Footballer, and it is the year of playing, but if Kaka is given a raise, Real Madrid is reluctant, because Kaka and Ronaldo did not perform well last season, the Champions League round of 16, La Liga was also suppressed by Barcelona, and if they don't play well, they will have to raise their salaries, what will Real Madrid's members think?

Mendes discussed with Florentino for a long time on the issue of Gao Xiaodong, and Florentino did not promise to give Gao Xiaodong an annual salary higher than Kaka but lower than Ronaldo, because this actually meant Gao Xiaodong's status as the second person in Real Madrid, and Florentino had to act cautiously.

In this regard, Mendes did not force it, after all, Gao Xiaodong is only the Serie A champion, if Gao Xiaodong wins the Champions Cup, Mendes believes that Florentino will change his mind.

However, Mendes' troubles are not all here at Real Madrid, and what makes Mendes a headache is that there are too many teams competing for Gao Xiaodong now.

Before Mendes and Florentino met, Manchester City's CEO Cook had just spoken to him on the phone, hoping that Gao Xiaodong would move to Manchester City next season.

The Middle East tycoon has a lot of money, saying that he does not need to contact Inter Milan and directly activate the liquidated damages of 80 million euros, as long as Gao Xiaodong agrees.

Last time, Manchester City was ready to give Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 8 million euros, but Gao Xiaodong did not agree in the end, but transferred to Inter Milan with an annual salary of 6 million euros.

Although 6 million euros is 2 million euros less than 8 million euros, Inter Milan is a giant, can play in the Champions League, and the head coach is still Mourinho, this advantage is of course far more than the gap of 2 million euros, and it is normal for Gao Xiaodong to choose Inter Milan.

At that time, Manchester City did not regret it, a young star of Porto, 50 million transfer fees, and an annual salary of 8 million euros are already very rebellious, how much more can be given, but they didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to play so well in Inter Milan, and is currently the top scorer in Serie A and the Champions League, and also brought Inter Milan to the final, and is very likely to win the first treble in Serie A.

Now Manchester City regrets very much, last season they did not reach the top four of the Premier League, missed the Champions League, this season they are still fifth, the possibility of breaking into the top four is very small, if the bid was a little higher, win Gao Xiaodong, maybe now into the semi-finals.

In order to make up for the conservative mistakes made last season, Manchester City directly offered Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 13.5 million this time, which is 500,000 euros higher than Ronaldo's world's first annual salary.

And CEO Cook promised that as long as Gao Xiaodong agreed to transfer to Manchester City, the owner Mansour would also give Gao Xiaodong a signing fee of 10 million euros.

Is Gao Xiaodong really worth so much money? Mendes scratched his head, even when Ronaldo transferred at that time, he was not as sought-after as Gao Xiaodong, of course, this is not that Gao Xiaodong's strength is stronger than Ronaldo, but that Gao Xiaodong is young and the liquidated damages are low, as long as Gao Xiaodong agrees, anyone can grab it, isn't this just a piece of Tang monk meat.

Mendes now has a big family and a big business, so he doesn't care about the big benefits, but will Gao Xiaodong not care about the annual salary of 13 million? This is more than double Gao Xiaodong's current annual salary, not to mention the signing fee of 10 million euros.

But the key is that now Mourinho must bring Gao Xiaodong to Real Madrid, Mourinho is one of the cornerstones of Mendes' business empire, where Mourinho coaches, Mendes' players will be sold, in addition, Mourinho's connections should not be underestimated, Mendes never wants to offend Mourinho.

"There are more geniuses and headaches!"

Mendes pinched his temples, his face tired, he wanted to ignore everything and lie in bed and sleep well.

However, the trees were quiet and the wind did not stop, Mendes remembered the idea of sleeping, and Inter President Moratti called there.

"Hello Massimo. Mendes squeezed out a smile and greeted Moratti cordially.

"Mr. Mendes, I hope you will give me an accurate answer now, when will Gao Xiaodong's contract renewal negotiations start?" Moratti didn't smile at all when he spoke, and he was obviously very unhappy with an old man who was kind to others.

Mendes continued to laugh and said: "Didn't you say that the Champions League will start after the final? Massimo, don't worry, Xiaodong is now from Inter Milan, and his first choice is to stay at Inter Milan." ”

Moratti said coldly: "Mourinho is also the coach of Inter Milan, but now the media are treating him as the manager of Real Madrid next season." ”

Mendes wiped the cold sweat on his head, "How can it be, the media likes to chase after the wind, at least this season, Mourinho is still the coach of Inter Milan." ”

Moratti is not a fool, obviously also knew the news of Mourinho's contact with Real Madrid, and even knew that they might have initialed the agreement, he said coldly: "Mr. Mendes, I don't care about Mourinho's coach, but I will never sell Xiaodong, I hope to start contract renewal negotiations immediately." ”

Mendes said: "I think it's better to wait until after the Champions League final so that there are no more changes. ”

Moratti gritted his teeth and said: "No need, I will renew Gao Xiaodong's contract according to the standard of winning the Champions League, with an annual salary of 10 million, if you still don't want to talk, then I will go directly to Gao Xiaodong." ”

Mendez didn't expect the always indecisive Moratti to be so resolute, and hurriedly said: "Massimo, you allow me to think about it again." ”

"Okay, I'll give you three days to play the Coppa Italia final, you have to give me an answer. ”

After saying that, Moratti hung up the phone directly.

Mendes had an even more headache, pacing back and forth in the hotel like a sleepy beast, and after ten minutes, he finally dialed Mourinho's phone.