Manchester United Training Base, Carrington, Manchester, United Kingdom.

"What?" said Moyes, the new manager of Manchester United, as he looked at the fax in his hand, feeling a little incredulous. "Real Madrid wants to buy Chinese? 80 million euros? Are they crazy? Is there something wrong with Florentino's brain?"

His assistant, Steve Land, sat across from him, also with a look of shock on his face. He came to United with David Moyes from Everton, where he was his assistant manager. His arrival also announced the official dismissal of Ferguson's assistant coach Mike Ferran.

"What do they think of Manchester United? What a joke! We are not Ajax, Portu and Udinese who sell players to make money. Or does he think we're Milan and Arsenal and often sell the core?"

Moyes is not wrong at all, although he has just become the manager of Manchester United, but he does know the tradition of the club he coaches, Manchester United rarely sells the core of the team in the transfer market, the team's stars who have left in the past ten years, the biggest names are Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, the former is falling out with Ferguson, the latter is also bent on leaving, but, don't forget, Manchester United has kept Cristiano Ronaldo for a year, and now when Yang Fan is born and becomes the new core of Manchester United, Manchester United agreed to Cristiano Ronaldo leaving。

In addition, Manchester United will not sell their stars to Premier League champions such as Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, to give a simple example, there has not been a player 'trade' between them and Liverpool for more than 40 years.

"It's hard to imagine where they got so much money. My God. Lande sighed, silently calculating for Real Madrid in his heart, just buying Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid has 'spent' 157 million euros, "How should we deal with them?"

"What do you say?" Moyes looked at Ronde and asked rhetorically, "We have already sold a core, and it is impossible to sell Yang Fan again." ”

Lande seemed to have a different opinion, "Of course, I admit that Yang Fan is quite 'colorful', he can indeed be said to be the most 'colorful' 'shooter' in today's football, and he has high prestige in the ball and among the 'fans' of the ball, which is unimaginable for a young man." However, it is precisely because of this...... David, don't you think it's not a good thing to have such a special existence in the team? Yang Fan's temper and 'sex' personality, even Sir Alex Ferguson took a lot of effort to use this person well, and this person is in the team, and if he doesn't 'get it' well, it's a time bomb. ”

Although Ronde didn't say it explicitly, the meaning was already obvious, that is, you Moyes is not Ferguson, and you can't subdue Yang Fan, an unruly person. Moreover, you and Yang Fan have already had a quarrel, what a '' kid that is, and you have also seen that selling Yang Fan to the team is also a warning to other players, which will help maintain your prestige and dignity in this team.

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Moyes stared at him for a moment after listening to his assistant's analysis, and then said, "Do you know why you once told me that you wanted to go and coach alone, and I told you you you couldn't make it, Steve?"

"Huh?" Round didn't react for a moment.

"I'm the head coach, if a head coach doesn't even have the self-confidence to submit the player, then he can't succeed, I can't want to sell Yang Fan because he has a high prestige in the team, or because I had a quarrel with him. ”

"Sue them, Yang Fan is not for sale for the team. ”

Moyes waved his hand and signaled that Ronde could reply to Real Madrid, rejecting their offer.

Ronde nodded, and was busy replying to Real Madrid, neither of them thought to discuss it with the club's top management, because when he was in Everton, although Moyes did not have the monopoly and power of Ferguson at Manchester United, but the power was also very great, and Moyes, as the head coach, had absolute dominance in the transfer of players. So, at the moment, he also has this attitude and does not think that he needs to communicate with the club's management.

The transfer and sale of players is a matter of the manager's responsibility, and it is the traditional concept of many managers in the Premier League, who see it as an untouchable penalty area.

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Real Madrid's bid for Yang Fan and the offer to Manchester United were all carried out quietly, so this did not attract the attention of European football, because, at this moment, the eyes of the whole Europe are focused on the line of Milan City and Barcelona.

The media also stirred up old stories, as early as the end of the 2008/2009 season, there were rumours that Ibrahimovic wanted to leave Inter Milan. At that time, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Chelsea were all rumored buyers. Over time, Real Madrid and Chelsea both withdrew from the competition for their own reasons, with Barcelona becoming the only club to insist on bringing in Ibrahimovic.

Mourinho is still trying to persuade Ibrahimovic to stay.

"You may not get anything if you go to Barcelona. "Even if you win the Champions Cup at Barcelona, it's not a great achievement, the Catalans have reached two finals in three years, won the Champions Cup once, I would like to stay, I like to create something different." ”

Mourinho advised Ibrahimovic to stay at Inter Milan and fulfill his wish to win the Champions League for his boss Moratti, but Ibrahimovic, although grateful Mourinho for his trust in him, told his Inter manager that he had decided to go to Barcelona. He sued Mourinho that he would miss the Portuguese. He told Moratti that if another team came to buy him, he could ignore it, but if Barcelona came to buy, he hoped that Moratti would fulfill his wishes. This is no longer a problem that money can solve, Ibrahimovic has already received the world's highest annual salary at Inter Milan, and Ibrahimovic really wants to go to Barcelona.

From the perspective of Ibrahimovic's career, he and his agent Raiola always liked to look for the right option, from Ajax to Juventus, the strongest team in Serie A at the time, after Juventus was relegated due to the phone 'goal', Ibrahimovic came to Inter Milan in the reign. After winning the title of best scorer for the first time in the 2008/2009 season, Ibrahimovic chose Barcelona at the top of Europe. Ibrahimovic said: "It's good to get from Malmo to Ajax, I'm happy. Going from Ajax to Juventus was important, but emotionally I didn't feel anything special. I think I need to keep playing. The move from Juventus to Inter Milan seemed important, but it didn't have much of an impact on my feelings, and until this move, I was feeling a little nervous. For me, the way Barcelona plays, it takes 10 years for other teams to catch up, and that's the way I want to play. ”

Ibrahimovic has run out of patience for Jose Mourinho to create a dynasty of his own for Inter Milan, just as Thierry Henry has been impatient for Arsene Wenger's slow fire to stew Arsenal into European champions. Thierry Henry is indeed a good role model, although Barcelona lost to Manchester United in the final this season, but no one doubts the quality of this Barcelona team, thinking that Barcelona failed this time, but maybe next season, they will be able to dominate Europe again and win the Champions League, which is also the crown that Ibrahimovic desires the most, after all, winning the World Cup with Sweden is out of reach.

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Pep Guardiola, who did not comment on other teams' players, made a rare gesture of appreciation for Ibrahimovic at the end of last season, and Guardiola's subjective choice was a key factor in Barcelona's decision to take Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic's goalscoring is impressive, but he doesn't seem to be a natural goalscorer, having only won the league's top scorer at the age of 27, and compared to Samuel Eto'o, Ibrahimovic's goalscoring ability has been questioned, with just two goals scored in eight Champions League games last season. But Pep Guardiola told everyone: "Most of the strikers have scored more goals since they came to Barca, which is a team that prefers attack. If a player can claim the top scorer in a heavily defended country like Italy, don't doubt his goalscoring ability. ”

The Barcelona coach has also flattered the Swedes with his favour for Ibrahimovic, "Barcelona are very strong now, they always win, they can win a qiē, when a team wins, you don't need to sign. But, at this time, they come to you and tell you that they want you, and that has a special meaning, and it means a lot of things, and I'm going to come here to win more championships. Every senior I know has said that Barcelona is bad, from Larsson, Figo to Koeman, everyone I know has told me that if you have the opportunity to go to Barca, then take this opportunity. When Barcelona expressed interest to me, I was mentally ready. ”

Pep Guardiola is also reluctant to compare Samuel Eto'o with Ibrahimovic, saying only that the two are not the same. It's true that Ibrahimovic is not a player who makes a living from just scoring goals. His ability to assist is unique among a centre-forward, especially in his second season at Juventus, where Capello gave him more passing duties, with Ibrahimovic often passing the ball close to the middle of the pitch or on the edge of the box. This is also one of the characteristics that Guardiola likes Ibrahimovic. Pep Guardiola wants a centre-forward like Kluivert, a player who can unload long balls to his feet with the same ease as Zinedine Zidane, and a player who can use his strong body to assist his teammates Messi, Thierry Henry, Andres Iniesta and Xavi next to him. Yes, it's Kluivert, who, like Ibrahimovic, graduated from Ajax College. And Barcelona's style is Cruyff's transplant from Ajax, and Ibrahimovic has the genes to play at Barcelona. From this point of view, Eto'o cannot compare to Ibrahimovic.

Ibrahimovic himself believes that it will not be a question for him to adapt to the Barça style, with the Swede saying: "I think I will adapt to the Barça style because their style is what I want, the Barça training style is what I want, because it is the style that I tried at Ajax. It really suited me and I learned a lot. ”

This transfer 'transaction' was reached in this way, and another transfer that shocked the whole of Europe was born.

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On the third day after Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid for 92 million euros, FC Barcelona announced that the club officially signed Swedish striker Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan, although the official website did not reveal Ibrahimovic's transfer fee, but the media soon broke the news that the transfer fee was 66 million euros, and the two sides signed a five-year contract with a contract of 250 million euros.

Regarding Ibrahimovic's value, the media has been speculating that Barça vice president Boyce revealed in an interview that Ibrahimovic is worth 66 million euros, which was recognized by Barcelona's official website, which said in a statement that Barcelona will pay Inter Milan 46 million euros in cash, and Eto'o will be sent to Meazza at a discount of 20 million euros, while Hleb will also be loaned to Inter Milan, during which the latter has the right to buy him out for 10 million euros.

66 million euros set a new record in the history of the Barcelona club, the previous transfer fee record was held by Dutch midfielder Ovimas, Barcelona spent 36.5 million euros to get him from Arsenal in the summer of 2000, and the third place was Saviola, who was valued at 35 million euros in the summer of 2001. It is also worth mentioning that the last two foreign players who won the Ballon d'Or at Camp Nou, Ronaldo Jr. and Rivaldo, are worth 27 million euros and 24 million euros respectively, which together is 15 million euros worse than Ibrahimovic.

In the face of Real Madrid's strength in the transfer market, Barcelona also made a bloody investment this time.

Barcelona fans are also doubting whether Pep Guardiola's sale of Samuel Eto'o was the right choice, but they are confronted with the fact that it has already been established. At Ibrahimovic's debut ceremony, nearly 60,000 'fans' came to greet him, far exceeding the 30,000 people at Henry's welcome ceremony, which once set a record for Zào clubs.

With a high price, the enthusiasm of the fans and the unsurpassed achievements left by Samuel Eto'o, Ibrahimovic was under tremendous pressure when he first arrived at Barcelona.

However, the Catalan media still has great confidence in the Swedish Shrine.

"Forget Eto'o, now there is a more interesting and powerful Swede" - "World Sport" cheered at Barcelona's sky-high transfer 'handover' for Ibrahimovic for 66 million euros.

Barcelona's arch-rival Madrid's Marca newspaper sang the praises of Ibrahimovic, saying that the Swede's future at Barcelona is not bright: "Let's recall how long it took for the super-players, the players with the highest football IQ, to adapt to the Barça way of playing, the way Ibrahimovic dreamed of playing. It took more than a year for Ibrahimovic's Swedish hometown Larsson to perform at Barca, and he provided two assists in the 2006 Champions League final and became one of the favourite players of Barcelona fans. It also took Thierry Henry for more than a year to adapt to Barcelona's style of play until the second half of last season. Ibra has to be mentally prepared for his first year at Barcelona......"

Another Madrid-based newspaper, As, said that Ibrahimovic's high salary was another pressure he had to face. In his first season in Spain, Henry was quoted as having an annual salary of only less than Ronaldinho, and in his first year at Barcelona, Henry's contribution to the team was much lower than that of Xavi, Iniesta, Eto'o and other players, and the Frenchman's high salary caused an uproar in the Barcelona team. Now that Ibrahimovic has just arrived at Barcelona and has become the team's first annual salary - 11 million euros fixed + 2 million euros floating, it will be difficult to win everyone's respect if Ibrahimovic does not show that he is different.

In fact, Ibrahimovic's sky-high salary has caused Messi's dissatisfaction, and in order to appease Messi, Barcelona is restarting contract negotiations with Messi, Messi's goal is to get an annual salary of 15 million euros.

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Real Madrid's hierarchy met again to discuss the response given by Manchester United.

"They rejected us!" Florentino said.

"Of course. Baldano said, as if he had expected this reply, and was slightly pleased. "Everyone knows what Yang Fan means to Manchester United now, they will definitely not just sell the team's flag and then sell their team's new flag. ”

Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini nodded in agreement. He is also relieved, he is probably the only coach on the planet who is afraid that there are too many stars in his team, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo have come, if there is another Yang Fan who is even more 'sexual' proud than Ronaldo, and don't forget how strong the local force with captain Raul as the core is in the Bernabeu's dressing room, he really doesn't know what the team's locker room will look like.

Florentino stood up, paced back and forth in his office, and then, paused, and asked, "Is that no way?"

"What else can I do? I didn't approve of you buying Yang Fan from the beginning. "I think our goal should be shifted away from Yang Fan, and we and Liverpool can have more in-depth negotiations on Alonso." ”

"Alonso's side needs to work harder, but—" Florentino stopped, sat back in his seat, and knocked on the foot of the table, "Yang Fan, we can't just give up......" he held out a finger, "Zizou is still in England, contact him and ask him what is going on? Manchester United's Yankee owners are not at all impressed by our offer? This is not like their style." ”

Soon, Zidane's side came back with information: Manchester United's American owners did not know anything about Real Madrid's offer of 80 million euros, and when they learned the news from Zidane, they were surprised and angry.

Zinedine Zidane immediately gave an analysis and rejected Real Madrid's offer, which appeared to be a personal decision of Manchester United manager David Moyes, and the club's hierarchy knew nothing about it.

"That's right. Florentino subconsciously tapped the foot of the table, and the corners of his mouth 'revealed' a sly smile.

"The offer will be raised. "85 million euros. Also, don't forget to inform the Americans of our quotation in time. ”

A smile appeared on the face of the Real Madrid president, and he realised that he had found a way to get Manchester United to agree to sell Yang Fan......

Not for sale?Ha, the star he Florentino poached, which one is not for sale!