"Huh?" Li Ang glanced at the quotation data on the fax, slightly surprised.

Juventus are offering €15 million for Marchisio.

Is the offer of 15 million euros high? If it is placed in the summer transfer window, it is not a lot, but it is very high in the winter transfers, which are rarely used to make big moves.

The winter transfer so far is made by the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich, there is no doubt that Bayern is the richest club in the Bundesliga, although they only have one signing, that is, the signing of 18-year-old central defender Brenaud from Sao Paulo, but the transfer fee of 12 million euros is the highest in the Bundesliga, and Breno is also the most expensive star in the winter transfer so far.

In addition, Marchisio is only 22 years old, and in the Inter Milan team, he is now more of an important substitute player, not the main force of Inter Milan, and from this aspect, a 22-year-old young Italian midfielder, the offer of 15 million euros is not low.

At the very least, the offer shows a certain amount of sincerity on the part of Juventus.

"How do you reply to Juventus?" Mihajlovic asked.

Leon touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "Tell Juventus that Marchisio is not for sale!"

The offer of 15 million euros surprised Li Ang a little, and it was indeed a little tempting, but it was far from really impressing him.

Italy's "All Markets" had estimated the value of Leon's Inter Milan player before the winter transfer approach, and they valued Marchisio at 10 million euros.

In other words, Juventus's offer adds 4 million euros to the reasonable market price.

However, the four million euros are far from making Leon nod, Marchisio has played an alternative role in his tactics, which is a strong support and supplement for Inter Milan's third-line operations, and he is not the manager of Inter Milan, nor is it Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, he has no obligation to generate income for the club, and he will sell players purely for this money, and then affect the overall structure of the team, he will not do this kind of thing.

Mikhailovich nodded, and then left to deal with the matter.

"It seems that Juventus people think very highly of Marchisio. Banderas said.

"Their midfielder, now the old ones can't do it, the small ones can't bear the responsibility, and the reinforcements are inevitable. Li Ang said casually.

"I have a gut feeling that Juventus are not going to rest on their laurels and they will probably continue to increase the price. Banderas said.

'I'm not Arsene Wenger. Leon sneered, and by the way, mocked his French counterpart.

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On January 27, Inter Milan defeated Udinese 1-0 away in the 20th round of Serie A.

Adriano scored the only goal of the game to help Inter Milan win by one goal, and while continuing to set their own record: the best start of the Serie A season with 20 consecutive wins!

Juventus also won 3-1 away at Livorno in this round of the league, but this did not ease the dissatisfaction of Juventus fans with the team's lack of reinforcements.

On the afternoon of the end of the game, the news was playing on the TV.

Juventus finally got their hands on the game ahead of the Livorno game, and Juventus issued a statement confirming that the club had signed Sweden international centre-back Erik Olof Melberg on a contract from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2011.

It is known that Melberry's contract with Aston Villa expired on 30 June 2008. Melberg has been closely linked to Juventus for the past few months and he will finally land in Torino City for free this summer. ”

"I am very happy that an agreement has been reached with Juventus," Melberg said in a statement through the official Juventus website.

"It's very important for me to come and play in Serie A, Juventus is a prestigious club and Serie A is the most influential league in the world. ”

"Now I have to finish the season at Aston Villa in the best way possible, but I really can't wait to join Juventus, put on the black and white quiver and give it my all. ”

Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri is also very pleased to have Melberg joined: 'Melberg is a player I know very well and I have been following him since I was at Chelsea. ”

'Melberg is a centre-back but he can also play at right-back, as he has done this season. He has a very strong physique, but he is also very fast and agile. Given his ability and plenty of experience in the game, he will contribute a lot to Juventus. ”

"Melberg has been a stalwart of Villa's defence since moving to Villa from Racing Santander for £5 million in 2001. He has played almost 250 Premier League games and played more than 70 for the Swedish national team. I believe that the addition of this veteran will make Juventus fans happy. ”

On TV, the host's words caused dissatisfaction among Juventus fans in the bar: a thirty-year-old veteran, free to join, and it will not be able to join until the summer!! Juventus fans can be satisfied!

"What are we going to do with such an old fellow?"

"That's the club's ambition? bring in some old guys who don't want money!"

"What is Pesotho doing?!" a fan shouted!

"I'm going to Vinovo to protest and let those blind guys feel our fury!" shouted a visibly drunk fan.

Let's go!

Let's go!

Immediately attracted more responses!

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The news that Juventus brought in Melberg for free did not win the hearts of Juventus fans, but caused them to be extremely angry.

About an hour later, outside the Vinovo training base, a large number of Juventus fans gathered again, who strongly protested Juventus' inaction in bringing in reinforcements this winter.

"Damn!" Pexoto couldn't help but curse as he pulled the blinds and looked at the angry fans outside the training base, not because he was scolding the fans, but at someone from Inter.

Juventus has raised the offer for Marchisio to 16 million euros, but Inter Milan still does not let go, according to the news they received, the main reason is not the Inter Milan manager Oriyari, who is in charge of the negotiations, it is Leon who is not satisfied with the price and insists on not letting go.

"What do you think Inter Milan is psychologically valuable?" Pexotto asked his aides.

"I estimate that the increase is 18 million euros, which should be about the same. Someone thought about it and said.

"Impossible!" Pesoto shook his head, "a twenty-two-year-old young man, eighteen million euros is too expensive!"

At this moment, the voice of the ESPN host came from the TV that had been on, and it was an off-the-beaten-story story.

"We have just received the news that the latest bidder in this winter transfer market has been born! Valencia chose to add in midfield because of the purge of Albelda and other veterans, Boca Juniors' young player Banega has been completed The transfer has been completed, and finally, Valencia spent 18 million euros to sign 19-year-old talented midfielder Banega from Boca Juniors, and he is worth more than the combined value of the players brought in by other teams in La Liga so far in the entire winter transfer......" Said the presenter with beautiful blonde hair and a beautiful face.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward.

"Are the Valencians crazy? a nineteen-year-old young man who has not been tested in the Europa League, eighteen million!" someone exclaimed.

Pesoto glanced at the man, but his heart sank, in football transfers, the transfer of a certain player is not independent, and it will affect the overall market of the transfer market.

He is worried that Valencia's deal to bring in 19-year-old Banega for 18 million euros will stimulate Inter Milan, and the Chinese will now be more justified in asking for a high transfer price!

Damn Valencians, there is money to burn?!

Pexoto cursed hatefully.

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Although Juventus has had many super-first-class stars in its history, in fact, Juventus actually rarely has expensive blockbuster signings, and in essence, Juventus is not a team that spends a lot of money in the transfer market.

Judging from Juve's historical signings, Juve's three most expensive signings so far were in 2001, when the Bianconeri signed Buffon, Thuram and Nedved for 52.88 million euros, 41.5 million euros and 41.2 million euros respectively in the summer of that year. In the years that followed, Juventus' expensive signings were only €28 million to buy Emerson.

It has to be mentioned here that more than half of the money Juventus spent on Buffon, Thuram and Nedved was provided by Real Madrid, who sold Zidane to Real Madrid for the first price in football, which brought Juventus 150 billion lira. Then they spend all their money on strengthening the team. As a result, they bought Gianluigi Buffon, Nedved and Thuram, and the team continued their winning streak.

Therefore, it is really rare for Juventus to spend money directly on buying people without selling people.

Now, Pexoto has to face the tricky question of whether to stick with Marchisio, how much money Juventus will need to spend if they decide to continue negotiating the deal, and how he will need to convince the club's hierarchy to come up with it.

As Pesoto expected, the transfer of Banega on the Iberian Peninsula stimulated Inter Milan, and this time, even the Inter Milan experience Oriari, who had softened his attitude before, also hardened his attitude: the nineteen-year-old Banega who has not been baptized and tested in the Europa League is worth 18 million, so how much should Marchisio be worth?!

"What did Marchisio's father say?" asked Pexotto's assistant.

Juventus privately contacted Marchisio's father, who is also his agent, Stefano Marchisio, after promising the main position and high salary, they got a good news, from the old Marchisio's mouth, they learned that Marchisio did not rule out returning to Juventus, which made Juventus happy, and then, they communicated with Marchisio's family again, hoping to use Marchisio's family's feelings for Juventus to affect the transfer, and it is best to take the initiative to make some moves to put pressure on Inter Milan.

"Mr. Stefano Marchisio rejected our proposal!" said the assistant, "and according to what we have learned, they do not want to be against Leon because of this. ”

In a word, Marchisio does not rule out a transfer to Juventus, but will not take the initiative to participate in it, if Juventus Club can get Inter Milan, then, let it be a natural transfer, if you can't get Inter Milan and Leon, Marchisio will not transfer, and An An will play at Inter Milan is not bad. In short, they were not willing to jump out at the risk of angering Leon.

Pexotto had a headache and was a little angry, he didn't want to play dumb with Inter Milan, so he asked the staff to contact Inter Milan immediately to find out what Inter meant and how much to price for Marchisio? Talking about a price, it is too much to continue to talk about achievements, Juventus can only give up, the transfer window will be closed in four days in the winter, they don't have much time, and at the same time, Mohamed Sissoko, who is a spare tire over there, is already impatient, urging Juventus to complete the transfer quickly, otherwise he will have to consider other teams, seeing that the transfer window is coming to an end, Sissoko, who is still in the dark, is naturally anxious.

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Leon didn't know that Juventus had a grudge against him, and even if he did, he wouldn't care.

At this moment, in the conference room of Inter Milan's Pinenati training base, a closed-door meeting is being held, which is attended by Leon and his coaching staff, as well as Inter Milan club manager Oriari.

"It's time to go. Leon nodded to his assistant, Pablo Banderas.

Banderas pressed the button and began to play the edited material.

On 26 September 2007, in Bayern Munich's 5-0 Bundesliga win over Cartbus, Kroos came on in the 72nd minute in place of Ze Roberto, a young player who set Bayern Munich's record for the youngest league appearance at the age of 17 years and 265 days. It's worth noting that Kroos scored two goals for Bayern with two assists in this game!" Banderas started to play a clip as he spoke, and a young player with a slightly immature face began to appear galloping through the game.

On 4 October 2007, in Bayern's UEFA Cup away to Billense, Kroos made his European debut in the 81st minute in place of Sébastian Schweinsteiger. Banderas continued.

On 25 October 2007, Kroos scored his first professional goal against Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Cup match and helped Bayern to a three-way comeback. Banderas pressed the timeout and said, "In this game, Tony Rose came on as a substitute, but he did well. ”

On 10 November 2007, Kroos made his first start in the Bundesliga match away to Stuttgart at Bayern. Banderas continued, "Bayern Munich still pay more attention to this young man. ”