Chapter 944: A New Record
Santos, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
At the press conference of Santos Football Club, it was full of invited media reporters, most of whom were well-known media in Brazil and abroad, who only received Santos's invitation in the middle of the night last night and hurried over.
In recent times, distant Europe has been hyping Neymar's transfer, with many big clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona all keeping an eye on Neymar, which makes every move of the Brazilian genius interesting.
Santos suddenly invited all the media to come, could it be that there is an update on Neymar's transfer?
All the media reporters were puzzled and anxiously awaited the press conference.
Santos's results in the Brazilian league this season are not ideal, after 12 rounds of league play, Santos is only ranked 14th, a very important reason is that the team's three biggest stars Neymar, Ganso and Elano, who has just transferred from Manchester City, have been selected by the national team to participate in the Copa America, which has seriously affected the team's results.
In the last round, although the three Brazilian internationals had just returned, Santos still lost 4-5 at home to Flamengo, with Neymar scoring a brace, but Flamengo's veteran Ronaldinho scoring a hat-trick.
But what really attracted the attention of the media was that after the game, Neymar had an in-depth exchange with Ronaldinho, and according to insiders, the topic of the two was mainly focused on the transfer to European football.
It is not difficult to see from all the previous signs that Neymar's transfer seems to be imminent.
And everyone knows that Neymar's transfer decision is not on Santos, but on Neymar himself, or should it be said that his agent father, and the European brokerage predator Mendes, these two people hold even more shares of Neymar than Santos, and they are the key to deciding whether Neymar transfers or not.
The press conference was getting closer and closer, and more and more media gathered on the spot, and many people gradually became impatient, and the scene began to be a little noisy, and almost everyone was discussing and asking whether it was related to Neymar's transfer.
It's no surprise that Neymar wants to transfer, the suspense is, where is he going?
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United or Chelsea?
The closer to the suspense, the more anxious the mood of the media becomes.
Suddenly, there was a dead silence in the venue.
I only saw Neymar, accompanied by his father and Santos vice-president Rodriguez, walk into the press conference one after another, and all three of them had smiles on their faces, as if they had just celebrated some kind of consensus.
There was a flurry of commotion, and everyone began to realize that this was likely to be a big news.
After the three of them came to the front desk, Neymar's father took the initiative to step away, Neymar and Rodriguez were polite to each other, and in the end Neymar was pushed to the front of the stage.
The world-renowned Brazilian genius has long been familiar with how to deal with the media, and he seems to stand in front of everyone calmly, not nervous because of the many media reporters in front of him.
"Hello everyone. Neymar raised his right hand and smiled slightly, which was a greeting.
The response of the media reporters to this opening remark was a little chaotic, but it quickly calmed down again.
"Now, I'm ...... my father," Neymar turned around and introduced his father, who also politely raised his hand, "and my family and friends, I have something I want to announce." ”
All the media reporters on the scene stared intently at Neymar on the stage, waiting for him to make an announcement.
"We had decided to announce it two days later, but I couldn't wait, and my parents and family, as well as my friends, already knew about my decision. ”
When Neymar said this, he raised his head and looked directly at the many media reporters in front of him, his eyes were very affirmative.
"Yes, I'm going to leave Santos and go to Europe to sign Paris Saint-Germain!"
What the?
Everyone at the scene felt stunned.
Paris Saint-Germain?
Oh my God, it's not Real Madrid, it's not Barcelona, it's not Manchester United and Chelsea, it's Paris Saint-Germain!
All the media reporters were taken aback, and many could not even believe their ears and suspected that they had heard it wrong.
Neymar then said a lot of words of gratitude to Santos, thanks to the club management, thanks to the fans, thanks to all his teammates, but these were automatically blocked out in the ears of all media reporters.
Their only thought was that Neymar was going to Paris Saint-Germain.
After Neymar read his statement, Santos vice-president Rodriguez also came to the stage to confirm Neymar's transfer statement, saying that the club had indeed reached an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain.
As a result, some media reporters soon raised their hands to ask, why did Santos sell Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain when many European giants offered Neymar one after another?
Rodriguez also answered this question in the affirmative, saying that the club did receive offers from European teams, but none of them had in-depth negotiations with Santos.
"Paris Saint-Germain showed sincerity in the transfer process, and we also fully considered Neymar's long-term development after entering the Europa League, and listened to Paris Saint-Germain's plan, so in the end we chose to accept Paris Saint-Germain's offer, and Neymar's transfer fee will also reach 60 million euros!"
60 million euros!!
Everyone at the scene was shocked again!
In other words, Neymar will surpass the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Thiago Silva to become the top spot in the transfer market this summer, and the 19-year-old Brazilian talent will set a new sky-high price for a new under-20 player, which is simply unbelievable.
You know, Neymar is a player who has not proven himself in the Europa League so far, and that's worth 60 million euros?
Could it be that Paris Saint-Germain is not afraid of repeating the tragedy of Real Betis bringing in Denilson?
But the transfer has finally been completed, Santos and Neymar have officially signed contracts with Paris Saint-Germain, and Neymar will also leave for Paris in the next two days to undergo a medical examination by the Ligue 1 team and officially sign a professional contract.
When asked by media reporters, Neymar said that he consulted his predecessor Ronaldinho, and he believes that he can get better development at Paris Saint-Germain.
"I'm here with a group of outstanding team-mates and under the leadership of some of the best managers in the world, and I am confident that PSG will be able to become a formidable force in European football in a short period of time. ”
But as soon as Neymar's words fell, the on-site media reporters broke out.
"Neymar, you say the best manager in the world, excuse me, are you talking about Gao Han?"
"According to you, Gao Han will coach Paris Saint-Germain, right?"
"Can you make more clarity what you just said?"
"Could you please explain what you just said, Neymar?"
"Did Gao Han call you?"
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Media reporters rushed up, and the scene was a little chaotic.
Neymar also realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and immediately stepped back, being dragged by his father and hurriedly leaving the press conference.
In the crowd of reporters, one of them hid in a corner, took out his mobile phone, called Angel Sanchez, the CEO of Real Madrid in Madrid, and relayed the news to him as soon as possible.
"What? how can this be?" said Sanchez, shocked on the phone.
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The news that Neymar set a new record for summer transfers at a sky-high price of 60 million euros and switched to Paris Saint-Germain was announced in Brazil and immediately spread all over the world, causing shock to all fans.
Sixty million euros, that's an astonishing amount of money!
But what is even more curious is that Neymar's slip of the tongue in the press conference pointed the new coach of Paris Saint-Germain to the cold, and everyone believes that this is the only way to explain why Neymar chose Paris Saint-Germain.
He wants to play under Gao Han!
Soon, the Brazilian domestic media dug up more insiders, it turned out that Neymar had been secretly asking his teammates, former Manchester City player Elano, and Alpine's former favorite Ronaldinho, and consulted with Thiago Silva and others about the situation of Paris Saint-Germain and Alpine during the Copa America.
In fact, everything has already been in the picture, but it has not been noticed.
So Gao Han really wants to coach Paris Saint-Germain?
The Ligue 1 side has not said anything about the outside world, and even at the press conference announcing Neymar's transfer, club president Al-Nassr said that everything is still in operation and there is no specific information to comment.
But there is no doubt that everyone thinks that only Gao Han coaches Paris Saint-Germain and secretly operates all this behind the scenes, so that the Ligue 1 tycoons can complete the summer reinforcements so smoothly, otherwise, no matter how rich the tycoons are, it is impossible to smash so many stars.
Just after Paris Saint-Germain announced the transfer of Neymar, La Liga's Barcelona also officially announced that the team successfully introduced defender Otamendi from Chinatown at a high price of 50 million euros.
This transfer has once again ignited European football, and Otamendi has also equaled Thiago Silva as one of the most expensive centre-backs in Europe.
But in fact, Otamendi is worth more than Thiago Silva, because there is an additional addition to the transfer, La Masia's academy youngster Héctor Bellerin, but out of consideration for the protection of young players, Chinatown did not announce this to the public.
After announcing Otamendi's transfer, Chinatown soon announced that they had brought in centre-back Godin from Villarreal for €10 million, and the Uruguayan centre-back would fill Otamendi's vacancy.
In addition, Chinatown quietly completed two transfer deals, signing a seventeen-year-old Marquinhos from Corinthians in Brazil for one million euros, the defender is a player handpicked by Gao Han, and will continue to play for Corinthians on loan until the transfer requirements are met.
The other is the €2 million signing of seventeen-year-old Samuel Umtiti from Ligue 1 side Lyon, a young left-footed defender who was discovered by chance while scouting Lovren and has not yet played in Lyon's first team.
After announcing two transfers, Chinatown soon sold another player, 20-year-old academy youngster Igor Martinez moved to Real Sociedad for 5 million euros, and the Spanish youth team international was also highly regarded by the outside world, but Chinatown did not get a chance and had to choose to leave.
At the same time as Chinatown announced the transfer operation, Paris Saint-Germain also made another move, bringing in Suarez from Ajax for 40 million euros, and this deal once again triggered a strong earthquake in European football.
(End of chapter)