Chapter 62: Lin Fan Arrives
A few days later, in the AFC Champions League final, Guangzhou Evergrande defeated the Jeddah Al Ahly team from Saudi Arabia to win the AFC Champions League. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 And Lin Fan's performance in this game was very impressive, and it was with his scalpel-like free kick that he won the victory.
He was amazing in this game. I can confirm that you are right. He's a real genius. With him on board, it will certainly be able to fill the position left by Samper's departure. After the AFC Champions League match, Pirlo called Yan Feng to say this.
Pirlo's words basically determined that the Granada team's next reinforcement target was aimed at Lin Fan.
Yan Feng believed that the team would do their best to buy Lin Fan next. And the chances of success this time will be very high.
Of course, transfers are always something that can be done in a day or two. This is especially true when it comes to domestic players.
Regarding Lin Fan's transfer, Yan Feng couldn't interfere except keep in touch with him. The rest depends on how the Granada team talks with the Guangzhou Evergrande team.
And this talk has directly turned into a difficult war of conquest. The Internet also began to be full of rumors about Lin Fan's transfer. And Yan Feng learned from this that the Guangzhou Evergrande team itself was very reluctant to let Lin Fan leave the team. If it weren't for Boss Xu agreeing to Lin Fan's conditions to stay in the team before, there would be no talk about this matter at all.
It is said that before this season, the Barcelona team had asked Guangzhou Evergrande to buy Paulinho. not only issued a transfer fee of more than 20 million euros, but also made various small moves to make players in private. In the end, under the insistence of the Guangzhou Evergrande team, the Barcelona team failed to buy Paulinho.
Now, the Granada team wants to buy the superstar Lin Fan of the Guangzhou Evergrande team, but the heart of the Guangzhou Evergrande team refuses.
The shady negotiations for Lin Fan's transfer were very difficult. But time waits for no one, and before Lin Fan could talk about it, the Granada team turned its head and entered the heavy game.
Granada hosted Villarreal in the 22nd round of La Liga.
In this match with Villarreal, the two sides ended up with a 1:1 draw.
A draw, which is an acceptable result. It's just that the process of this game is more difficult. Costa, who replaced Samper's position, still lacked a point of fire. After all, there are still many differences between Costa who plays in the back and Samper in the orthodox forward midfield.
Costa's organization and ability to deliver shells are still a little worse than this position in the front midfield. And the lack of proficiency makes the ball he pass not as precise and comfortable as Samper. To a certain extent, this has weakened the offensive firepower of the Granada team.
On the other hand, after Costa was promoted, the person who partnered with Yan Feng in the back was not as good as Costa. Whether it is Abo or Corsin, they are not as fast as Costa in terms of offensive and defensive transitions and scheduling. In this way, Yan Feng needed to take on more responsibility, which made him shackled his hands and feet.
The attack is weak and the defense is declining, such a situation in the face of Villarreal, who are playing away from home but are aggressive. The Granada team was passive from the start.
Villarreal are indeed a strong team, but fortunately they are not as strong as Real Madrid and Barcelona. Determined for revenge, they launched a series of onslaught against the Granada team, but fortunately, the Granada team was still stubborn in defense.
Throughout the first half, the Granada team, under the leadership of Yan Feng, did not let the Villarreal team succeed.
However, at the start of the second half, Villarreal's luck suddenly came. Corsin skidded and handballed while defending, giving Villarreal a free-kick opportunity. Villarreal took advantage of the free-kick opportunity to head in the box.
Trailing Granada, they fought hard and tried to fight back, but for a long time they looked a little weak in attack. Yan Feng also began to frequently use the advantage of the back insertion to participate in the attack. It's a pity that Costa's tacit understanding and cooperation with him before are a little worse. There's always a half-beat rhythm that's not right.
It took more than 80 minutes for Granada to take advantage of a corner kick and get it leveled by Sandel's header.
After that, both sides tried to score again, but they were unsuccessful. In the end, it ended in a draw.
It was the process of this game that was not smooth, which made Yan Feng even more anxious for Lin Fan's arrival.
Because of the draw, Granada could only get one point. This puts them a step back in the La Liga standings. Dropped from fifth to sixth. And the gap with Real Madrid, the team at the top of the table, has reached as many as 10 points. There is also a 9-point gap with second-placed Barcelona.
Don't look at the difference of only 10 points, and there are more than a dozen La Liga games. But such a difference in points, in La Liga, often means withdrawing from the competition in the first group.
If Granada can't get points as soon as possible in the next games, then they won't even have to compete for a Champions League place this season, let alone the title.
Pirlo, who is also aware of this problem and has maintained his ambitions, began to ask the team's top management to speed up the transfer negotiations to bring in Lin Fan.
Yan Feng quickly learned from Lin Fan that in order to speed up the process of transfer negotiations, the Granada team directly showed their hole cards. Jiang Lizhang took out all the transfer budgets, and the transfer fee of 10 million euros finally made the Guangzhou Evergrande team lose the excuse to prevent Lin Fan from going abroad.
What is the concept of 10 million euros?
If you put it in Europe, if you want to buy a star midfielder, it is indeed enough to add to it. Of course, this refers to the players who have made a name for themselves. If you want to buy a midfielder who is recognized as good, it's no problem.
But if it is placed in the Super League, if it is the Super League to buy foreign aid, it is enough to buy feet. But if domestic players transfer abroad, it will be a history in the history of Chinese football.
You must know that when the Granada team bought Yan Feng, it only cost 2 million euros. And this 2 million euros was considered a waste of money by people in Spain at first.
Now the Granada team wants to buy Lin Fan for 10 million euros, and this matter has immediately become a sensational big news.
Guangzhou Evergrande shut up, but the fans began to cheer. The fact that a Chinese player can be sold to a European team for such a high price is definitely something worth writing about.
For a time, Lin Fan's limelight in China surpassed everyone. Some people even compared Yan Feng's transfer value at that time. However, Lin Fan has become the hope that the future will definitely surpass Yan Feng in the eyes of the Chinese people. There are even people who begin to fantasize that Lin Fan will become an existence that surpasses Ronaldo and Messi in the future.
Of course, all this is the optimistic expectation of domestic fans. And relative to the joy of Chinese fans. The people on the Spanish side are looking at the Granada team with idiotic eyes.
"An unknown Chinese player is worth 10 million euros, and even Yan, who is now firmly established in the Granada team, only spent 2 million euros at the time. If this is not a fool of the Chinese boss, it is a commercial hype. ”
"A Chinese who is less than 20 years old and has not yet been tested in the top league is worth 10 million euros? ”
"Perhaps, this transfer is actually a money laundering act by the Chinese, and the tax bureau should investigate it."
But after Lin Fan's transfer was finalized, whether it was a good or bad evaluation. Lin Fan has also become famous because of the value of this Chinese player who has made history. Before he arrived in Granada, his fame in Europe was no longer inferior to Yan Feng.
At Granada Airport, Yan Feng was at the exit of the passenger passage, holding a sign with the word Lin Fan written on it. In order to greet his good brother, he bravely came to the airport to pick up people.
But when he saw Lin Fan walking out handsomely, Yan Feng immediately couldn't help but shout. "Lin Fan!"
"Brother Feng!" Lin Fan took off his sunglasses and rushed towards Yan Feng.
"You're finally here. ”
"I'm finally here!"
The two hugged each other tightly. From this moment on, after a few years, they are finally going to fight side by side again.