Chapter 34: The Final Goal
In Arthur's previous life, Stam's lightning move from Manchester United to Lazio for autobiographical reasons had already caused a lot of controversy in itself, and it was also the first time he knew a name: Janssen Ferguson. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The vast majority of Ferguson fans and United loyalists will subconsciously avoid the name Jensen Ferguson, even though he is the eldest son of Sir Alex Ferguson, but it is also one of the few flaws in Ferguson's managerial career.
In Arthur's previous life, Ferguson's son Jensen had profited in the transfer process of Stam and successfully brought in Stam for Lazio.
At that time, the English Professional Footballers' Association expressed great concern about this, believing that some agents had too close a relationship with the club, which could harm the interests of the players, but the end result was not enough.
Janssen, the son of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, is the manager of Elite Sports Group Ltd., and it was his company that single-handedly arranged for Stam's move to Blackburn Rovers. And Laurent Blank's move to Old Trafford is also a masterpiece of this company.
In this regard, Mick ? McGuire was unceremoniously stated: "Some agents have an incestuous relationship with certain clubs, and we are concerned about the damage that this trend could do to the interests of players. Because it makes one have to wonder if the players have received the most objective advice when it comes to transfers. ”
Jason Ferguson has been involved in a number of player transfer negotiations, and has even been involved in his father, Alex Ferguson, who has renewed his £5 million contract as a consultant to Manchester United.
In fact, this is not the first time Ferguson has been involved in a player transfer scandal, as he himself revealed in his autobiography published before Arthur's rebirth that a Russian agent had sent him £50,000 in cash, but he had returned the money to the team's lawyer and received a note as a receipt.
According to a secret file that was recently unsealed, the FA had recommended that Manchester United be prosecuted, but the case was also unresolved.
Now that this is a secret, how could Arthur let go of this advantage?
At Arthur's direction, Mensa Bonsu had a number of communications with Jensen Ferguson about the transfer of Stam and finally agreed to go all out with Stam to join Blackburn under a £100,000 bank cheque.
Running the Stam transfer through Jensen Ferguson is just the first time Arthur has been able to sign Stam from Manchester United.
In addition to this, he also has two hole cards that impress Manchester United and Alex Ferguson.
In the face of the greedy Manchester United owner, Arthur gave a high transfer fee of 20 million pounds, which directly crushed the rest of the rivals, and paid it in a lump sum - this really hit the heart of Lazio.
You must know that the previous Lazio took Stam from Manchester United in installments, and after a year, they were still unable to repay the subsequent payments, resulting in captain Nesta and Stam being sold to AC Milan one after another.
In the face of Sir Alex Ferguson, who was already preparing to sweep Stam out of the house, Arthur made a personal phone call and assured Ferguson that once the team was ready to sell Duff and Benayoun, Manchester United would have the right of first refusal in the case of the same offer.
Arthur, who is Blackburn's boss, knows that the rumors that Ferguson wants Duff to succeed Ryan Giggs and become the king of the Red Devils on the left are not groundless.
Faced with Arthur's quid pro quo, Ferguson readily agreed after thinking for a moment - and of course there was also the credit of his son Jensen Ferguson.
Although Blackburn Rovers have fought him for Alan Shearer, there is no real enemy in football except in the derby.
With the operation of Jensen Ferguson, the nod of Ferguson, and the 20 million offer that impressed Manchester United's hierarchy, Arthur asked Mensah Bonsu to give Stam a super high annual salary of 3 million pounds, so far, there is no obstacle for Stam to transfer to Blackburn.
"Henning Berg + Stamm/Carvalho + Stamm, Blackburn's centre-back combination is one of the best in the Premier League, right?" Arthur pondered with smuff.
"So, now is the last main target, I hope Monchi won't let me down, right?" Arthur imagined, "If it is added, then Blackburn's squad for next season will be almost perfect, maybe ...... Is it really possible for us to win a trophy? ”
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"What? Real Madrid requires a buyback clause to be added, otherwise it will not be released? it! Arthur's good mood was completely ruined by the news that Monchi had just reported on the other end of the phone.
Arthur has not forgotten that in his previous life, Morata was worth more than 50 million euros during the Juventus period, because he had such an identical buy-back clause in his transfer contract, and after he was "leveled" by Juventus, Real Madrid finally activated its buy-back clause and used 30 million euros to bring Morata back - this price can be described as a "cabbage price" in the summer when Higuain could sell 90 million euros!
"Tell the disgusting guys in Madrid that we can raise the offer, 5 million euros is not good, then 6 million, 7 million, I don't want this damn buyback clause." Arthur snarled into the microphone.
"However, the boss, the people here at the Bernabeu said that they were not short of money and agreed to our transfer fee of 5 million, but they insisted on adding a buyback clause." Monchi said helplessly on the other end of the phone.
"the members' club!" Arthur yelled.
Membership clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona are difficult to finalize the transfer of a player simply with a high transfer fee, after all, these clubs do not have a boss, and the transfer fee does not flow into the owner's pocket, but the club's account, which is owned by all members, so Arthur knows that it is really difficult to shake Real Madrid's determination to increase the repurchase clause by raising one or two million transfer fees.
"What a bad luck! Didn't the previous Real Madrid not renew his contract and let Inter Milan get him for free? Why do you still value him in this life? Do you have to add a buyback clause? Arthur mused.
"Boss? Do you want to keep talking? Monchi asked in a low voice on the other end of the line.
"So what else can I do? We can only continue to negotiate, the repurchase offer should be as high as possible, and our transfer fee will also be changed to a part-time payment. Arthur replied weakly.
"No problem, it's all minor." Meng Qi was also relieved to hear Arthur's instructions, after all, he had been planning this transfer for a long time, and if he was stuck in the final link, he really wanted to cry without tears.
"Let's not talk about that, is the buyout of Alonso and Carvalho complete?" Arthur continued.
Alonso, Blackburn's midfield commander last season, and Carvalho, the main candidate for Blackburn's central defender, both joined Blackburn Rovers on loan last season, but both have buyout clauses in their loan contracts, and after the loan expires this summer, Arthur naturally did not hesitate to activate the buyout clause in the contract, and Alonso and Carvalho, the two big players that Blackburn will rely on in the future, really belong to Blackburn.
"Well, it's done, and it's also in installments as you told you before." Meng Qi said this, and his voice finally brought a little lightness.
"Well done!" Although he had already expected it in his heart, Arthur's mood couldn't help but improve.
"Monchi, thank you for your hard work, when you complete the deal with Real Madrid, I will give you three weeks of vacation, go on a good vacation!" Arthur fed his men a sweet date.
"In any case, if we can complete this deal with Real Madrid, the team's transfer this summer will be considered largely completed." After Arthur put down the phone, he also breathed a sigh of relief and thought: "The back-back combination composed of Alonso and Cambiaso, although it is still young, is currently in the Premier League, and it can definitely be regarded as the top five back-back combination, right?" ”
That's right, Arthur and Monchi just talked on the phone about the player who was trading with Real Madrid, and it was none other than Esteban Matías Cambiasso, who had the nickname "Commander"!
In Arthur's predecessor, the UEFA Champions Cup magazine once said of Cambiaso: the indefatigable "midfield conspirator". He is an excellent runner and has a lot of coverage on the pitch and is almost everywhere between the two penalty areas. Defending is Cambiaso's main job, and his interceptions and tackles form a solid barrier in front of Inter's defence, and in attack, he is often the source of attack, and his passing and dispatch determine the direction of attack.
After Jose Mourinho's acceptance of Blackburn Rovers in the last five rounds of last season, Arthur and Mourinho had a number of conversations about the squad, with both agreeing that the central midfielders, centre-backs and midfielders were the ones in need of reinforcements.
Among them, in the central midfield position, Arthur brought Frank Lampard, the future core of the English midfield, to Mourinho, and in the position of central defender, he introduced the best central defender in Europe, who is almost second only to Nesta, and in the midfielder position, Arthur is interested in Cambiaso, who is temporarily unable to play in Real Madrid and is frequently loaned.
Cambiaso's strength in becoming the main force in Real Madrid is not because of his lack of strength, but because at this time, the position of Real Madrid's defensive midfielder is firmly controlled by Makelele, and the young "commander" cannot compete with the first defensive midfielder in today's football, so he can only be loaned out.
Arthur, who is well versed in Cambiasso's ability, naturally did not let go of this good opportunity to "pick up the leak", and brought the excellent defender to the Ewood Park stadium for only 5 million euros.
"Maybe this season, we are not the strongest contenders for the league title, but next season, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, you have to be careful!" Sitting on Arthur's huge desk at this time is what he thinks of Blackburn's starting lineup for the new season.