In fact, even if it wasn't for the Bisenchio Stadium, Chen Lin would not have been able to keep all the players in the current team. While the success of the first division and the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup brought huge prestige to Prato, almost all of Prato's main players in the first team were eyed by other clubs, and even rotational players such as Jonte and Billindelli who had played a few games off the bench also sent offers from the team.

This has greatly increased the value of Prato's players, and also raised a problem for the team to change contracts for the new season. Traditionally, after the team is promoted to the first division, it will give the players in the team a better contract, and by the way, extend the contract period. But the value of Prato's players has skyrocketed, and even if the Bissenchio Stadium is not renovated, the club will not be able to come up with that much money to match the value of each player.

In order to stay in the first division at the end of next season, the team can only try to keep the main framework, that is, to keep a few core players, such as the main scorer, the core of the midfield playmaker, and the backbone of the defense.

Like Prato's frontcourt duo Vieri and Inzaghi, Vieri is his own person cultivated by the team, representing the level of Prato's academy, and of course he can stay. This season, under the careful tutelage of Cuoko, he has strengthened the combination of physical and technical skills, and learned to use his physical fitness wisely, making him more intimidating in the forward line, far more than the same period in history. Vieri also stayed at ease in Prato, he was young and had not yet contracted the bad habits of those drunken gold fans later, and the good relationship with Tsoko and others and the popularity of the club fans were the reason why he was willing to stay here, if the conditions permitted, everyone was willing to stay in the club where he was born, and be a loyal servant from the beginning, of course, the premise was that there was a salary worthy of their value;

Needless to say, Inzaghi has repeatedly broken the deadlock or scored the winning goal in key games, becoming the famous "Mr. Key" in the Prato team. Such a player is even rarer than some of the scorers who have scored a lot of goals in a season, and in fact, Inzaghi has scored as many goals this season as his good friend Vieri, the team's top scorer. Out of idolatry, Inzaghi came to Prato, and he did get Paul. Rossi's personal guidance, and Prato's attention to him was far from being comparable to that of Piacenza at the beginning, and he was very happy to stay here.

So although many teams have extended olive branches to the two, neither of them has shown anything. And Chen Lin is also determined to keep this pair of Prato, both of them can be called one of the best strikers in Serie A in the next ten years, even if they take out one alone, it can be described as a "big killer", not to mention that the two get together, what is even more rare is that the cooperation between the two together is not a matter of one plus one equals two, but one plus one is far greater than two. Vieri's strong involvement up front has given Inzaghi plenty of room to maneuver, and Inzaghi's erratic and tireless movement can often disrupt the opposition backline, allowing Vieri to win one-on-one tackles with opposition defenders.

Second, the two and the current Prato team have been running in for more than two years, have adapted to Prato's offensive and defensive system, and are very familiar with Prato's tactics. To know how rare it is to have a good striker who adapts to his team's tactics, just look at the transfer offers for this position in history, and among all players, the transfer target is often a striker. After all, football is a sport that revolves around the core of scoring goals. Chen Lin can't find a better striker than the two, like the "alien" Ronaldo should still be in Eindhoven at this time, but first, Prato can't afford the sky-high transfer fee, and second, the "alien" will definitely be able to adapt to Prato's tactics? Otherwise, how could Ibrahimovic have been mediocre in Barcelona in history? Orange is orange in Huainan and orange in Huaibei, and many teams take great risks when changing their main strikers and have to be careful.

Of course, Chen Lin can also recruit a few young potential strikers to replace them, such as Luca in the Prato youth team. Toney and Di Natale are two top strikers in the future. However, when they grow up, at least another two years have passed, and Prato will face the most competitive Serie A in the world next season, and there is far from time for them to grow.

In order to keep the two, Chen Lin gritted his teeth and raised the annual salary of the two to 35 pounds, more than three times the original. You must know that even Leonardo, who is an active Brazilian international, only received an annual salary of 400,000 pounds last season. To that end, Vieri and Inzaghi were happy to sign new contracts.

And if someone stays, someone will naturally leave, and what Chen Lin really wants to sell is the two big players in the Prato midfield, Effenberg and Dunga. Effenberg is twenty-seven years old and in the prime of his career, and judging by his CA/PA values, he has reached the peak of his career, as evidenced by his performance in the Cup Winners' Cup.

However, the peak also means that he lacks room to go further. If the player trade is compared to stock speculation, Effenberg's high-quality stock has just risen to a high peak price, which is the best time to sell him to expand his profit margins. Moreover, the Prato team also has a single-handedly cultivated organizational core Veron, and there is no need to worry about a window period after selling Effenberg.

Dunga, on the other hand, is thirty-two years old this year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has entered the old age of his career. Although he has been in good shape due to his diligent training, it is precisely because of this that Li Tiejiang, who is extremely similar to his technical characteristics, has been suppressed by him. In the past two years, under Dunga's teaching, Li Tie has made great progress in running, handling the ball and reading the game. Chen Lin is already planning to ask Spalletti to give him more chances next season.

However, Effenberg and Dunga are now serving as vice-captains of the team, and with the two captains of the team being sold, either team should be cautious. Unless they submit a transfer request on their own initiative, it's pretty much the same.

Dunga's business is a little easier, and Juventus have already shown interest in him. Pexoto, who moved to Juventus last season, performed very well, which made the Juventus hierarchy have a very good impression of the Prato players, and they have been keeping an eye on them. In fact, as early as when Dunga was still in Fiorentina, he almost moved to Juventus. Gouri was too greedy to make the deal fall through. In recent seasons, Juventus, despite having an attacking combination of Vialli and Baggio, have repeatedly missed out on the Serie A title, and the lack of a barrier like Dunga in midfield is also one of the reasons.

Last summer's match-fixing scandal finally affected Juventus, so that Juventus did not bring in Deschamps as historically, so their defensive midfield position was still vacant, so before the end of the season, Juventus's offer was sent to Chen Lin's desk.

"£3.5 million!" This is undoubtedly a low price for a star who has an influence all over the world, the captain of a world championship team. However, given Dunga's age and Prato's desperate need for money, Juventus' offer was undoubtedly very accurate. For Juventus, who have many connections in Italian football, it is not difficult to understand the renovation of the stadium in Prato, and although their offer is not to be described as a robbery, it is by no means meant to help.

After calling Dunga to the office for a long talk, Chen Lin finally agreed to Juventus' offer. It should be regarded as a reward for Dunga's hard work in Prato for two years, and Chen Lin clearly knows the future. Dunga's hunger for glory is not as intense as it was when he won the World Cup, and it remains to be seen if he would have been in the same good form as he used to be if it weren't for the Cup Winners' Cup this season. It's not that he didn't train hard enough, but a change in mentality, simply put, the sense of winning and losing the game has weakened. Historically, Dunga's form has been declining since the World Cup in the United States in '94, and after barely spending a season in Stuttgart, he finally joined the J-League in Japan. So it's also a good choice to sell it while he can still exert some spare heat.

As for the deal for Effenberg, who is different from Dunga, he is in the prime of his life for a midfielder, at the peak of his player's technical level, and it can be expected that this peak form will last for at least three to five years. And as a playmaker, he's far more important than a defensive player. Therefore, Chen Lin's psychological expectation price is undoubtedly much higher.

However, because of this, many teams interested in Effenberg have taken a wait-and-see approach. The news that Prato is going to renovate the old stadium is not difficult to hear in the football circle, everyone knows that Prato is now the time to use money, and it is also the best time to lower the price, no one is stupid, and send money to Prato at this time. As a result, one of the hottest deals came to an eerie standstill.

Chen Lin almost lost his hair because of this, seeing that the scheduled start date was approaching day by day, but the start payment was still not settled, Chen Lin moved the idea of selling players at a low price.

However, just before the deadline, a "good Samaritan" saved Chen Lin.

After moving to Inter Milan, Moratti finally began to transform the team as he wished, first by putting two of the team's biggest stars, "Rumé" Ruben Brown. Sousa and 'Ice Prince' Bergkamp all sent off before targeting the backline.

The Nerazzurri sent away a long-serving centre-back duo of veterans Sergio Batistini and Ricardo Ferri to Brescia and Sampdoria respectively.

This move can't help but be incomprehensible, especially Ferry, a veteran from the Inter Milan academy who has dedicated his 14-year career to the team, can't be in the team for the rest of his life, and has to sigh.

Moratti made his first transfer deal after becoming Inter Milan's president: Roma's new Italian defender Festa, who moved to Inter Milan for 6 billion lira (about 3 million pounds). Festa, who scored a goal in 21 appearances for Roma last season, is a decent homegrown defender at the age of 26, but the £3 million price tag has led many to think that Moratti is losing money.

However, being rich is capricious, and not only that, Moratti fell in love with Prato's main right-back Zanetti at the beginning of his tenure. This time, Boss Mo's vision is very accurate, but Chen Lin obviously has no habit of being an opponent, and for a top captain who has always been loyal to a team for 19 years, any team is scarce, and he rejected Inter Milan's inquiry.

However, Chen Lin obviously underestimated the determination of Boss Mo to get Zanetti, and under Chen Lin's refusal, Boss Mo increased the price all the way, and finally quoted a sky-high price of 6 million pounds.

Not to mention that Zanetti is just a young player who has not played in the first division, or some stars in the first division, 6 million pounds is considered a sky-high price.

After several deliberations and hesitations, and after repeated considerations, Chen Lin finally reluctantly agreed to the transfer. Zanetti is an excellent player who has always been very reassuring to have him on the right flank, but he is not indispensable to Prato's overall system.

And for the same reason, Zanetti's presence also blocked Sun Chenghai's ascent in Prato, for Chen Lin's plan, Sun Chenghai is an indispensable member of the Chinese national team in his plan, after two and a half years of technical and tactical training, it is time to increase their opportunities to play and practice. Therefore, even though he felt extremely sorry for the loss of Zanetti, Chen Lin still insisted on his decision.

Prato and the rest of the world are very excited about the £6 million that has flown in, they are not Chen Lin, they don't know where Zanetti will grow in the future, they are simply happy about the transfer fee. In this way, the construction funds for the renovation of the Bisenchio Stadium were collected and the project was carried out smoothly and on schedule. This is also the most important reason for Chen Lin to finally agree to this deal, only with the new stadium, the team has the cornerstone of development, and it is inevitable to sacrifice some for this.

said a thousand ways and ten thousand, Zanetti's side of the transaction is not Chen Lin's willing, but life is sometimes like this, not everything is as you want, there is no such thing as wanting to profit and not being willing to invest in good things, sometimes you must learn to compromise when making choices. (To be continued.) )