Originally, for the Barcelona side, they were very sure that they would be able to win Alves.

The reason is very simple, now they don't have too many competitors, Real Madrid already has Ramos, and they don't want to spend money on the fullback position anymore, several teams in Italy are now shrinking their money, and they don't have the courage to spend money before, and among the several teams in the Premier League, Liverpool is not bad at right-back, Manchester United is not very bad, Chelsea is pursuing Portugal's Bosingwa, it is said that this is their yet-in-office manager Scolari designated, Arsenal will not throw money, and Bayern has Lahm to play right-back, They will not want Alves, otherwise they would have spent money to buy Alves, although Alves and Dortmund have three years left on their contract, but Barcelona believes that as long as the price is high enough, Dortmund will not be able to give in.

Sure enough, when they offered 20 million euros, Dortmund began to hesitate, and in their opinion, as long as they worked harder, it would not be difficult for Dortmund to relent.

As for Alves himself, there will be no problem, the Brazilian has said more than once that he wants to go to a stronger team, and this is not a sign of ingratitude, after all, his current performance should go to a better team, to a bigger stage, he has also played for Dortmund for six years, and he can bring a lot of money when he leaves, which is nothing to be sorry for Dortmund.

So from Barcelona's point of view, it will only be a matter of time before they win Alves.

However, the next day, when their transfer staff continued to negotiate with Dortmund with confidence, they found that Dortmund began to harden, believing that 20 million euros was definitely not worthy of Alves' value!

The Barcelona transfer staff, who sensed that something was wrong, got a revelation from the Borussia Dortmund transfer staff - a Premier League team had stepped in, and their offer was the same as Barcelona's, which was 20 million, but in euros......

The startled transfer staff quickly fed the news back to Barcelona, and Guardiola was also taken aback when he heard the news - "It must be Manchester City, except Manchester City, there will be no team with such wealth!" ”

After Laporta heard the news, he also affirmed Guardiola's judgment, and then he became annoyed: "This guy, we sold Deco to him, and as a result, he robbed us with Alves!" ”

Guardiola smiled bitterly, selling Deco was also approved by Guardiola at that time, but at this time, Dick made it clear that he was going to grab Alves with Barcelona, what use is it to say this kind of thing now......

"We have the financial resources to raise the transfer value, we have the financial resources to support it this season...... Alves is a player we have to take. Laporta was quick to give instructions, he discussed with Pep Guardiola early on, Alves' role in the next Barcelona team is clear to him, other aspects of the transfer and selection went relatively smoothly, and they sold Junior Luo to bring in a lot of cash, and they also have enough money to wrestle with Manchester City this season.

Seeing this scene, Guardiola relieved his heart, but he quickly doubted, it is not unusual for Manchester City to buy a fullback, although Richards' performance last season was good, but it is not particularly good, Manchester City's current two fullbacks are not fullbacks with particularly good assist ability, with Dick's characteristics, he is used to using a fullback with excellent attacking ability, although he can get good results without such a fullback.

There are few excellent fullbacks who can dig up now, Alves is the most eye-catching one, and it is not surprising that Barcelona collided in this regard, but before Dick would rather spend more money to win Deco, the transfer fee of 10 million pounds is too high for a player of Deco's age and contract year, Dick is not such a wronged leader, he will do this, is it to take Deco as soon as possible, so as not to be constrained by Barcelona in the next competition for Alves?

The more Guardiola thinks about it, the more suspicious it becomes, you must know that giving more money to Barcelona to introduce players is equivalent to helping Barcelona clean up players, after all, Barcelona really doesn't need Deco now, Dick will do such a Lei Feng? In this way, there is only one possibility, that is, Dick has expected Barcelona to attack Alves, and at the same time he also wants to poach Alves, so he is very generous in Deco's transfer......

In this way, Dick is obviously bound to Alves, with Manchester City's current financial resources, can Barcelona really fight? You must know that Manchester City spent more than 130 million pounds in transfer fees last season, which is a record in the entire European football world, Moratti spent more than 100 million euros in transfer fees that year, Chelsea was rich that year, a season is only 80 million or 90 million pounds of investment, Manchester City spent so much money in a season, enough to prove what kind of financial strength they have, can Barcelona really fight Dortmund?

Thinking of this, Guardiola shook his head, and then said to Laporta: "Mr. President, I'm afraid we have to prepare a second plan." ”

"So, you think we can't compete with Manchester City?" Laporta is also a smart guy and immediately asked.

"Those Arabs have money...... They spent more than £100 million last season, and how much can they spend on the Champions Cup this season? I'm afraid there will be more......" Guardiola replied helplessly.

After hearing this, Laporta was also very helpless, although Barcelona is also very rich, but it can't stand that other people's countries are full of oil......

"Now we still have to prepare the second option, after all, Zambrotta's form is very low at the moment, it doesn't quite meet our requirements, and we still need to buy two full-backs who can go up and down...... In addition to Alves, we have to discuss the other candidates. Pep Guardiola said to Laporta.

Laporta nodded, now it's all about this, no one can hang themselves on a tree, multiple choices, there are always benefits.

While Barcelona were starting to feel confused, Dick was waiting for the final result.

Alves is now on vacation in Brazil, Dick did not look for him directly, but found his agent, now the two sides are competing, if the offer reaches a point, maybe both sides of the offer Dortmund will agree, at this time is to fight for treatment and attractiveness, Manchester City's attraction is of course not as good as Barcelona, but with Dick, it is different, not to mention that they can also give better treatment, in this regard, Dick also has a huge chance of winning.

After receiving instructions from the chairman, Barcelona raised the offer directly to 30 million euros in an attempt to overwhelm Dick in momentum.

However, Dick immediately showed the temperament of a tyrant - he also raised the offer to 30 million, but in pounds......

30 million pounds, about 40 million euros - Barcelona retreated, their budget this season is only 50 million euros, but they have cashed out more than 40 million euros on Ronaldo, Zambrotta, Deco and others, if half of the budget is thrown on one player, it is an investment they cannot afford.

After Barcelona's withdrawal, Manchester City has no other competitors, and at such a price, Dortmund has nothing to sell - the Bundesliga has very few players who can sell such a high price, this time if it is not for the two clubs competing with each other to spend money, plus the scarcity of attacking full-backs in the past two years, 25 million euros is estimated to be quite good.

For Manchester City, a team that is interested in him, Alves is not dissatisfied, after all, Manchester City won the league title last season, and this season will be a strong contender for the Champions Cup, for Alves, to be able to go to such an ambitious team, it is also of great help to his personal future, not to mention that Dick is also his mentor, although he only took him for two years, but also provided him with a stage to show his skills in the European arena, plus Dick's magical reputation, to join such a club, Able to meet his requirements in every way.

With a salary of £3 million a year and a four-year contract, Alves quickly signed his name to his contract, meaning he would play for Manchester City for the next four seasons.

Signed Deco, signed Alves, Dick's idea of the organization of the midfielder and assist the fullback candidates are already available, although Deco is old, the strength has declined rapidly, but at least in the early stage, he is enough, and for Dick, Deco also has the advantage that he can take Vidal, just like when he was in Barcelona let Xavi grow up next to him, Vidal is also a player with organizational potential, he has accumulated enough experience in the Premier League last season, It's just that there aren't many objects to learn from, and with a template like Deco by his side, coupled with Dick's timely guidance, I believe he can grow up quickly.

For a team, the number of Manchester City is enough now, but Dick knows that for a Premier League team that is going to play the Champions Cup, twenty or so people are not enough, not to mention, Manchester City now has many players under the age of 21, even if such players are not put in the Champions Cup list, they can be added to the Champions League squad at any time, and Manchester City needs more personnel to play the Champions Cup.

The number of defenders and midfielders is basically enough, and now Dick has brought in a defender and a midfielder, but the midfielder has not sold people, and the defender has only sold one, no matter what the formation, Dick has enough manpower, but in the forward line, it seems to be weaker.

The side is not weak, Ribery, Ashley Young and Bale, it is enough to play on the side, whether it is enough on which side, as long as there is no large-scale injury, but in the position of the center forward, it is not enough to rely on Torres, Di Natale and Sturridge, even if it is not realistic to play a single center, because the characteristics of these three forwards are different, if you change a center forward, you have to change a set of tactics, then it is very unfavorable for the whole team, in this case, Dick needed to buy at least one more striker to come back in order to be able to cope with the necessity of fighting on three fronts.

Now he has a lot of budget on hand, 40 million pounds spent on Deco and Alves, 12 million pounds recovered on Joel Luka, such money, as many people as he wants, what needs to be determined now is only the target and object to be targeted.