Chapter 534: Big Profit
For the World Cup just past, it can be described as a climax, the favorite Brazil was defeated by the veteran France in the quarterfinals, Adriano Rocca Jr. and other top players in the World Cup performance collective sluggish, Italy mourning will win, all the way in the case of not being favored and the same unfavored France will meet in the final, and finally won in the penalty shootout, such an ending is indeed not expected by most people.
For Inter Milan fans, they are quite happy after the end of the season, their team won the league championship and the Champions Cup, and in the World Cup, Materazzi, Cannavaro, Perrotta and Toney as the main force of the Italian national team, in the process of winning the championship, Materazzi and Toni both scored two goals in the game, is Italy's top scorer, Cannavaro was named the best player of the World Cup after the World Cup, such an honor, It is enough to make the fans of Inter Milan feel sincerely happy!
However, for Dick, he changed his habit of finalizing most of his transfers before the start of the transfer window this summer, and instead waited silently, and during the World Cup, he only made a few small deals - recovering McCone from Monaco, while loaning young defender Andreoli to Chievo who could not play a regular at Inter Milan, and promoting young defender Leonardo Bonucci from the youth team, and that was all he did.
Although the champion team does not need to make much adjustment, such a move is indeed small enough, Inter Milan's main defensive force is already very old, and in midfield, Figo's form will probably gradually decline after his excellent performance in the World Cup, and in such a position, it may be necessary to make adjustments.
As for the forward line, no one thinks Inter Milan need to make adjustments, and the combination of Toni and Adriano is arguably the best in the world, plus players like Cruz, Di Natale and Pandev who can comfortably serve as substitutes, such a forward combination does not need to change much.
However, Dick has not made any changes to the midfield, but in the front line, he is waiting for an opportunity to change blood.
After the World Cup, the phone-door penalty was put back on the agenda, and finally after the second-instance verdict on July 25, Juventus was relegated to Serie B, and the new season was deducted 17 points to start again, Lazio, Fiorentina and AC Milan stayed in Serie A, but they were also deducted the corresponding points, Lazio and Fiorentina lost the qualification to participate in the European competition, and AC Milan barely retained the qualification to participate in the Champions League.
For such a penalty, there are many people who are dissatisfied with the penalty and think that the penalty is too light, and there are many people who think that the penalty is too heavy, but such a result is basically doomed, and for most giants, the relegated Juventus will become a supermarket......
In fact, before the call-gate penalty came out, Juventus had been poached, Capello left Juventus, and joined Real Madrid with his disciple Emerson, Thuram and Zambrotta were attracted to Barcelona, and Dick, he has been holding still, Vieira, the French defender, he doesn't want it too much, because his salary is too high, and he has played a good game for half a season after joining Inter Milan in history, and the rest of the time is always recuperating from injuries and contributing to the whole team, It's not particularly big.
What Dick wants is Ibrahimovic, after all, this striker is one of the best strikers in the future, if it can really form a combination of Ibugaad, then such a combination can indeed have strong strength.
It's just that with Tony, Dick is still hesitating whether he wants Ibrahimovic, if all three of them want it, then there are too many strikers to meet Dick's requirements, unless Tony wants to leave.
Compared to Ibrahimovic, Dick certainly wants him more, Tony is not young after all, and this state will start to decline gradually after a year or two at most, while Ibrahimovic is younger and can maintain excellent form for a long time, if such a replacement can be made, in the long run, it is advantageous.
But what Dick didn't expect was that Tony hadn't moved his mind yet, while Adriano did.
Dick hasn't spent money this summer, he still has all the transfer budget of 30 million euros given by Moratti in his own hands, there is no cost to recover McConn, and the promotion of Bonucci from the youth team is even free, and he intends to use this money on Ibrahimovic.
However, at the end of the call, Chelsea offered Inter Milan an olive branch - they wanted to buy Inter Milan's Brazilian striker Adriano for 50 million euros!
After hearing the news, Dick was also taken aback, Chelsea did have a heart for Adriano in history, but now they have spent more than 40 million to buy AC Milan's nuclear warhead Shepchenko, and there are enough top strikers, and now they want to buy Adriano? What is the rhythm of this?
Drogba, Shepchenko, Adriano ...... Sounds wonderful, but isn't Robben going on? Add to that these midfielders of theirs, it's really overcrowded......
Dick originally thought that it was just Mourinho wanting to disgust himself, but with the next contact, he was stunned to find that Chelsea really wanted to buy Adriano - in fact, the purchase of Shepchenko was the request of Chelsea owner Aburi, and Mourinho asked for Adriano, for Abu, it doesn't make much difference whether it costs 50 million euros or 100 million euros in a summer, and now he and Mourinho are still in the honeymoon period, Since there are two Ballack and Shepchenko that Mourinho does not want, then he will try his best to meet Mourinho's requirements.
Faced with this price, Dick hesitated, after all, this is 50 million euros, not 5 million, and if Adriano is sold, he can buy Ibrahimovic at a much lower price, in terms of tactical characteristics, the combination of Ibrahimovic and Tony seems to be better than the combination of Ade and Ibrahimovic, after all, these two strikers need more possession of the ball, and Toni does not need it.
After discussing with Moratti, Dick decided to refuse Chelsea's request, after all, Adriano is indeed in excellent form now, he is not as good as in history, although he did not perform well in the World Cup, but his performance in the league and Champions League last season is enough to prove that he is the most powerful striker now, such a striker is easy to sell, it will be a huge loss.
But the day after rejecting Chelsea's offer, Chelsea's new offer came again, Abu was impatient with millions of dollars, he directly raised the offer to 60 million euros, and with it, Adriano himself, and he told Inter Milan through his agent in Brazil that he felt that he had nothing to pursue in Italy, and hoped to go to the Premier League to complete more pursuits......
Hearing this, Dick couldn't help but laugh angrily - there is nothing to pursue? I don't even dare to say such a thing, how old are you to dare to say that?
But think about it, Adriano's request is a bit unbelievable, but it is also understandable, after all, although he is the king at Inter Milan, but the current salary is only 4.5 million, although it is already the top income in the Inter Milan team, but Chelsea offered a salary of 8 million euros this time, which is twice as much as what he got at Inter Milan, such a temptation, Adriano really can't support it, and he has won so many honors at Inter Milan, And under Dick's tutelage, he has not been able to be the most important person, so it is no wonder that he has such thoughts.
"If you want to go, let's go."
Dick is not a drag either, he gave up on keeping Adriano after a phone call to Moratti, and since people want to leave and Chelsea are paying a high price, he can't push the money out - knowing that all the money left over from this season's transfer fee could become his bonus, he feels he can thank Abou for his generosity.
Sixty million euros! This has equaled the record of Figo's transfer to Real Madrid at that time, if it were not for the difference between the exchange ratio of the euro and the dollar at that time and the current one, then Adriano's transfer is a new record - after all, Zidane's transfer at that time was 66.2 million US dollars, according to the current exchange rate, 60 million euros is equal to more than 70 million US dollars, which has exceeded Zidane's transfer fee!
Such a transfer immediately shook the entire European football world, but Moratti was smiling bitterly - according to the agreement he signed with Dick, if Inter Milan won the Champions Cup this season, then Dick could get 90 million euros from Inter Milan if he didn't spend money in the future!
Such a bonus, even Moratti will feel pain.
But soon, Dick proved that he didn't just want money, first of all, he had to guarantee results - a few days later, Inter Milan announced that Juventus's Swedish striker Ibrahimovic transferred to Inter Milan for 25 million euros, filling the gap in Adriano - although his value is more than half lower than Adriano, but considering that Juventus is relegated to Serie B, it can be regarded as a low-cost sale, and such a recruitment is enough to make up for the gap caused by Adriano's departure.
'Ibrahimovic is a very good player...... And Adrianoby? No, no, no player should be compared to any other player, no one is unique. Ibrahimovic and Adriano are different types of players and I would treat them differently. Where am I going? I'm the manager of Inter Milan and there's no doubt about that, and the next season we're going to be on our way to three Serie A titles in a row, and Inter never seem to have won three in a row, so it's a good opportunity for us to set a record for winning back-to-back titles. ”
Dick was smiling at the press conference announcing the signing of Ibrahimovic, and the Swede sitting next to him smiled happily, and although he has been a rival to Inter Milan for the past two years, it is also a good opportunity for Ibrahimovic to join the stronger Inter Milan after Juventus are relegated, after all, he has not won a title in two years at Juventus.