Chapter 570: Digging up the old master
Abasolo told all shareholders at the regular meeting that Dick wanted to sign Torres, and he thought it was just a joke, but to his surprise, both Cerezo and Hill Jr. had a more ambiguous attitude......
"Twenty million pounds or more...... It's a great addition to our finances. Cerezo replied that he had no problem with who to sell to, the key was how much money he could sell - he had a few films to invest in lately, and he was a little tight on cash, and if he sold Torres, he would basically not need shareholder capital this summer, which is not without his help.
"We have Aguero now, Torres is no longer irreplaceable...... Hill Jr. said this, in fact, he doesn't like Torres either, because this kid always expressed his nostalgia for Dirk in interviews after Dirk left, and he couldn't shake his position before, and now with Aguero, Atletico Madrid fans have also begun to like this Argentine kid, Torres is not irreplaceable, and it is not so difficult to find a goalscorer.
"You ...... Do you think you can sell Torres? Abasolo asked, surprised.
"From a business point of view, it's worth doing." Cerezo said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"If you have 25 million pounds, you can bring in a top scorer like Torres for half of it, and we can use the rest of the money to supplement the squad." Hill Jr. said that he didn't want to invest money now, and Torres ...... It is Dick's last descendant, and now Atletico Madrid is the main force in the Dick era in addition to Torres, there is only one Beleron left, Baraja was also sold by him last year, Belleron is an honest man, he has no power in the locker room, and he is not involved in other things, Little Hill doesn't mind him staying, but Torres, as the banner of Atletico Madrid, respects Dick more, this is something that Little Hill doesn't want to see, and it just so happens that now Atletico Madrid seems to have left Torres without any problem, just sell it......
The attitude of these two men was like this, which made Abasolo a little speechless, he felt that selling Torres was a joke, but Dick seemed to be very sure, and the two people who had the worst relationship with Dick agreed to sell to Dick, which made Abasolo feel that the world was really incomprehensible......
When Abasolo was confused, Torres submitted a transfer request to the club, citing the reason that "I don't want to stay at Atletico until the club makes a change." ”
This reason is naturally not public, but in the eyes of little Ciel, it makes him eat as disgusting as a fly, and he has decided to sell Torres.
Since you want to go to Dick so much, get out of here, and do whatever you want, and don't make me hate me anymore.
If little Hill was a little worried about this guy's comeback when Dick just left, then five years later, little Hill is no longer worried about what threat Dick will pose to him, even if he is more successful in the European arena...... What does it have to do with me? I'm still the biggest shareholder of Atletico!
When the three met again, another news came - French national team midfielder Franck Ribery joined Manchester City for a transfer fee of 20 million pounds.
"It seems that this guy has really found a big money owner, although the money is not so outrageous, but the value of these people is higher than the value in the market." Cerezo sighed.
"In that case, we could probably have a higher price for Torres, 20 million pounds, not enough." Little Hill smiled and said that in his opinion, it was no problem to let Dick spend more money, if his luck was bad now, and he spent so much money without getting good grades, then he would not be ruined?
As soon as the three shareholders discussed, they decided to knock Dick a hand, because Corradi's performance in La Liga was very average, so they said that they didn't want Corradi, and Mponsa could consider it, but the transfer fee was too small, and they didn't agree.
Dick, who got the news, laughed - the transfer of a player of Torres's level, I am not afraid that you will pay a high price, I am afraid that you will not talk about it, as long as you are willing to talk, then there will be no problem.
"Twenty-three million pounds plus Mponsa." Dick happily offered the price for the second time.
Atletico said it wasn't enough.
"Twenty-five million pounds plus Mponsa." Dick's price increase is getting less and less every time, and although he has money on hand, he doesn't mean to throw money at it stupidly.
"It should be almost." After all, although Torres has performed well in recent years, because of the decline in Atletico Madrid's overall performance, his value is actually not particularly high, 25 million pounds is equivalent to about 38 million euros, which is already quite top-notch, plus a Belgian national team striker Mponsa, adding up to almost 40 million euros - this is almost Atletico Madrid's largest sales income......
In this way, without the knowledge of Atletico Madrid fans, Atletico agreed to Manchester City's offer for Torres, and the next contract was also well discussed, also with an annual salary of five million euros and a four-year contract.
When Atletico Madrid and Manchester City announced the transfer at the same time, Atletico Madrid fans were stunned, they did not expect Torres to leave Atletico Madrid, but when they knew that Torres was going to join Dick, they began to feel that this did not seem to be an unacceptable result......
To be honest, Dick is really benevolent to Atletico Madrid, after leaving Atletico Madrid, he did not poach any players from Atletico Madrid, of course, it has a lot to do with Dortmund's lack of financial resources, but after coaching Inter Milan, he did not poach any players from Atletico Madrid, Cruise joined Inter Milan before he coached Inter Milan, of course this can't be counted, so Atletico Madrid fans have been thinking about Dick's good, and this time Torres defected to Dick, which made them feel that Torres' choice was not wrongAfter all, after the six-goal defeat to Barcelona last season, Torres was very annoyed and had already revealed the idea of leaving Atletico Madrid.
With Leighton Barnes at 7 million, Parker at 7 million, Ashley Young at 10 million, Vidal at 5 million, Franck Ribery at 20 million and Torres at 25 million, City have signed six players in just 10 days for £74 million, but that's not a reason for Dick to stop.
Before leaving Madrid, Dick made another move, he first bought Argentine central defender Samuel from Real Madrid for a high price of 16 million pounds, Samuel's performance in Real Madrid can be regarded as ups and downs, but because Dick went to Inter Milan and did not bring him in, he has been staying at Real Madrid, and now he has two years left on his contract, after Manchester City offered such a high price, Real Madrid is relieved, after all, such a deal is also a good deal.
Dick then signed former Leeds left-back Ian Hart, who was out of contract with Levante, and the former Irish set-piece king has been in a bad dip now, but if he returns to the Premier League where he is used to, he can be a substitute and bring in such a player to strengthen the bench.
Dick is still very satisfied with this trip to Spain, Samuel's strength is undoubted, he is one of the best central defenders in the world, Manchester City is now short of central defenders, even if Samuel needs time to adapt to the style of the Premier League, he can also become a fixed needle in Manchester City's backline.
The arrival of Torres is able to make Manchester City's forward line immediately stronger, with Ribery's side strategy, plus Torres's central grabbing points, such a lineup is already very good, of course, it needs to continue to be added, after all, the personnel gap of more than a dozen people is not so easy to fill, and now he still has 110 million pounds on hand, which is enough for him to buy some more excellent players back in the transfer market.
For the major giants in Europe this season, Dick's prestige, vision and Manchester City's financial resources add up, it is indeed a very headache combination, for example, Bayern has already suffered their loss, in fact, Bayern had to back down at that time, because they were worried about one thing, that is, Dick would not be able to get along with them in the battle for Tony - Tony can be said to be pulled up by Dick, if Dick and they rob Tony, Bayern is estimated to have no way.
Dick hasn't thought about grabbing Tony with Bayern now, after all, he already has Torres, and if he wants another Toney, there will be some overlapping positions, not a waste of money, but a waste of reinforcements, this season's reinforcements are quite important, at least to pave up this big stall, otherwise why impact the league? Even if Manchester City don't have a European task this season, they must at least have a good main lineup, and the English league has always been known for its many games, and the depth of the bench without a good bench really can't support it.
Therefore, the eight players bought so far can only be regarded as filling part of the framework, and in terms of specific details, there are still many places that need to be filled.
At the very least, he lacks a pure goalscorer, a top-class midfielder, and a central defender who can partner with Samuel, preferably physically strong and capable head-on – and that's just what the main squad needs, and the substitute squad needs to be strengthened and brought in.
Thinking of this, Dick also sighed, he has never toppled a team like this, when he was at Atletico Madrid, it was enough for him to buy two or three players a year, and when he was in Dortmund, he also built a lineup based on the original team, and at Inter Milan, although he sold a lot of players and introduced a lot of players, but Inter Milan itself has a lot of outstanding players, such as Toldo, Cannavaro, Córdoba, Materazzi, Zanetti, Zanetti, Stankovic and others were his main players later, and he didn't need much surgery at first.
Only this time in Manchester City, facing a team that was in danger of relegation last season, with a transfer fee of 200 million pounds in his hand, Dick is happy to have an FM addiction, sell a large number of players, and then smash a strong team out, what to do next, it depends on Dick's ability.
And now, the poaching is still going on, poaching the old owner of Atletico Madrid, and now it is the turn of Italy to poach the old owner of Inter Milan - Inter Milan are now selling some players anyway to ease the pressure on the salary......