Chapter 3 To sell or not to sell, it's not a question
Regarding whether to sell Gao Zheng, Sagramola can't be the master, or he can't carry this pot.
So he approached the club's president, Eduardo Garrone, and placed all the faxes on his desk.
"Juventus...... Bayern Munich ...... Arsenal...... Liverpool...... Chelsea...... Manchester city...... Atletico Madrid ...... Real Madrid ......"
Eduardo looked over one by one and whispered about the great names of European football.
All of them are giants.
When did Sampdoria's players get involved with so many big clubs at the same time?
But now these people are indeed here for Gao Zheng alone.
Sagramola sat next to him and did not speak, and he decided not to say anything, so as not to blame himself in the future.
Even if the chairman of the club asked him for his opinion, he said that only the chairman would take the lead.
However, Eduardo didn't ask Sagramora about itβin fact, he knew exactly what it meant by the other party bringing it to his side.
The club has reached a very critical time, and last season under Gao Zheng's leadership, the team achieved very good results, and the Coppa Italia and Champions League bonuses have indeed eased the club's financial strain.
To be honest, he was really reluctant to let Gao Zheng leave.
He's become a hero for this team, he's united players and fans, he's a symbol of Sampdoria and he's been able to bring Sampdoria victory after victory.
The team will not be able to play in the Champions League next season, which is of course a monetary loss. But it's not bad to have the Europa League. And Eduardo has a sense of self-confidence that if Gao Zheng continues to stay in the team, Sampdoria should be able to get a better result in the Europa League.
Even now those in the team who are leaving, if Gao Zheng stays, their idea of leaving may not be so strong.
No matter how you look at it, you shouldn't let Gao Zheng go.
But......
Eduardo looked at the numbers on some of the faxes, and the string of zeros made him dizzy.
What Coppa Italia bonus, what Champions League bonus...... The sum of that money is not as good as the amount of transfer fees thrown by some giants for Gao Zheng alone.
It's nice to be rich......
Eduardo Garrone sighed inwardly.
Sagramola watched as Eduardo flipped through the faxes, and from this action he could guess that the chairman must be very confused by now, but he still did not speak, silent as if he were dumb.
In fact, if you want to ask him if he sells Gao Zheng, what are the benefits of selling it? What's the benefit of not selling?
The benefits of selling are obvious, the club can get a lot of money in the account immediately, and it also saves Gao Zheng's salary. Whether it's the transfer fee or the salary space saved, it can be used to sign more players.
Although a Gao Zheng was sold, a lot of players could be added, and from this point of view, it was not bad for the team.
The downside of selling is also obvious β the fans will be furious and take their anger out on the club, and whoever makes the decision will be scolded.
The downside is that the team's results will definitely suffer, and despite not starting next season, Sagramola feels that is almost certain. Sampdoria with and without Gao Zheng are two different teams at all, and last season's good results were all based on Gao Zheng. There is a very strong evidence - Gao Zheng rotated many times in the league and missed a lot of games, so the team's final ranking in the league was not satisfactory, and it was only ranked tenth in the end.
So if you want to sell Gao Zheng, you have to be mentally prepared, Sampdoria may be beaten back to its original form.
Although we can use Gao Zheng's transfer fee in exchange for more players, none of those players can be compared to Gao Zheng.
Their combined value may be equal to Gao Zheng, but the positive impact they can bring to the team may not be as good as Gao Zheng alone.
Wouldn't it be better not to sell Gao Zheng?
The same cannot be said either. Because everyone knows that Sampdoria can't keep Gao Zheng all the time, Gao Zheng signed a four-year contract with the club.
The contract was signed in the first half of 2012, two years have passed since then, and there are still two years left on the contract. If you keep Gao Zheng for another season, then by the end of next season, Gao Zheng's contract with the team will only have one year left, and even if the club wants to sell Gao Zheng again, I am afraid that it will not be able to sell it at a high price because the contract only has one year left.
Now those clubs who are interested in Gao Zheng can wait another year and wait until Gao Zheng's contract with Sampdoria expires, and Gao Zheng's agent is probably also happy to let the player switch to other teams as a free agent, so that he can get a higher salary for Gao Zheng.
And until now, Gao Zheng's agent has not talked to the club about renewing the contract, so it is conceivable that they do not plan to stay in Sampdoria for too long.
So think about it carefully, if Sampdoria FC can't sell Gao Zheng this summer, it may lose the best opportunity to sell Gao Zheng, and lose the good opportunity to sell Gao Zheng for a high price.
The player who is destined to leave the team, of course, has to think about how to sell him for a high price.
So there are pros and cons to selling and not selling.
It depends on how President Eduardo Garrone is chosen.
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Eduardo Garrone is really struggling, but he's not struggling with what Sagramola is struggling with.
He considered whether selling Gao Zheng would reduce the value of Sampdoria......
Although he has publicly pledged not to give up on the club after his father's death, the Garrone family will remain linked to Sampdoria and he will continue his father's mission to bring the team back to the top.
But in fact, he has been thinking about how to sell the club off.
For him, Sampdoria's results last season were his bargaining chips β a team that had won so many accolades certainly couldn't be sold cheaply.
Now he is worried about whether the sale of Gao Zheng will affect the valuation of the club.
After all, Gao Zheng is also an important "asset" of the club......
Then he thought about the club's debt problem.
Debt is also a reason to lower prices.
And if Gao Zheng can be sold, so much money will be a huge help to reduce the debt pressure of the club......
Thinking of this, Eduardo Garrone finally made a decision in his heart.
He doesn't care if he will be scolded by Sampdoria fans if he sells Gao Zheng, and he doesn't care what the team's results will be after selling Gao Zheng, because he even has to sell Sampdoria as a club.
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I don't know how long it took, but Sagramola, who had been silent, felt that a long time had passed, and he heard Eduardo Garrone sigh: "I think Gao should know very well that he will not stay at Sampdoria forever, if he knows that he is so popular in the transfer market, and we have to keep him, what will he think?" Will he complain that we're blocking his upside......"
Hearing this, Sagramola knew that Mr. President had made a decision, and that decision was to sell Gao Zheng.
He sighed inwardly, and finally came.
ββ¦β¦ We have always had a very good relationship with Gao, and he understands our difficulties, and we can't help but take his difficulties into account now. I hope that the club and him will end up together, and not turn against each other. Regardless, Gao will always be a legend of Sampdoria. β
Eduardo finished looking at Sagramola.
Sagramola nodded: "Okay, I see. I'll tell him about the club's decision...... But what if he wanted to stay? β
"Then of course I welcome him to stay, in fact, if it weren't for his future, I would have liked him to stay here." Eduardo said the righteousness of awe-inspiring, as if he was really forced to agree to sell Gao Zheng.