Chapter 12 How much is the European Golden Boot worth?
Eduardo Garrone stared at the fax that Sagramola had given him, a series of uncountable zeros at a glance.
This is Atletico Madrid's third offer for Gao Zheng.
The first two were killed by Sampdoria.
Sampdoria now has many players who are very popular in the transfer market, but Gao Zheng is the only player who can afford a high price, and Sampdoria Club naturally wants to make as much money as possible on Gao Zheng.
Anyway, when the two parties signed the contract, there was no liquidated damages clause, so how much Gao Zheng could sell in the end was completely up to Sampdoria.
Therefore, Sampdoria intensively rejected a number of club offers in the early stage, and it can be said that they even rejected all the clubs that made offers.
And although the whole of Europe was discussing who Gao Zheng's next family would be at that time, Sampdoria Club issued a statement saying that Gao Zheng was not for sale and that they would not sell Gao Zheng easily.
It is clear that "not for sale" is often not really not for sale, but means that ordinary prices cannot be taken away. As for "not selling Gao Zheng easily", it is also normal, if Gao Zheng is sold easily, how can he make money?
Everyone is an insider, so they naturally know what Sampdoria means when he says this, not that he really doesn't sell Gao Zheng, but that the price is low.
As a result, some clubs that really couldn't come up with the money, or thought that Gao Zheng was not worth paying more, withdrew.
Only those clubs that are very optimistic about Gao Zheng and are not bad for money are insisting.
There are now slightly more faxes on the desk of President Eduardo Garrone.
After Gao Zheng explicitly rejected Real Madrid, the fax copy of Real Madrid also disappeared from his desk.
The most enthusiastic of these clubs is Atletico Madrid.
Eduardo thinks it may be because Gao Zheng's three goals at the CalderΓ³n Stadium last season conquered Atletico Madrid, which made them so persistent towards Gao Zheng.
He had already rejected two offers from Atletico Madrid, but he didn't expect the third offer to be delivered to his desk soon.
This time the offer club offered 66 million euros, an increase of 21 million euros from the last 45 million!
It's nice to be rich......
Eduardo sighed in his heart, let alone asking Sampdoria to take out 66 million to buy a person, even if he takes 66 million to buy someone in a season, he can't take it out.
When he saw this number, he almost nodded in agreement.
But after forcing his inner impulse, he told Sagramola: "Reject their offer." β
Sagramora was shocked: "Still refuse? β
He really wants to persuade the boss to almost get it, Atletico Madrid has made three offers, each time higher than the other, which has already reflected enough sincerity, if he refuses again, he will offend others, and people will not guarantee the price directly like Real Madrid, does Sampdoria still have to pinch his nose to admit the low offers of other clubs before?
Sixty-six million is already the highest offer of any club.
Eduardo snorted: "Do they think last season's European Golden Boot is only worth 66 million?" β
Gao Zheng's final goal in Serie A last season was 33 goals, which is the striker with the most goals in a single season in the top five European leagues, and according to the points system selected by the European Golden Boot, he is also the highest scoring - the points coefficient of the five major leagues is two, that is to say, every goal scored by players in the five major leagues must be multiplied by two, which is equal to their points in the European Golden Boot rankings, Gao Zheng scored 33 goals, 66 points, the highest ranking.
So he deservedly won last season's European Golden Boot, and below him were Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool's Luis Alberto Suarez, both of whom scored thirty-one goals.
Gao Zheng has always said that his goal is to defeat Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, in fact, from the perspective of a European Golden Boot Award, he has beaten Cristiano Ronaldo, but Gao Zheng also knows very well that the defeat he said is not just one win......
So Gao Zheng never thought that he had won the European Golden Boot once, even if he had achieved his goal.
After Eduardo finished speaking, he added: "Back to Atletico Madrid, a price, 90 million euros, as long as they pay 90 million euros, we will sell it immediately!" β
Sagramora almost didn't jump up from the couch.
Although Sampdoria always refused and did not make any other response before, this time he finally paid a counteroffer, and it can be said that his attitude has changed a lot compared to before. But the boss's 90 million counteroffer made Sagramola feel that it was better not to pay it back......
If you report the 90 million, aren't you afraid that the other party will be scared away directly?
After thinking about it, Sagramora felt that it was better to shut up, anyway, he could accept Gao Zheng whether he sold it or not, if Gao Zheng stayed in the end because of the boss's lion opening his mouth, he felt that it was nothing.
Anyway, if Gao Zheng is resentful because he didn't succeed, then he can't complain, all decisions are made by the boss, he is just an executor......
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Simeone is now monitoring the progress of the negotiations between his club and Sampdoria on a daily basis. However, he did not ask Atletico Madrid president Cerezo directly, although he had the contact details of the other party.
He still insisted on getting information through his sister and agent, Natalia.
Because he said that he would still consider leaving Atletico Madrid unless Atletico Madrid can win high, it is not convenient for him to contact the president of Atletico Madrid now.
After Gao Zheng clearly rejected Real Madrid, he had been expecting Atletico Madrid to quickly finalize the transfer deal, and then he could let his sister negotiate a contract extension with Atletico Madrid. This way he can prepare for the new season with peace of mind.
Although he is now leading the team at the Espino training base in Madrid for the new season, there are still many opinions about his future.
His future is uncertain, and the future of the team is uncertain.
Fortunately, the World Cup is not over yet, and many of the players in the Atletico Madrid team who participated in the World Cup are either playing or on vacation and have not returned, and the team is currently only recovering for training, with buffer time.
But neither there is much time left for him nor for Atletico Madrid.
He originally thought that when Real Madrid withdrew and Barcelona did not move for a long time, it would be much less difficult for Atletico Madrid to win Gao Zheng.
Unexpectedly, this World Cup is about to end, and Atletico Madrid and Sampdoria have not been able to negotiate a result.
Natalia inquired and brought bad news to her brother: "The negotiations have reached an impasse, supposedly because the Sampdoria lion opened his mouth and offered a price that Atletico Madrid could not afford. β
"How much?"
"It seems to be...... 90 million ...... Euro. β
Simeone was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "Why didn't Sampdoria go and rob the bank!?" β
Although he told Atletico Madrid that he hoped that the club would buy Gao Zheng at all costs, he actually had a bottom line in his heart, and this bottom line figure was definitely not 90 million euros. He is well aware that although Atletico Madrid is in a much better financial situation than before, it is beyond their financial means to make them come up with 90 million euros, even in installments.
He is now beginning to reflect on whether the club was too enthusiastic and eager under his own pressure before, and now he is being slaughtered by Sampdoria as a fool?