Chapter 629: Simeone's Troubles

In the other two important games of this round, Barcelona, who had the advantage of being at home, beat Espanyol 2-0; Real Madrid, who were playing away, won 3-1 after conceding a goal in the opening stages, thanks to a brace from Hernandez and a long-range shot from outside the penalty area.

Although Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo had many good chances to shoot in the game, they were unlucky to fail to score.

Because Feng Quan scored a hat-trick in only half a game, while Messi and Ronaldo suspended the pace of catching up with Feng Quan in the game, the editors-in-chief of many media outlets who were still lashing out at Feng Quan a few days ago suddenly felt a pain in their faces.

Who made Feng Quan's performance so eye-catching, and the two Mero, who were worshiped by them as gods, suddenly became dumbfounded.

In stark contrast, Atletico Madrid fans, who had previously firmly chosen to side with the wind, ridiculed the already hot-faced hostile media online.

"Why don't the guys who thought the wind was arrogant now don't speak?"

"There's no way, the gods in their hearts suddenly became dumb, but our gods of Atletico Madrid only took half a game to complete a hat-trick!"

One radical fan even made this comment: "Except for injuries and suspensions, no one can stop Feng from scoring a goal. Yes, no one can do it! ”

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Although Atletico Madrid, who are fighting on two fronts, will inevitably encounter the dual pressure of fitness and competitive form, due to the fact that they are far ahead in the La Liga standings, Diego Simeone's practice of sending a large number of substitutes in the league has alleviated the players' fitness problems to a certain extent.

As long as they can avoid serious injuries to key players such as Feng Quan and Griezmann, Atletico Madrid still has a good hope of successfully defending the Champions League.

For a professional coach, being able to lead the team to the Champions League semi-finals for two consecutive years is enough to make him one of the world's top coaches, and Diego Simeone, who led Atletico Madrid to the "six crowns" last year, and this year led the team to the Champions League semi-finals again and "booked" the La Liga title in advance, even if he is the first person in the coaching world today, it is not an exaggeration.

However, it is difficult for Diego Simeone to be happy now.

Just after eliminating the city rival to advance to the last four of the Champions League, Feng Quan took the initiative to find Simeone before the start of training and expressed to him that "if I can successfully defend the Champions League, I want to leave the team to meet a new challenge".

Although Feng Quan's departure may bring a record amount of transfer fees to the club, even if the money is used to successfully poach Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, Simeone does not think they can make up for the loss of Feng Quan.

Some people may say that since Simeone doesn't want to lose Feng Quan, he can directly veto Feng Quan's transfer proposal.

Yes, Simeone, who is trusted by Atletico Madrid's hierarchy, can of course veto Feng Quan's proposal, but don't forget that Feng Quan's contract has a liquidated damages clause of 130 million euros.

In fact, as early as last summer, Atletico Madrid expressed its intention to renew the contract to Fengquan and promised him a super high weekly salary of 250,000 euros.

Atletico Madrid, which is not very generous to players, is more worried about the poaching of local tyrant clubs in addition to the amazing data of Feng Quan's blinding eyes last season.

Although the liquidated damages of 130 million euros are enough to break the minds of most clubs, Paris Saint-Germain, which has completed its domestic dominance and began to covet the Champions League trophy, actually gave an offer of 150 million euros last summer.

If it weren't for Feng Quan's unwillingness to work for the Arab oil tycoon, I am afraid that it would have rewritten the transfer record of world football.

Because of this, Atletico Madrid will spare no effort to offer a weekly salary of 250,000 euros for Fengquan, just to increase his liquidated damages to a sky-high price of 230 million euros.

At first, Feng Quan did not object to renewing his contract with Atletico Madrid, after all, the high salary of 250,000 was placed there and said that it was false, but when the club's general manager Paul Fortre proposed that the "AC Milan clause" must be removed from the new contract, Feng Quan immediately rejected the other party's proposal.

Considering that Feng Quan's contract will not end for 4 years, Atletico Madrid also stopped the contract renewal negotiations at that time, after all, the high salary of 250,000 euros will also put the club under a lot of financial pressure.

Although Diego Simeone was very dissatisfied with the club's failure to renew his contract with Feng Quan at that time, he could only hope that other competitors could not offer enough salaries to impress Feng Quan, who was not in the club's management.

Now, when Feng Quan is interested in leaving, Diego Simeone can only calm down first, and then immediately find the club's general manager, Paul Fortray.

"Paul, I hope the club can get the deal done with the renewal of the contract as soon as possible, and I'm worried that other competitors will trigger liquidated damages to take him away." Simeone said with a worried look on his face.

"Diego, I don't think you need to worry about this, I think the wind still has a strong sense of belonging to the team, otherwise Paris had already offered him a sky-high weekly salary of 300,000 euros last summer, and he didn't choose to leave." Paul Forley said disapprovingly.

"That's because Ligue 1 isn't attractive enough and the wind isn't a guy who particularly cares about money." After a pause, Simeone continued: "But if the top giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich are willing to pay higher salaries, it's hard for me to guarantee that the wind won't be moved. ”

"Why? Didn't you say that the wind doesn't really care about money? Forley asked.

"Yes, he doesn't really care too much about money, but he's got all the accolades he can get with us, so he wants to prove that he can succeed wherever he is."

Hearing this, Fu Lei said with an angry expression: "Those damn media, if it weren't for them, they wouldn't have such thoughts." ”

"In any case, completing the contract extension with Feng as soon as possible and raising his liquidated damages to an amount that other clubs are afraid of is the most important thing we should do now."

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Although the referee had already blew the whistle for the end of the game and the players from both sides had returned to their dressing rooms, many angry Milan fans remained in the stands for a long time.

As the team's most loyal supporters, the South Stand was even more fiercely protested slogans.

"Berlusconi, get out of here, Milan is not your plaything."

"Silvio, if you are no longer interested in the club, please sell the club."

Once Milan, it was synonymous with victory and glory; Today's Milan has lost to Sassuolo and Udinese, who are fighting for relegation, at their home stadium.

A year ago, Milan was still eligible for the Champions League; Today's Milan is difficult to even qualify for the Europa League.

Milan fans are both the most tolerant and at the same time the most selfish.

In the 90s of the last century, Milan also missed the European competition due to the aging of the squad and the unfavorable replacement of the old and the new, but it was impossible for Milan to sell their own stars at that time. Even if the team's results were not good, the fans at that time would not be angry with the team's management, but wholeheartedly accompanied the team to make a comeback.

The most dissatisfied with the current Milan fans is not the team's deteriorating results, but the Berlusconi family's drastic reduction in investment, and the club can only rely on the sale of its star to maintain normal operation.

If Milan were a small and medium-sized club like Atalanta that relied on their own development of young players and then sold them, fans might not be angry about selling their own stars, after all, this is how small and medium-sized clubs survive.

However, such a way of survival is not suitable for AC Milan, as a century-old club that has won 18 Serie A titles and 7 Champions League trophies, if not Juventus' domination of Serie A, at least Champions League qualification must be its goal.

Sadly, Milan is now not to mention competing for the Serie A crown, and after selling the core of the team such as Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, even Europa League qualification has almost become a luxury.

Because of this, Milan fans issued an "expulsion" order to Berlusconi, who brought them countless honors.

The day after the protest banner was hung in Milan's South Stand, the Milan Sport newspaper broke the news that "Silvio is disheartened and wants to sell Milan......

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