Chapter 310: Voting with Your Feet
Icardi's transfer deal has finally been finalised.
In the beginning, Inter Milan were hoping to buy Icardi with a little cash and a lot of vouchers.
But this approach was flatly rejected by Sampdoria.
So Inter Milan changed the conditions, a little more cash and a small amount of vouchers for the players.
Sampdoria still rejected this model.
When Inter Milan took Pazzini from Sampdoria before, it was also a little cash plus Biabiani and another young player as vouchers, and as a result, Biabiani's contribution to the team was basically dispensable, and the young player couldn't play at all.
For Sampdoria, they don't need vouchers or player exchanges right now, because Inter Milan will definitely not let them go because of the players they fancie.
So instead of asking for a bunch of players who don't need it at all, it's better to ask for cash.
As a result, Sampdoria only need cash in Icardi's transfer deal.
They weren't afraid of angering Inter Milan and making them give up on bringing in Icardi – and to be honest, they wished that was the result. In this way, Icardi ended up staying at Sampdoria, and it cannot be said that Sampdoria refused to let him go, but that Inter Milan failed to meet Sampdoria's demands.
Is Sampdoria's request outrageous? Not necessarily.
Since it is not outrageous, this is not satisfied, then it is not Sampdoria's problem.
Anyway, Icardi stayed, formed a forward partner with Gao Zheng, and then led the team to the Champions League.
There is no harm in this for the Sampdoria team.
But if Inter Milan must take Icardi, then come up with a price that can satisfy Sampdoria, and Sampdoria will naturally let Icardi go when they receive cash.
After grinding like this for a long time, Inter Milan finally decided to buy half of Icardi's ownership for 15 million euros in cash - Inter Milan originally planned to buy out Icardi directly, but Sampdoria's cash demand made it difficult for Inter Milan to take all the ownership of Icardi at one time, they could only retreat and buy half of Icardi's ownership first, and the two sides agreed in the contract that the remaining half of the ownership would be negotiated after one year.
Inter Milan can choose to buy out the other half of Icardi's ownership, give up that half, or transfer half of their own injured ownership – and it all depends on Icardi's performance.
Icardi's agent, Marano, was furious at the situation, and what was supposed to be a one-time buyout would never be a problem, but now Icardi's fate is still hanging in the balance......
But Icardi was calm and comforted his agent: this was exactly what he wanted.
proved that he was no worse than Gao Zheng with a season's performance, so as to completely conquer Inter Milan, who still had doubts about his future.
For Icardi, that's what he wants.
So in the end, all three parties reached an agreement on the transfer, Icardi transferred to Inter Milan for a transfer fee of 15 million euros, but he was actually worth 30 million euros.
As a rookie who has only played one season in Serie A, this value is already very unexpected.
And that's all in Icardi's fifteen league goals last season.
Icardi's agent, Marano, has every reason to believe that if it weren't for Gao Zheng stealing too much of the limelight, Icardi's worth would be far more than 30 million.
It is said that Gao Zheng is now worth 45 million, and Icardi should be about the same price.
30 million euros may be a "huge amount of money" for Sampdoria now, but he believes that next summer, when Inter Milan buys another version of the ownership for 1,500, Sampdoria will regret their decision today, because 30 million euros is very cheap!
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When the news of Icardi's transfer to Inter Milan was officially announced, it caused heated discussions among the media and fans.
Just a few days after Boli's transfer, Icardi is gone, and what should have been a happy, hopeful summer is not at all happy for Sampdoria fans.
Although they know that with the current situation of the team, it is impossible not to sell players.
However, the departure of the team's second scorer still makes many Sampdoria fans worry about their future in the new season.
In the evening, a program on Italy's Channel 5 invited a group of guests to discuss Icardi's transfer to Inter Milan.
Although all eyes were on Gao Zhen last season, Icardi didn't receive much attention.
But now, when he left Sampdoria, he seems to have earned all his attention. Even his transfer can make the TV station open a program specifically for him.
As soon as the pundits talked about Icardi on the TV show, they thought that Sampdoria letting Icardi go was a huge loss and would have an immeasurable negative impact on the team.
There are even guests who think that Icardi's departure is also a negative thing for Gao Zheng.
“…… The reason why Gao was able to score so many goals last season has a lot to do with Icardi's top up front to attract the attention of the opposition's defense. Now that Icardi is gone, if Sampdoria don't have any reinforcements in the center of the striker position, then Gao will have to go up, which is completely inconsistent with his characteristics, and if he is deeply involved in the opposition's dense defense, what kind of performance can Gao show? ”
The guest talked eloquently, and finally said very firmly: "So last season, everyone praised Gao, thinking that Gao was the core soul of Sampdoria, but I think everyone underestimated Icardi's contribution to the team, but I think Icardi is the core of Sampdoria!" ”
"Hey! That's shameless! Borata, in front of the TV, shouted.
The son next to him pouted and said, "Dad, you have to know that Channel 5 was originally Berlusconi's, isn't it normal for them to say such things?" ”
"It's just disgusting!" Borata still said angrily. "Anyone with a discerning eye can see who is the core, only the blind and idiots are not clear!"
The guests on TV continued to discuss the departure of Icardi and Poli from Sampdoria in favour of Milan.
“…… Yes, after the start of the new season, Inter Milan will not qualify for European competitions and AC Milan will not qualify for the Champions League. But so what? The fact that both Boly and Icardi have come to Milan's two teams speaks volumes about the fact that even if Sampdoria qualied for the Champions League, they would not be as attractive to the duo as Milan. What is it called? It's called 'voting with your feet'! In front of the century-old giants, Sampdoria is nothing more than an upstart......"
Another guest also expressed his opinion: "Although Gao said at the end of last season that Sampdoria would not repeat the mistakes of the past this season, I think that is just wishful thinking on his part. Football is a team sport, and team matters are not up to him alone. asked Sampdoria to qualify for the Champions League once, but they didn't even survive the qualifying round, didn't play in the Champions League at all, and were relegated in the end. ”
The guest laughed, and the others laughed too, and the scene was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
"Eh, if Sampdoria really didn't play the Champions League in the end, I don't know if Gao will regret not leaving this summer......"
Borata couldn't take it anymore and picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, and the guest's words came to an abrupt end.
"It's you who should regret it! Idiots! He yelled at the TV set that had been turned off.
Then he was still sitting on the sofa and angry with himself, his chest rose and fell violently, which made his son very worried: "Dad, relax......"
"Relax? I can only relax when the league starts! ”
Seeing his father's blowing beard and staring, the son closed his mouth in amusement, he was afraid that if he continued to talk about it, he would become his father's punching bag.
He fled in a hurry, leaving his father to sit on the couch sulking, the heavy wheezing that could be heard through the door......