Chapter 286: A Busy Holiday (Part II)

"Zhiwei, I heard that you've talked to Mark Stevens about the same?"

After G6 king Klay Thompson was injured unexpectedly and the Raptors won their first NBA championship in franchise history, the 2018-19 season of Penguin NBA Live was over, and before the end of the season, they completed an impromptu recording in Oakland with Dai Zhiwei.

Basketball commentators go to visit football players?

Don't doubt it, the domestic media is so unprofessional.

For example, the Manchester United Experience Center in Beijing was officially completed and opened in Qianmen Dashilar Beijing Square. But attentive Manchester United fans found that on the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the boat symbolizing the Manchester Canal on the team crest was reversed, and the real team crest showed the boat from right to left, but it was from left to right on the day.

This news seems to be nothing special, but the strange thing is that this news is a report reprinted by the British media in the domestic media.

Can't these reporters just look at what's going on under their noses and make their own report, instead of reprinting the news from the British media?

In fact, they are just so lazy and unprofessional.

"Zhiwei, I heard that you've talked to Mark Stevens about the same?" At the Penguin NBA recording site, Yang Yi asked purposefully.

Although he didn't like Yang Yi very much, but out of the face of Xiaoqi's explanation colleagues, Dai Zhiwei still said: "It's almost, it's all my team talking, and I don't know the specific situation." ”

Yang Yi then asked: "Then if you become the small owner of the Warriors, will you approve of renewing Durant's contract with a maximum salary?" Even if he can't play a game next season, his form after recovering from injury is not as good as before, and it is very likely to become a garbage contract. ”

Warriors superstar Durant suffered a serious injury such as an Achilles tendon rupture in G5, and although Durant still has a one-year $31.5 million contract with the Warriors, this is a player option, and Durant is very likely to jump out of his contract and pursue a salary cap again.

However, according to the predictions of multiple industry insiders, Durant may miss the entire 2019-20 season, and there is a certain risk of capping his salary at this time.

"Of course." Dai Zhiwei is also a professional athlete, so his answer must be biased in favor of the players: "KD gave everything for the Warriors, and I want the Warriors to offer him a contract with a maximum salary." Because he deserves such a reward! ”

"So, what about Thompson?" Yang Yi asked.

Thompson left the court injured in G6 of the Finals and was subsequently diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee and is expected to be out for 9-10 months.

"Of course, it's also the top salary for 5 years." Dai Zhiwei glanced at Yang Yi strangely, "Is there any other choice?" ”

"It's a bit heavy, Zhiwei, will you continue at Manchester United next season?" Yang Yi was somewhat shallow on this topic, "I heard that Real Madrid wants to introduce you?" ”

Yang Yi's words are not without wind and waves, in the past season, Real Madrid's results were not ideal, the Champions League was eliminated by the youth army PSV Eindhoven, the league was suppressed by the old rival Barcelona, and the Copa del Rey also returned early.

Zinedine Zidane, who has returned to the Galaxy, has made a long list of signings this summer, the first of which is to insist on signing Dai Zhiwei, and Manchester United seem to be preparing for a second move as media have confirmed that they have joined the race for Benfica striker Joao Felix.

Dai Zhiwei naturally heard such rumors, and took this opportunity to respond for the first time: "It's impossible." It's true that Real Madrid is a very good team with a glorious history and maybe they want to bring me in as well. There are a lot of rumors out there, but I don't care about that, I'm just going to do what I have to do. At least, I've been a Red Devils fan since I was a kid and I'm happy playing at Old Trafford at the moment! ”

Dai Zhiwei's answer is very official, but he and Yang Yi are not friends themselves, and the other party is a media person who puts interests first by standard, so after this topic, he stopped talking to Yang Yi by talking to Xiaoqi.

Words don't speculate for more than half a sentence, that's it.

After the 2018-19 NBA Finals, Xiaoqi did not return to China with Penguin Live, but traveled and vacationed with Dai Zhiwei in North America.

As for why the progress between the two is so fast?

Maybe it was the right time for Dai Zhiwei to take advantage of the miserable defeat of Xiaoqi's support team.

The choice of adults is sometimes so direct, everyone has a good impression of each other, and they have money and leisure, so it is enough.

While Dai Zhiwei and Xiaoqi were playing in the United States, the struggle between Mourinho and Woodward reached the point of bayonets.

In the end, Woodward was still defeated, and Mourinho successfully seized the transfer rights of the first team with excellent results in the past two seasons.

The powerful Mu Shuai held the transfer fee of 120 million pounds + the sale of players in his hand and began to "make waves" in the transfer market.

After all, Mourinho has never been a settled man.

Mourinho is naturally ready to make a big move in the transfer market - after all, Manchester United at this time is not the down-and-out appearance of Manchester United in the same period in his previous life, and any Championship striker Daniel James is eager to find talent.

Now the Red Devils want to keep the dynasty.

Mourinho is sober and did not attack those targets as soon as he came up, after all, the current £120 million in his hands is not very competitive in today's transfer market, and he chose to make up for the lack of money by selling players.

On 15 June, Manchester United announced the transfer of right-back Matteo Darmian to La Liga powerhouse Valencia for £12 million.

Darmian has been with Manchester United since the summer of 2015 and has been a first-team player since his move from Serie A side Torino. But the Italian has found himself on the fringes of the team over the past two seasons, with the likes of Ashley Young and Valencia better suited to play at right-back than him.

In the 2018-19 season, Darmian made just seven appearances for Manchester United, and the arrival of Ricardo Pereira last summer made his position even more awkward.

Subsequently, Rojo, who couldn't find his place at Manchester United like Darmian, also chose to transfer, returning to Argentina for a transfer fee of 13 million pounds and joining Boca Juniors.

Coupled with the transfer fee for Fellaini to join Luneng, which had been negotiated during the Woodward period, after three sales, Mourinho has an additional 37 million pounds in his hands, plus the original 120 million pounds, and he finally feels that he can do something "big" with 157 million pounds.

The first target of Mourinho's sights is his old club, Real Madrid.

So far, Real Madrid's frenzied recruitment this summer has broken the record for a single transfer window in team history. With Real Madrid's official announcement on Wednesday local time that French left wing-back Edouard Mendy has joined for 48 million euros, the Galaxy has spent 303 million euros on five players in this transfer window.

Of course, the transfer window has only just opened, and Real Madrid's spending on signings this summer will not stop at this figure.

However, after spending 303 million, they need to carry out a purge operation.

More than a dozen players, including Bale, Ronaldo, and Kovacic, are the targets of Zidane's upcoming purge.

Mourinho has his eye on Sergio Reguilon, who has lost his place at left wing-back since Edouard Mendy's arrival.

As of now, Reguilon, who is not yet 23 years old, once squeezed Marcelo to the bench last season with his mature defensive posture and aggressive attacking forward.

But Zidane was beaten into the cold after his return, in addition to Zidane's more trust in Marcelo, there is another very important reason why Reguilon is not reused, that is, he has a bad relationship with Luca Zidane, the son of the manager.

Moreover, Reguilon was also excluded by the big man Ramos in the club.

In a fun confrontation within Real Madrid last season, Sergio Reguilon hit captain Sergio Ramos in the nose during a confrontation and was subsequently deliberately kicked at him twice by the latter.

At that time, Reguilon was completely kicked and could only stand stupidly on the field.

Last season, while Luke Shaw was in fine form and even matched Liverpool's Andrew Robertson in the Premier League's Team of the Year, United were less secure at left-back.

While Ashley Young has been playing well at left-back, no one knows how much fuel the 34-year-old has left in his tank.

So, the young but precocious Reguilon came into Mourinho's sights.

Originally, Reguilon knew that after Mendy's arrival, he would have few opportunities to play next season and was ready to leave - but he wanted to go on loan, and not to some ordinary team, he wanted to go to a big team that could play in the Champions League, and return to Real Madrid as a successful loan player like Carvajal.

However, after receiving an invitation from Mourinho, Reguilon changed his mind.

After all, this is Manchester United, who have won 10 trophies in the past two seasons, and here is the number one star in today's football, Dai Zhiwei.

Sergio Reguilon has agreed to Mourinho's invitation on the phone and expressed his willingness to join Manchester United, and the next step is the negotiation between Manchester United and Real Madrid on the transfer fee.

After two rounds of negotiations, the difference between the two sides on the transfer fee was only on the two points of 3 million euros and whether to add a buyback clause.

Talking about the transfer of Sergio Reguilon here, Mourinho was not idle on the other side, and he was eyeing the players of Barcelo Barcelono, another Spanish giant.

Or, a former player.

Vermaelen's contract with Barcelona expires in June 2019 and Barcelona have no intention of renewing his contract at the moment, given his endless injuries, so he will leave Barcelona on a free transfer when his contract expires.

Since joining Barcelona in 2014, Vermaelen has played just 53 games for Barcelona due to so many injuries that he has been nicknamed the "High Priestess of Wounds" by fans.

The most famous story was in the 2014-15 season, when only Vermaelen suffered a serious injury in the entire season, and the rest of the players fought almost all year round, when Barcelona won the Champions League.

Over the past five seasons, Vermaelen has played an average of less than 1 game per month and scored only 1 goal, but he has won an astonishing number of titles, winning 4 La Liga titles, 4 Copa del Rey titles, 1 Champions League, 2 Spanish Super Cups, 1 UEFA Super Cup and 1 Club World Cup.

Jose Mourinho is not concerned about Vermaelen's injury situation, as he wants to sign the soon-to-be-34-year-old Vermaelen, hoping to make up for the team's position as the fifth centre-back following the departure of Marcos Rojo.

At that time, Vermaelen will not have many opportunities to actually play.

Faced with Mourinho's invitation, Vermaelen gladly accepted it, as he saw the continuation of his career as a champion.

Manchester United fans are also very welcome to Manchester United's first signing this summer, after all, Vermaelen's arrival seems to mean good luck - although the signing comes with zero transfer fees.

However, just when Mourinho was about to go all out to attack Reguilon, there was a news within the team that made him extremely annoyed -

Marcus Rashford refuses to renew his contract!

Marcus Rashford was originally thought to have a contract extension not difficult, with Barcelona and Real Madrid both interested in him in January, but he expressed his determination to stay at Manchester United. However, he postponed contract negotiations until the end of the season. Since then, the mentality of the United star has changed, and while he may stay, it is no longer a sure thing, even if Woodward offers a £200,000 or even £300,000 a week.

Marcus Rashford's refusal to renew his contract is not just a question of how much money he earns, but how far he can grow at Manchester United.

Under Dai Zhiwei's pressure, can he achieve his ambitions at Manchester United?

Hard.

Therefore, Rashford wants to join a team that can make him the team's first choice in attack, rather than becoming an obscure younger brother behind Dai Zhiwei.

Moreover, Rashford is not short of a home, in the past season, although he competed with Anthony Martial, but in a single season with 19 goals and eight assists, the 22-year-old is definitely the most popular fried chicken in football today.

Regarding the transfer of Rashford, Mourinho and Woodward have a clear attitude, that is, they do not want him to transfer, and once they want to transfer, they can only go to teams outside the Premier League.

However, if Rashford moves to a club outside the Premier League, his transfer fee will drop significantly, because his "account book" is worth a lot in the English domestic league, but not only is it useless in the eyes of foreign clubs, but it may also occupy valuable non-European places in the future.

Don't forget, the weird British Empire has left the EU.

Moreover, Rashford has only one year left on his contract with Manchester United, with an option to extend his contract for another year. Thanks to the introduction of the Bosman Act, Rashford can now accept offers from the club at any time, and United cannot stop any team if they want to.

Even if Rashford is adamant and wants to leave, it may be that his new club will not even have to give £50 million.

And what about Rashford's actual value at the moment?

2 days ago, the CIES Football Observatory, a famous sports research institute in Switzerland, just announced the latest edition of the player value list, Dai Zhiwei ranked first with 300 million euros, Mbappe and Salah ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively, Messi ranked 5th, Ronaldo ranked 21st, and Rashford ranked 13th with 133.5 million euros.

It is worth mentioning that Rashford is also the only one in the top 20 of Manchester United's squad - Anthony Martial, who is the third most valuable player in Manchester United, is in 25th place with 107.6 million euros.

€133.5 million vs £50 million?

Jose Mourinho definitely doesn't want to let a valuable asset like Marcus Rashford be lost at a low price after he has taken over the transfer of Manchester United.

As a result, Mourinho had no choice but to turn his attention back to his backyard from the transfer market and hand over Sergio Sergio's transfer to his deputy.

After all, for Manchester United at the moment, none of the 10 Sergio Reguilon can compare to one Rashford. Take a look at the latest chapter of "Green Wings Claw Book House" to read it for free for the first time.