Chapter 208: Cooperation is a win-win situation
Sailly is actually not particularly in favor of letting Drogba go, he thinks differently from Hugo, Drogba's goal efficiency is good, it seems that he has broken through the bottleneck and opened up the second vein of Rendu, it is not cost-effective to sell Drogba now, and it is not easy for the team to add a striker similar to Drogba to play as a substitute.
However, Hugo was very much in favor of selling Drogba, and Sailly consulted Zeman, who was reluctant to let Drogba go, but he didn't like to block Drogba's future.
"Didier, he has the ability to play in Ligue 1, although I can't bear him, but I don't want to stop his future development, in the team, he can't shake Luca's status! If there's a suitable offer, I hope you'll be able to say yes! These were Zeman's exact words to Sailly.
So this is Trapani's response to Guingamp, the two offers did not satisfy Sailly, this price is too low, Cerly's psychological price is 3 million euros, Drogba is not as bright as Mikoli, so the value is lower.
Guingamp's two offers were far from the same, but Trapani's reply had already given Guingamp a reason to have a good talk with Trapani. Le Graet has just re-established himself as the new president of Guingamp, and this is not a simple chairman, he used to be the mayor of Guingamp, and this is not the first time he has served as the chairman of Guingamp, which he also served as president in the 70s and early 90s.
This time back to Guingamp, Noel is trying to change the situation in Guingamp, Guingamp is a small club in Ligue 1, with Trapani for a year, the population of the town is only tens of thousands, last season they were thrilling relegation, in the last round of games they were still in 17th place, one of the two places in the relegation, in the last round of the game they beat Troyes 1-0 at home to get rid of the fate of relegation.
The new season is coming, and Guingamp is not a rich team, but for the sake of relegation, Noel. Le Graët also had to spend money.
In this way, Le Graët flew directly to Trapani, he wanted to have a good talk with Trapani, and it was an attitude that Guingamp wanted Drogba and also represented Le Graët's sincerity.
Hugo happened to have completed his work in the United States, the current World Cup is in full swing, Hugo has already done a good job of layout, Europe's gambling industry is rich, unlike China in the previous life, on the win, draw and lose, bet on everything here, just gave Hugo the opportunity to hide people's eyes, he dispersed the prepared funds, so that Fabio. Costa has a lot of minions to help him diversify his investments and invest in various parts of Europe.
He has made a lot of money recently, and Hugo has no burden at all about intercepting the profits of many bookmakers in Europe.
He is not interested in the World Cup game, now of course he wants to support the Chinese team, and he will also support Italy, but the Chinese team ended badly, and Italy ended badly, so of course he won't go to the scene, Sailly commissioned some scouts to help them find out if there are players who can be introduced.
Back in Trapani, Le Graët arrived, and Trapani's top brass and Le Graët and his party held a meeting on Drogba at Trapani's headquarters on June 4.
About Guingamp, Hugo studied their information on the plane back, they were founded the same time as Trapani, but they are all small town teams, to say that Guingamp is not as good as Trapani now, Trapani After two years of development, the population of the town began to increase, thanks to Hugo's continuous moves, the city hall's investment promotion plan is progressing well.
It is difficult for such a small team to develop without investing a lot of money, and Guingamp's shareholder is not him. It is not easy for Le Graët to increase his capital alone, which requires the approval of the shareholders' meeting, and he is not like Trapani, which is a private team, that is, Hugo's team.
Hugo's current plan is to cooperate with Guingamp, and he has two plans in mind, let him buy Guingamp completely, sorry, he doesn't have that money, the first one he thinks is to buy Guingamp's minority shareholders and become a partner with Le Graet.
The second option is to carry out cooperation between clubs, cooperation in player exchanges, Trapani can fund the acquisition of young players of the French department, and then loan to Guingamp, because after arriving in Serie B, the non-EU quota is very limited, the policy of the Italian Football Federation is changing at any time, Trapani originally had players who are not EU football, of course, can continue, but only allow the introduction of one non-EU player per year, and the introduction of more can not be registered.
How can you only find talents in EU countries, but also in other countries, Hugo also wants to strengthen the recruitment of young players through such a program, so as to make money.
In fact, the purpose of these two plans is only one, not that Hugo is kind enough to help Guingamp, but to expand the power of the Trapani club and strive for more ways to cultivate excellent players for their own use.
That's why he came back from the United States so quickly and consulted with Le Graët in person.
Negotiations on Drogba have not gone well, and the "thirsty" Le Grae did not let Trapani waver on the transfer fee, and Trapani said that his bottom line was 3 million euros, otherwise the deal would not have happened.
In the evening Hugo entertained Le Graët alone, at the Grand Hotel Colenny.
This hotel is a garden hotel invested and built by the Colleni family, close to the marina, the Colleni family intends to take advantage of the development of the tourism city to take advantage of the development of the tourism industry, this is Hugo's suggestion to the family, so the Colleni family took the lead in building this hotel near the sea, and there will be a small marina in the future, the purchase of yachts, yacht charter services.
The hotel is not very high, only 14 floors, and on the top floor is the restaurant, which serves all kinds of Sicilian cuisine.
Hugo did not invite the entourage who followed Le Graët, only the two of them, Le Graët knew that Hugo must have ulterior motives, but he agreed to the offer, it was obvious that this meeting would play a good role in promoting Drogba's transfer, but I don't know what Hugo's conditions were.
After some rambling, Hugo said: "Didier is a good player, when he came to Trapani two years ago, he was nothing, he was known as the striker who couldn't score goals!" ”
"Hehe, Gigi, your club is known for being good at nurturing young people, and Didier has made great progress here!" Le Graët complimented with a smile.
"Mr. Le Grae, you know we are a small club, sometimes you have to make realistic choices in terms of management, Didier is of course a good player, in fact our manager Mr. Zeman is very much against selling him, but now we have no more options, we are promoted to Serie B, the competition is more fierce, we need more players, Didier is a player we can get our hands on, Leao wants to make more money from him, I think you should understand it!" Hugo sighed and said.
"Of course, of course! In fact, we are similar to you, it is very difficult for the small club to survive in the top league......" Le Graet also poured a lot of bitter water, saying how difficult it is for him to become the chairman again, there is no money to operate the transfer, the team does not have much money, in view of the team's poor results, there are few outstanding figures in the team, and it can't be sold for a few prices, so it is better to keep it for yourself.
"We appreciate Didier, Gigi, your offer is so high that you know we can't afford it!" Le Graët finally said that he could afford to bear it, but if he endured Drogba, don't think about other transfer targets, this is absolutely impossible, and a Drogále Graët is not sure that he can hold up Guingamp.
"I don't know, I can understand your difficulties, but you have to do something like that! Just yesterday Marseille was asking if Drogba would be sold! Hugo said that it is also true, perhaps because Goba was too eager to promote his nephew, and as a result, it has now attracted the attention of not only Guingamp, but also some other Ligue 1 teams, with Marseille being the most profound.
"They?!" Le Graet chuckled in his heart, if it was Marseille, they would have the money to afford it, and it was obviously much more attractive than Guingamp.
"But I made Sailly turn them down, I just want to do business with you! It's not impossible to keep the price a little lower, and I thought of a better way! Hugo looked at the stunned Le Graet and said.
Oh, Le Graët came back to his senses and knew that was the case, but he really didn't know what Hugo's cooperation meant?!
"You mean you're willing to sell Drogba to us?!" Legraët asked, hesitantly.
"Yes! But I think there's another way we can negotiate this deal! Hugo said, and then told Le Graët his thoughts, Hugo especially mentioned the problem of minority shareholders, small shareholders are very annoying, they have no money to invest, but they are firm supporters of Guingamp, even if Le Graët is willing to invest money, small shareholders are not willing to dilute their shares, so small shareholders want to maintain financial balance every year, which makes Le Graët very difficult.
"Can you tell them to give up their shares?!" Le Graët had big doubts about this.
"I paid a high price to buy their shares, I don't think it would be difficult, right?!" Hugo laughed.
Le Graët actually wants to buy it, but the minority shareholders need a high price, which makes him unhappy, it is a poor team that is not worth much, and you still want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit, which is not what he wants.
Since Hugo wanted to do this, Le Graët had no opinion.
If Hugo does not invest, everyone adopts the second option, Le Graet also said that it is acceptable, Hugo said to Le Graet: "Now the big clubs are richer than us, more famous than us, and we are in different leagues, if we cooperate, it will be good for everyone, you can get practical young people, and we can reserve some talents!" Even in the future, you can get a share of the player sale, tell me if it's a good thing?! ”