Chapter 308: The Need to Finalize the Deal in Advance
That evening, in the lobby of a luxury hotel in Mallorca, a party was held to celebrate the 10-time French Open title of natto, attended by his family, coaches and friends. Of course, because it was an impromptu event, most of the people who were able to attend the final were in Paris or staying near Mallorca, but there were still nearly 40 family and friends who shared the joy and glory of Rafah.
Due to the strict dining habits of the King of Clay, the celebration party did not have too many alcoholic beverages, but without these things to help the fun, the excitement was still high, and it was noisy until midnight. However, Li Mudi and his girlfriend did not stay until the last moment, but left first to return to the farm at about half past ten.
Lin Yuna will take the next morning's flight to leave Europe, back to the practice and recording of the 10th anniversary album of Girls' Generation, Siska, who has just become friends with her, is naturally very reluctant, and the two have been together today to whisper something, which makes the Turin coach in his eyes very happy. Her lover can make close friends in Europe, which is of great benefit to her later life and even work, after all, the team's head coach makes Li Mudi himself always in a tense state of work in the middle of the season, and it is inevitable that he will lack time to spend with his family. Having another circle will make Lin Yun'er, who is not familiar with life here, feel bored or even uncomfortable, which will affect the relationship between the two people.
As for the itinerary after the Torino coach, it was also arranged relatively full. After sending his girlfriend back to Asia, he will return to Turin City to discuss with the club's staff about the team's roster changes, and then go to Palermo on the 15th to attend Belotti's wedding. If all goes well, he can start another 10-day free time after the 20th, when he should fly to the Celestial Empire to meet his family and friends back home, take care of personal matters by the way, and wait for the official opening of the transfer window on July 1.
When sending the two of them off, Natto invited his friends to cheer him on again at the All England Club in London when time permitted. This year's Wimbledon tennis tournament will be held from July 3 to 16, with Swiss king Federer in attendance, who did not participate in the French Open, and the Big4 collective appearance will naturally attract the attention of the global media and fans. However, according to the schedule, Li Muddy should be in the preparation period before the start of the season, and probably does not have much free time, but he still promised to come to the UK to cheer on his friends once Rafa reaches the semi-finals.
As is customary in previous years, the 2017-18 Serie A season should start on the penultimate weekend of August, on the 19th and 20th, so the preparation for the 2017-18 season usually starts in early July. The players have been on vacation for more than a month, and most of them should be in a much different physical condition from the requirements of the official game, coupled with the addition of a number of new signings and the drill run-in of the new formation, the team manager cannot easily be absent during this critical period. However, he still wanted to witness his best friend's victory at the Grand Slam, so he promised to share the glory of the other party at that time.
After sleeping until dawn on his farm, Li Mudi found that his parents had packed their suitcases and were ready to accompany Lin Yun'er to the country of kimchi when he was eating breakfast. He knows that his mother really loves his girlfriend who has lost his mother's love since he was a child (of course, it is also because of Lin Yuner's good looks that she has become her fan, and the face control attribute of the Turin coach is inherited from Li's mother), but it is indeed a little inappropriate to go to each other's homes so rashly.
However, after he just raised his doubts more implicitly, he was scolded back by his mother: "We are not stupid, we will not meet Xiaoyun's father at this time, and the first meeting of the in-laws will naturally arrange a formal occasion." So you have to finish your work in Italy as soon as possible, fly over early, and then the two families will have a meal together, do you hear? ”
"Then why did your second elder go with Yun'er today? When I'm done here, let's start from here as a family of three, I'll hold on tightly, and I won't be able to wait a few days. ”
"Your father and I don't have anything to do now, we originally planned to go back to China to see or find a place to travel, just when Xiao Yun is going home, let's go to the kimchi country together, and see what is good about one of the four Asian tigers, which can attract so many people in our Celestial Empire."
As soon as he heard this, Li Mudi knew that he couldn't stop it, so he hurriedly admonished two sentences: "Then you must be low-key when you pass over!" At present, the relations between the two countries are still in a frozen period, and although President Moon has been courting our country since he came to power, it is still unrealistic to want to ease the relations between the two sides, especially the boycott of the people of the Celestial Empire, in a short period of time. Don't participate in any strange activities this time, I asked Yuna to help hire a private tour guide to take you to some unique attractions, and then discuss the next step when I pass. ”
"Got it, what else can we do at our age? We don't understand the language over there, and even if there are scammers who want to cheat some money out of their pockets, we can't understand it. So you don't care about these useless things, hurry back to Turin to finish your work, and fly over as soon as possible, don't waste time, otherwise it will not be easy to find time to meet your in-laws. Xiao Yun wants to go back to the company for recording and MV shooting, you are basically inseparable from Italy since July, people's fathers are also very busy, it is rare to have time to get together, if you miss this opportunity, there is a time for you to cry. ”
Get! When my mother speaks, she must implement it thoroughly. So after sending off his parents and girlfriend, the Turin coach, who had thought that he had plenty of time and planned to work slowly (in fact, he was lazy), hurried back to Turin City, and asked Valentino Caiiro and Pantario Longo to come to his apartment that afternoon to discuss the big three.
During the French Open before, Li Mudi once wanted to bring his girlfriend back to Italy to discuss the purchase of a new apartment, but Lin Yuner felt that buying a house was a big deal, and it should not be decided hastily without enough time to investigate. And the two are not married after all, so in this matter, we still have to consider the thoughts of Li's father and Li's mother, and let the Turin coach complain that she is a believer in traditional Eastern thought, and she feels completely incompatible with the West. But in fact, he himself is the same, and his parents still have to check this important matter, so the matter of buying a new house has been put on hold for the time being, and it will be said when the second elder returns to Europe.
Since the day after tomorrow is the press conference where Cassie announced that he will sign for the Torino team, the three of them are discussing whether the club should send someone to Spain to make an appearance while drinking afternoon tea. In the end, everyone agreed not to participate this time, and when the two sides officially signed the contract on July 1, it would be good to have a warm ceremony in the media room of the Olympic Stadium. After all, strictly speaking, Cassie's contract with Porto has not expired, and he is still a player of the opposing side, and it would be disrespectful for the Torino club to be too eager to show up.
In terms of other signings, young goalkeeper Savic and Palermo centre-back Gordaniga are both set to wear Torino's crimson shirt on the team's reporting day on 5 July. Argentine centre-back Canneman will arrive sooner than the two of them, and while the Brazilian Liga is currently in full swing, Gremio has already received a transfer fee of €2.1 million, and they will release the player for Europe on 30 June.
Pieto Pellegri's transfer has not yet been finalized and will not be started until the summer transfer window officially opens, but Turin's $2 million reservation has already entered the Genoa club's account, so there is no fear of default. Manuel Pellegri was named the most talked-about young player of the season by the just-published newspaper Sport, and will officially become a member of the Red Bulls on the first day of next month, much to the delight of Moody.
So far, the team's recruitment has basically been completed relatively smoothly, except for the last minor repairs, only Mobile's transfer is still in the middle of the game. Although they did not try to retain the efficient homegrown goalscorer, the Lazio club clearly intended to make a big deal out of Torino, so the striker, who is worth only 18 million euros at the moment, was asked for 35 million, plus Sasa Lukic and Under-20 vice-captain Manuel De Luca.
This price is not high, not to mention the cash that is almost double the value, these two young men from the Turin Academy are worth at least 10 million in the eyes of Li Mudi. Lukic, who has a current ability of 116 and 146 potential, has been impressed since his loan spell at Novara last season, quickly becoming a regular in the team, and his ability to play in all three positions, including midfield, central midfielder and midfield, makes it easy for the manager to make changes to his squad. In addition, the 22-year-old Serbian midfielder is also very skilled, especially with his passing ability reaching 16, and has a good chance of developing into a very complementary pair with his fellow countryman Milinkovic Savic. If he can fully realize his potential, Li Mudi expects Sasa Lukic to be worth around $15 million to $20 million at his peak.
The 19-year-old De Luca made his debut at Upper Adige in Italy's northernmost region of Trentino Alta Adige, and after a season on loan at Inter Milan's youth team, he officially joined Torino in the summer of 2014, which happened to be a Red Bulls academy player. The youngster is 1.88 meters tall, but he is quite flexible, with average physical fitness and technical ability, and has no weaknesses but his characteristics are not outstanding enough. However, under the watchful eye of the team's coaches last season, the movement and shooting have made great progress, and a total of 10 goals and 6 assists have been played in 27 games for the U20 team throughout the season, which is very impressive. Although his potential is slightly lower at 140, he also has the opportunity to grow to the level of the leading goalscorer in the mid-table of Serie A, and Li Mudi has long planned to cash out at a high price once he is trained.
However, these plans are no longer able to proceed, and the Blues management have named the two of them to be included in the Immobile deal, or to increase the cash to 42 million euros, otherwise they will not agree to the Torino team's offer, which is a headache for the club director and marketing department who have always valued the team's youth training. Both of them thought that if they followed Lazio's proposal, the Red Bulls would lose a lot of money, not only spending a lot of money, but also taking advantage of the team's future hopes, which was very much more than worth the loss.
However, the Torino coach, who has already learned from his friend Zizou that Morata and Ronaldo have submitted transfer applications, knows that once such a big-name player enters the market, it will have a great effect on the value of all players. And Gines also heard from other sources that Barcelona is preparing to launch a general attack against Paris Saint-Germain's Italian midfielder Verratti in the next few days, if the deal can be reached, the transfer fee is likely to be at the level of 100 million yuan, and the value of Immobile will rise further, maybe 50 million may not make the Blue Eagle nod.
Therefore, Li Mudi made a quick decision, before he felt that the transfer market was disrupted by the transactions of those giants and first-class stars, he would get rid of the players he saw in advance, so as to save a lot of dreams at night, and then the bamboo basket would be empty. So after one night and one morning of analysis the next day, his voice was almost hoarse, and he finally persuaded the two colleagues. Longo immediately contacted the club's president, Urbano Cairo, on his mobile phone and asked him for the most expensive signing in the history of the Torino club (the previous record was the 8.1 million euros from Lecce in the summer of 2001, who won the Serie A Golden Boot during his time at Livorno in the 2004-05 season), and after nearly 10 minutes of communication, he was finally approved by the big boss.
However, the problem now is that the transfer funds of the Torino club are not enough, and there are only about 18 million euros left in the hands of the marketing department, which is still counting the 500,000 that Padelli joined Inter Milan and the 1.5 million that Avilar switched to Amiens, which is still a full 17 million away from Lazio's asking price. The three people, who were a little anxious about this, discussed for a whole afternoon, and then divided into three ways to carry out the next step. Longo is responsible for continuing negotiations with the Blue Eagles to try to keep the cash figure down to 25 million or even lower; Valentino, on the other hand, seized the time to contact Crotone FC to complete the deal of Albanian centre-back Ajeti as soon as possible, which will bring at least 1.2 million euros to the Torino team.
As for the team's coach Li Mudi, he began to consider which players in the team could be released, and it was best to reach an agreement with the buyer in a short period of time to get the transfer fee to fill the vacancy of the introduction of Immobile. This is where the FM system comes into play, as it can clearly show the team that is interested in each player, helping users to understand the operability of the transfer at the first time, and largely avoiding the waste of time.