Chapter 122: Blackmail
"I explained it to him, but I heard him mean that he wouldn't give up, and he said he was going to sue you to the Football Association! Unless........." Selly hasn't said it yet, Hugo has already spoken.
"Unless Lao Tzu gives them a sum of money to compensate, right?! Bah, he's dreaming, who does he think I'm to blackmail him?! What is it?! This is blackmail! Hugo scolded in front of his mother.
"But this Veneto. Rossi is not simple, he is an agent at GEA and Brody is just one of the players under him! He was originally an employee of Little Moji's football agency! Selli reminded that the name EGA brokerage company actually only appeared this year, but there is a behemoth in the brokerage circle is not this year, Juventus's general manager Moggie's son Moggie Jr. has long been calling for wind and rain in the brokerage circle, and this year several rich second-generation brokerage companies have merged, and Moggie Jr. has become an important figure in GEA.
Needless to say, this company has only just been established and already has a very strong strength, and no team can underestimate them.
A young Juventus rookie like Brody, little Moggi naturally let him fall into the bag through his father's relationship.
"What about EGA?! Well, Leo, don't worry about them, we don't need them! I know their "prestige", but I am not afraid of them, I still hate them very much, maybe one day I will get angry and destroy them! Hugo smiled, seriously, he is really not afraid, in the past two years in the lower leagues, EGA's blockade of players is mainly focused on Serie A, Trapani's level is too low, and the dealings with them are really limited.
Secondly, in another two years, Hugo's vision of the world will become a reality, he made Julia and Garlando's website maybe become a very famous media website, then he also has a platform to speak, and he has his own voice in public opinion and is afraid that he is a bird, Hugo does not believe that they are not shady, but it is not difficult to find some dead people to turn him upside down.
So Hugo was not afraid of them at all.
"Okay, let's not talk about it, if that guy still calls you, you ask him to call me, and I'll deal with him!" Hugo said, "Tell me about your search for players, now that Brody is gone, do you still need to find a central defender?!" Is there still a veteran thing to look up to?! ”
"I was just about to tell you about it, I've heard Guillermo. Amor: No? ”
"You know, he played in the World Cup in '98, didn't he?! You're talking about that Spaniard, right?! Hugo said that he made his fortune from that World Cup, and he had studied some of the teams in that cup and had an impression of this player.
Is it possible for the players of the World Cup team to join my team, knowing that it has only been two years since '98?! Hugo was skeptical.
"Is it possible to bring him in?!" Hugo asked.
"His agent recommended him to me privately, you know, privately, Amor didn't know about it!" Sailly said.
"It's a good thing to eat, but I like it!" Hugo laughed.
"Don't get me wrong! His agent is not asking for his own financial interests, but for the sake of Amor, who was basically out of action at Fiorentina last season, and his contract has expired, and he wants to return to Spain at the end of this season, La Liga team Villarreal is interested in him, so he wants to go there, but his agent thinks that he is old enough, and it is only right that he should take this opportunity to make more money, instead of dwelling on the level of the league, he heard that we are good here, That's why I want Amor to play here! Selly explained.
"Hmph, do you think of us as a nursing home?!" Hugo's unhappy response.
"Gigi, it's normal, we need veterans, don't you think they can help the team too?!" Selly was speechless when Hugo said something like that again.
"Well, well, I'm just whining, the young guys of the team need them! They were able to provide us with experience! What is his salary requirement?! Hugo admitted his mistake in time.
"His agent asked for 1.5 million euros after tax, but I think 1 million euros is definitely okay, which is more than his current income!" Sailly said.
"A million?!" Hugo's heart is really distressing, I didn't expect it to be so expensive, and all the sponsorship of the family's business was given to this guy!
"He's not suitable, it's too expensive!" Hugo said helplessly, because he found a way to pay this salary, and he didn't mean that he couldn't afford it now, but he felt that it was too painful.
"He can play in multiple positions, he has experience in Italian football, he is an absolute mainstay of Barcelona in the past, he is Cruyff's favorite player, I really like him!" "Maybe he can bring us something different, you know that the Barcelona era he went through was not ordinary, maybe he can teach us something good!" ”
Cruyff's Barcelona era was a great era, Barcelona won almost all the titles, and it was Cruyff who laid the foundation for Barcelona, so the characters that came out of his team were all great figures, and Selly felt that the price was worth it.
"Okay, okay, you talk to them! This blood is out! Hugo said with tears in his eyes.
After saying this, Hugo put down the phone and said to himself, "Damn, why is it so expensive?!" Why is it so expensive?! ”
Lida was very distressed when she looked at her son's painful appearance, she didn't know much about football, and asked, "Who is it?!" What a million?! ”
"We are going to invite a player who has an annual salary of 1 million euros after tax! That's expensive! Hugo said, spreading his hands.
"How much can you earn as a player?!" Leda said in surprise.
"No, Mom, this team is going to cost money! You don't know yet, Luca. Tony's annual salary is also 1 million euros, after tax! It's all because I was young and ignorant at that time! Now that I understand it, I still inevitably have to be stabbed! Hugo sighed, this fact, if he knew so much last year, he would never give Tony such an outrageous salary, now it's too late to regret it, everyone is friends, Hugo can't do anything to reduce his salary, and the better Tony's performance in the future, Hugo even has to give his friends a salary increase.
Hugo didn't take that Veneto at all. Rosie takes it seriously, but people can treat him as a fat sheep to be slaughtered, and no one knows who he has such courage, but Hugo is now a celebrity.
But the next day Hugo received the agent Veneto. Rossi's phone, Rossi on the phone did not hide his greed at all, he asked Hugo to compensate Brody for 100,000 euros in "mental damages", otherwise Hugo would sue the Football Association.
"I said you really thought you were a character?! Blackmail actually blackmailed me?! Hugo laughed angrily at such a greedy and ignorant agent.
"What do you think you are?! You thought that the football circle in Italy was Sicily, boy, times are different now! I can't refuse my terms, or we'll see you in court!" You've probably heard of EGA, thinking that getting rid of our players for no reason would be an easy end?! "Veneto. Rosie is also quite domineering when she speaks.
"Seriously, it's the first time I've met an agent like you, threatening the owner of a certain team! I sigh to myself when you brag about it! Did you know that I'm so happy right now! You're like a naked guy dancing a striptease in front of me, it's funny! Aren't you going to sue me?! Just go! I'll see who the believes you, you're right, the football world is not Sicily, if it's Lao Tzu, you'll have to beat you like a pig's head! Hugo laughed angrily.
"Go, go! Don't show up in front of you, you clown, or I'll beat you up once I see you! Hugo hung up the phone angrily, why is this person so ignorant?! Brody's life is over, and with such a bad agent, it's strange that this life is not ruined.
Hugo is not afraid of them at all, such a dispute cannot rise to the height of justice, at most, the Football Association will punish him and ban him for a few months, it doesn't matter, Hugo did not issue any gag orders to the players of the team, what to say and what not to say must be very clear.
By the end of July, Selli had added several more players to the team. Amor still came to the team, how did he come, Hugo didn't want to know, maybe it was Seli who persuaded or maybe his agent persuaded him.
Amor is short in stature, but he is skilled in his feet, he was also a fast horse when he was young, now he is older, and his speed is not as good as before, but it is okay, Hugo has seen him on the training ground, he appreciates his attitude, he did not come here to retire because he is old, he is really positive, sometimes he is louder on the pitch than Allegri.
But Amor also has a bad point, he wants to work hard is right, however, he faintly shows a little ambition, hoping to build this team with him as the core, in this team he has the most experience, but also plays the most high-level games, his career for more than ten years has almost been played in the top team, debuted in the Barcelona academy, played in Barcelona for 12 years, and played in Serie A powerhouse Purple Lily Fiorentina for two years, of course, it belongs to the team that cannot be bigger.