Chapter 293: The Willows and Flowers
Why did Li Mudi have such an inexplicable idea? It's actually quite simple, because the relationship between Gines and Cassie is simply terrible, and the story of the two of them will definitely appear in the former's memoirs or autobiography, and it is the kind of big book, if he has the will to publish that kind of book.
As mentioned earlier, Gines relied on Raul, the number one star in the history of Spanish football (there is really nothing to argue about this, although Raul's national team honor is dismal and he has not won the Footballer of the Year, but his club career and status in the football circle are unquestionable). In the more than 10 years that he has been in Spanish football, no one has been able to shake his roots, and the calling card of a country is well deserved. He became a top agent, but at his peak, he was still dealing more with Real Madrid, and many of the team's domestic stars were his clients, and Casillas, the goalkeeper who can rank one in football history, is no exception.
Although everyone agrees that Cassie is a world-class supergoalkeeper, it is extremely rare for him to become the starting goalkeeper of the top giants Real Madrid at the age of 18. Even Gianluigi Buffon only established himself at Parma at the age of 18, and the "Crusaders", even at their peak, were only a second-rate club in Europe. Cassie was able to have this opportunity, and it would have been impossible without Gines behind his back.
In fact, since the 1999-2000 season, at least half of Real Madrid's previous coaches have moved the idea of buying a new goalkeeper, the reason is very simple, although Cassie's reaction and one-on-one ability are the first level in the world, but his height is only 1.82 meters, and his air defense ability is his biggest weakness. The team has always had a lethal problem in defending set-pieces and bombing from high altitudes, and many have attributed the problem to the shortcomings of the goalkeeper, which has seriously affected the status of the goalkeeper of Real Madrid's own academy.
However, it was precisely because of the great man Gines who fought hard to launch a stronger resistance that the club's top management shook the idea of bringing in other first-class goalkeepers, and finally failed to let those managers succeed. Cassie has since become the "crown prince" of the Bernabeu, officially taking over the flag of the Galactic Battleship after Raul's departure.
But the perfect fairy tales are remembered because the chances of them becoming reality are so low. After winning the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Casillas, who had become the most successful goalkeeper in the history of the world (club and national team honors, his own ability, and the bonus of winning consecutive trophies as captain), fired Gines for failing to improve his influence in international football, causing quite a stir.
To be honest, Gines's influence outside of Spain is indeed relatively low, although because of the status of a country's bigwig, there is a lot of cooperation with brokerage companies in other countries, but it is only able to achieve information exchange, and there is really little ability to develop commercial business. And it is precisely because he is more comfortable with the operation mode of domestic and not foreign development that the influence of the Portuguese predator Mendes has gradually penetrated into Spain, and gradually surpassed the former, becoming the most powerful agent in the Bernabeu after 2009.
But if you look at it from a different angle, it is precisely because of Genes's "ambition" that he is very popular in the circle and has made many friends.
However, it was precisely because of the break in 2010 that he and Cassie, who had been together for 14 years, finally became strangers. In 2011, Gines was still indignant at the other party's ingratitude in an interview with the media, saying: "I don't have a good relationship with Cassie as I do with Raul, we don't have any friendship now. I've known Cassie for almost fifteen years and have been carefully shaping the future of his career and helping him achieve great success. But when he became a successful player, he gave up on me, which is hard not to have a bad association with his character. β
Later, under the persuasion of Raul and other relatives and friends, the famous agent stopped sarcastically mocking the "traitor" in words, and the story between the two men came to an end, and there was no longer contact with each other. However, they always have that thorn in their hearts, especially Gines, not to mention that they are very close to each other, but also classified them into the category of mortal enemies, which makes today's proposal seem so weird, and Li Mudi, who is familiar with this past, is surprised.
Seeing the Turin coach's look of a ghost, his agent first smiled slightly, and then explained: "As long as I think that he has become your soldier and has to follow your command to fight the field, I feel that the joy in my heart can no longer be suppressed, and it will naturally be revealed, this feeling is really wonderful, hehe!" β
ββ¦β¦ You are so evil, and you are so obscene, you really know people and don't know your heart! After seeing the smile on the other party's face, Li Mudi couldn't help but shudder slightly, and then gave his own evaluation, which made Valentino Cairo, who was very interested in this proposal, laugh "poof".
Gines hurriedly waved his hand to reject the definition given to him by his partner, and then said: "No kidding, I do think that Iker's ability is still at a quasi-first-class level, better than Sirigu, and his arrival in the team will play a big positive role in Torino's defensive ability, which will be extremely helpful for the improvement of next season's results." β
"We all know that Cassie has performed well in Porto this year, although he is 36 years old, and his reflexes seem to have deteriorated to a certain extent compared to his peak, but he is still the best in the world. And his experience and consistency are invaluable assets, and they fit well with the team's current defensive system and are a better fit for us than Sirigu. However, as you mentioned, Lee has communicated with him personally, and in addition to the fact that the other party is entangled in participating in the Champions League, the annual salary is the biggest obstacle, and the Torino club really cannot afford such a large expenditure. Listen to what you mean, though...... Is there a way to fix it? Valentino took over and gave a brief overview of the current situation and returned the most important questions to the other party.
After seeing that the Torino coach also nodded in acknowledgment of this fact, Gines thought for a moment, organized the language and responded: "You are experts in competitive matters, since everyone agrees that Iker is the best choice, I think you can go all out." I can't do anything about the Champions League, so I can only do the work again by Moody, but the salary problem is indeed possible. Although he has been relegated to the Portuguese Super League and seems to have faded out of the mainstream of the circle, his influence in the world is still good, especially in East Asia, and there are basically many people who recognize his status as the two best goalkeepers of the new century. As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Li Mudi's side, wanting to get a response from the latter.
"Yes, because he helped Real Madrid win the European Champions Cup at the age of 19, and helped the team turn the tide many times in the next ten years, coupled with the captaincy of the Spanish national team's dynasty, Cassie's influence in the Celestial Empire is indeed great, and Buffon is a moment of brilliance...... Well, anyway, it's evenly matched, and people like Cech, Neuer and others have to be behind them, and it's not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the favorite players of the Celestial Empire fans. Although he has been away from China for ten years in this world, Li Mudi before the crossing was still very clear about Cassie's influence in East Asia, so he directly affirmed his agent's statement, and then looked forward to the other party's later solution.
When the conversation got to the point of truth, all three of them invariably put down their utensils and left the table behind them, focusing entirely on how to take the championship-level former world superstar.
Gines took a sip of red wine, didn't let the other two people wait too long, and then laid out his plan and plan: "Moody should have met Iker's current agent Carlo, you only talked about the player's own thoughts before, presumably that rookie should have no opinion on joining Turin, right?" Although it is a question sentence, judging from the tone, it reveals a strong affirmative attitude and a feeling of contempt.
"There was only one contact on the phone, and no one saw it. I had met his former agent Cutropia a few times in the past few years in Madrid, but after Cassie left the Bernabeu, there was no contact, and if it wasn't for the idea of signing him this time, I wouldn't have known that he had a new agent. β
"Humph!" After launching a negative "King's Contempt", Gines briefly explained the information he had: "After leaving me in 2010, he failed to develop the so-called international market under the planning of his new agency, so he set up his own brokerage company called 'Casillas World Ltd.' when he was kicked out of the Bernabeu in the summer of 20115. To be honest, most of the excellent players in Spain have been taken away by many foreign companies, even my company is just messing around, and the others are even more unsuccessful, he wants to use his position and connections to do a lot in the field of player agency. β
After draining the few remaining glasses, Genes continued: "It's a good idea, but unfortunately it is not destined to succeed. At his peak, he did not have the experience of playing for top foreign teams, and he did not have the opportunity to contact those large companies. There won't be many young players with potential who are optimistic about his company, and even if they sign good seedlings, when they grow up, they are destined to switch to the arms of others, because the one he betrayed me before, a small pool can't hold a big fish. β
Seeing that this guy went around in circles and didn't get into the main topic, the Turin coach couldn't help coughing to remind him, and Gines could only put down the words of "belittling" Cassie and officially entered the answer: "The previous agent Cutropia is now a partner of Iker, in charge of the entire company, which is my position, but what about ability and strength...... Carlo is nominally an agent, but in fact he is Ikkel's spokesman and nanny, and everything has to be under the command of the player himself, so I am sure that this man will not have any attitude. The only one who can really influence Iker is Cutropia, and of course his girlfriend Sara is also counted as one, but you should know that no one wants to contact this extremely ambitious woman. β
Li Mudi, who was noncommittal about this, just shrugged his shoulders and did not respond, which made the prince of Turin, who wanted to hear the big gossip, very dissatisfied. However, forcing others to talk about privacy is the bottom line that a gentleman will never touch, so he can only continue to listen to Genes helplessly pull the topic back to the solution.
"Due to Iker's joining the Portuguese Super League, the influence of his agency in Spain has gradually decreased in the past two years, and the development has not been smooth, and Cutropia is already about to be worried. And I can use Moody's influence in the Celestial Empire to help this veteran goalkeeper who is still very popular there to pull a lot of sponsorship, and with my connections in China, it is also easy to promote a few new endorsements. The income from both sides can fully offset the difference between the annual salary offered by the Torino team and the figures they can get when they are in Porto, and this move can also help their agency stabilize the situation in the country, and by the way, open up the market in the Far East, Cutropia has no reason to refuse, so is this problem solved? β
Halfway through the words, the other two people had already roughly guessed the next plan, and after a short period of thought, they both thought that although it was a little bizarre, it seemed that it was really possible to succeed. So they glanced at each other, and sighed together through eye contact that ginger was still old and spicy, and he looked full of affection.
No one doubts whether Cassie will be able to get the endorsement of the Celestial Empire, because there are already many players in the Torino team who have become the best examples, and relatively famous people such as Belotti, Ranocchia and Russ have been favored by many businesses there and signed business contracts one after another. Everyone is conservatively estimated to have an income of one or two million euros a year, and at that time, he was ridiculed by Valentino as "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven", which is stained with Li Mudi's light. But this is also a tradition of the Celestial Empire, Da Yao's teammates in the Rocket team were like this, and their endorsements were all domestic brands, and they reaped a lot of benefits.
Judging by Cassie's fame, if he is lucky, he could earn more than 2 million euros in business, considering that the annual salary in Porto is 6 million, as long as Torino can provide 4 million, which is already within the affordable range.
Li Mudi, who didn't want to delay any longer so that he would not complete the renewal of his contract with the Portuguese team, immediately expressed his attitude to Gines: immediately start the exchange work with Cutropia, hoping to get a response from the other party as soon as possible, as for the matter of finding a suitable Celestial Empire enterprise, you can contact Lin Zixu for help if necessary. Because Sirigu's side could not delay for too long, the Torino team would have to race against time to avoid losing two candidate goalkeepers at the same time, preferably in four to five days, and if they failed, they would have to chase the Paris goalkeeper with all their might.
GinΓ©s flew back to Madrid overnight to help the Torino boss deal with what was thought to be a missed signing, which was not part of his normal job, but with an attitude of giving it his all, and it seems that the phrase "seeing Cassie as a subordinate of Li Mudi" does not seem to be a joke.