Chapter 486: A Firm Choice
Although the frequent upsets are a bit difficult for supporters of traditional powerhouses and many bettors to accept, the World Cup schedule continues in an orderly manner, and the new matches quickly attract everyone's attention, leaving everyone's previous feelings behind for the time being.
In the first round of the group stage, Li Mudi did not follow the whole process as domestic fans hoped, even if his commentary was not as mature and sophisticated as the other two guests, Xu Yang and Yang Chen, but his super popularity and some private information that is difficult for ordinary people to understand from time to time (using the plug-in of the FM system, he can say the player's transfer status and what weaknesses can be targeted without pressure), plus he always inadvertently makes fun of the Celestial Empire Football Association and the national football team, These have made this commentator get a lot of supporters. Of course, his partner was a little bad and had to be ready to wipe his ass at any time.
It was only due to some personal matters and urgent work on the club side that the Torino coach temporarily left Russia after only commenting on three high-profile games, and made a trip to Beijing and Italy successively, until the second round of the group stage was already halfway through, and then hurriedly returned to this part-time position.
It's okay to say that the things on the Celestial Empire's side are within his plan, so there is not much time to delay. During the World Cup, it is naturally impossible for most of the top domestic manufacturers to let go of this excellent opportunity to rub the heat, and all kinds of football-related advertising is called an overwhelming situation. And in this very special period, who will have a more popular image than Li Mudi? So soon after the Torino team just won the European League championship, Li Mudi's foreign and domestic brokerage teams received endorsement invitations from countless Fortune 500 companies.
Li Mudi, who was originally unwilling to let his image be over-consumed in business, had to convince himself to become a so-called "traffic-type" star in order to increase the success rate of the future acquisition of the club, but still put forward strict screening requirements. And Genes and the others also know the truth of being too late, and they will not do everything they can for the sake of immediate interests, so after a whole week of hard selection, they finally left six new endorsement invitations.
Due to the tight schedule, there was no time to create a video ad, so it was all still images, which didn't take much time, and the gap between the end of the season and his return to Spain to prepare for the engagement ceremony was easily managed. However, this batch of new endorsements plus the previous Yili Dairy, Huawei mobile phone, a. The original endorsements such as Auto-Volkswagen have made the Torino coach form a dominant effect after entering the warm-up stage of the World Cup, especially before and after the World Cup-related programs, his too ordinary face must appear, and many fans jokingly said that they vomited.
This time I returned to China in order to give several endorsement manufacturers an activity platform, and two days is enough, and I will not delay the work.
But who knows, there is an important situation on the Italian side, and the coach of the team must deal with it himself, which extends this small holiday to the plan. Fortunately, CCTV is quite reasonable, and the contract signed before also clearly stipulates that if Li Mudi encounters urgent work on the club's side, he can focus on that side, which does not cause any entanglement.
It is naturally extremely important for him, a man who does not rest well after changing beds and pays great attention to the quality of sleep, to continue to suffer on a night flight shortly after arriving in Moscow, regardless of his physical fatigue. The plan for the adjustment of the team's forward line has come to an important critical stage, and the relevant person in charge needs to make a final decision in time after careful study, otherwise it is likely to face a chicken-and-egg situation.
According to the club's president, Urbano Cairo, the club's most important transfer move this summer is to sell Belotti to AC Milan and then sign Balotelli. In doing so, not only can you get a huge amount of money, but also you can get the friendship of the Italian agent predator Raiola, which will bring greater convenience to the team's future recruitment.
Previously, the general manager of the Rossoneri, Marco Fasone, had made an offer in a private exchange that he found a little difficult to choose: 50 million euros plus Locatelli and Cutrone. Although it did not fully meet the Torino chairman's psychological expectation of 120 million cash, the two promising homegrown stars still made a huge appeal to him, and if the euro figure in the offer could go up a little more, Cairo should not object to the deal.
Because Immobile has played extremely bravely in the season just ended, coupled with the rapid progress of teenager Pellegri and Balotelli's free replacement, the Torino chairman feels that the time is ripe to sell the red babe, for fear that another year's delay will affect the player's value.
So when AC Milan once again came up with a revised plan: 2,500 down payment, the remaining 60 million to be paid in four years, plus Locatelli, to test his attitude, although he said that he would not accept the installment method, but in fact, in his heart, Urbano Cairo thought that it was acceptable to bargain on this basis.
And the most important reason for him to change his previous resolute refusal to accept player deductions and installment payments is naturally Li Mudi's reluctance to renew his contract with the team. Although it is no longer mentioned on the surface, it is clear to almost all of the club's senior management that the chairman has not given up on the grand plan to build a new stadium of his own, and has already started preparations in private on a number of fronts, such as frequent negotiations with potential new sponsors.
As we all know, the club is currently able to win the favor of many Celestial tycoons, mainly due to the team's head coach, and once he leaves, the billboards and other decorations with oriental elements inside and outside the stadium and the station will disappear in an instant. In order to avoid the tragic situation of returning to the old society overnight, the club's top management has begun to look for new partners a year in advance. After all, the team's results are here, and they are still very attractive to those second-rate brand companies in Europe, not to mention the Japanese companies that have cooperated before, and the other party has seen the outstanding performance of the Red Bulls in the past two seasons, and has changed the resentful appearance when it was squeezed away, and now it has become a gesture of eager to kneel and lick.
Therefore, the Torino club is not too worried about the future commercial benefits, although it is obviously not realistic to hit the high sponsorship fees of Juventus and Milan, but the level of keeping the top six in Serie A is enough for them to be satisfied, which is much better than two years ago, and people can't be too greedy.
AC Milan's instalment payment is 5 million to 8 million euros higher than the lump sum payment, and this difference will not help much in the construction plan of the new stadium, but it can also play a role in key moments. And staging also has the advantage that it can be used as a reason to limit the transfer investment per season, and it can also ensure a steady stream.
Even if he can't keep Li Moody, who has helped the team regain his life, the team's new manager in the future will inevitably be a well-known figure, and according to common sense, the opponent will inevitably ask the club to make a big move in the transfer market. If he gets the full amount at once this summer, in order to increase the success rate of winning the league championship, Li Mudi will inevitably spend most or even all of the money on recruitment, making it possible to face no money to spend in the next few years. If you look at it this way, it is clear that the staging method is a more beneficial way for the club, and it is no wonder that the chairman's attitude is so ambiguous.
As for Urbano Cairo and other high-level thoughts, Li Mudi did not guess at all, but he did not intend to intervene in anything. It's already extremely rare to be able to have a great say in the team's transfers, do you really think you are qualified to dictate the club's future development plan?
As for the successor, he has nothing to be sorry for, not to mention whether he has the obligation to help him get more transfer funds, but relying on this group of players in the current team lineup, it is already a lot of wealth that he has given to the other party. Whether it is the transfer media of the outside authority or the FM system, the value of the Torino players is basically much higher than when Li Mudi joined the team or the player, and the age structure is also very reasonable.
It's just that the key now is whether the sale of Belotti and the replacement of Ba Shen will help the team's strength and impact the league championship next season, which is the key issue that Li Mudi is most eager to study now.
As mentioned before, from the technical characteristics, Balotelli is obviously more suitable for the current playing characteristics of the Torino team, his more outstanding ability to hold the ball and pass the ball allows the team manager to be more flexible in the position of the front court, whether it is a single striker or a double striker tactics can be flexibly converted to each other, not only can save the substitution quota, but more importantly, can adjust the strategy of the side at any time according to the situation on the field, which is extremely rare.
But with the rise of the Red Bulls in the last two seasons, their opponents have begun to use defensive and even bus-oriented tactics more frequently, and in the face of dense defense, Belottti, the best center in the country, can bring a huge attacking ability, which is difficult for the likes of Mobile and Balotelli to achieve.
Therefore, from a tactical point of view, the two strikers have advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to distinguish the superior for a while. It's just that the player's own very different mental worlds ultimately made Li Mudi not very difficult to make his own decision, because he felt that he would definitely not be able to manage a creature that might be from an alien planet.
The earliest thing was back in early May, when in the penultimate round of the 1-2 defeat to Marseille away to Nice on May 6, Balotelli formed a fierce physical confrontation with opposing defender Sarr in the 40th minute of the game, and received a yellow card, and then was caught on television cameras for suspected abuse of the referee on duty.
Through the referee's post-match report and the interpretation of lip experts, Ba Shen scolded in English at the time, "Every time, it's a fucking French referee, every time." ”
The Italian striker, who has been the subject of controversy throughout his career, will be banned for four games and fined 20,000 euros for his unscrupulous remarks to the referee. Considering that there are only two league games left in this season, the ban will be extended into next season, which means that Balotelli, who has already decided to leave France in the summer, will say goodbye to the country early.
So this player, whose brain circuits are far from the same channel as the creatures of the earth, openly complained about the ability of the French referee on his private social network platform, but fortunately he did not directly reveal that he was suppressing him, otherwise he would really be denied entry into France in the future.
In the case that the Torino team did not give a timely attitude of acceptance, Raiola did not sit back and watch the situation develop in a direction that was not in his favor, but actively looked for other new owners who were willing to accept his players.
On May 12, the Italian media "All Market" released exclusive news, saying that Bashen may join the Bundesliga powerhouse Dortmund next season. Because just a few days ago, France and Germany both revealed the news that Nice coach Falf will take over the management of Dortmund this summer.
In addition, according to some grapevines, teams such as Fiorentina, Marseille and Lokomotiv Moscow have also expressed the idea of signing the Italian striker in his playing years. But through the FM system, Li Mudi can clearly see that these rumors are not very reliable, at least at the moment when the time has come to the end of June, and not even one team has made an official offer for Balotelli, indicating that everyone is not confident enough to be able to control this "god man".
This comes at a time when Italy's new national team manager Roberto Mancini has been pushing his former favourite back, and at the end of May, the former Inter boss re-recruited the Azzurri after four years of absence from the Azzurri team, despite a huge controversy among fans, and also sent him to play in friendlies against Saudi Arabia and France.
In his first international shirt four years later, Balotelli was the starter, scoring the opener, but that performance did not convince other clubs to bring him in, as you can see how bad his personal image is in the eyes of the outside world, and Li Moody is no exception.
Another reason for the choice of the firm Torino coach comes from AC Milan, because the opponent's financial situation is too complicated, and the chairmanship of "Brother Li" seems to be in danger at any time. And even if this aspect is solved, the Rossoneri are likely to not be able to scrape together even a down payment of even 25 million within a week of the opening of the transfer window, as requested by Li Mudi, and if the transfer is delayed for too long, it is likely to interfere with the team's preparations.
So after careful consideration for some time, the Torino boss finally decided to give up on selling Belotti and keep the Italy international. In the new season, the Red Bulls will continue last year's forward combination, and after receiving more strong support from their teammates in the midfield, it is still worth looking forward to their excellent performance.
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