Chapter 1 A condition that cannot be refused
The end of a season means that the players are finally able to enjoy their holidays, but it also means the start of a busy season for the club's management. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
While a lot of the preparation has been underway since the end of the season, it's just a warm-up, and when the final whistle blows, the real excitement of the transfer drama begins.
Brescia have a lot to do at the end of the season and many players have contributed to the team's success in a brilliant season. In order to cope with next year's Champions League fixtures, the club must first ensure stability within the squad.
Mazzoni immediately found Baggio and Pep Guardiola, and as the backbone of the current Brescia team, Mazzoni had to determine what they both thought.
"I don't have any problems," Baggio was the first to answer, "I've had a lot of fun in recent seasons, so at least next season, I have no intention of retiring." He laughs.
"That's great, Robbie. You must know that Zhang can't do it alone to pick up the burden of the team now. Mazzoni smiled happily, and Baggio's answer put most of his heart at ease. In any case, Brescia can't leave Baggio now, and as long as Baggio is still there, then Brescia won't have too many problems.
"Zhang, in fact, he doesn't have much of a problem with his skills, but his personality really needs a little correction. Don't worry, Carlo, before I leave, I will definitely hand you a qualified core. "I'm also looking forward to seeing how far he can grow." ”
"Don't worry, Carlo, don't we have a lot of plans left unfinished? I'm not going to run away early."
Compared to Baggio's affection for the club, Guardiola cares more about his tactical experiments. He and Mazzoni had imagined countless ways to use Zhang Shu in pre-season training, and he certainly wouldn't give up at this time.
Mazzoni also smiled, the conversation with Guardiola was just a routine exchange, and he would not believe that Guardiola would choose to leave after putting so much effort into it.
Expressing his wishes, Guardiola did not forget to remind Mazzoni, "Next season the team will face a two-line battle, I think my fitness may not be able to support the whole season, Carlo you still need to strengthen the position of the midfielder." ”
Mazzoni nodded, of course he knows that in the case of the team entering the Champions League, it is obviously not enough to rely on the previous 22 men, in fact, last season he basically relied on the 18-man squad to complete the whole season, and several other players almost did not get any chance to play, their strength and form are not qualified for the Champions League level of competition, so it is urgent to buy players to strengthen the team's bench strength.
'The team is already working on this, Pep you don't have to worry.
While Mazzoni was confident about his team's position in the transfer market, he soon received a flurry of bad news.
The first is about the transfer negotiations of goalkeeper Sereni, the Championship side Ipswich Town has firmly rejected Brescia's buyout request, they have agreed to Lazio's transfer offer, although Sereni prefers to stay in Brescia for next season's Champions League competition, but he has three years left on his contract with Ipswich, and he has no choice but to sell him to Lazio, who are determined to sell him to the higher bidder.
Next up is Appia, with the Ghanaian scoring seven goals in 31 games for Brescia this season. As a defensive midfielder, he has even scored as many goals as his main centre-forward, Toney. This excellent performance has led to the interest of many teams, the biggest of which is the league champion Juventus.
Appia's ownership belongs to Parma, while Brescia have a right of first refusal but they are no match for the deep-pocketed Juventus, who will earn more than €15 million in the Champions League, but that money will have to be invested in the renovation of the Stadio Monti in Riga. So soon, Juventus reached an agreement with Parma, and Appia had no objection to this, after all, a giant like Juventus was much more attractive than Brescia.
He plays for the money, and since Juventus' salary is so much higher than Brescia's, there is no reason for him to turn down a big club with a glorious history in Italy when he also plays in the Champions League.
The loss of two absolute main players in a row made Mazzoni a little depressed, so he stepped up the transfer work of other loan players. Soon, Parma agreed to Brescia's transfer offer for Bacchini and Mattuzalen, who will officially become Brescia's squad from next season, and Mazzoni no longer has to worry about being recalled by Parma after their excellent performances next season.
When Mazzoni was busy, Zhang Shu was much more relaxed. Although Mazzoni asked him to practice more during the holidays, he was given a week off.
After all, there is a degree of relaxation, if it is training in addition to competitions throughout the year, then even an iron man will not be able to persevere.
Now Zhang Shu is wandering around the University of Brescia.
Italy's university holidays are similar to those in China, two semesters a year, and there are also winter and summer vacations, originally Zhang Shu wanted Han Yu to drive him to other cities in Italy for a few days, but Han Yu was busy reviewing and preparing for the June exam recently, and he couldn't spare it at all, so the bored Zhang Shu could only spend his time strolling in the small city of Brescia.
The University of Brescia is divided into three faculties, each of which is scattered in the old town of Brescia, and Han Yu's law school is located next to the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Brescia, which is located in the northern part of the old town of Brescia. Behind them, the famous tourist attraction Castle of Brescia sits on a small hill overlooking the low old Romanesque buildings of the old town.
Han Yu still had classes in the morning, she drove Zhang Shu to the school before sending him to the ancient castle, and after Zhang Shu spent a morning touring the ancient castle, he decided to go to Han Yu's school near noon to have lunch with the other party.
Speaking of which, apart from living in the same house together, the two of them have never done anything between couples at all, and they even have very little time on dates. Zhang Shu has to compete on weekends, Han Yu usually has to go to class, and there are a lot of times when they meet at home, but most of the time Aunt Han is at home. The two of them did not dare to show a clue at all, after all, for Chinese children, their 17 and 8-year-old age is still within the range of early love in the eyes of Chinese in 03.
The last time they went to see Brescia, the last league game was almost the only time they had a two-man event.
Now that Zhang Shu finally has a vacation, of course he hopes to spend more time alone with his girlfriend.
He took out his mobile phone and saw that it was almost time for class to end, so he quickly pressed the keyboard with his thumb and sent an invitation text message to Han Yu.
Soon, the ringtone of the incoming call came from the mobile phone, and Zhang Shu picked up the mobile phone, which was not Han Yu's reply, but an unfamiliar phone number.
He was a little confused, but pressed the answer button anyway.
"Hello Zhang, I got your phone number from Tinti, I'm Galliani from AC Milan FC. I'll be in Brescia in a few days, will you be free? ”
"Milan ???" Zhang Shu's eyes widened in surprise.
"They're robbing!" Mazzoni propped his hands on Corioni's desk and looked angrily at the president of the club in front of him. Corioni also frowned, and in front of them, there was a fax of a transfer offer. "Reject them! Chairman! There's nothing to hesitate about! ”
"Carlo you know, in the Italian league, there are a lot of things that you have to do even if you don't want to." Corioni shook his head, "Galliani called me and he said he would give me a 'condition that I can't refuse'. ”
"'Can't refuse'? It's 'not allowed to refuse', right? Mazzoni slapped the table in exasperation.
Coglioni sighed, "In fact, in terms of the relationship between the club and Milan, we really don't have the right to refuse. Milan offered a high price, fifteen million euros for a young man who had only played half a season, and they showed enough sincerity. If we reject them, according to Italian tradition, we reject their friendship. If we encounter any more troubles in the future, we will not be able to get their help. ”
"Huh, troublesome? They all made it up, right? Can they deal with us as they do with Lazio? Mazzoni said dissatisfied.
Corioni nodded solemnly. "Yes, they can."
It may not be without a cause. Corioni's fears were not unfounded. In Italy, the battles outside the football stadium are equally brutal and fierce. A small club, without the protection of the giants, is almost impossible to move in Italy.
Even a quasi-giant like Lazio, after winning the league title, was dismembered because it became a thorn in the side of the top three in the north.
Last summer, Lazio's financial crisis was already on the horizon, and in order to ease the financial pressure on the team, Lazio had to tearfully sell their captain Nesta. The top three in the north have all shown interest in the best Serie A centre-back who can secure the back for the next decade, with Inter Milan almost reaching an agreement with Lazio for 45 million.
Although this money will not be enough to help Lazio pay off its debts, it will at least greatly ease the pressure on the club's survival.
It was at this time that the Holy Alliance stepped in, starting with Juventus stepping up and reiterating their interest in Nesta, just as Rio Ferdinand moved from Leeds United to Manchester United for €47 million, setting a record for a Premier League centre-back. Juventus said that Nesta's strength should definitely be higher than Ferdinand's, and they believe that 45 million is not expensive at all.
When Lazio heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he raised Nesta's price tag to 48 million.
Inter Milan was furious at the time, and the price had already been negotiated, but the other party actually temporarily increased the price, and directly turned around and bought Parma's Cannavaro.
With Cannavaro, Inter Milan naturally withdrew from the race for Nesta. Juventus, which previously claimed that 45 million was not expensive at all, did not hesitate to directly announce that it had abandoned the acquisition of Nesta due to the high price.
Nesta instantly went from being a scrambled bait to a slow-moving product that only Milan bid for, and Milan's bid was only 30 million euros.
Of course, Lazio is not willing to sell their flag so cheaply, and in order to make Lazio completely obedient, AC Milan has taken a series of measures.
First, they announced that the price was too high, and the negotiations broke down.
In order to alleviate the financial crisis, Lazio could only try to put Claudio . Lopez and others were sold to Atletico Madrid.
And AC Milan immediately put Albertini, Coloccini, Jose. Mali was loaned to Atletico Madrid, so Atletico Madrid naturally lost interest in buying Lopez.
Now Lazio didn't even have a way out, they didn't sell a single player, and the rope of the economic crisis completely wrapped around their necks.
Finally, the biggest killer feature came.
Galliani, in his capacity as president of the Italian Professional League, announced that Roma and Lazio would not be able to qualify for next season's league registration due to financial reasons.
As a result, Lazio's management collapsed completely, and they could only agree to any request from Milan. On the last day before the transfer deadline, a shocking transfer was made. AC Milan bought Nesta from Lazio for €31 million, and they didn't forget to pit Lazio once.
They forced Lazio to accept the terms of the 31 million euros transfer fee to be paid in three instalments, Lazio sold their captain's hard-earned money, and in the end it did not bring a little improvement to their economy, only half a year later, Lazio was completely bankrupt and taken over by the bank, and Milan's remaining unpaid transfer fee is still firmly in the hands of Galliani.
In this way, through a series of operations, Milan got Nesta, Inter Milan got Cannavaro, and Juventus happily watched their allies strangle a team that could become the fourth giant in Serie A in the cradle.
Only Lazio, having lost their players and failing to save themselves from bankruptcy, will become the biggest player supermarket in Serie A this summer transfer window, and even next summer.
With Lazio in front of him, Corioni knew he simply didn't have the courage to refuse.
Brescia is the younger brother of the Milan department, and Milan's bid has given him enough face. If he refuses without hesitation, it will not only be a failure for Milan to bring in a player, but it will also make the rest of Serie A think they have lost control of their faction.
And in order to prove Milan's status in Serie A, Brescia will have to face more than just losing Milan's patronage. (To be continued.) )