Chapter 6 Halfway out of the way to bite the gold

"Amy, have you been in touch with Manolas's agent?" As soon as he got off the plane, Nan Xiao asked Amy beside him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"We've been contacted, and tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, Manolas will be waiting for us at a café next to Syntagma Square with his agent." Amy replied without a hint of stuttering.

"Very good, is the hotel booked?"

"It's booked, Grand Brittany."

"Also near Syntagma Square?" Nan Xiao asked with a sideways face.

"That's right." Amy replied with a smile.

"How much does it cost to stay at this hotel for one night?"

"From 3,000 RMB."

"Sounds expensive!"

"But for the sake of this negotiation, what does it matter if it is more expensive?" Amy's answer always makes Nan Xiao feel very comfortable, which is why Nan Xiao wants to bring Amy from Sunderland to Liverpool even if he tries his to.

After getting off the plane, Nan Xiao and Amy took a taxi to the world-famous Syntagma Square, which can be said to be the center of the Athens city, both political and historical significance, and the most distinctive feature here is the changing of the guard ceremony on the hour; The guards in front of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in front of Syntagma Square change their guards every hour on time, and a large-scale changing of the guard ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. every Sunday, with the accompaniment of a military band and a guard of honor performance, etc., the scene is very spectacular; The punctual Changing of the Guard ceremony has become an important tourist attraction in Athens, attracting a large number of tourists. Looking at the slow and somewhat comical pace of the guards, it makes people inexplicably have more respect for this ancient city.

It was one o'clock in the afternoon when Nanshaw and Amy arrived at Syntagma Square, and they had hoped to come back later to see it later, just in time for the changing of the guard, so they stumbled upon it with other people from all over Athens who had traveled to Athens, while flocks of pigeons lazily ate on the lunches that tourists had prepared for them.

"Athens is a really nice place, it seems that I will come here often in the future, not only to broaden my horizons, but also to relax by the way." Nan Xiao said on the way to the hotel after the changing of the guard ceremony.

"You're right, Athens is a great place to be." Amy agrees with him.

After returning to the hotel, Nan Xiao was not idle, he not only had to continue to familiarize himself with the information of the players, but also received emails from all over the world from the staff, and the content of the emails was similar, all of which were the progress of the negotiations, but all day long, Nan Xiao did not hear a good news.

The next morning, Nanshaw and Amy had breakfast in the dining room downstairs, and then packed up for a meeting with Manolas and his agent.

There are many cafes around Syntagma Square, but the one Manolas picked is the one that is very similar, neither in terms of the exterior nor the interior, there is nothing that makes people stand out.

"Hello, Mr. Manolas, Mr. Ivan Glopoulos, I'm Liverpool's head coach Nan Shaw, and this is my assistant Amy." As soon as Nan Xiao saw Manolas and his agent, he naturally introduced himself, without the slightest hint of a head coach.

"Hello, Coach Minami." Manolas and Ivangelopoulos shook hands with Nan Xiao in turn after he spoke first, and although Manolas also knew a little about Nan Xiao, he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw him so young.

"Mr. Manolas, I guess I took the liberty of coming this time, you must know what it was for, right?" As soon as Nan Xiao saw the handsome Greek in front of him who was 187 cm tall, he knew that he must be a very straightforward person, so he didn't want to go around the bend with him, so he said straight to the point.

"Well, Ivan and I have communicated, you are here to discuss the transfer this time, right?" Manolas is not particularly fluent in English, and although Nan Xiao's English is not very good, it is much stronger than him.

"That's right, I wanted to talk to you about a move to our club, I wonder if you have any interest in that?" Nan Xiao said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

'I've been interested in the Premier League lately, but another club from the Premier League has spoken to me about a move before you. Manolas replied with a smile.

"Someone has already spoken to you?" Nan Xiao was surprised by Manolas's words, no, it should be said to be very surprised, because he really didn't think that there would be anyone who would move faster than him! But surprise to surprise, he had no other concerns, although other Premier League teams had spoken to Manolas earlier, but the fact that the Greek was still able to sit in front of him today proves that he has not yet reached an agreement with that club, at least he is still holding a wait-and-see attitude, or shopping around, and as long as he has not made a final decision, Nan Xiao still has a chance.

"Can you tell me which club you've talked to?" Nan Xiao just tried to ask, because it involved the privacy of the players and the other club, so he didn't have the hope that Manolas would tell him, but what he didn't expect was that he actually got the answer from the mouth of the Greek, and this answer surprised him ten times more!

"Sunderland, that's the team you coached before, right?" Manolas replied.

"Sunderland...... That's right, I was coaching at this club last season. Although Nan Xiao was answering his question, he was thinking about other things in his heart.

"Is it Superman? Superman is also interested in Manolas, which has never been discovered before. Nan Xiao said secretly in his heart.

"So you shouldn't have agreed with them yet, right?" Amy saw that Nan Xiao seemed to be a little distracted, so she asked Manolas very smartly, and at the same time, Nan Xiao heard Amy's voice and immediately came back to her senses.

"Well, it's true that some details were not agreed." This sentence was answered by the Italian Ivangelopoulos, who had been sitting next to Manolas.

"So what didn't you negotiate?" When Nan Xiao heard this, he took advantage of the victory to pursue the tunnel.

"Salary." Ivangelopoulos was also very direct.

"What is the weekly salary they can offer?" Nan Xiao continued to ask seductively.

"£120,000."

"And what are your requirements?"

"At least £200,000." Ivangelopoulos replied.

Nan Xiao finally knew why he and Sunderland hadn't reached an agreement yet, because this request was too lion-mouthed, and Liverpool's current maximum salary was only Sturridge's £130,000 or £200,000? Maybe only a local tycoon like Manchester City or Chelsea can afford it! By the way, it should also include Manchester United,