Simeone met Cerezzo in the building's office dedicated to the chairman. At that time, Cerezo was sitting at his desk, looking at a document carefully.

In fact, Cerezo is rarely in the office building, except when he needs to attend to something, and usually at home or in his company. After all, he is only the president of the club, not the head coach, and there are many things that he does not need to do himself - if the president of a club has to do everything himself, then there are only two possibilities, one is that the club should be terminally ill and incurable; The other is that the chairman is very controlling, so strong that all the staff of the club are decorations, and he is the only owner of the team.

Obviously, Cerezo is not a very controlling man and the club is developing very well, so he can easily hand over to the manager and he just needs to step up when the club needs him.

When Simone came, he had already thought of his words. But after actually seeing the chairman, I didn't know where to speak.

Atletico Madrid has never been a rich club, and it is normal to sell the main core of the team to maintain the expenses of the team. was able to spend 20 million euros to buy Qin Shou before, because the team's financial situation has improved, on the other hand, there is no intention of investment, at that time, Simeone patted his chest and said that the 20 million spent is likely to become 40 million in two years.

Looking at it now, it seems that it has also been verified, and in just one season, 20 million has become 40 million, and maybe more. After all, Qin Shou is now the hottest new star in the entire European football world, and he still has two titles on his head. Although it has only been a year, I am afraid that this value has more than doubled.

In the past, the club would sell a player after his value skyrocketed, taking out a large amount of cash to cover the team's expenses. At the same time, you can also use this money to buy more cost-effective players and train them again.

However, this approach, although some good players can be bought, and Atletico Madrid can continue to cultivate excellent seedlings, but for the team that wants to revive and re-establish itself in the forest of giants, this approach is undoubtedly unfavorable.

Football is such a thing, it is difficult to say that it is difficult. It's easy to say. Just like the will of the nation, football also needs to be inherited, and it needs time to precipitate. The will and spirit of a team takes time to accumulate. Maybe because of an accident or a variety of factors, a team can perform well in a certain season and achieve good results, but there is no foundation. There is no inheritance, no spiritual will of their own. Then this team will soon be out of the ordinary.

A typical example is Kaiserslautern and Hoffenheim. In the past, they had a fiery youth storm in the Bundesliga, but when that incredible season passed, they gradually sank, the former became a famous elevator in the Bundesliga, and the latter could only linger downstream.

That's football.

Football allows for accidents. Upstarts are allowed, but there can be no second or third time for such an accident, to put it bluntly, football still has to rely on strength and heritage to speak.

I've never heard of a team selling the main force and selling the core. A team that does not pay attention to the construction of the internal structure of the team can become a world giant.

Just like Real Madrid next door, the reason why they are great is not because of how many stars they have, nor because of how many championship trophies they have won, but because they have consistently insisted on walking their own path, and have their own heritage and heritage, and it is precisely because of this, coupled with strong funds, that they can attract more superstars to join and win more championships, thus deepening their rich heritage and will, and then the cycle continues.

It's a virtuous circle.

It is also the reason why the stronger the strong team, the weaker the weak team.

Strong teams can continue to strengthen their own heritage, and their results will naturally get better and better. The weak team can only maintain the team by selling the main force and selling the core, and even the internal structure of its own team cannot be guaranteed, so it is naturally getting weaker and weaker.

What Simeone wants to do is to keep Atletico Madrid's will alive, at least, to retain most of the team's main framework so that they can remain competitive in the league and even in Europe.

While he was hesitating how to speak, Cerezo, the chairman, spoke first.

"What's the matter, Diego?"

Cerezo raised his head and looked at Simeone, knowing the other party's intentions.

In fact, Cerezo is no stranger to such a scene, and almost every season after the end of the season, Simeone or his predecessors come to him, with the simple intention of keeping the team's main players and not selling too many of them.

But unfortunately, sometimes it is really not the will of the people, although Cerezo also wants to keep these players, but in order for the club to better survive, he can only sell. He also understands that constantly selling people is an obstacle for a team to become stronger, but ...... There was nothing he could do about it.

Of course, that could well be a thing of the past this season, and Cerezo seems to have found a solution to the club's long-standing financial constraints, so he looks good and has a smile on his face at the moment.

Seeing that Simeone was silent and did not speak, Cerezzo stood up from his seat, pointed to his small cupboard, and said to Simone with a smile: "Diego, do you need a drink?" Coffee? Why don't you try the tea I just brought from China? Ha, Qin's motherland is really a magical place, there is such a good drink, it is really refreshing to drink...... I think you should try it. ”

"Oh, no, thank you, I mean I'm not thirsty, I don't want to drink for a while." Simeone replied, he thought about it, since he didn't know where to speak, then, let's use the real thing instead of himself.

He handed the stack of sheets he was holding in his hand to Cerezo: "Mr. President, I think you should take a look at these...... Uh, the offer, there are a lot of teams that have come to ask about our players, and some have already made tentative offers......"

"A quotation?" Cerezo's eyes flashed as he looked at the thick stack of sheets on the table. The corners of his mouth curled up in a mocking arc, "It's coming earlier than usual...... They really think of us as a supermarket for players. ”

Simeone grinned and thought to himself, "Our club, isn't it just a player supermarket." ”

Of course, he didn't dare to say this.

However, Cerezo saw Simeone's expression and could guess what the coach was thinking. He shook his head, no wonder Simeone had this expression, for so many years, Atletico Madrid's practice of selling the main force and selling the core is not just a supermarket that cultivates players for other teams.

Cerezo smiled self-deprecatingly, looked at the list on the table again, pressed his hand on the list, and after a long time, Cerezo said, "What do you think?" Diego? ”

"What?"

Simeone was a little dazed. What's the idea? Is this asking me what I mean?

Simeone came back to his senses and saw Mr. Chairman looking at him straightly, and after thinking for a while, he hesitated and said: "Mr. President, I think we should keep some players, such as Qin, Godin, Costa...... These players are indispensable to every line of the team, retaining the main frame. We will still be competitive in the league next season. Of course, if there are some additions in other positions. I think we'll get better results. And we can continue to play in the Champions League next season, and there will be a lot of broadcast shares, which should support the cost and operation of the team, I think ......"

"Diego."

Cerezo interrupted Simeone's statement with a wave of his hand.

Simeone also woke up suddenly. I came to persuade Mr. Chairman to keep the main players of the team as much as possible, but I didn't expect that I couldn't hold it as soon as I opened the conversation, and even talked about the outlook for next season, and even asked the club to give me more funds to supplement the team.

That's really ...... The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant.

Mr. President, I was able to promise myself. It is estimated that the sun can only come out in the west.

"I see what you mean."

Cerezo nodded, then shook his head again.

This action made Simeone's heart tighten, and his face was slightly bitter, sure enough, still not good?

But Cerezo's next sentence made Simeone feel as if the sun was really coming out of the west.

"So, do as you want."

Simeone was stunned again. His mouth opened wide in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

"Lord...... Mr. President, what do you say? ”

"I said do what you want."

Cerezo looked at Simeone, who was obviously shocked, and felt an inexplicable sense of happiness in his heart, it seemed that he was used to a hard life, and he suddenly told his head coach that he didn't need to sell people, and he was still a little uncomfortable.

'Keep the players you want to keep, if you think a particular player is important to the team, if you don't want to, then this summer, you can keep all of them.' Cerezzo looked at Simeone and said in an affirmative tone, "Yes, you heard it right, Diego, we can not sell it alone this summer!" ”

"Really...... It's true? Is this true? Simeone was shocked by the sudden news, first ecstatic and then worried, "but the club's finances are ......"

"You don't have to worry about that." Cerezo smiled confidently, "The team has had a good season with a lot of prize money and we have reached the quarter-finals in the Champions League, which is also a lot of money. With these incomes, I don't think we will have to worry too much about using funds for the time being. ”

"The most important thing is ......," Cerezo thought for a moment and finally decided to tell his head coach an exciting and shocking news, "The board of directors is in talks with a big consortium from China, and if the cooperation is negotiated, we will not have to worry about money for a long time to come." At that point, Diego, I'm sure you'll still be worried – not because you don't have enough money, of course, but because you don't know how to spend it all. Ha ha! ”

Speaking of this, Cerezo could no longer hide the excitement and joy in his heart, and laughed.

And Simeone was stunned for the third time today.

"Medium...... Chinese consortium? ”

PS: Kicking WeChat YX3335665.

A lot of cute girls in the group and have teamed up to stage a passion battle.,As for what kind of passion.,You know.。

Today's second update, there is another chapter in wait. (To be continued.) )