On July 4, 2017, Nan Xiao and his friend Chen Mingshuo finally met again after more than a month of separation, and their meeting place this time was Nan Xiao's home. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"How's it going, Coach Chen, is the club doing well?" Nan Xiao took out a can of Coke from the refrigerator and handed it to Chen Mingshuo who was sitting on the sofa and said with a smile.

"It's okay, after all, there is nothing to operate in a small club, and the transfer budget is relatively tight, and I am planning to sell a few players with high salaries to maintain a healthy salary structure." Chen Mingshuo put the cola on the coffee table in front of him and said.

"Who are you going to sell?"

"Don't you just want to ask if you want to sell Shaqiri or not?" Chen Mingshuo saw through Nan Xiao's mind at a glance.

"Haha, those who know me, Mingshuo also." Nan Xiao pointed to Chen Mingshuo, who was sitting opposite, and said with a smile.

"If you can sell Sturridge to me, I might as well consider letting you take Shaqiri, how about that?"

"So you're waiting for me here? It seems that the two of us are also each other, so no one can say anyone. ”

"No, no, no, I'm completely different from you, originally I came here today to talk to you about Sturridge's transfer, and I didn't hold back in the dark like you!"

"I'm holding it back, I want to buy Shaqiri but I said it before you went to the club to report." Nan Xiao retorted for himself.

"Alright, let's stop going around in circles here, just give us a good word, can Sturridge sell it to us!" Chen Mingshuo coughed and asked.

"Sturridge has no problem selling you, but I need to put an avoidance clause in the contract."

"What recusal clause?" Chen Mingshuo asked with a frown.

'During his time at Stoke City, Sturridge was not available against Liverpool. Nan Xiao explained.

"So does this clause only cover leagues or all competitions?"

"Only the league."

"It seems that you are still very jealous of Sturridge's abilities!" Chen Mingshuo raised the corners of his mouth and said.

"Sturridge's ability is still unquestionable, but his style of play and vitreous physique really give me a headache." Nan Xiao said with a wry smile.

"I can accept your conditions." Chen Mingshuo nodded and said, "As for Shaqiri, how much money are you going to pay for him?" ”

"£15 million." Nan Xiao replied neatly, "How about it, you don't lose money, right?" ”

"The price is reasonable." Chen Mingshuo nodded when he heard this, "By the way, and Moreno will also be sold to me." ”

"Moreno, are you sure?" Nan Xiao raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Sure, you can make a price!" Chen Mingshuo nodded and said.

"Then 10 million pounds, sell it to you cheaper." Nan Xiao slapped his thigh fiercely.

"Then you shouldn't feel distressed in the future, right?" Chen Mingshuo said with a smile.

"No, but I can't sell it to you just now because I haven't found a replacement yet, and once I bring in a new left-back, I'll let Amy know you as soon as I want, and then we'll discuss the details of the transfer."

"No problem, then I'll go back and wait for your good news."

Because Chen Mingshuo still had a lot of work to do, he didn't stay at Nan Xiao's house for too long, and Nan Xiao was originally going to invite him to dinner, but he could only postpone it until the next meeting.

On July 5, 2017, Liverpool's official website announced that England international Sturridge had transferred to Stoke City for £18 million, and Swiss international Shaqiri had been brought in from Stoke City for £15 million.

The 25-year-old Swiss winger Shaqiri has always been a favorite player of Nan Xiao, who wanted to bring in this player who had played for Bayern Munich when he was in charge of Sunderland last season, but because the then "potter" coach Mark Hughes has refused to let go, the transfer has never been made; But now Stoke City is already his good brother coaching, so of course he will not let go of this good opportunity, but he still paid a certain price for this, that is, Sturridge gave Chen Mingshuo at a low price as an important bargaining chip to buy Shaqiri.

Before the players returned on July 7, Nan Xiao had basically completed most of the summer transfer work, and in terms of recruitment, Ajax's central defender Wiltman also moved to Anfield for 27.5 million euros; At the same time, the club's negotiations with Valencia's potential star Jose Gaya are also showing good momentum, but the left-back's value is a little high, that is, Liverpool has bid 30 million euros, but Valencia still feels that this offer should be improved, and Chelsea is also interested in joining the battle to buy Gaja, so it has also invisibly put a lot of pressure on Liverpool and Nanxiao.

In terms of player transfers, due to the tough attitude shown by Nanxiao, the Nice team also knew that there was no room for negotiation in terms of price, so they finally had to pay a transfer fee of 15 million euros for Balotelli; In fact, they did not suffer to get the Italian striker at this price, because Balotelli performed very well in the Nice team last season, so it stands to reason that 15 million euros is already Liverpool selling at a reduced price.

After Balotelli left the team, Denian Ences, who was only 24 years old but had already suffered two serious knee injuries, was also sold by Nanshaw for 2.5 million pounds to Norwich City, the "canary" who was promoted from the Championship to the Premier League with Newcastle United this season; At the same time, Estonian international Kravan also returned to the Bundesliga for 5 million euros at the time of the introduction, but this time he will not play for Augsburg, but for Swiss coach Martin Schmidt's Mainz.

'Coach, we've spent around £85 million on bringing in players and £61.5 million on player transfers, so we're spending just under £25 million on our net expenditure now. The day before the players returned, Amy's office in South Shaw gave a brief summary of the club's situation in terms of player trading so far.

"The sale of Moreno should also recoup £10 million, so we still have over £80 million to bring in Jose Gaja, Henrichs and a goalkeeper, so it seems that we have done a decent job!" Nan Xiao didn't expect that the purge of players would recover so much transfer funds, and now he was a little surprised to hear Amy's report.