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Hoffenheim's rejection of all the club's offers came as a surprise to many, who did not expect the small team to be so tough. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But for those wealthy families who are determined to take Chu Zhongtian away, this is not a refusal at all, this is a desire to refuse and welcome.

Only a day later, the offers from the clubs flew to Hoffenheim.

This time, many teams have slightly increased their offers from the last time, and some clubs have not increased their offers, but they have also added the terms of personnel exchange, and they have actually raised their prices.

That's when Real Madrid came into play.

※※※ Shendel Maze routinely handles those transfer requests.

Manchester United bid 40 million. The price has gone up again? It seems that Ferguson is quite sincere...... Bayern Munich bid 30 million...... Only 30 million? We spent 30 million on Chu at the beginning, and after three seasons, hasn't his worth risen a penny?

AC Milan bid 20 million...... Million! It's so contemptuous of people! Don't fight Chu if you don't have money!

Barcelona bid 30 million. Hey! Barcelona...... He just read them one by one, and made his own evaluation of these offers in his heart.

It wasn't until an offer appeared in front of him that he snapped his breath.

Real Madrid, 70 million.

70 million ...... Seventy million?

Seventy million!

He thought he had seen it wrong, and quickly rubbed his eyes. Look again – 70 million euros! He counted to zero, yes, tens of millions.

He grabbed the phone in his hand suddenly, and in a panic he also knocked over the quotations that had just been sorted out, and the quotations of various clubs fell to the ground one after another, he didn't bother to pick them up, but took this from Real Madrid, and dialed the phone number of the club's general manager Rothouse with a slightly trembling finger.

"Jochen, Jochen! Big thing! Big things ......"

*※※Jochen A. Rothaus, the general manager of Hoffenheim FC, immediately called the president of the club, Peter Hoffmann, after receiving a call from the manager Schendelmeiser.

After talking to Rothouse on the phone, Hoffman pondered alone in his office for a while, then picked up the phone and dialed Dietmar. Hope's number.

※※※ While the phone call is passed between several club executives, Rangnick is leading the team to train at the training ground in Leogang, Austria. He has no idea what has happened and what is about to happen.

Chu Zhongtian also didn't know anything.

Hoffenheim come here for training camps before every season, and the training here has led to a league title, a Champions League title, and it has been regarded as Hoffenheim's blessed land.

In order to prepare for the new season, Hoffenheim has been training quite intensively. After a day of training, everyone was exhausted and didn't want to move, only Chu Zhongtian still had the physical strength to practice shooting for himself. He was able to score so many goals last season because of his own training.

After the training, Chu Zhongtian was still practicing shooting on the field, and the other players greeted him and left the training ground one after another and went to the locker room.

Rangnick packed up the training facilities with the other coaches and planned to leave as well.

It was at this time that he saw the president of the club, Peter, who walked in from outside. Hoffman.

The club's president had no initial influence on Dietma. Hope, many people think that Mr. Hope is the president of the club, but in fact, since the team entered the first division, Hope is no longer the chairman of the team, Hoffman is. In the last two seasons, Hope has deliberately reduced the number of public appearances that Hoffman has gradually surfaced...... Hoffman walked in a hurry, apparently something. Rangnick motioned for the others to go first, and he stopped himself, knowing that Hoffman must have come looking for him.

"Good afternoon, Ralph." Hoffman greeted Rangnick from afar.

"Hello, Mr. Hoffmann. You flew in from Germany? ”

Hoffman walked up to Rangnick and nodded, "Yes, I just arrived." ”

"Flying over in such a hurry, there is obviously something important." Rangnick said. What is the specific important matter, he has actually guessed a little, it must be related to Chu Zhongtian.

"Well, it has something to do with Chu." Hoffman nodded, and he noticed that behind Rangnick, on the training ground, there was a person who was practicing his shot, and that was Chu Zhongtian.

Rangnick saw Hoffman paying attention behind him, and he also turned to look at Chu Zhongtian: "He has to practice after training every day, he is really an excellent professional player." ”

Hoffman said "uh-huh."

"That's right, Ralph ......" Hoffman was considering his words, for fear of irritating the seemingly polite, but actually very persistent manager.

"Well, we received a new offer today, a ...... related to Chu"

Rangnick nodded. Some time ago, there were a lot of offers about Chu Zhongtian, which made him very worried. However, then the team rejected all offers, which made him very happy. It seems that Hope is right, he really wants to keep Chu Zhongtian at all costs.

He also knew that the teams that coveted Chu Zhongtian didn't give up so easily, so they would make new offers quickly. He envisaged that the team would continue to reject them until the transfer window closed.

"Real Madrid bid 70 million euros for Chu."

When Hoffman said the number, Rangnick gasped when he heard it.

Seventy million! What is this concept?

In the past, when Real Madrid was interested in Ribery, Rummenigge said that unless you bring 60 million, we will not talk about it. Later, Real Madrid fell in love with Schweinsteiger again, and Rummenigge once again said that without 60 million euros, he didn't want to take the "little pig" away. Now this offer is even more than the value of Ribery and Schweinsteiger!

The highest transfer fee in the world is currently the 94 million euros generated by Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid. In second place is Ibrahimovic, who moved to Barcelona from Inter Milan for 40 million euros in cash and an Eto'o for a staggering 80 million euros, although this has not been confirmed, more of a media speculation.

The third-highest ranked went from Zinedine Zidane, who Real Madrid spent €76 million to bring the midfielder from Turin to Madrid. In fourth place is Kaka's €65 million transfer from AC Milan to Real Madrid. In fifth place was Spanish striker Fernando Torres, who had just moved to Chelsea from Liverpool in January this year, for a fee of £50 million, or about €58 million at the exchange rate of the day. (Note: This list is based on the transfer fees mentioned in the transfer news of each player, because the currency used in the online information is different, so the list ranking and numbers are also different, so I can only use my own for convenience.) In addition, Torres's transfer fee is 50 million pounds, and the euro figure is calculated by myself according to the exchange rate of the euro to the pound on January 31, if not, please let everyone know) If Chu Zhongtian's transfer deal can be realized, he will replace Kaka and become the fourth highest transfer value in the history of world football, if Ibrahimovic's value is not accurate, he may still jump into the top three, only behind C. Ronaldo and Zidane.

In addition, four of the top ten transfer fees in world football are now created by Real Madrid, and if Chu Zhongtian joins, it will be five. With such terrifying strength, it is no wonder that many teams are afraid of Real Madrid's golden yuan offensive in the transfer market - such a big move, only Real Madrid has such courage and qualifications...... Rangnick was frightened by the number, and few people could still keep their composure until that number.

During this time, there was a lot of transfer news about Chu Zhongtian, and Rangnick also knew about various offers, but the highest was no more than 40 million from Manchester United. Now that the economic environment has deteriorated, the global economy has not been able to recover from the previous financial turmoil, and many football clubs have tightened their belts to get by, so the transfer fees of players have been reduced, and only a few teams that are not bad for money can create miracles.

What is the concept of 70 million for Hoffenheim? They won the Champions League last season, and they only earned 30.7 million euros, which is double the prize money.

And if Chu Zhongtian is in the team, Hoffenheim must invest at least 20 million euros in the transfer market every summer, and 60 million for the remaining three seasons. What about letting Chu Zhongtian go? Not only can you get 70 million euros, but you can also save the 60 million fixed transfer expenses...... One in and one out, this is 130 million euros, not counting the salary and various bonuses given to Chu Zhongtian in the remaining three seasons.

When he heard this number, Rangnick suddenly realized that he might not be able to keep Chu Zhongtian...... He, the head coach, will calculate this account, but won't Hope, who was born as a businessman, calculate it?

Seventy million, the number is too tempting, too tempting...... "Ralph, the club has decided to accept it, we can't refuse this offer......" Hoffman finally stated his purpose.

Rangnick chuckled in his heart, the fear he had been worried about had finally come. He is worried about this, he is not worried about Chu Zhongtian's loyalty, he is worried that the club will not be able to resist the sky-high prices offered by other giant clubs.

Seventy million, seventy million, if it happens, it will be the highest price in the history of the Bundesliga. Not to mention Hoffenheim, even Bayern Munich can't resist.

"Seventy million ......" Rangnick did not answer Hoffman, but muttered about this transfer fee.

"We need this money, Ralph. Mr. Hope has decided to reduce his investment in the club, we need ourselves in the future, and if we sell Chu, we will get 70 million euros, which you can use to buy any player you want. Hoffman continued. He knew that Rangnick was the staunchest opponent of Chu Zhongtian's transfer and departure.

Rangnick finally reacted, "No, Mr. Hoffman. Chu has brought us more than 30 million Champions League bonuses, and with him in the championship, there is a guarantee, and we have a long-term and stable source of funds......"

"But you can't guarantee that we will be able to defend the Champions League title next season. No team can actually guarantee that they can do that. Hoffman shook his head.

Rangnick is really not guaranteed, but if he reaches the round of 16, he will earn more than 10 million euros. "Even if we just make it to the round of 16, we can have more than 10 million euros in prize money. At the same time, if Chu is here, I can guarantee that I will enter the Champions League every season, even if it is just to participate in the group stage, there will be more than 7 million bonuses. If there is no Chu ......"

"You can buy any player you want for 70 million, although we lost Chu, but we have other good players, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Sana and Quaresma are all very good, and we can continue to improve because we have money."

Hoffman's philosophy is to lose a Chu Zhongtian, but we have more good players. He admits that Chu Zhongtian is unique and has a super high standard, so his idea is to use quantity to make up for the lack of quality. If Chu Zhongtian is 100 points, then if we buy 50 to 85 players to come in, isn't it enough to offset the impact of Chu Zhongtian's departure?

Rangnick, however, knew that football was not such a simple math problem, and he continued to shake his head in disagreement: "No, it's completely different, Mr. Hoffman. Chu is the core of us, the whole team is built around him, if he leaves, there are a lot of people in this team who will suffer a lot of performance, and some people will even become uncomfortable with the team, almost rebuilding a team, it's not just about buying a few people. Chu must not leave the team! ”

He's resisting.

"Honestly, Ralph. The financial pressure is very high, and if we keep Chu, we will have to pay 20 million euros every summer for people, but we can't come up with any more money. You don't want to put the team in debt, do you? "Hoffman has made a killer move." That's what Mr. Hope means and he wants you to understand the team's struggles. ”

Rangnick was silent.

Hope has reduced its investment in Hoffenheim, which means the team will be less competitive. If he sold Chu Zhongtian again, he couldn't imagine where this team would go. From a team that competes for the league title every season to a team fighting for relegation?

He smiled wryly: "I remember Mr. Hope saying that he wanted the team to become a new giant in five years......"

Hoffman shrugged: "Times have changed, Ralph. None of this would have been a problem if we had had Mr. Hope's funds, but now we don't. ”

Rangnick looked at Chu Zhongtian's back. really let him give up Chu Zhongtian, he was absolutely reluctant. Did you raise him to be a free man and then watch him leave?

"I know you don't want to, Ralph. But the club has made a decision, I'm afraid you have to lose him......" Hoffman patted Rangnick on the shoulder. "We believe that under your leadership, Hoffenheim would have achieved good results even without Chu."

"If you're talking about the Champions League every year...... I can't guarantee ......," Rangnick said.

Hoffman smiled, "Hoffenheim is not Chu's one-man team. With that, he turned and left.

Rangnick looked at his back, then turned his head to look at Chu Zhongtian.

What I have been worried about has become a reality, how should I face it?

※※※ Rangnick did not tell Chu Zhongtian that the club decided to accept the offer of Real Madrid, he still learned from his amazing James. Merry heard it, and Zidane called him.

When he heard that he was worth 70 million, he was also taken aback.

It seems that Real Madrid is really sincere, and they spent all the money they intended to use to buy Cesc Fabregas.

Seventy million euros, which is by far the highest offer for yourself.

Hoffenheim accepted.

He smiled on the other end of the phone, knowing it was time for him to leave.

Seventy million, if you don't let people go, you're a fool. Club president Rothouse is not a fool, Dietmar. Hope is not a fool either.

His own cycle in Hoffenheim is also over.

In the Madrid Sports City, Baldano is updating Florentino on developments.

"Hoffenheim FC's reply, they have accepted the offer. We can negotiate a personal contract with Chu. ”

Florentino sat in his boss's chair with his left hand pointing to his chin and resting it on the armrest.

"At the end of the season, we should go to China too, Jorge?" Florentino asked.

Baldano knew that the helmsman of the Galactic Battleship was once again dreaming of going to China to make money. It should be said that it takes courage to spend so much money to buy a Chinese player, but Florentino's generous offer of 70 million shows that he is confident of recovering the cost.

Chu Zhongtian is now the most popular sports star in Chinese, and his status in China is unmatched.

Florentino can already imagine what he will be treated when he leads his team to China...... The scene from the summer of 2003 would still come back to him often, and it was an exciting trip to China...... "Okay, let's get someone to negotiate a contract with his agent." Florentino came back to his senses and nodded.

Baldano still thinks it's too risky to spend 70 million on such a player...... Seventy million is not a small amount.

He still remembers that when Florentino decided to spend 70 million yuan to buy Chu Zhongtian at the meeting, he explained: "In four years, he can help us earn back this money." ”

If you just go to China to engage in commercial competitions, you won't be able to earn 70 million yuan every season...... Baldano, who had left Florentino's office, met Zidane in the hallway. The Frenchman smiled at him, and Baldano nodded in acknowledgment.

The Frenchman has been working on promoting Chu Zhongtian's move to Real Madrid, but don't be too happy. Mourinho's attitude towards Chu Zhongtian seems lukewarm, and if the Chinese can't perform at the level he did at Hoffenheim after coming to Real Madrid, the pressure he faces can be imagined.

The name of "Mr. 70 million" will crush people when the time comes.

Hope he has the best of luck at the Bernabeu......

(To be continued)