Chapter 161: Galliani's Intentions
Galliani wears a wide-brimmed cap and an ordinary jacket suit, which looks not much different from a Wellingham fan, after all, this is London, not Milan, and ordinary British fans will not easily recognize this Milan real power, not to mention that he did not sit in the front stand for scouts with Wang Xuewei, but bought a high-priced ticket to the outside of Norwich's fan camp.
In fact, Wang Xuewei didn't know that Galliani actually put down many things in Milan and went to London to watch the Championship play-offs, so she originally wanted to come to the Willingham celebration, but she was pulled by Galliani to talk for a night.
Choosing this time to come to London, Galliani can be regarded as painstaking, the league has just ended, normally speaking, it is not yet time to consider a summer transfer, especially Milan's tradition is to wait until the second half of the transfer period, there will be a big deal, so Galliani, who appeared in London at this time, did not attract much attention from the media.
Even if someone finds out, it will definitely link his arrival with Drogba and Tevez, after Ronaldo and Inzaghi left the team one after another, Milan's forwards were only Gilardino, Pato and the tall center forward Bianchi who returned from Manchester City, and before the end of the league, it broke out that Gilardino was unwilling to be a substitute and asked for transfer news (last season, Milan's forward partners were Pato and Ronaldo, Gilardino, Inzaghi and Bianchi can only compete for the substitute qualification), The two Brazilians have squeezed the main force of the Italian national team out of the starting lineup due to the tacit cooperation with Kaka, although Ronaldo is gone this season, but Henry is coming, he will have the possibility of forming the main partner with Pato, and Gilardino will once again face the danger of substitution, so when the league is not over, the news that Juventus intends to bring in the Italian striker broke out again.
And given Gilardino's insistence on attitude, his chances of staying in Milan are getting smaller and smaller.
If Gilardino leaves again, Pato, Henry and Bianchi alone will definitely not be able to cope with the two-front battle of the league and the Champions Cup, so it has become a consensus that Galliani will bring in another powerful striker for Ancelotti, and Chelsea and Drogba and Manchester United's Tevez have become the target of everyone's attention.
Things had been going in this direction, but a sudden change at the end of the season gave Galliani a new way of thinking about the problem.
This change is the transfer fee of 140 million euros paid by Real Madrid for Kaka, because the stakes are so high, only a few important positions within the club know, Wang Xuewei only knew about it, and Lao Liu became the first person to know about it in addition to Real Madrid and Milan.
Real Madrid also don't want the news to come to light too soon, they have been chasing Kaka for several years, and Calderón is not willing to be a man of his word in front of his members anymore.
Therefore, the introduction of strikers has become not the first thing to worry about, and now there is only one problem that Galliani needs to solve: whether to put Kaka or not? Now that Kaka's value has reached his peak, from a business point of view, this is the most appropriate time to shoot, and on the fans' side, although giving up Kaka will cause a huge mess, as long as there is a person who can divert the attention of fans in terms of technology and appeal, this mess can be calmed down.
Pato's impressive performances last season have given fans a new idol, but Pato is not enough to replace Kaka's appeal on and off the pitch, and Galliani has found the best replacement in his mind.
The name of this replacement was Geldepuskash.
After Wang Xuewei's follow-up for a season, Galliani and Leonardo have fully recognized Holder's skills and strength, and this time he came to watch the game in Weifu, Galliani just wanted to see if this Hungarian teenager could replace Kaka in charm.
The result is very good, Helder's demeanor makes Galliani very fond of him, and, piggybacking feet, he also takes a fancy to the striker named Patterson who has a very tacit understanding with Henry and Helder, if these three people can be poached together, with the addition of Pato and Bianchi, even if Gilardino and Kaka are gone, Galliani can already explain to the fans, not to mention, after Kaka leaves, the astronomical amount of money brought can bring a few more superstars.
Galliani's idea has basically been determined, and he was in a long conversation with Wang Xuewei that day to determine a question, what kind of offer is the most suitable.
In fact, the issue is not complicated, but there is a huge disagreement between the general manager of Milan and the scout in charge of England on this issue.
According to the agreement in the winter transfer period, Henry's transfer fee is 6.5 million pounds, that is, less than 12 million euros, so the package price of Helder and Patterson in Galliani's mind was set at 35 million euros, that is, less than 20 million pounds, which is more than 10 million euros higher than the price of buying Pato that year, and almost 20 million pounds should be an irresistible figure for a Championship team.
But as soon as this number came out, it was ruthlessly denied by Wang Xuewei.
Not to mention that Wenger once set a price of 18 million pounds for Helder (of which 2 million was the salary part), even if Patterson and Lao Liu will not sell less than 5 million pounds now, Wang Xuewei's opinion is that the price of the two packs should be at least close to 28 million pounds, otherwise there is no need to talk to Lao Liu at all.
Galliani looked at Wang Xuewei suspiciously, he had dealt with Lao Liu, and it was clear that this Chinese was not very easy to deal with, but did it take such a high price? After all, just two players who have only played in the Championship, Milan don't want to be a big head fish on the British's board.
Galliani has already done an investigation, this girl and this club, and Lao Liu have had some stories before, although he does not suspect her profession, but at this time he obviously will not accept Wang Xuewei's opinion so easily.
After a long time, Galliani was a little moved, but finally decided to negotiate with Lao Liu at a price of 47 million euros.
He has a confidence that after the player gets the news, he will definitely hope to join Milan desperately, so that Lao Liu does not have too much weight to raise the price, so he plans to contact Halder and Patterson first as long as Lao Liu refuses.
Let them put pressure on the club, I'm already generous enough, Galliani thought so, and dialed Lao Liu's phone, "Dear Liu, I want to talk to you about the transfer of two players, Henry, oh no, Henry's problem doesn't need to be talked about anymore, I want to talk about that Hungarian kid and that tall striker, yes, I'm already in Milan, see you in the afternoon." ”
After lunch, when Galliani confidently walked into Lao Liu's office, he suddenly seemed to be petrified, because on the sofa opposite Lao Liu's big platform, Helde and Patterson were sitting.
(To be continued)