Chapter 14: Eryu
From start to finish, from beginning to end, Subisareta did not come up with an actual price.
This does not mean that he does not have an estimate of Suarez's worth, since it is a negotiation, then each must have their own bottom line, and this bottom line may not be revealed until the last moment, and it is only possible, because once the negotiation needs to show the bottom line, it means that it is definitely not a successful negotiation.
Therefore, for Suarez, Subisareta, or Barcelo, also has a bottom line, and this bottom line is 70 million.
According to this bottom line, there is no doubt that once this transfer is completed, Barcelona will set a new transfer record in team history, the last time Barcelona paid such a high price for a player, it was in the summer of 09, when Barcelona paid a total transfer fee of nearly 70 million in order to sign Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan, and even took Eto'o for this. Of course, this transfer is not something that many Barcelona people want to talk about right now.
It should be said that in the case of Manchester City's offer of 100 million, Barcelona's bottom line of 70 million is not harsh, and it can even be said that Subisareta has a lot of room for negotiation. If you change clubs, or managers, Barcelona have every chance to get what they want.
Unfortunately, Subisareta now knows that there is never anything reasonable about the transfer market. Therefore, he has never dared to hand over his bottom line, and he didn't even dare to give an offer lightly, but chose to knock on the side, trying to get Lin Sen to take the initiative to reduce the price.
Because he knows that once he makes an offer, many things are likely to run out of room for manoeuvre.
But, will Lin Sen take the initiative to reduce prices?
The answer is clearly not optimistic.
Subisareta refused to play lightly, and Lin Sen was also even less likely to take the initiative to show his cards. Under these circumstances, the first meeting between the two sides is destined to end in nothing.
Of course, the meeting ended without a hitch. It does not mean that the transfer will end in nothing, and the two have agreed on the time of the next meeting.
July 5th.
It was precisely the time of the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Brazil.
One of the highlights of the quarter-finals was Uruguay vs. hosts Brazil.
It is worth mentioning that Linsen's "special care" of Suarez has finally changed some of the original trajectory of history, Uruguay, which was supposed to be eliminated by Colombia in the quarterfinals, was eliminated by Linsen with the Suarez biting incident, Suarez appeared in the knockout round, and in the game with Colombia's James Rodriguez, that is, the legendary J Ronaldo, the double star shines, one pass and one shot. A brace and Uruguay eliminated Colombia on penalties, making history a big surprise.
Barcelona decided to speed up the transfer process for Suarez, and this game played a role to some extent, as there have been countless reports that Colombia's J Ronaldo is infinitely close to their sworn rivals Real Madrid.
Now, Subisareta has set the time after the match between Brazil and Uruguay, which is of course a coincidence, but I am afraid that it is a little cautious.
Uruguay vs. Colombia. All eyes are on Suarez and Rodriguez. So, where will the eyes of Brazil and Uruguay be?
Naturally, Neymar who belongs to Barcelona and Suarez who belongs to Manchester City -
Barcelona are not the only club to reply to Manchester City. Just a few hours before Linsen met with Subisareta, Linsen also received a transfer reply from Portugal.
The object is a mangala.
Previously, Linson had sent a fax to Porto on behalf of Manchester City to ask about the price of Mangala, and. When sending out the fax, Lin Sen even deliberately informed Wayne.
In the transfer market, selling people and buying people. Generally speaking, buyers pay attention to quietly hitting the target, while sellers pay attention to waiting for the price to sell, in short, no one wants anyone to compete, and everyone wants the more buyers as much as possible.
But now, Lin Sen has gone the opposite way, and the negotiations with Barcelona are still in a state of secrecy, but the deal with Porto has not yet begun, and Lin Sen is eager for everyone to know.
Of course, this is not without reason, even if Lin Sen has actually accepted the fact that Suarez is about to leave the team in his heart, but it is not so easy to convince the fans, therefore, before a conclusion is reached, Lin Sen does not want to make a storm in the city, and Mangala's transfer, Lin Sen is simply a scene for the world, even including Pellegrini, and naturally the audience must not be less.
Linsen wanted to act, but Porto was serious about Manchester City's offer.
For Porto, Mangala has become their new cash cow, and no club can easily poach people from them, because their people are very high-end, not ordinary teams can "spend", and Manchester City is obviously not an ordinary team. Therefore, Porto's reply to Manchester City's inquiry was not pretentious at all.
Forty-five million.
This is the minimum release fee for Mangala.
Porto's reply, Lin Sen is not surprised, because now all of Europe knows that if you want to poach people from Porto, you can't get around the minimum termination fee.
But what made Linsen laugh dumbly was not Porto's reply, but at the same time that Porto responded to Manchester City's inquiry, Porto's manager Rodrigo Martins confirmed Manchester City's interest in an interview with the media, and also claimed that they had received an actual offer from France.
For Lin Sen, such a "claim" is simply trying to cover up.
The offer from France, Rodrigo seems to retain some suspense, but in fact the facts are not difficult to guess.
There are only two clubs in Ligue 1 that can afford to buy Mangala from Porto, one is Monaco, but unfortunately this club, which was originally thought to have the potential to compete with Grand Paris after getting foreign capital, is a bit anticlimactic, if nothing else, this summer, they will sell a lot of players who were just poached last season, including James Rodriguez, who became a big hit in the World Cup. So, will they buy mangala? It's not impossible, but it's not very likely.
Another French club is undoubtedly more likely than Monaco. That's Paris Saint-Germain, you know, they have just made an offer to Manchester City to buy David Luiz.
The only thing Lin Sen is not sure about, Paris, is he really in love with Mangala? Or......
Is it because of the scandal between Manchester City and Mangala? ――
Leonardo seems to be a name of genius in its own right.
Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo DiCanio, Leonardo Nascimondo...... One is a representative of the European Renaissance, a multi-talented genius. One has made the most famous "Jack" in world film history, and the last one is from the football field.
Players, scouts, coaches, managers. If it weren't for the Waterloo he suffered as head coach, Leonardo could have been a perfect winner in life, and when he was a player, he was Brazil's number 10. When he was a scout, he brought Kaka for AC Milan. Even as a coach, he still has a starting point that is difficult for others to achieve, and his debut was to coach AC Milan, and then he got the opportunity to coach Inter Milan. Then, he came to what is now Paris Saint-Germain.
You're welcome. At present, most of the foundation of the big Paris was bought by him. What is somewhat different from Lin Sen's memory is that he was "banned" for nine months by the Ligue 1 Disciplinary Committee for "deliberately pushing the referee" that happened last year. He was supposed to quit his job and leave Paris, but now he is still the manager of Paris Saint-Germain.
At this time, he was sitting in his office. Opposite him is the manager of Paris Saint-Germain, who has changed from a fierce defender to a gentleman coach of Laurent Blank with glasses.
"David Luiz!"
Blank's goal is clear. He wants a centre-back who is the current vice-captain of the Brazilian team, not some legendary future world-class defender Mangala, although compared to David Luiz, Mangala, who has French nationality, is a homegrown defender who fits the club's localization strategy.
In his opinion, PSG already has too much "future", and now, what the team needs is immediacy, and excellent immediacy. So, when he learned that the club did not continue to bid Manchester City and chose to turn to Mangala, he knocked on Leonardo's door.
"Stay quiet, Laurent." In the face of Blank's "rejuvenating the teacher", Leonardo still has that charming smile on his face, but there is a trace of regret in his heart, regretting that if the head coach is still Ancelotti, he may not need to explain the current matter to him at all.
However, regret is useless, no one can turn down an invitation from Real Madrid, neither the player nor the manager.
'I admit Mangala is a good defender, but we already have Marquinhos and there's really no need to bring in Mangala. Blank said.
"I understand." Leonardo nodded.
Although his coaching career has not been successful, it is not difficult to understand what Blank wants to say, the team wants to strengthen the competitiveness of the main lineup, not the depth of the bench.
"Believe me, we're not giving up on David Luiz. It's just that you also know the attitude of Manchester City, we have to pay attention to strategy, and besides, all the attention of David Luiz is currently on the World Cup, and it will take time to communicate with him. ”
"In that case, why make an offer for Mangala?" Hearing Leonardo's words, Blanc frowned and said in some surprise, "I heard that the first person to express interest in Mangala seems to be Manchester City?" Aren't we afraid of angering them by doing so? ”
"Provoked?" Leonardo smiled disappreciatively, and then said lightly, "Laurent, you underestimate Manchester City too much. And, since they have rejected our offer to David, isn't it natural for us to offer Mangala? ”
Yes, David Luiz belongs to Manchester City, but who says that Mangala necessarily belongs to Manchester City? (To be continued......)