Chapter 19: Juggling**
Instead of immediately making a third offer to Bayer Leverkusen, Linson sent a request fax to another club in Germany.
This club is also familiar to many Chinese fans, because like Manchester City, where Sun Jihai played, this club has also played for Chinese players, this is Shao Jiayi once played for Munich 1860, this club that shares the Allianz Arena with Bayern Munich, after being relegated from the Bundesliga in the 0304 season, has been up and down in the Bundesliga.
At this time, Shao Jiayi had already left Munich 1860 and switched to another club, Ketbus, of course, Lin Sen was not to send warmth, he was to send money to place orders.
And his goal is to become a pair of brothers who will become famous in Germany in a few years.
There has always been no shortage of football brothers in world football, the more famous are the De Boer brothers of the Netherlands, Inzaghi of Italy and the Cannavaro brothers, of course, for Manchester City fans, it is natural to be famous for the Neville brothers who are famous for the sworn enemy Manchester United next door, Gary Neville has become the captain of Manchester United, and the pair of brothers that Linson is looking for now are far from famous, this is the Bend brothers.
If nothing else, the brothers, who are still playing for Munich 1860, will part ways this summer, with Sven Bender heading to Borussia Dortmund and Lars Bender heading to Bayer Leverkusen.
Lin Sen's idea is very simple, that is, curve attack, Leverkusen, you play hooligan and don't play cards according to the routine, then I will also follow you to play hooligan, that is, with and a handful of Dortmund, if you add Sven Bender, then Lin Sen will almost hollow out the midfield of Dortmund who will enter the Champions League final in the future, Reuss, Gundogan......
Linson's first offer to Munich 1860 was, for two people, four million pounds, close to five million euros. This offer is in fact close to the value of the Bend brothers to leave Munich 1860, because the price of the elder brother Lars Bend to join Bayer Leverkusen is 2.5 million euros. Although the younger brother Sven Bender joined Dortmund as a player exchange, it is not difficult to guess the value of the player exchanged from Dortmund. The player that Dortmund used in exchange was Serbian full-back Rukavina, who joined Dortmund in 07 for two million euros, and was loaned to Munich from Dortmund last winter to 1860, so there was a later exchange.
Linsen doesn't know if Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen have already taken action against the Bend brothers at this time, but it's clearly certainly in sight, but for Linson, it doesn't matter as long as their deal isn't done. Because Linsen had a unique advantage: a monetary advantage that Munich 1860 could not refuse, and conditions that the Bend brothers could not refuse.
Yes, Linson is not worried that the Bend brothers will turn down an offer from Manchester City, because not only can Manchester City offer them better treatment, but more importantly, Manchester City can also offer an advantage that the other two clubs interested in them cannot offer, which is that the two brothers can continue to play side by side, which is the biggest temptation.
Munich 1860 didn't make Linsen wait long, apparently. Manchester City's offer came at the right time, and they were worried that there would be no one to compete with the Bend brothers, let alone the biggest financier in Europe, of course. They weren't too open-mouthed, and their counteroffer was eight million.
When Lin Sen saw the counteroffer of Munich 1860, he immediately scratched his head. His privilege allowed him to have a quota of 10 million pounds to use. In euros, it would be close to 12 million euros, if Linsen had no other goals. So, Lin Sen really wants to be a "favor" directly, of course, no matter how smooth this favor is, it is also a great investment, eight million to buy two future German internationals, and it is also a back with "telepathy" talent skills and major skills that complement each other, where to find it?
But now, for another goal, Linson had to be a little stingy, this time, his second offer for Munich 1860, from the first offer of 500,000 pounds, to 4.5 million pounds, of course, this is not the point, the point is that Linson also added a loan, this person is Manchester City like Zander poached from Germany, Zander previously played for Schalke 04, is the captain of Schalke 04 youth team, and he is also the main member of the German U16, mainly full-back, He is versatile at the back, and he can just make up for a weakness of Munich 1860, that is, if Sven Bender comes to Manchester City, Dortmund is bound to take back Rukavina.
For Munich 1860, Linsen's offer is not only higher than the original estimate they intended to accept from Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen combined, but also that Zander can perfectly replace the vacancy left by Rukavina, and Linsen can't think of a reason for Munich 1860 to refuse.
Sure enough, Munich 1860 quickly said that it accepted the offer from Manchester City, and only one day later, the two Bend brothers' common agent and their father secretly came to Manchester City, and the transfer came to this point, for Manchester City, there is actually no suspense, when have they seen Manchester City cancel the deal because of contract negotiations, let alone two young people.
Two days later, with Zander nodding his head to Munich 1860 on loan, Manchester City announced their second and third signings, with the Bend brothers from Munich 1860 in the Bundesliga joining Manchester City for €5.5 million, of course, these two transfers are widely considered to be City's investment in the future at this time.
After signing the Bend brothers, Linson deliberately released the news through Wayne Clarke that Manchester City was interested in Bidal, and officially sent a request fax to Bayer Leverkusen for the third time, this time with a little more offer than the last time......
In the final analysis, the transfer of football is a business, of course, there is no shortage of backbone businessmen, who would rather lose money than do business, such as Bilbao before, but business is business, win-win is king, the board of directors is not in vain, and the loss-making business cannot be done all the time. Lin Sen doesn't know if Leverkusen is also so backbone, not 25 million will not be sold, you must know that Vidal transferred to Juventus two years later, it is only more than 10 million, although it is because Vidal has reached the contract year, but obviously the current Vidal is definitely not worth this price. It's not worth the price, but Bayer Leverkusen is giving this price and biting the price at the same time. Then, Lin Sen had no choice but to think that Leverkusen was playing hooliganism.
Either you have a little backbone and learn from Bilbao to get a NO, or you follow the rules of negotiation, what is this?
In that case, Lin Sen believes he has sent a very clear signal to Leverkusen, either everyone will play hooligan together, or everyone will sit down and talk.
When the news of the Bender brothers signing for Manchester City reached the ears of Leverkusen's director of football and former German national team coach Worrall, Worrall was stunned: So coincidentally? Manchester City is also interested in the original intention? And move so fast? Immediately afterward, he received a third offer from Manchester City. And this offer is even more bizarre, thirteen million and one pounds.
An extra pound.
Worrall is not a fool either, he quickly understood, his first reaction was anger, the second reaction was anger, but the final reaction was helplessness.
The whole of Europe knows that Manchester City is now the biggest tycoon in Europe, they spent nearly 200 million in the transfer market last season, and Bayer Leverkusen, one of the traditional powerhouses of the Bundesliga. The transfer budget for this season is less than 10 million. Therefore, for Manchester City's bid for Bidal, Worrall's first reaction was not not not to sell. It's about how much you can sell.
Because Vidal is not for sale, or in other words, there is no non-sale for Leverkusen as a whole.
So. The reason why he would give Manchester City such a counteroffer is actually to create a false impression of "not for sale", the purpose. Or to sell at a high price. But he didn't expect that his move would annoy Manchester City. So, Manchester City directly snatched one of his targets, of course, Worrall didn't know the weight of this target at this time, at this time, he only thought that the reason why Manchester City grabbed Lars Bender was because he was biting on the price of Bidal.
However, City have made another offer, which means that they still want to complete the deal.
In the wake of the news of Manchester City's interest in Vidal, Vidal's agent has claimed in an interview that his players are not averse to taking risks in the Premier League. The language is euphemistic, but the meaning is clear enough: go to Manchester City, this can be had.
How should Worrall respond?
If it were Worrall when he was a player, he might have to hold a press conference to "teach" Manchester City to seduce a good woman, but now, he is a businessman, and his first consideration is to fight for the best interests of his club, just like he used to play with Manchester City, so he still needs to respond to Manchester City's offer.
However, business is done, but this breath cannot be swallowed just like that.
So, Worrall's counter-offer to Linsen finally loosened a little bit: twenty-four million nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine euros.
One euro less.
One pound more is more, and one euro less is less.
It's not so much that matters, it's the attitude of both sides that matters.
When Linson received a counteroffer from Worrall, Linsen immediately laughed, because he knew that the obstacle to this transfer had gone. It's just that Lin Sen didn't expect that Worrall, who was about to let Marwood scold his mother before, would be such an interesting person.
A fourth offer was quickly sent to Worrall, and this time, Linson gave a rise that Marwood had not had before, fifteen million pounds. For Vidal's transfer, Manchester City's estimated budget is 20 million pounds, which is about 23 million euros, which is one of the reasons why Marwood once wanted to give up on this transfer, because it has exceeded Manchester City's budget for this transfer.
For Linsen's price increase, Worrall also reciprocated, reducing the price to 20 million euros, or about 17 million pounds.
At this point, the gap between the two clubs was just a million pounds.
The transfer has finally come to an end. (To be continued......)
PS: Well, I'll admit that this chapter is a bit bloody. In addition, after the pound and euro, exchange rate and tax rate, weekly salary, and pre-tax tax, I plan to be sloppy in the future, and I am really tossed to death, and the days of checking information are almost over. Everyone, just spare me. Anyway, it doesn't affect reading, no.