Chapter 987: Operation to Change Doors (Part I)
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The day after Real Madrid's announcement, Barcelona had to hold a press conference to confirm the news under the siege of a large group of journalists. At the press conference, Gaspat looked gloomy and said that he didn't want to keep Figo, but because the other party had made up his mind, he was really powerless to keep the other party, so he could only let Real Madrid take Figo away in the form of full liquidated damages.
In order to consolidate his not yet solid chairmanship, Gaspart firmly assured Barcelona fans at the press conference that Figo's departure will not have much impact on the team's record in the new season, and it will not be long before he will bring some players to Barcelona who are not inferior to Figo in terms of ability and fame to strengthen the team!
However, Barcelona fans did not buy Gaspat's assurance. After Figo was poached by arch-rivals Real Madrid, Gasparte's reputation as Barcelona's vice-president was squandered, and fans simply didn't believe he could find a worthy replacement for the team. It can be said that unless Barcelona can suppress Real Madrid on both European and domestic fronts in the new season, Gaspart, who let go of Figo, will definitely not escape the accusations of fans!
It has to be said that Figo's defection to Real Madrid was an extremely heavy blow to Barcelona. In the aftermath of this incident, angry Barcelona fans called Figo "Judas", and at the same time developed a distrust of the newly appointed Gasparte - even his own captain can be easily poached by his sworn enemy, is the new president a little too useless?
In an attempt to regain the trust of the fans, Gaspart rushed into the transfer market with a large amount of money from selling Figo, and now he urgently needs to re-establish himself with a few blockbuster signings.
Unlike the busy Gaspart, in the office of the president of Real Madrid in Madrid, Spain, it is a different scene.
"At this point, the attention of fans and the media should be focused on Real Madrid." Looking at the stack of newspapers in front of him with headlines about Figo's transfer, Florentino thought contentedly, "If we take this opportunity and make good use of Figo's trump card, we may be able to raise the club's popularity and commercial value to a higher level, so as to reverse the previous situation of financial struggling to make ends meet in one fell swoop, and become a giant club that can rely on its ability to absorb money and pay for its own profits and losses." ”
Although Florentino pursues a golden football strategy in terms of recruitment, his business philosophy is indeed worthy of everyone's praise. In Zhuang Mingge's previous life, Real Madrid was under his control, not only got rid of the huge debts left over from the Sens era, but also successfully surpassed Manchester United through a series of operations and became the most profitable club in the world!
You must know that clubs that can repeatedly bring in well-known stars at sky-high prices, and can also guarantee profits, can be called rare, and clubs such as Chelsea and Manchester City, which also burn money, do not have such a strong ability to attract money as Real Madrid, and have to repeatedly rely on the wallet of the boss behind them to smooth out the huge deficit on the financial statements.
However, just when Florentino watched with satisfaction that almost all the media and fans were shocked by the news that he planned that "Figo transferred to Real Madrid for the world's first price", and planned how to use this deal to increase Real Madrid's influence and market value in the world, and catch up with Fiorentina, which was already far ahead in these fields, a piece of news from Italy almost made his plan completely fail!
Because, just three days after Real Madrid announced the introduction of Figo at the world's No. 1 price, the Serie A club led by Fiorentina staged a "change of door" drama!
The first action was Inter Milan, and early on the morning of the 27th, Moratti announced at a press conference that the team had brought in Francisco Toldo, who had an amazing performance in the European Cup, from Fiorentina at a cost of $26 million!
Toldo came through the AC Milan Academy, but instead of making a name for himself with the Rossoneri, he spent several seasons in the lower leagues before moving to Fiorentina to make a name for himself as a first-class goalkeeper. In his seven seasons with the Purple Lily, Toldo helped the team win five Serie A titles and four Champions Cups, as well as a variety of other accolades, contributing to Fiorentina's rise and glory in the mid-to-late nineties.
However, with the deal in place, it is now a thing of the past, and it is time for the decorated goalkeeper who helped Fiorentina re-emerge to say goodbye.
Since the two sides are getting together and parting, after the deal was announced, the Fiorentina club and the fans sent their best wishes to Toldo, hoping that he can also perform well in his new team.
It is widely believed in the Italian media that Fiorentina must have sent Toldo away because they had a better option. Because judging from Fiorentina's actions in the transfer market in the past few years, the Purple Lily has never sent the team's main team without a qualified stand-in, so if nothing else, Fiorentina fans will definitely usher in a big surprise this summer!
It is precisely because of this trust in the management that Fiorentina fans are not worried about Toldo's departure, but instead express their high expectations and goodwill to Panucci, who was sent by Inter Milan as an add-on to the deal. After all, the former Italy international, who was abandoned by Lippi at Inter Milan for half a year, played at right-back, but don't forget that Di Livio and Zambrotta are both all-rounders. In this way, the left vacancy left by Kaladze's move to AC Milan can be effectively filled, and Fiorentina will no longer have to worry about Carlos as a substitute.
Fiorentina can be called calm for a while, while the atmosphere on Inter's side has become a little strange due to the arrival of Toldo. Many experts and fans are puzzled by Moratti's move to bring in Toldo, after all, Inter Milan has a Peruzzi in his playing years, and Toldo's arrival can certainly make the Nerazzurri's door more secure, but in this way, what should Peruzzi's position do?
Soon, however, the doubts in their minds were answered. Because five hours after the deal was announced, Inter Milan, who signed Toldo, announced on their official website that they had reached an agreement with Lazio to sell Peruzzi, the team's main goalkeeper last season, to Lazio for $13 million!