Chapter 215: A Conversation between the Two Chairmen
"Real Madrid? Loaning David Beckham? ”
Bee Nix was taken aback by Wan Sheng's words, he sat there stunned, and it took him a long time to react, and asked with certainty, "Do you want to loan David Beckham from Real Madrid this winter?" ”
"Replenish the lineup?" Bee Nix asked again.
Wan Sheng nodded, "Yes." ”
He understands Bill Nix's surprise, and if someone suddenly says that to him, he will be very surprised, because it is not another player, it is David Beckham, the former captain of the England national team, the most influential star in English football in the past decade, and the most popular 'heartthrob Becky' in the world...... His title and fame are too much, too big, although he is 31 years old, the state is certainly not as good as a few years ago, but not to mention football, just his commercial value, but also other players can not be compared, it can be said that he is the world, the most successful football player in the development of commercial value, to now 'Beckham' is not only a football player, but also a fame, is a brand, which club gets Beckham, it is very conducive to making the club more active, expanding the surrounding development.
If Real Madrid were to sell Beckham, the commercial value of him alone would be worth more than £10 million, and that's just in the commercial sector.
In terms of football, Beckham's form is not as good as before, but he is definitely a very qualified top professional player, and his experience and his ability can bring a lot of help to a team.
Recently, many Premier League clubs are hoping to get Beckham, and the English media is also hyping it for this, but many people also know that their chances of getting Beckham are very small, because they can't come up with something that makes Beckham happy.
It's the same with Manchester City FC.
If David Beckham wants to come to Manchester City, both club president Waddell and general manager Bill Nix will feel welcome with both hands. Even more hefty salaries and some necessary transfer fees are being paid for this, but they, like other clubs, have a hard time giving up what will impress Beckham.
Because of this, when Wan Sheng talked about going to Beckham on loan, Bi Nix was very surprised, "Are you crazy? ”
"I'm serious." Wan Sheng said.
Bee Knicks and Wan Sheng looked at each other for a long time before he was sure that he was not joking, so as the general manager of the team, he had to consider the possibility of the team signing Beckham on loan.
Normally, it is absolutely impossible for Real Madrid to loan players to Manchester City!
Especially now. Manchester City has just played 1 win and 1 draw with Real Madrid in the group stage of the Champions League, it can be said that if Real Madrid cannot enter the Champions League round of 16, a large part of it is caused by Manchester City, although the football field and football transaction are not a concept, but the relationship between Manchester City and Real Madrid is definitely not good, and Real Madrid has no reason to loan players to Manchester City. Especially if the target is Beckham, even if they keep Beckham on the bench for half a season, they will not pay attention to Manchester City's loan request at all.
The normal way is difficult, and that can only be considered from other aspects.
Manchester city. Real madrid.
Bee Nix thought. Suddenly pulled out a piece of stuff from the folder, which was the offer sent by Real Madrid to Manchester City players a few days ago, and Wan Sheng did not open his mouth at the halfway point of the league. Bee Nix certainly wouldn't sell players privately, so he just put it down without even looking at it. Now he suddenly remembered to take it out and glance at it a few times.
"Buying Manchester City striker Nicola Anelka for €30 million from Real Madrid."
Anelka?
Bee Nix laughed mockingly and put the file down directly, at which point Wan Sheng stepped forward and glanced at it, and asked, "Is it an offer for Anelka?" ”
Bee Nix nodded, "It's funny that they want to buy Anelka." "He doesn't think the team should sell Anelka because Anelka is the team's top scorer.
On the contrary, Wan Sheng suddenly narrowed his eyes and said, "Maybe." We need to figure out how to deal with this. ”。
How much do Real Madrid want Anelka?
Just look at the situation of Real Madrid president Calderón, who was elected the 18th president in the club's history in July with a narrow margin of 8,344 votes, beating Juan Palacios (8,098 votes) to replace the short-serving Luis Gómez Montejuano.
After taking office, Calderón appointed Mijatovic as the club's head of football and brought Capello to replace the departed Bosque as Real Madrid manager.
Calderón promised Real Madrid fans that he would try to sign the new generation of superstars such as Arjen Robben, Cesc Fabregas and Kaka, but none of them came to fruition, so he brought in confidants such as Cannavaro and Emerson, and bought strong players such as Van Nistelrooy and Diarra.
There are many stars joining, enough to replace Raul, Ronaldo, Beckham and other old people, the media is still looking forward to Real Madrid's results, but now Real Madrid has almost been eliminated in the Champions League, and only in the domestic league has improved slightly, and Capello's conservative utilitarian style has been questioned by the media and fans.
Calderón is under a lot of pressure as the team's president.
In this moment of crisis, as the president of Real Madrid, the best way is to promise to bring any stars to the fans, not just promises, because of the failure of the summer transfer, many fans no longer believe him, so it is best to bring any stars directly, so Calderón began to take the initiative to ask the Real Madrid transfer department to cooperate with the work, and take the initiative to invite the stars of each team to join.
Nicolas Anelka is one of the stars that Real Madrid want to get, and he is still a very important one of them, especially after Anelka broke the Real Madrid goal at the Manchester Stadium in the opening game, Real Madrid is extremely interested in the French striker.
After the news of Real Madrid's bid for Anelka, some Spanish media outlets have begun to imagine how sharp the forward line of Van Ni and Anelka will be......
Wan Sheng has no idea that Anelka must be kept.
One is that Anelka is a well-known 'problem' player, coupled with his insatiable brother Crowder, the combination of the two only knows a raise, a raise, a raise, and a raise, especially now that Anelka is doing well, they are tired of wanting a raise. Coupled with the fact that Anelka often breaks bad news off the field, this kind of player is always a nuisance in the team.
Second, in the football training master system, Anelka's reverence value has never exceeded 80, which means that Anelka trusts his coaching ability, but it is only limited to coaching ability, and Anelka does not trust him at all in other aspects, such a player will never become a 'descendant'.
The third is that the team is not 'non-Anelka', and it will take another half a season. Darren Bent will have enough strength to replace the current Anelka, in comparison, Anelka is almost 28 years old, even if he relies on the football training master system, he has almost no room to grow, and Darren Bent is only 22 years old, he still has a lot of room to rise.
Compared to the two, Darren Bent is definitely superior.
There is another point, as the media says. There is a lot of competition between Anelka and Darren Bent within Manchester City, the two are in the same position and close in strength, with Darren Bent being worse than Anelka. It's just a matter of experience, and it's impossible for a team to have two top scorers because there's no guarantee that both players will get enough playing time. It's like Real Madrid right now, there are a lot of stars on every front, but there are definitely a lot of them who are unhappy with their playing time.
There is only one Ruud van Nistelrooy at Manchester City. With Vanney gone, Rooney could have more chances; Arsenal also has only one Henry, Henry does not leave, and it is not easy for other strikers to come out; AC Milan also has only one Shepchenko, the Ukrainian left, Gilardino and others have more chances; It's the same here at Manchester City, where there will definitely be a departure for Nicolas Anelka and Darren Bent next summer anyway.
So, who leaves?
Undoubtedly, it must be Anelka.
So Wan Sheng has long thought about the problem of Anelka, he will definitely leave next summer, and at the same time, this will also bring a lot of transfer fees for Manchester City, with this deal, even if the club has financial problems, he does not have to worry about the transfer fee.
Then Real Madrid wants to buy Anelka, in fact, it can be appropriately relaxed.
A winter transfer is certainly not possible, because this season, the team still needs Anelka, but next summer, Anelka can leave, and it will not make a difference to sell to Real Madrid, or to AC Milan, Chelsea and other teams.
So, use this as a condition to make Real Madrid relentless on the issue of David Beckham?
Wan Sheng had an idea.
Of course, the most important hole card must not be shown as soon as it comes up, and the first thing Manchester City Club has to do is to test it......
Soon Real Madrid received Manchester City's request to loan David Beckham, the loan fee of 2 million euros, plus the condition of paying the player's half-year salary, is enough to make any team excited, especially David Beckham can't play at all in Real Madrid, he has even been pressed by Capello on the bench, and announced that he was 'banned from the team', enjoying the 'same treatment' as Real Madrid's prince Raul.
But when a staff member reported the news to the chairman Calderon, Calderon was not moved at all, he sneered, and directly put the document on the ground, "Manchester City wants to loan David? How can it be? They're crazy! ”
Calderón simply ignored the news.
Real Madrid's feedback was a 'direct refusal', and this result was not expected by Manchester City FC.
But soon there was new news from Manchester City that the club was ready to enter into 'further talks' with Real Madrid over the transfer of Anelka.
After the news reached Real Madrid, there was a quick response, and Calderón personally called and asked to speak with the club's president, Waddell.
Calderón and Waddell have a lot in common as presidents of European clubs, and the two discussed their lives, careers and running the club, then talked about the development of the two teams and then about the transfer of players.
'I hope Anelka will wear the Real Madrid shirt next year.' Calderon said bluntly.
Waddell just smiled, "Mr. Calderon, you should know that we can't sell Nikola in January, he is our top scorer, and the team has to rely on him to play well in the Champions League. Now that everything in the team is in the final hand, I don't have the ability to convince that stubborn young man. ”
Speaking of Wansheng, Calderon became interested, "Wansheng? He's a great player and plays attacking football that few people like. He still has a sentence in his heart, that is, the offensive football played by Wansheng led by Wansheng is very in line with the standards of Real Madrid, especially the important thing is that Wansheng can also lead the team to play good results, with results and good games, it really makes any club very excited.
If Capello steps down, then Wan Sheng will also become one of the managers that Real Madrid will strive for.
Of course, Calderon didn't say 'poach your manager' to Waddell, and he quickly shifted the conversation to Anelka, "I heard that you're ready to let go of Anelka's transfer, I don't know what that means?" ”
Wadell smiled and said, "We hope to reach some agreement with Real Madrid on the transfer of Anelka. ”
"For example?"
"Right of first refusal." Waddell got straight to the point, "Manchester City and Real Madrid have always had a good relationship, and since you want to get Anelka, then we can promise that if you are going to sell Anelka, you will give priority to selling to Real Madrid, Mr. Calderon, you should know what that means. ”
Waddell didn't finish, but Calderon already understood.
A few years ago, Real Madrid didn't have to bother with such promises, because they could come up with the most transfer funds from European clubs to get the players they wanted, but times are evolving, and now the situation in the European transfer market is different from before, and most importantly, Real Madrid has many more competitors in the transfer market, among which Chelsea is the most troublesome.
Real Madrid can afford a superstar, Chelsea can afford it, and are willing to pay more.
In the face of an opponent worth tens of billions of dollars and willing to spend a lot of money in the transfer market, even the atmospheric Real Madrid feels very powerless, then at this time this 'right of first refusal' is very important, if there is this right of first refusal, at least at the same level of transfer fees, Real Madrid can get players first, then they are not afraid of Chelsea and other teams will compete.
That way, if Manchester City are going to sell Anelka next summer, Real Madrid will almost certainly be able to buy it.
Calderon thought about it for a while, and immediately his heart was moved, and he asked directly, "What are the conditions?" ”
Waddell gave the answer, "We want to take David Beckham on loan. (To be continued.) )