Chapter 188: Doomed

No matter how the Spanish media gritted their teeth at Zhang Tiehan, it was impossible to change the result of the game.

Real Madrid lost the game, they lost, they didn't get a point, they were eliminated from the group, they had to leave Roma in disgrace, they didn't even stay in Rome for even an extra hour, the only one who stayed was Real Madrid president Florentino Perrotta. He was going to have a meeting with Sensi after the game.

This was decided before the game, and he even came to Rome two days early, but due to media pressure, Florentino could not officially meet Sensi until now, in fact, the two have been friends for a long time.

Before the game, Florentino wanted to kick Roma out of the Champions League and then come and talk to Roma about transfers, yes, as the media reported, he came to Roma for Roma players.

Zhang Tiehan and Totti are all in Florentino's consideration.

But now the situation has changed from before, his Real Madrid lost, they were eliminated, Florentino is very unacceptable, this is the worst time since he took office, Real Madrid has been in the Champions League, the first two seasons, their results were not good, but they still qualified for the group stage, and now they can't qualify for the group stage?

Florentino felt a sense of sadness......

In 2000, Florentino ran in the Real Madrid presidential election, and on July 16, he defeated Sanz to be elected president of Real Madrid with 55% of the vote, and he has since brought Luis Figo to Real Madrid.

The following year, Florentino's Real Madrid won their first league title in four seasons, and what is even more commendable is that Florentino showed his shrewd businessman's qualities, selling the sports city in the center of the city to the city of Madrid for a whopping 480 million euros, paying off the debt of 270 million euros in one fell swoop. It also accumulated its first pot of gold in the transfer market.

In 2001, with a record $66 million and a photo that read "Would you like to play for Real Madrid?" Florentino signed another superstar: French midfielder Zinedine Zidane. With Raul, Robert. Carlos and Hierro together formed a strong lineup that had already shocked Europe at that time.

The arrival of the Frenchman helped Real Madrid win the 2001 La Liga title, but Real Madrid were eliminated by future champions Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of that year's Champions League. The arrival of the Portuguese helped Real Madrid win the 2001 La Liga title, and Figo also won the coveted World Footballer of the Year trophy. Although it is a pity that Real Madrid was eliminated by the future champion Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup that year.

The radiant Galactic Battleship, but the star-studded Real Madrid was elected the best club of the 20th century by an overwhelming margin. Florentino's galactic battleship began to rise to glory.

In 2002, it was the season of the centenary celebration of Real Madrid. With Zizou as the core of the midfield, Real Madrid eliminated Bayern and Barcelona all the way in the 01-02 Champions Cup, and finally stood in the final of Glasgow, facing the opponent from Germany Leverkusen, as a result of this Real Madrid not dominant final, Zidane fixed the score at 2:1 with a groundbreaking half-turn volley, and Real Madrid topped the European championship for the ninth time.

That summer, Florentino's Real Madrid defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League final. Zidane scored an extremely wonderful goal in the final, which strengthened Florentino's idea of carrying out the superstar policy to the end, and then threw out the famous "Zidane + Pavon Theory".

After Figo and Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, who dominated the 2002 World Cup, also moved from Inter Milan to Real Madrid that summer, becoming the third superstar of the Bernabeu. On September 2, 2002, just before the summer transfer window was about to close, Ronaldo moved from Inter Milan to Real Madrid for $44 million.

The "aliens" don't have to adapt, after a short pause. Ronaldo exploded in full swing, coming off the bench for his maiden goal after 15 seconds. With 30 goals in 44 league games and 23 goals in 31 league games, Ronaldo was enough for Real Madrid to win their 29th La Liga title. Da Luo also became Mr. Double that year.

In December 2002, Real Madrid won the Toyota Cup with a 2-1 Paraguayan Olimpia, with Ronaldo and Guti scoring for the Galacticos. In that season, the club's centenary celebration, Real Madrid completed the perfect end of the great club's centenary with two Super Cups, a Champions Cup and a Toyota Cup.

In 2003, in the final round of the league, Real Madrid won the 29th league title in the club's history. July 2, 2003 after the Flying Bootgate incident. Heartthrob David Beckham joined Real Madrid from Manchester United for 25 million euros, joining Raul, Carlos, Ronaldo, Zidane and Figo, a super luxury star lineup. Won the Spanish Super Cup.

At this time, Real Madrid is not an ordinary team, but a star football team that you can't imagine.

Florentino thought that Real Madrid was already the strongest, but looking back now, he finds that it was the beginning of Real Madrid's decline. There are too many stars, too many stars, and as a result, there is no good coach who can control the locker room, and the team looks gorgeous, but it is full of internal contradictions.

What Real Madrid lacks now is not a star, but a good coach and good results.

Real Madrid have to change that.

What can be done to change the status quo? Florentino thought of bringing in stars, bringing in stars like Graveson, who don't need to be too famous, but who are helpful to the team, who don't cost much but can greatly improve Real Madrid's results.

Now Florentino has taken a fancy to Zhang Tiehan.

Yes, Zhang Tiehan.

Before Real Madrid and Roma played, Florentino was ready to test Sensi's attitude towards Totti's transfer, but now he doesn't think so, what is the benefit of Totti going to Real Madrid? In addition to a large transfer fee, in fact, it is difficult to bring much benefit to Real Madrid, in terms of results, Totti's arrival does not help the team in any way, because there is Zidane in the midfield, Zidane, Totti does not necessarily have a position.

Zhang Tiehan is different.

This young man is not yet twenty years old, even if he is not famous now, but he is definitely a superstar of the future, of course, the future is not important to Real Madrid, but he can score three goals against Real Madrid, he has proven his ability, as long as he can go to Real Madrid, it is possible to squeeze a place for him in the frontcourt, Raul and Ronaldo do not start every game, and this young man can score, this is the most important thing, he can make the team's results better.

In Florentino's view, there are many more benefits to poaching a tough man than Totti, such as the difficulty problem, Totti's importance to Roma is undoubted, and if you want to bring Totti to the Bernabeu, the transfer fee that Real Madrid has to pay is absolutely astronomical.

Zhang Tiehan is different, he only joined Roma last season, and even if he has a good performance this season, he is just an ordinary star.

In addition, Real Madrid lost to Roma and failed to reach the round of 16 of the Champions Cup, Real Madrid fans will definitely be very dissatisfied, and digging Zhang Tiehan, who scored three goals, to Real Madrid will also weaken the dissatisfaction to the minimum.

In short, Zhang Tiehan became Florentino's only target.

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Florentino and Sensi met, this matter became the talk of the whole of Rome after the game, Roma fans knew what Florentino was here for, they were quite dissatisfied, many Roma fans gathered together, protested in front of the club, and they also protested at the old Sensi's estate, which made Roma full of tension after the game.

For this reason, Sensi had to come forward to the fans to assure, "Zhang will definitely not leave Roma!" ”

Now the fans are satisfied.

However, most people know that what Sensi said is not credible, and it is estimated that the credibility is just this Christmas, after all, Zhang Tiehan is not a Roman, and if he is very good, it will be difficult to keep him with the situation in Rome.

Florentino and Sensi met that night, and no one knows exactly what they said, but it can be seen from the not very good face on his face when he left that he didn't get the result he wanted.

In fact, this is also true.

Old Sensi is not a fool, he knows what Florentino wants to do, originally Old Sensi considered reaching some agreements with Real Madrid on Zhang Tiehan, such as selling half of the ownership, etc., but after Roma and Real Madrid matched, Old Sensi knew that he didn't have to do it - Rome won the game and entered the Champions Cup round of 16, which means that Rome will increase its income by at least 5 million euros in the summer, and if the results are good enough to break through the top 16 and enter the quarterfinals, Rome will increase its income by nearly 10 million euros, This large amount of income, combined with the TV rights signed some time ago, is enough for Roma to survive this season, so there is no need to reach an agreement with Real Madrid.

As for Zhang Tiehan, of course he can't sell it now, otherwise the fans won't let him go.

And with Zhang Tiehan's expression, it is possible for him to double his value in the summer, Real Madrid now wants to reach some agreements on Zhang Tiehan, it will need to pay a lot, and as a result, Sensi's conditions are simply the same as the lion's big mouth, and Florentino naturally can't agree.

He also knows why.

The winter transfer window has long been opened, and many clubs have begun to make offers, and with the table in the match with Real Madrid just now, many teams have come to inquire about Zhang Tiehan's price.

The influential "French Football" in Europe has assessed Zhang Tiehan's worth, and the price they assessed is '22 million euros', and everyone knows that the real transaction price is always higher than the evaluation of "French Football", that is to say, Zhang Tiehan's actual value has reached about 25 million euros, so it is difficult to reach a transfer in the winter, and next summer, Zhang Tiehan's worth can be as long as he can go, no one can say, but if nothing else, it will definitely get higher and higher.

Florentino will have to take these things into account if he wants to reach some agreements with Zhang Tiehan, but he can't afford to shell out more than 10 million euros for a player who 'hopes' to join Real Madrid next year.

So the negotiations between the two were doomed. (To be continued......)