"Lister, I really don't want to do business with you."

Ottie put the contract in his briefcase and sighed. Valencia were in excellent form, beating Lazio 5-1 in the first game and not losing away from home. It was still a 2-2 draw. In the end, it was a disparity of 7-3 that eliminated Lazio and entered the Champions League semi-finals.

In the past decade, even when Valencia has been strong, they have never reached the last four of the Champions League. Unexpectedly, it was done in the hands of a rookie head coach Rafael Benitez. When Rafael Benitez took charge of Valencia at the start of the season, he was surprised by the media. Because Valencia is, after all, Spain's traditional top five, Benitez is just a rookie coach who has just emerged. But now that he has entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, Benitez has justified himself.

Now Valencia's performance is getting better and better, and they are also showing strength in the league, leaping past Barcelona to enter the second place in La Liga.

But because Otti didn't have the confidence to leave many of the main players, he started the pace of bringing in players ahead of schedule. He doesn't want to delay it too long, maybe it will affect his preparation for next season. What he just talked to Lister about was the transfer of Vicente. Like the introduction of Jankoller, Otti has once again taken the easy and then the hard, negotiating with Estrimadura first. Tuni. Chryspie would have liked to ask for more money, but Ottie was a master negotiator. And the Extremadura club is not much qualified to bargain with Valencia.

Zuihou Tuni. Klespi signed the contract for 6.7 million euros. But Rist's side is different, Rister grinds and chirps and wrestles with Ottie. It's the same as Jan Koller. Rist is not only half owned by Vicente, but also Vicente's agent. Therefore, this negotiation is a package of jihua, which makes Otti very uncomfortable.

Rist's meaning is simple. Vicente is Spain's current superstar, and the value of a homegrown player alone is about to rise. And Vicente's future is very bright, as long as you have a vision, you can find it. Such a supernova Rist is not willing to be too cheap Valencia. Therefore, Rist bit tens of millions of euros and inked with Ottie for nearly a week or so.

Zuihou made a concession and agreed on a price of eight million and seven million euros. Then Rist also received a commission of 1.3 million euros from Valencia. It still adds up to tens of millions of euros. In addition to these, there is also a commission of 400,000 euros for the introduction of Valencia players, and then a signing fee of 700,000 euros for Vicente, and an annual salary of 2.4 million euros for Vicente, of course, this is an annual salary before taxes. What really got into Vicente's hands was just over a million euros. But for Vicente, who is only 19 years old, the contract is still super contract.

Otti is a long sigh of relief. If it weren't for Valencia's high income this season, how could he have spent so much money. In order to bring in Vicente Valencia, it will cost around 18 million euros.

"Jaime, don't think it's a lot of money. I can guarantee a season from now. Vicente is also worth at least 30 million euros. ”

"Rist. Aren't you cheating us? You say he's worth more than 30 million euros after a season. However, the liquidated damages were only 24 million euros. What does that mean? ”

Although Vicente was worth much, Otti could not say the exact amount. But he knows one thing, and that is that Vicente's value will definitely rise. Therefore, he originally wanted to set a high amount of liquidated damages. He initially offered 50 million euros in liquidated damages, but Rist did not agree.

"Jaime. I'll tell you the truth. From now on my players either have no liquidated damages clause. As long as there is a liquidated damages clause, then it must be linked to his salary. Liquidated damages can only be up to 10 times the salary. Vicente will not be the first, and definitely will not be the Zuihou one. That's what my players will do in the future. ”

After a few years of adaptation, Rist has gradually become familiar with some of the rules of Spanish football. Spanish football requires liquidated damages. A low is good for agents and players, and a high is good for the club. The club wants to set up a sky-high liquidated damages, but Rist will never agree. So after all these years of negotiations, Rist also figured out a set of solutions. It's tied to the player's salary. That ratio Rist also considered, ten times is the most haode.

Of course, the average agent wants to set up a penalty of ten times the salary for his player, and those clubs must think that he is crazy and ignore it. But now Rist has enough strength to bargain with the club.

"Jaime, if you don't feel at ease, you can continue to raise Vicente's salary. As long as you raise his salary to five million euros, then the liquidated damages will naturally be fifty million euros. Aren't you very relieved then? Rest assured, I have my own ideas for young players. I'm not going to let them move too often when they're young. Those agents want commissions to make players move frequently, and that's more than worth the cost. I'm far ahead of them, so don't worry. I'm not going to let Vicente move anytime soon. Of course, you have to pay us enough to pay us. Otherwise......"

"Huh. Lister, you always have a reason. I heard that you were going to England, why don't you want to watch the Champions League semi-finals? ”

Because it was in Valencia, it was Valencia employees who bought the plane tickets directly when they bought them. That's why Ottie is more curious. Rist shook his head and said, "No. There's a business to talk about. I'll be back in the Champions League semi-finals. ”

…………

"Bob, long time no see."

There is business to discuss. Inviting Lister to England was Sunderland's chairman, Bob Brown. Murray. Rist and Murray have always maintained a close friendship, but there has been little business dealing. Because Liester's players have not been able to enter English football. In English football, Lister also has no players of his own.

Although Rist is very eyey of the Premier League market, Rist did not rush into it. Only the strength arrived. Naturally, it is the best way to do it. If you insist on going in, you won't get it.

"Rist, I heard that Coach Benitez in Valencia is your coach?"

Reesette nodded. This kind of thing needs to be publicized so that everyone knows what they are capable of. After the win over Lazio, Benitez's fame was further enhanced. Who in European football doesn't know Valencia's young coach Rafa Benitez.

'I also watched Valencia and Lazio play. The young coach is really good, and he eliminated Lazio directly. ”

"So-so. Still young and in need of exercise. ”

Murray listened to Rist's old-fashioned words hahadaxiao. Benitez is a young coach, but it's just for the coaching industry. In terms of age, Benitez is nearly ten years older than Lister.

"That's right, Murray. You told me you had a business you wanted to talk about. Is it because you have a crush on my players or someone else's players? Hope I'm going to unblock it. ”

Murray didn't say anything specific on the phone. Just hoping to meet and talk to Lister. It stands to reason that this time is something that Lister can grasp. But the Premier League is a market that Rist has been eyeing all along. So Rist was keen to continue his relationship with Murray. After all, although Sunderland is a small club, the Sunderland club spends no worse money than ordinary Premier League clubs.

In 2012, the Premier League had a statistic on the total transfer fees of various clubs in the decade from 2002 to 2012. Chelsea, Manchester City are at the top, and then Liverpool is at the top. Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur three clubs. Among the top five. Chelsea reached £673 million and Manchester City also had £572 million. Far ahead of other clubs.

It's different from what people think. In third place is neither Manchester United nor Tottenham. It turned out to be Liverpool. Rister has made more than £400 million in transfers over the course of a decade. And around 350 million pounds are Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal, on the other hand, are just over £200 million.

However, Sunderland, as a club that has been relegated, spent 187 million pounds. Even more than clubs like Newcastle, Everton and West Ham United. Not only Sunderland's current chairman, Murray, but also the later Irish consortium has invested heavily at all. Although Sunderland's results have not been good since then.

Rist was certainly keen to do business with Sunderland. Such a small club invests so much money. If you work with them, the benefits for Rist are obvious.

"Your players."

"My players?"

Rist thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that his current players were not suitable for Sunderland. And Sunderland are doing well right now, finishing seventh in the Premier League last season. Who will you fall in love with?

'Our attacking power is okay but there are a lot of problems in midfield. Our club has their eye on two Sparta Prague players, Gilberto. Silva and Senna, if you want I want to pack and take to Sunderland. ”

Rist was stunned. Sunderland's Murray also had too much appetite, and he actually wanted to pack the two of them directly. Last season's big dark horse career seemed to have made Murray's appetite bigger. Now Sunderland's strength is okay, if they really win the two of them, Sunderland's strength can hit the European League places. There is no hope for the Champions League, and a place in the League Cup can still be earned.

Gilberto. Silva and Senna, Rist is not ready to send to the top European league so soon. It's not because they don't have enough strength, but Rist hopes that the two of them can help Sparta Prague achieve a good result. Sparta Prague only made it to the second round of the group stage this season and were eliminated in the second round of the group stage. Rist also hopes that Sparta Prague will have a chance to reach the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League.

But now that Murray has personally invited, Rist has to think about it. So he thought for a moment and said, "Bob, these two players have been selected for the new Czech national team. In my mind, each of them is a fifteen million pound player. How much money are you prepared to spend to bring them to Sunderland. ”

Sunderland saw the performance of Sparta Prague through the Champions League. Then after analyzing it, they thought that Gilberto. Silva and Senna are outstanding. That's why Murray invited Rist. Now listening to Rist say that the two people are worth fifteen million pounds, Murray really can't laugh or cry. Although the two of them are very good, they are not so outrageously worthy.

Fifteen million pounds is still the record transfer fee in England. Shearer created. Although the newspapers have said that Ruud van Nistelrooy is about to break this record, it is still not broken. Two players from the Czech league are £15 million.

"Lister, you can't do that. Although they are really good, they are now just players playing in the Czech league. Our club is willing to bring them in for £10 million. (To be continued......)