Chapter 562: Let's Play Football Together

Clubs are chasing Pogba, a talented young French midfielder, and Pogba himself is willing to leave Juventus.

Pogba is the kind of player with huge ambitions, and he is unlikely to stay at Juventus for the rest of his life, even if he ends up being the flag of Juventus.

Although Arsenal already have two leading players in their midfield, Aaron Ramsey and Lars Bender, Arsene Wenger is still very interested in Pogba. First of all, Pogba is young, secondly, Pogba has ability and talent, and finally Pogba is a French player.

Pogba is still much better than Ramsey in terms of technical ability and physicality, and Wenger hopes he can become the successor of Arsenal's famous star Patrick Vieira.

So Arsene Wenger was still chasing Pogba when he was training in Spain, and Arsenal now have the money and the ability to pursue the player they want.

When Li Zihan learned on the TV news in the team restaurant that Pogba was leaving Juventus, there was a moment of distraction. At first, I didn't understand anything, but I got a lot of help from my seniors at Juventus. Among them, the "obscene" uncle Conte is one of them, but at this time Conte has left, and he once thought that it was impossible for Conte to leave Juventus, just like Manchester United's Ferguson.

Although it was a closed training camp, Wenger did not confiscate the players' phones, although they are all young people, but Wenger believes that they are also adults and should have their own privacy and personal matters that need to be dealt with.

Li Zihan dialed Pogba's phone: "Hey, Paul. How? Heard you're leaving Juventus? ”

"I don't know, Mr. Antonio has resigned. It's a very bad atmosphere in the team at the moment, I don't like it. But I think I basically learned everything I could learn at Juventus, and it doesn't make much sense to stay at Juventus, mainly because the club doesn't have the intention of competing for Champions League honors. ”

"Are you willing to leave Juventus?" Li Zihan asked.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line, and finally Pogba said: "That's how professional football is, although I'm reluctant to have these friends. But isn't the transfer of professional players a normal thing? In the future, we may have two teams, two leagues, or even two countries and two continents, but is the friendship between us because of the distance? I don't think so, although we will end up being far apart, we are still good friends, and we can also go on vacation together, chat and BBQ together when we have time. And I don't owe it to Juventus. I am grateful to Juventus for nurturing and valuing me, but when I came to Juventus on a free transfer, it didn't cost the club a single euro. And the salary that the club gave me was also returned to them through my watch on the field, and I think my watch is completely worthy of their salary. In the end, if I move, I can also bring Juventus a good pay. ”

"So, you already have an idea, right?" Li Zihan asked.

"It should be!" Pogba was still a little hesitant: "To be honest, I was thinking about leaving Juventus at the end of this season or next season, after all, I was more mature at that time and more loved by those giants." But I didn't expect Mr. Conte to suddenly resign at this time, and it was because of differences with the club on the investment in the transfer market."

Li Zihan thought about it and said very directly: "Then Paul, since you already have the intention of leaving Juventus, why don't you consider Arsenal?" ”

"Arsenal?" Pogba was stunned.

Truth be told, there is no Arsenal name in Pogba's plans at all. He thought about Real Madrid, he thought about Barcelona, he thought about Paris Saint-Germain, he even thought about coming back to Manchester United, but he never thought about Arsenal.

At that time, Arsenal was only competing for Champions League qualification every season, did not invest much in the transfer market, and also sold key players aggressively. In Pogba's view, although Arsenal are good, they are still a club with no ambitions.

But now Arsenal is very different, thanks to the arrival of Mesut Ozil and Li Zihan, they won the first Champions League in the team's history. The Gunners, who have paid off their foreign debts, have also started a big buying spree this season, and the season has not yet begun, and their net investment in the transfer market has reached 100 million euros.

And now his good friend Li Zihan is very good at Arsenal, and the manager Arsene Wenger is a Frenchman who is also good at teaching young players.

So when Li Zihan asked this sentence, Pogba thought about it quickly, it seems that going to Arsenal is not a bad idea?!

"Haha Lee, are you here to be a lobbyist?" Pogba on the other end of the line joked.

"No, no, no, I just think you're leaving Juventus anyway, it's different to join that team, and at Arsenal we can play together again. And Arsenal are really good, I've learned a lot here, and Arsene Wenger is not the kind of hard-hearted and restrictive coach who won't bother you if you really want to leave after a few seasons. ”

"If Arsenal can convince Juventus, I don't think I'll have a problem here!" Pogba replied.

"That's great and I'm looking forward to playing with you in the new season. Okay, I'll go tell Professor Sù the good news," Li Zihan hung up the phone.

"How do I feel like I've been taken to the ditch by Lee again?" Holding up the microphone and listening to the busy tone coming from the other end of the phone, Pogba said to himself.

Li Zihan went to Arsene Wenger's office, he knew that the team was pursuing Pogba, but he didn't know whether the attitude was resolute or not. In the end, he told Wenger about his conversation, and Wenger's long-frowning brow relaxed slightly.

"Well done, Lee!" He said to Li Zihan.

It didn't take long for Arsenal to start making firm offers towards Juventus.

Prices range from 30 million euros to 33 million, 35 million and finally 38 million euros.

This price is already about the same as PSG's offer, and it can fully show Arsenal's sincerity. But Marotta was still not satisfied with the offer, and his ambition was once exposed when he was able to shout "Paul is worth two James".

Juventus general manager Giuseppe Marotta replied directly to Arsenal that Pogba would be taken away for 60 million, or he would not talk about it. And in turn, he told Arsenal about the price of 38 million for the Champions League, and Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona are two of the most sincere clubs at the moment.

Barcelona had Neymar introduced Suarez this season last season, and the huge investment of money for two consecutive seasons has made Barcelona's funds a little tight, and so far they have not had to be Pogba, so Barcelona also made an offer of 38 million euros, and said that this is their last offer.

Paris Saint-Germain is optimistic about Pogba and at the same time a wealthy tycoon. Blanco directly made an offer of 40 million euros, although he knew that Juventus was deliberately raising the price, but Paris Saint-Germain was also willing to be fooled.

No way, if you have money, you are capricious!

Arsene Wenger scoffed at Marotta's offer of 60 million euros, believing that the other lion's mouth was too wide open, so he left the email receipt in mind when he didn't save it.

Then he made an offer of 38 million euros plus the veteran French midfielder Flamini.

Pogba knew the price in Marotta's reply to Arsenal's email, and went to Marotta's office to talk to the other party.

In fact, Pogba only renewed his contract with Juventus last season, and Marotta considered that Pogba might have a good performance in the World Cup, so he made the first move and signed a new contract with the French talent.

But once again, he was short-sighted, and Pogba's liquidated damages in the new contract were 40 million euros. In Marotta's opinion at the time, this was already a sky-high price, and Pogba's table at that time was 30 million. As a result, after the last contract extension, Pogba has been very prominent throughout the season, and he even squeezed out Marchisio to become the main force in the midfield.

Then after the experience and big scene of this World Cup, Pogba's value soared. Therefore, if Arsenal really wants to forcibly buy out Pogba, they can raise the price by 2 million euros to pay off the liquidated damages of his contract.

It's just that the impact of this on the players is not very good, and it is not certain whether the players themselves are willing to come at that time. But Arsene Wenger was not worried when he learned that Li Zihan had convinced Pogba.

Now Juventus, who need to be worried, they can't keep Pogba, and it is difficult to keep each other or let Arsenal buy Pogba for 40 million euros, so that everyone will stiffen the relationship.

So the day after Pogba and Marotta talked, Juventus replied to Arsenal's offer, and Arsenal's staff began to travel to Turin to discuss specific transfers.

It didn't take long for major media outlets to break the news that Pogba was leaving Juventus. The French newspaper "Team" said that Paris Saint-Germain was frantically chasing Pogba, although Pogba's contract break fee was 40 million euros, but in order to get the talented midfielder. Paris Saint-Germain has prepared a transfer fee of 50 million euros, while he has significantly increased Pogba's personal contract.

The "Sun" said that Paris Saint-Germain is likely to directly use money to smash Pogba, and at the same time give Pogba an annual salary of $15 million a year for five years.

If this annual salary is really achieved, then his salary in the Paris Saint-Germain camp can be regarded as a high-income group, because Cavani's annual salary after moving to Paris is only 11 million US dollars.

Of course, everyone didn't think it was true when they saw this news, because it was published by the notorious "Sun".