"Father, you're looking better and better now."

The World Junior Championships are over, and the new season is about to begin. However, because of the Platini matter, Lister is ready to go back and have a good talk with Merkley. This is not a trivial matter, it will affect the next 10 or even 20 years of Czech football. Rist doesn't have enough power to make decisions, and even Merkley certainly needs to think about it. Of course, before meeting Merkley, I first went to meet my father.

Thomas. Cherny is almost sixty years old, but now he is getting younger and younger. After all, he is the most successful manager of Sparta Prague, and ten years ago the overall price of Sparta Prague was only about 10 million euros. But now Sparta Prague is worth more than 30 million euros.

Sparta Prague has dominated Czech football for almost two decades, winning 15 of the top flight titles and 13 cup titles in those 20 years. Sparta Prague is truly one of the largest Czech giants. And these results are all in Thomas. It was done when Cherny was president.

Sparta Prague now not only has a good record, but also more and more money. As the most successful president of Sparta Prague, Thomas. Cerny is truly a hero for Sparta Prague fans. Hence Thomas. Cherny has been very dashing lately.

"Yes. I heard you're following the World Junior Championships, how do you have time to come here. ”

"Isn't the World Junior Championships over?"

Rist is not well-known in front of the media, but he is a first-class figure within the football world. Therefore, where Rist goes, the news within the football world is very fast. Even because there are too many young talents under Rist. A lot of scouts are looking at Rist. Many scouts seem to be more powerful than the average scout.

"Why, father. I have a stake here. I came back to check to see if our club president had embezzled my money. Hehe. ”

Rist owns 13 percent of the shares in Sparta Prague. In fact, Rist himself did not want to own a stake in Sparta Prague. Cherny insisted on asking Rist to take a stake in the club. That's why Rist got some. Together with Rist's shares, the Chelny family now owns nearly 80 percent of Sparta Prague.

"You kid."

"That's right, father. I heard that Sparta Prague has been looking for a defender recently, so it's as simple as calling me. I've got good players at a good price. You are my father, and of course I will introduce you first. ”

"You?"

Thomas. Cherny shook his head, then smiled bitterly: "When did you kid become Sparta Prague is your own club." Every time you do business with us in Sparta Prague, you take the biggest benefit and leave it for the club scraps. I'm scared of you. My family is all Sparta Prague fans. But look at you, kid is in the eyes of money. ”

"Father. I'm sad you say that. I got the benefits, but you can't say I got the biggest piece. Sparta Prague took the players from me, all for the price of cabbage, and I gave them almost for free. After a few years, there will be millions of profits, to say the least. There are more, and there can even be tens of millions. If it weren't for me. The scouting system of Sparta Prague alone. You can have those good players, you can make that money. You don't thank me, you talk about me. ”

Rist and Thomas. Cherny and the two of them will be fried when they meet for that little benefit. But the cooperation between Rist and Sparta Prague is concerned. It is a real combination of benefits and benefits. There are huge benefits to working with two people.

"Okay, let's talk about it. Who are you going to recommend to me? I can tell you, I just need good players. There's a whole bunch of players for me to choose from. Look at my table, it's full of talented players from all over the world that my agent recommended to me. ”

Thomas. Cherny is very bullish now. Ten years ago, Spartak Prague was only a giant club in the Czech Republic, but after ten years of development, it has become a giant in the regional leagues of Eastern and Central Europe.

"What good players can they introduce you. Me, don't you believe it yet? ”

As an agent, Rister casually introduces players, which can make European giants pay attention. Not to mention Sparta Prague. Rist took a document out of his bag and handed it to Thomas. Cherny. Then he said with a smile: "This is my big gift to Sparta Prague, no more than four years at most, that is, after two or three years, he will be able to sell more than 20 million." If you come across a rich man, it is not impossible to sell 30 million. This is the number one centre-back in world football in the future. ”

"Thiago. Silva? It's not a good resume. You see how bad it was in Porto, it didn't play. ”

Thomas. Cherny flipped through the central defenders introduced by Lister, looked at them for a while, and then looked at them suspiciously. Then he said very politely: "Do you know what kind of player I need now?" ”

Rister laughed. Thiago. Silva, what kind of player is this. Seven or eight years later, he claimed to be the best central defender in the world, and was bought by French giants Paris Saint-Germain for more than 40 million euros.

But now Thiago. Silva has a bit of a downfall. His starting point was not low, at the age of eighteen he was already the main central defender of Brazilian club Juventude, and his performance was extremely good, and he was favored by Porto. It's a pity that he was immediately unaccustomed to the soil after coming to Europe, and because of the injury, he didn't have a chance to play in Porto at all.

Although Porto was known as a top black store in later generations, it failed twice in a row at this time. Once he invested in Diego, one of the Santos double stars, and did not get the benefits he deserved, but lost more than two million euros a year later. If you add in the signing fee, commission, salary, etc., Porto lost four million euros in Diego in a year. The other one is Thiago. Silva, too, didn't succeed. In the end, in desperation, Porto were ready to throw Thiago to Dynamo Moscow.

However, when he was just thrown to Dynamo Moscow, Rist cut it off. Thiago at this time. Silva was only twenty years old. It's not bullshit in European football, or even in Brazilian football. In European football he is just a failed centre-back, a centre-back with no future, a very down-and-out centre-back. Rist didn't spend any money and put Thiago. Silva got it. Rist knows Thiago. When Silva returned to Brazil, he immediately became the best centre-back in the Brazilian league.

That's why Lister put Thiago. Silva cut off the beard directly. Then he took him to Sparta Prague. Rist wants to make Thiago. Silva trained at Sparta Prague and after a few years of training he was back in the big leagues of European football. With a simple operation, after two or three years, Riester will be able to go from Thiago. Silva has received no less than 10 million euros in income.

"Father, don't you believe my vision? This is a top-class centre-back, paired with Skrtel. A partner of the two of them. Even if it is transplanted to the giants, it is also top-notch. ”

At the moment, Sparta Prague is at the heart of the back, with Skrtel. Skrtel is a talented centre-back in Slovak football in recent years. He is only twenty years old this year, but he is already one of the best centre-backs in the Czech Republic. With the historical relationship between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Slovak League is the youth training base of the Czech League. As long as they have good players there, talented players are not a scramble that can run out of the Czech league.

Just in recent years, the Slovak league has produced three top talents. They are currently in the first team of Sparta Prague. One is Sparta Prague's central defender Skrtel. The other is Sparta Prague's most talented midfielder, Hamsik.

In fact, this can also show the strength of the Czech league at present. Actually, when Hamsik came out. Brescia in Serie A also took a fancy to him. However, when Sparta Prague intervened, and with the factor of Riester, Hamsik did not choose Serie A. Instead, Sparta Prague was chosen. He started playing at Sparta Prague last season, and he is expected to be able to play as a regular this season.

In addition to the two of them, there is also a top talent in Slovak football that has emerged recently. That's Nemanja Matic, who is only 17 years old at the moment, and the player shocked Slovak football when he first made his debut. Because he is more than 1.9 meters tall, he plays in the midfield, and he has a strong running ability. Matic, who has Slovak and Serbian citizenship, also followed his predecessors Skrtel and Hamsik to Sparta Prague.

"Okay."

Thomas. Cherny finally nodded. After all, Rist had never pit Sparta Prague all these years. If Thiago. Silva can really be as good as Rist said, so the profit in the future will be very high.

"Father, it's still the same old rule."

"One hundred thousand euros."

"Huh."

Rist smiled dumbly, then looked at Thomas. Cherny said: "Father, you are too greedy. 100,000 euros, he is a top central defender worth more than 20 million euros in the future. But who made us father and son, half a million euros. ”

"Okay."

Rist looked at Thomas. Cherny thought to himself. My father should really thank himself for putting Thiago for 500,000 euros. Half of Silva's ownership is yours. Within a few years, Sparta Prague will be more than 10 or 20 times more profitable.

'Isn't there a right-back missing? I'll also introduce you to it. ”

"Say."

"Serbia's Branislav. Ivanovich. ”

"Ivanovic?"

Thomas. Cherny pointed at Rist, sighed and said, "Rist, have you been in the Premier League and La Liga for too long?" You think you want whoever you want. Branislav Ivanovic, who is not Serbia's talented right-back, is the baby of OFK Belgrade. You're thinking too simply. Ivanovic is not cheap, and why did he come to our Czech league. ”

"It's not that I'm too simple, but you're not keeping up with the situation, father."

Rist shook his head. Ivanovic is only 21 years old now, but he is already one of the top defenders in Serbian football, has been selected for the Serbian national team, and has made his debut. Not only does he play for the national team, but he is also the current captain of the Serbian Under-21 national team. Branislav Ivanovic is currently the absolute mainstay of Serbian giants OFK Belgrade. Ten years ago, Serbia's giants were far stronger than Sparta Prague, and their attractiveness was far greater than that of Sparta Prague.

But ten years on, this kind of thing has long been reversed. Serbian football is already heaven and earth compared to the Czech league. The development of the Czech league over the years has made it a league that can be compared with the Portuguese Super League and the Eredivisie.

"Father, we are also giants in Sparta Prague now, not Sparta Prague ten years ago. You also have to change your mindset and keep up with the times. What do you do when you earn so much money, isn't it just to spend it? Sparta Prague should now learn to bring in some top talent and show the giants of other leagues in European football, Sparta Prague is not short of money. In the future, if you buy a player from Sparta Prague, you have to give enough money. ”

"Huh."

"Father, I'm not kidding. We are doing well in the Czech league, but we have not been able to sell players at too high a price, and a big reason is that we have not bought any high-value players. Like Branislav Ivanovic, if he had been a player from our academy, he would have been able to sell for seven or eight million euros even if he did well at Sparta Prague. But if we spend five or six million euros to buy Ivanovic now, then other European giants want to buy Ivanovic, and don't come up with more than 10 million euros, how can we be embarrassed to make a price. ”

Rist wasn't kidding. In the future, in addition to the five major leagues in European football, the Portuguese Super League and the Russian Premier League are all very strong leagues. Needless to say, the Russian Super League was piled up with money, and it was built by the Russian oil oligarchs with money. The Portuguese Super League has a higher starting point than the Russian Super League because of its relationship with South America.

But even so, the giants of the Portuguese Super League are still very bold in spending money. Like everyone knows that Porto and Benfica are very expensive to sell players, in fact, they do not hesitate to sell some talented players. Spend money when you need to, and that's how a league should be if it wants to develop.

The Czech league is developing very well right now, but it is not without its problems. The biggest problem is that these giants in the Czech Republic are holding back and are just willing to poach some players with high salaries and then find some talented players. In the face of some high-value players, they dare not start.

"Father, look at the development of European football right now. With the strength of Sparta Prague, we should also have the courage to spend six or seven million, or even tens of millions, to buy an influential star. In this way, the other giants of European football will not despise our Czech league. (To be continued......)