"Rist, please come in."

Rist took care of Pobosky's return to the Czech Republic. The Czech league is currently the most popular in Eastern Europe. For example, the countries of the former Yugoslavia are at war every day, and even if they are not at war, the security of the country is not very good. And their country's economy is not good, so they have a lot of talented players, and they can only leave their country at a very young age.

There are also small countries like some small countries, where their good players are also starting to move towards the Czech league. The important thing is that the Czech Republic is relatively rich, and in addition to good results, Czech clubs also have much higher salaries than other minor leagues. Of course, in addition to the fact that the Czech league has fewer restrictions, it is not difficult to join a Czech club. So for now, the Czech league has the basis to take off. However, the Czech league still lacks some attention and has a lot less investment. The Czech league still has a long way to go if it wants to get to the point where Merkley imagined.

After taking care of the Czech side, Rister received a letter from Peter. Kenyon's invitation.

"Hello Peter."

No sooner had Rist and Kenyon sat down than someone handed coffee to the two of them and walked out. Rist looked at Kenyon's office after he became Manchester United's chairman. Kenyon's office doesn't look very bright, but rather has a dark feel. Although Rist did not study psychoanalysis, he also knew that the arrangement of Kenyon's office showed that Kenyon was not a very high-profile person.

"Lister, I've spoken to Alex. After David is gone, we are ready to bring in a player to replace David. The player we want to bring in is Joaquin. Sanchez. ”

Today, both of them know it. It's for Joaquin's business. Although there are still many giants who want to bring in Beckham, the newspapers are even more news a day. After all, a star of Beckham's caliber enters the transfer market. Of course, the giants will not give up. Barcelona's Joan Laporta is still saying he wants to bring in David Beckham. Instead, Florentino swore in front of the media, saying that Real Madrid had never thought of bringing in Beckham, and Real Madrid would never bring in Beckham this summer.

But Rist knew that 90 percent of the news about Beckham in the media was false, and Florentino's oath was even more open-eyed and liary. In fact, Beckham's agent and Real Madrid have been in frequent contact, and the personal contract has almost been negotiated. Real Madrid, on the other hand, has already started negotiations with Manchester United. A star of Beckham's level, and Beckham is also a business superstar, so there are only a few giants who can accommodate Beckham.

Now there is only one disagreement between Manchester United and Real Madrid, and that is the issue of transfer fees. In the past few years, the transfer market was very busy, with transfers of 40 or 50 million euros abounding. However, in the last two years, the transfer market in European football has started to slump. If it was the busiest time in the European football transfer market in previous years. A star of Beckham's caliber doesn't have 50 million euros. I'm embarrassed to quote.

Manchester United certainly want to sell for a high price, but Real Madrid don't want to be wronged either. Now that the transfer market is so sluggish, there are very few clubs that can buy Beckham. The important thing is that David Beckham and Manchester United have now completely turned on each other, so Real Madrid have the initiative. However, Manchester United are negotiating with Real Madrid. On the one hand, it was up to Beckham to find a replacement.

Queiroz was introduced to Quaresma. But Jason. Ferguson even introduced Joaquín to Ferguson. Of course, it's not an introduction to Joaquin. Manchester United have long been looking at Joaquín. A club like Manchester United will keep an eye on all the talented players in European football. It's just that now there's Jason. Ferguson and Ferguson talked, and Rist was eager to facilitate this cooperation, so Kenyon was ready to talk to Rist.

In fact, Joaquín is not Manchester United's first choice. After Beckham's departure was confirmed. The first choice for Manchester United and Alex Ferguson is Valencia's Ronaldinho. It's a pity that Ronaldinho's brother has made several contacts with Rosell and has basically decided to join Barcelona. Ronaldinho's idea is simple, as long as Laporta wins, he will join Barcelona. And even if Laporta loses the election, it was only June at that time, and there are still many options. So they rejected Manchester United.

And Joaquín was Ferguson's second choice. As for Queiroz's introduction of Quaresma, Ferguson gave up after only a few inspections. Of course, this also has something to do with Barcelona. Because Barcelona are also in contact with Quaresma, especially Mendes. Quaresma is also waiting for the end of the Barça election.

Joaquín is currently one of the most haode right midfielders in European football. Ferguson takes it very seriously. After all, for Manchester United, the introduction of a star like Joaquín who has proven himself is the choice of the giants rather than bringing in a talented player like Quaresma. Plus this transfer is Lister, Jason. Ferguson is in operation and occupies an absolute advantage.

"Peter, Joaquin's matter is negotiable."

In fact, since Rist wants Joaquin to Manchester United, what Kenyon has to do now is to talk to the Extremadula club and talk to them about the transfer. But there is something special about Joaquín's affairs, because Joaquín's current half of ownership is still in Rist's hands. At present, La Liga has not abolished this ownership problem, and it will not be abolished until 04 La Liga.

Therefore, Manchester United understand that the question of buying Joaquin is simple and complicated. It's simple because as long as you get rid of Rist alone, then there will be basically no difficulty in this matter. But it's complicated because Rist is not only half owned, but also Joaquin's agent. Such opponents are the most troublesome when negotiating.

"Lister, we at Manchester United are going to use some cash and Forlan to bring in Joaquín."

"How much cash."

There aren't many players in Lister's hands right now, because very few players in European football are willing to sell their ownership to an agent. This is becoming more and more the case today. Most of the player ownership that Rist now has in his hands was acquired a few years ago. At the moment, the most valuable is Joaquin.

"Twelve million pounds, plus Fran."

"Hehehe. Peter. Are you kidding me? Can Fran be worth five million euros now? What kind of player Joaquín is, I'm sure you should know. He is currently the most right-sided midfielder in European football, except for players such as Figo and Beckham. His assists in La Liga have been in double figures every season for those three years. Do you think this money will be enough to take Joaquin away? ”

"Then what do you mean ......"

Kenyon certainly knew that it was impossible to buy Joaquin with that amount of money. But the price at the beginning is the same, put the price down. Otherwise, how can the negotiations continue in the future?

"Peter, Extremadura FC doesn't need Forlan, Extremadula FC already has strikers to bring in the summer. I spoke to Fran's agent, Franzi, and La Liga's Villarreal would love to bring in Fran. We need cash to sell Joaquin, twenty-five million pounds. ”

Kenyon wasn't surprised by Rist's counter-offer. According to Joaquin's market, Joaquin is indeed worth 25 million pounds. At the end of the Shijie Cup in '02. There are many clubs that want to bring in Joaquin. None of the prices quoted were less than 30 million euros. At that time, as long as Rist agreed, then Joaquín was already a player of Real Madrid.

It's a pity that the transfer market in European football is sluggish right now, as Kenyon and Rist know. Twenty-five million pounds is out of the question. In fact, Rist really wants to raise Joaquín's price, as long as he talks after Roman Abramovich takes over at Chelsea in the summer. It is definitely possible to raise the price of Joaquin. Because when the time comes, Abramovich will definitely completely disrupt the transfer of European football. Let the transfer market start to buzz again.

But Rist didn't want to wait until that time. Rist hopes to be able to make the move early. Don't want any surprises. Forlan is not a target for Esttremadura, and Rist is reluctant to include him in this transfer.

"Huh. Since you don't want to put Forlan in this transfer, then exclude him. ”

Forlan has been a poor performer at Manchester United. At the beginning of '02. Franco came to Manchester United for more than 8 million euros. But completely lost at Manchester United, there is no way to find where the goal is. Therefore, Manchester United can only sweep Forlan out of the house. Kenyon had just heard from Lister's words that Villarreal were interested in him, so he quickly pulled Forlan out of the transfer.

"But, Riester. Twenty-five million pounds, that's excessive. If I didn't say anything two or three years ago, now it's a big deal. We at Manchester United can't spend all the money from the sale of David on Joaquín. Joaquín is good, but he can't compare to Beckham. ”

Kenyon didn't react very much, but said what he meant slowly. It's like Manchester United selling David Beckham, it can never be higher than 30 million pounds. And if Joaquin is bought at 25 million pounds, then including the commission to Lister, Joaquin's signing fee, Beckham's transfer fee is not a cent, and maybe a lot of money will be added.

Kenyon couldn't afford to make such a loss-making deal. Joaquín is very hot, but at the moment it is still not as good as Beckham. How can you lose money between buying and selling.

"All right, Peter. So I'll talk to you in another way. I only have half of Joaquin in my hands, and I will sell 12 million pounds of that half. As for how you negotiate with the Extremadura, I don't care. I don't tell them my bottom line, it's your ability to talk about how much you can talk about. What do you think? ”

Rist originally wanted to talk about it as a whole, but after thinking about it, it was more advantageous to talk about each of them. Rist has ownership of the player and is also the player's agent, and this negotiation is in Rist's favor. As for the Extremadula club selling for a good price, that's what they do. If they are bullied by Manchester United and don't sell for a good price, it's because they don't have the ability to do it.

"Lister, ten million pounds. You sell half of your ownership to Manchester United. ”

"Eleven million pounds."

The pound is worth a lot of money now, and a million pounds is not a small amount. Rist is very calculating. Kenyon nodded. Of course, even if Rist and Kenyon talk like this, it is only an approximate number. The exact number needs to be discussed. That's just an approximate amount that everyone can accept.

Kenyon did the math and was still satisfied with the result. Kenyon knew that Lister would cost £11 million, but the club would never ask for that much. Rist is an agent and has ownership, so he has more chips. But the Extremadura's club doesn't have that much at stake. Kenyon believes he can squeeze the transfer fee into less than £20 million.

"Don't worry, Peter, I will never give any news to the Extremadura."

Kenyon has to talk to Lister and then to talk to Esttremadura. If they knew that there had been a £11 million deal between Rist and Manchester United, they would have to negotiate on that basis as well.

"Lister, now that we've met. Let's just talk about Joaquin's contract as well. ”

The two of them talked about the general content, including commissions, signing fees, Joaquin's salary, and so on. Then the more specific and nuanced content is the need for detailed negotiations by the staff. Although it was only a general content, it also lasted nearly three hours.

"Rist, nice to work with."

"It's a pleasure to work with." (To be continued......)