After saying goodbye to Gao Shen, Ancelotti walked quickly towards the direction where the team gathered.
Along the way, I met many Real Madrid staff members, all of whom knew him and greeted him one after another.
Finally arriving at the place, Ancelotti saw Leonardo, the football director who led the team to Madrid, and immediately called the Brazilian over and went to an unattended corner.
"I just finished meeting with Gao Shen." Ancelotti said with a pout.
"How did he say?"
"He doesn't care and wants us to talk to Leeds United ourselves. Personally, I think it should be about money."
Leonardo shook his head, "It's not easy to operate."
After a pause, the Brazilian frowned and said: "I have contacted Leeds United's technical director Rudolf Borrell before, and his reply to me was that there will be no discussion about player transfers before the end of the season, but I heard
Some news."
"Many players from Leeds United will participate in this year's World Youth Championship in Turkey. They are likely to delay the transfer until after the World Youth Championship. Once the players perform well, their worth will not be simple."
"What a fitness quotient!" Ancelotti cursed angrily.
From a business perspective, this is understandable, but anyone who wants to poach Leeds United players will have a headache.
"I got the news that Barcelona has signed Neymar and spent a lot of money." Leonardo said.
He is Brazilian and has extraordinary connections in Brazil.
"How many?"
"Not sure."
"You don't even know?" Ancelotti was a little surprised.
"This transaction is very complicated, involving many people and things, and it is also very messy. I guess no one can tell clearly except the parties involved, including Santos, but it will definitely not be the number that will be reported in the future."
"Outside speculation is 50 million euros."
"I can guarantee that it will definitely be more than that."
Ancelotti smacked his lips a little.
It is simply crazy that a Brazilian player who has not proven himself in the national team or in the club, even if he is extremely talented, can be sold for such an outrageous price.
"Then Thiago..." Ancelotti asked with concern.
He never told the truth.
Outside media broke the news that he wanted Dortmund's Gundogan, but he told Gao Shen that he wanted Jorginho.
But in fact, the first pick he signed was Barcelona midfielder Thiago.
how to say?
This midfield genius is the kind of player that people can identify at first sight.
"I contacted Barcelona, but they were not particularly interested. In addition, I got news that Guardiola also ranked Thiago at the top of his transfer list."
Ancelotti frowned, this would be troublesome.
Everyone knows the relationship between Guardiola and Barcelona. It is natural for Thiago to transfer and join Guardiola.
"I think we still have to be prepared on both sides," Leonardo reminded.
It can be seen that he does not have the confidence to compete with Bayern and Guardiola.
Ancelotti looked solemn. Whether he can introduce an organizational midfielder is related to the success of his tactics.
"I got news that Manchester United and Liverpool are also paying attention to Jorginho. He is really in demand now." Leonardo reminded.
Liverpool's results this season are not as good as Leeds United's, but this will not affect the Red Army's status in the Premier League and European football.
It is a natural thing to switch from Leeds United to Liverpool.
Leonardo's words are actually reminding Ancelotti to make a good choice.
Thiago is certainly very popular, but can he get it?
Don't let it get to the end, when Thiago fails to grab it and instead loses Jorginho.
You know, hot-selling items like deep-lying midfielders are very popular no matter which league or team they are in.
German newspaper Bild once said that if you want Dortmund's Gundogan, don't make an offer without 40 million euros.
In comparison, Thiago's release clause is only 18 million euros.
Whether it is for Paris or Bayern, the money is not a big issue. The key is whether the players are willing to come?
Barcelona's handling of Thiago was amateurish.
Think about it, how did AC Milan sell Thiago Silva?
Making a big promise verbally, asking players to renew their long-term contracts, and then selling them at a high price is a shrewd business approach.
"I think Jorginho is not as good as Thiago in many aspects, but he also has his own advantages. He is only 21 years old and is very malleable. He also plays as a defensive midfielder at Leeds United. I think he can compete with Leeds United.
Let’s talk.”
Leonardo heard it later, but Ancelotti still didn't give up on Thiago.
If you really make up your mind that you want it, then just start grabbing it. What else is there to talk about?
…
After Ancelotti left, Gao Shen led the team back to Valdebebas.
After the team was disbanded and some matters were dealt with, Gao Shen returned home and immediately called Fernando Lucas at Leeds United to learn about the recent situation.
"Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have all come to inquire about Paul Pogba, as well as Paris Saint-Germain."
"How did you respond?"
"We will not discuss transfers before the end of the season."
"But now, the season is about to end."
"you mean……"
"I have received news that Monaco has reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid on the transfer of Falcao."
"Falcao?"
"right."
"When he transferred from Porto to Atletico Madrid, the transfer fee was 40 million euros."
"Yes, the money was not all paid by Atletico Madrid. Falcao had many third-party ownership agencies involved from beginning to end, such as Mendes."
In fact, the situation of Neymar's transfer to Barcelona is almost the same.
"Then according to what you say, isn't this transfer going to heaven?"
"At least 60 million euros, maybe even more."
Gao Shen is not sure now, because the current storm in European football came earlier than in his previous life.
Russia's richest man Rybolovlev is still bent on building another PSG team, so he is investing like crazy. But soon, he will find that this crazy investment has no effect.
As a result, Monaco began to change its business model, cooperated with many agents including Mendes, and began to cultivate young players. This is how a group of young players such as Mbappe and Martial emerged.
Monaco has also transformed from a rich man to a black shop.
But now, the transformation path of Monaco's rich man is not easy to go.
Because Leeds United took the lead.
But Leeds United also faces challenges.
Sarri has officially informed the club, having also called Gao Shen before, that he has decided to return to Italy to coach his hometown team Naples after the end of this season.
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These two bastards, De Laurentiis and Marino, immediately poached Gao Shen's house.
Fortunately, they both called Gao Shen separately and said they wanted to treat him to dinner and said a lot of nice things.
Gao Shen didn't say much and just let Sarri go.
Pochettino has been living in Madrid for the past six months, following Gao Shen.
If Sarri leaves, Gao Shen plans to let Pochettino take over.
But what Gao Shen is most concerned about is how many people can Leeds United keep this summer?
As the team performed well, there were too many poachers.
For example, Koulibaly, Jorginho, Pogba, and Incardi.
Gao Shen gave clear instructions. The team's goal in the new season is still to avoid relegation.
If you want to avoid relegation in the Premier League, you must not move that bone too much.
For example, Koulibaly can be sold, but Jose Fonte must stay, and the goalkeeper must also stay.
Incardi can be sold, but the other players in the front trident must be kept. Coutinho, Salah and others cannot be sold.
Only in this way can the team's competitiveness be sufficiently guaranteed.
Otherwise, if everything is sold out, what will Leeds United do to avoid relegation in the new season?
"How's the discussion going at Manchester City?" Gao Shen asked with concern.
The decision to poach Manchester City's youth academy was made by Gao Shen.
It doesn't sound like much.
The players in Manchester City's youth training camp were all selected together by Gao Shen and Borrell. Now that Borrell is the technical director of Leeds United, it is natural for him to poach Manchester City's corners.
Besides, does Manchester City still have the soil to cultivate young players?
Like Rabiot and Sterling, will they get opportunities in Manchester City?
Rather than that, it would be better to come to Leeds United.
For Manchester City, it's actually no big deal.
Just like Real Madrid sent Sarabia and other young talents to Getafe, are they still worried that Getafe will threaten Real Madrid's status?
If Sarabia can become famous like de la Rede, Negredo and others, then Real Madrid will naturally spend money to buy him back.
Manchester City is also thinking the same way now.
This is the normal business model of a wealthy team.
Even for Barcelona's third dream team, how many players are truly cultivated by themselves?
Aren’t Fabregas, Pique and others trained by Arsenal and Manchester United?
How many years have Barcelona carefully trained Xavi, Iniesta and Messi?
Except for Messi, who was a genius when he debuted, Xavi and Iniesta almost left Barcelona several times.
This proves that if a wealthy club engages in youth training, it won’t work.
"It's settled, we'll pay the transfer fee and buy them out."
"Who is there?"
"Rudolph chose Rabiot, Sterling and Alexander-Arnold, which cost us a total of four million pounds."
These three players are all semi-finished players in their mid-teens, sixteens, seventies or eights, and their potential has already emerged. As long as Leeds United trains them carefully, they will still be of great use in the future.
In other words, you basically can’t lose money on this kind of transaction.
"Have Manchester City said anything about any additional terms they want to sign?"
"Yes, but we refused to give them a share of the transfer. At most, we gave them the right of first refusal."
The transfer share means that the next time Leeds United sells a player, Manchester City can get a certain percentage of the transfer fee.
This is actually very common in the transfer of young players.
If we talk based on this, the current price of 4 million pounds offered by Leeds United is on the high side. If they are willing to give Manchester City a share of the next transfer, it will probably be much cheaper than the current price.
This is equivalent to Leeds United helping Manchester City develop players. If Manchester City charges high transfer fees, how can Leeds United agree?
"Where is Rudolph? What has he been busy with recently?" Gao Shen asked again.
"He?" Fernando Lucas burst out laughing on the phone. "He went to France again. Now I wonder if he went on a public trip for self-interest."
The latter sentence is a joke.
"Or Mbappe?"
"Well, it's the fifth time, and we haven't concluded the talks yet, but he's quite capable. When you told him that Mbappe had the potential to become a top star, he really kept going again and again."
Gao Shen nodded and said nothing more.
Borrell is still very reliable in what he does.
Otherwise, Gao Shen would not have handed over such a big deal as Leeds United to him and Lucas.
