Chapter 1201 Defeat the local tyrant Real Madrid! 【Happy Chinese New Year!】
On the way back to the hotel from the restaurant, Gao Shen basically had an overview of the negotiation process between the two parties.
He had to say that Leeds United's team is now really capable of operating the transfer market.
For example, Real Madrid, after Pepe's transfer, currently only has two trustworthy central defenders, Varane and Ramos. Nacho is a versatile player, and Vallejo is too young and lacks firepower. Real Madrid urgently needs to introduce a
High level central defender.
Last season, Van Dijk proved at Leeds United that he is the best central defender in European football.
Regardless of age or strength, he is the one who best meets Real Madrid's requirements.
The rest depends on whether Real Madrid can convince Leeds United on the transfer fee.
More importantly, there are very few outstanding central defenders in European football now.
Speaking of La Liga, a transfer was recently completed. Sevilla sold center back Lenglet to Barcelona for a high price of 45 million euros, which is 10 million more than expected.
EUR.
Maybe many people will wonder, why?
In fact, it is very simple, because there is a lack of good central defenders.
You get what you pay for, you get what you pay for, you get what you pay for, you get what you pay for.
The better the players, the rarer they are, and the more expensive they are.
"150 million euros, I believe Real Madrid will definitely accept this offer!" Fernando Lucas said very confidently.
Obviously, this is not only an understanding of the transfer market, but also a grasp of the psychology of both parties, and confidence in negotiation skills.
Gao Shen was also surprised. If Van Dijk can really sell 150 million euros, the transfer market will definitely go crazy.
Of course, this doesn't seem too outrageous.
In his previous life, also in 2018, Liverpool reached the Champions League final and finished second. They didn't even have the Premier League championship and the FA Cup championship, but the price quoted for Van Dijk was as high as 200 million euros.
"Has the technical team evaluated whether the defense can be guaranteed if we sell Van Dijk?" Gao Shen asked with concern. This is also something Leeds United should be concerned about.
"Don't worry, we have done the deduction." Borrell replied.
"Judging from last season, Ruben Dias performed well, and De Ligt and Militao are also very worthy of training and have excellent abilities, so we all feel that these three young players can make up for Van Dijk in the new season.
Leave the vacancy."
These three players were all heard by Gao Shen in his previous life and recommended by Gao Shen. He naturally knows what their level is.
The reason I ask is because I want to know if there has been any internal evaluation at Leeds United.
In fact, Leeds United seems to have been selling people over the years, but in fact, sufficient preparations are made before each sale. This is also Gao Shen's request for Borrell.
For example, when Navas was sold, it was because Leeds United still had Ederson, and Ederson was sold because there was Alisson. But this summer, Chelsea wanted to poach Alisson for 80 million euros.
Lian refused.
The reason is simple, Leeds United have not yet found a goalkeeper who can replace Alisson.
You know, Leeds United now has very high requirements for players.
This is also the reason why young players such as Fofana and Saliba are loaned out to train in Ligue 1.
After all, at their age, if they move to Leeds United, they won't be able to play at all.
Leeds United cannot sacrifice performance and spend several years developing these young players.
What the White Rose likes most now are young players like Ruben Dias, De Ligt and Militao who are close to finished products. They have good abilities. After signing, they can be trained in one or two years to be able to stand on their own.
Therefore, Fofana and Saliba were both on loan for three years.
Of course, talented players like Vinicius are exceptions.
"By the way, I saw that you signed a Croatian central defender named Josko Gvadiol this year. Is he very strong?" Gao Shen asked strangely.
He was quite impressed by this player whose name was difficult to pronounce, and his pronunciation was somewhat similar to Guardiola's.
Borrell laughed when he heard it, "I am very optimistic about this player."
After listening to Borrell's detailed introduction, Gao Shen realized that this was really an outstanding young player.
Joshko Gvadiol is the son of a fisherman. He has been fond of playing football since he was a child. He is very humble and confident. His style on the court is bold, even a little fierce, but he is very smart.
He used to play as a defensive midfielder and had good foot skills, but his performance was not very good. Later he played as a central defender and showed unprecedented potential. Moreover, he is also a rare left-footed player.
"In the past year, you probably paid little attention to news about Real Madrid's technical team, right?" Borrell looked at Gao Shen with a smile.
Gao Shen shook his head, "There are too many things about the team, and I have no time to take care of him."
"That's right, you know? Starting from the summer of 2017, this past year, I dare say that almost all the wealthy teams in Europe, even the top league teams, will arrange for scouts to come over to watch
His games and training.”
"As far as I know, Inter Milan, Juventus, Chelsea, Arsenal, and many teams in La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 have even had contact with his father. Among them, Inter Milan directly handed over one million
Check for signature fee in Euros.”
"Is it such an exaggeration?" Gao Shen was surprised.
Is this too outrageous?
You know, he is in football, and he is also the head coach of Real Madrid. A name that he has never heard of secretly caused such a big commotion?
"Now, the competition for young players in European football has completely heated up. Everyone is rushing to grab them. As long as they nod a little bit, they will start immediately." Borrell said with certainty.
Gao Shen smiled bitterly, but immediately realized the danger, "Then our youth training camp..."
"We have been poached, but we were prepared and there was no big problem." Borrell reassured Gao Shen.
"Then according to what you say, this Gvaldiol is really talented?"
To have so many wealthy clubs competing for attention, and for teams like Inter Milan to directly offer a signing fee of one million euros, is really amazing for a young player who has just turned 16 years old.
"Everyone in our technical team believes that only injuries can prevent him from becoming a top central defender."
Gao Shen nodded, he finally understood why Borrell attached so much importance.
It is also conceivable that Borrell spent a lot of effort to grab this young player when he was surrounded by wealthy families.
"How did you get it?"
Borrell grinned contentedly, "Our team itself is known for cultivating central defenders."
Gao Shen is a little funny, which is an unexpected bonus.
Not to mention, Leeds United has really produced many excellent central defenders over the years.
"Also, there are many people in the current Croatian national team who are inextricably connected with us at Leeds United and you. When I went to meet him and his father, he asked me a question.
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"What's the problem?" Gao Shen asked.
Lucas on the side couldn't help laughing.
Borrell cleared his throat and imitated Gvadiol's tone and asked: "Is Real Madrid's head coach Gao Shen really your boss?"
Gao Shen was very surprised.
Is this kid still a fan of his own?
"He said that he hopes to play under you one day, and also mentioned that several Croatian internationals he liked when playing midfield, such as Modric and Rakitic, were all trained by you."
Gao Shen nodded, "Then when I get back to Leeds, I must meet this guy." After saying that, he even laughed.
"It didn't take us much effort to convince him and his father, and he didn't sign a professional contract with Dinamo Zagreb, so our talks with Dinamo Zagreb went smoothly.
But I still don’t worry about keeping him in Croatia. Players like this should grow up in our youth team.”
Gao Shen understands.
Borrell did a great job.
This incident also reflects the current hunger for talents in European football. He is only 15 years old, and he is already vying for talents like this. If he were older, his net worth is estimated to be over ten million, or even tens of millions.
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Many fans and media will find it strange why Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and other Premier League giants like to stare at Leeds United for poaching?
Why are they unwilling to poach younger players and train them like Leeds United did?
Actually, this is the answer.
Because the competition for young players is now unprecedentedly fierce.
More importantly, these Premier League giants lack a complete scouting system and youth training system.
They have been at the top of the food chain for a long time. In the past few years, they no longer need to spend so much money to support that group of people and that system. Even if it were not for the regulations of UEFA and the Football Association, they would
I guess they don’t even want youth training.
Leeds United's players may be a bit expensive, but at least they have proven their strength in the Premier League and Champions League.
This is more cost-effective than training players yourself.
Perhaps many people have not noticed that Chelsea actually also trains players, such as Piazon, Zouma and others. Chelsea invested a lot of money and funds, but none of them were kicked out.
Instead of that, why not poach Leeds United directly?
Thinking of this, Gao Shen felt relieved.
Facts have proved that both Lucas and Borrell did a very good job.
"By the way, Fernando, there is a situation I need to tell you."
"You said." Lucas looked over.
"Your judgment is right." Gao Shen smiled at his right-hand man, "Real Madrid is very rich now, very rich."
Lucas also smiled, "I guessed it."
The two laughed tacitly.
He looks a bit like a rich man.
Real Madrid is a membership system and does not allow profits, but from a financial perspective, those under Florentino are masters of money play, and they know very well how to balance the accounts financially.
In the past few years, Real Madrid's revenue has been growing rapidly every year, and its net profit has been zero every year. Isn't this strange?
You know, in the past few years when Gao Shen coached, Real Madrid's results were very outstanding, but the investment was not much, or even very little.
At best, they are Asensio, Ceballos, Theo Fernandez and other young players. How much can they spend?
Gao Shen doesn't know the specific amount, but he is sure that if Mbappe is 200 million euros and Van Dijk is 150 million euros, Real Madrid will have no problem paying the full amount directly.
Of course, Real Madrid won't be stupid enough to give the full payment, they will definitely pay in installments.
Florentino also has to set aside a large amount of money to renovate the Bernabeu Stadium.
