The day after dinner with Mendes, Lucas and Borrell couldn't help but have fun while reporting on their work.
"What's wrong?" Gao Shen asked strangely.
"Today, Nuno Mendes' agent suddenly called me and said that the player had not reached an agreement with Sporting Lisbon in terms of treatment and wanted to transfer to Leeds United. Just over a month ago, they
He just rejected us."
"Nuno Mendes?" Gao Shen tried hard to think of this name, but unfortunately, he didn't pay attention.
Lucas and Borrell are not surprised either.
With Gao Shen's current status, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has to take care of everything every day. How can he have time to take care of those little things?
Not to mention a 16-year-old youngster from Portugal who has just emerged, even the young talents in Leeds United's youth training echelon may not be able to recognize them all.
Those who are really remembered by him are basically those who have been trained by Leeds United for many years, plus those who Lucas and Borrell often talk about in front of him, such as Ansu Fati, Pedri, Garvey, Musiala, Ka
Mawenga and Gwadiol et al.
As for the rest, he probably didn't remember it.
"A young African-American full-back plays on the left and is very fast. Our scouting team is very optimistic about him, and he has not yet signed a professional contract with Sporting Lisbon, so we have fought with him before.
But we didn’t talk about it.”
"The players are not happy?"
"It's not that Sporting Lisbon is unwilling to let him go. If we force him to poach him, we will cause a lot of trouble." Borrell explained that UEFA and FIFA also attach great importance to the transfer of youth training players.
The blow was severe.
It's okay if Sporting Lisbon doesn't cause trouble, but once it does, Leeds United will be in trouble.
"Then why do you agree now?" Gao Shen was a little surprised.
But he suddenly realized, "His agent is Mendes?"
"Strictly speaking, he is a player for Mendes' Gestifute company," Lucas explained.
Gao Shen also laughed, "Mendez is such a shrewd guy!"
As long as anyone can get along in European football, there is basically no mediocre person, everyone is extremely smart.
Because the current European football world is a huge vanity fair.
Just like Mendes' Gestifute company, is it just a player agency?
Wrong, this company has many and complex businesses, and player agency is only one part of it.
For example, he has also invested in many clubs. Of course, the shareholdings are not too large and are just for business needs.
Also, he purchased third-party ownership rights to many players.
Speaking of this, many people will probably think of a transfer, that is, Manchester United signed the Portuguese player Bebe, the Portuguese forward who once cost Ferguson 9 million euros in transfer fees. He is still playing in La Liga.
And how did this player transfer from Guimarães to Manchester United?
That's how Mendes works.
Mendes' Gestifute company holds 40% of his ownership. After selling from Guimarães to Manchester United, Mendes earned 3.6 million euros, which is not very profitable.
Of course, there are times when there are losses. For example, Atletico Madrid player Adrian Lopez transferred from Atletico Madrid to Porto for a transfer fee of 11 million euros in 2014. Mendes' company held 40% of the shares, but
A year later, the Spanish international was only worth 5 million euros, and even after several transfers, he was already a free agent this summer.
However, there is also news that Mendes took down Adrian because Atletico Madrid defaulted on the payments he owed him and used players to pay off the debt. However, I am afraid only the person involved knows the specific situation, and no one knows.
But at least on paper, Adrian's transfer was a big loss.
In addition to brokerage business, football investment business, club shares, etc., Mendes' company is also involved in other diversified developments such as boxing and cycling.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese capital behind the Wolves had already invested in Mendes’ Gestifute company before acquiring the Wolves, holding 20% of the shares. This is why the Chinese capital will hand over all the shares after acquiring the Wolves.
Mendes went to take care of it, and the two parties reached a strategic cooperation.
This is actually a very smart approach, because the Chinese capital itself is not familiar with it, and it is safer to leave it to Mendes to operate.
"Mendez is a smart guy and he knows what he should do."
Since Mendes has sent a rookie like Nuno Mendes to his doorstep and given such a favor, there is no reason why Leeds United should not want it.
How to deal with him in the future is still how to deal with him, as long as Mendes no longer breaks any profound rules.
More importantly, the fans will definitely not know about Mendes's failure at Leeds United, but other agents will have heard about it to some extent, and I believe they will be more cautious when dealing with Leeds United in the future.
They know what they should do and what they shouldn't do.
Don’t look at Leeds United now as you did in the past!
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The final of the UEFA Nations League was held at the Estadio Estadio in Porto, Portugal.
Host country Portugal faces the Netherlands.
The two sides played inextricably. In the end, Bernardo Silva dribbled the ball into the penalty area and responded, and Guedes scored with an angry shot.
Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1-0 and won the first UEFA Nations League championship.
Ronaldo won the Golden Boot with three goals, Bernardo Silva was elected as the best player of the UEFA Nations League, Ruben Dias was elected as the final MVP, Frenkie De
Rong was selected as the best young player.
It is worth mentioning that Leeds United veteran Jose Fonte is still the main central defender of the Portuguese national team. Partnering with Ruben Dias, he can be said to be strong and powerful.
The core midfielder of the Champions League champion also helped Portugal win the UEFA Nations League with an excellent performance. Although the gold content is not high, it is still a European-level champion. Bernardo Silva has also become famous.
This immediately made the transfer market in European football become lively.
In particular, Manchester City's Guardiola later expressed his views on Bernardo Silva, believing that the Portuguese midfielder is already one of the best midfielders in the world.
Everyone knows that David Silva is 33 years old and Rakitic is 31 years old. Of the core team that Gao Shen left behind for Leeds United, only De Bruyne is still in his prime.
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Therefore, the introduction of a high-level midfielder has become a major focus of Manchester City's transfer this summer.
Following Guardiola's statement, Bernardo Silva has also entered Manchester City's sights.
The British Sun first revealed that Manchester City has listed the Portuguese midfielder as its top signing target this summer, and Guardiola is even willing to pay a transfer fee of 130 million euros for him, which will create the highest transfer fee record in Manchester City's history.
Prior to this, Manchester City's top signing was goalkeeper Ederson, but the situation at that time was a bit special, because Neuer was seriously injured and missed the entire season, causing Manchester City to have to strengthen signings at the goalkeeper position.
But even so, it only cost 90 million euros.
Nowadays, Manchester City is willing to pay an astonishing price for Bernardo Silva, which will definitely detonate the European transfer market.
"The most critical reason is that the Leeds United midfielder is only 24 years old."
Youth is undoubtedly a key factor in Bernardo Silva's high transfer price.
Manchester City's sudden intervention has made the already confusing transfer market even more treacherous.
Especially later, the German Kicker magazine also broke the news that Kimmich received an invitation from German overlord Bayern Munich.
But this time Leeds United reacted very quickly. They immediately denied the possibility of Kimmich moving to Bayern and stated that the German midfielder was an important member of Leeds United and was not for sale.
"We are negotiating with Kimmich to renew his contract. He will not leave Leeds United!"
But just like the fans’ reply below Leeds United’s Twitter.
Is there such a thing as not for sale at Leeds United?
In addition to Leeds United's Kimmich, Bayern Munich also hopes to sign local player Sane from Manchester City.
This talented winger performed well in the Premier League last season and was reused by Guardiola. Bayern is also very optimistic about him and is willing to spend 100 million euros to bring Sane back to the Bundesliga.
As described by Kicker Magazine, Bayern Munich finally decided to make a splash after years of silence.
In addition to Kimmich and Sane, Bayern is also interested in De Ligt. If De Ligt cannot be signed, the Bundesliga team will consider signing Lucas Hernandez from Atletico Madrid.
"Bayern is determined to build a team that is competitive in European football this summer."
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While there was no movement from Leeds United, which attracted worldwide attention, La Liga had already broken the news.
Griezmann officially moves to Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid's star player moved from La Liga to Barcelona for a sky-high price of 120 million euros.
This deal immediately detonated the transfer market, surprising all parties and triggering a craze in the transfer market.
Soon, the Premier League Arthur also announced that it had signed 24-year-old forward Nicolas Pepe from Ligue 1 Lille for a sky-high price of 85 million euros. This player scored 22 goals in Ligue 1 last season.
11 assists, very eye-catching performance.
The Gunners believe that the arrival of the Ivory Coast winger can further enhance the Gunners' frontcourt attack power.
If Griezmann's transfer amazed everyone, then Nicolas Pepe's 85 million euros shocked the world because a French Ligue 1 winger could be sold for such a sky-high price.
Simply unbelievable.
Coincidentally, Tottenham Hotspur also subsequently announced that they would sign French midfielder Ndombele from Lyon for a transfer fee of 60 million euros plus 10 million euros, with a total transfer fee of 70 million euros.
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What's even more outrageous is that in order to buy the French midfielder, Tottenham offered a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds.
To a certain extent, the weekly salary of 200,000 pounds is far more shocking than the transfer fee of 70 million euros.
At the same time, it also made the whole world clearly feel that a crazy summer transfer in Europe has officially begun.
All the media and fans are paying crazy attention to European football.
From Griezmann to Nicolas Pepe to Ndombele, everyone knows that this is just the beginning.
At the very least, Leeds United, the most valuable club, hasn’t opened yet!
