Guardiola did not let Chang Sheng wait too long, perhaps because he had not found a suitable place to play for so long, which also made him lose the patience and courage to continue waiting.
Changsheng received a call from Guardiola's agent Olovitgue that night.
"We can talk about specific personal contracts, Chang."
Chang Sheng didn't say anything. He clenched his fists and thought about it for a moment, then made a "thump" sound in his heart.
"Very well, Mr. Olowitger. We are available at any time." He suppressed his excitement and tried to keep his voice as calm as possible.
Negotiating a contract with Guardiola's agent is very simple, just give him a price that the other party will accept.
Because it is a free transfer, Guardiola's agent will definitely demand a high salary.
Of course, this high salary is relative. After all, Guardiola is already thirty years old, was given up by Barcelona, and retired from the national team. It is conceivable that he does not have much time left in his career.
They have no right or the confidence to ask for a high price. Even if Olowitgue wants it, Guardiola will not do it. Because this is tantamount to destroying Guardiola's own brand and ruining his reputation.
Guardiola has always had the image of an honest and good person throughout his career.
If it is finally reported that he is asking for an exorbitant price, what will others think?
So Chang Sheng is not worried about Olowitge’s exorbitant price.
Olowitger offered Chang Sheng a weekly salary requirement of US$60,000, and the contract was for three years.
Chang Sheng exchanged it for US$55,000.
Then Orlovitgue called Guardiola and agreed to the offer.
However, he later offered to receive an additional $500,000 in commissions.
In terms of team signings, Chang Sheng has absolute autonomy. The club gives him 25 million US dollars, so he can use the money. As for whether it is used to buy people or to smoothen relationships, that depends on Chang Sheng.
You have to overcome yourself.
Anyway, if there is any illegal behavior in the end, Chang Sheng will bear the responsibility himself.
This is not the first time that Chang Sheng has encountered such a situation where his agent asks for money from him. When he was in Getafe, this was the case when he signed Yaya Toure. Yaya Toure made it clear that if he did not give it to him
If his family members were offered RMB 100,000, he would not sign the contract.
So Chang Sheng is not surprised by this. He knows that this is the so-called unspoken rule.
I can still afford the commission of half a million US dollars. It is a free transfer anyway, so just think that I spent half a million US dollars to introduce Guardiola from Barcelona.
You must know that Guardiola's worth at this time is very high. If his contract with Barcelona had not expired, he would have to spend at least 15 million US dollars to buy him.
Chang Sheng readily agreed to the agent's request.
This makes Olowitger very satisfied.
He thought the young Chinese coach would object strongly...
Now it seems that they are very knowledgeable.
After both parties have settled the explicit and implicit rules, the contract is signed.
But not at this time, Guardiola still has to go to Valencia to undergo a physical examination. After passing the physical examination, he can sign and the contract will officially come into effect.
Because Guardiola's contract with Barcelona has expired, this transfer transaction does not involve Barcelona at all.
In addition, Chang Sheng did it very secretly, and Guardiola took the photos himself, and there was no news about it before.
So when Valencia's official website announced the first signing of the new season, everyone was shocked!
Valencia actually took down Barcelona’s former captain Guardiola?!
What kind of trouble is this?
Didn't Guardiola declare before that he would not stay in Spain? Because that would cause him to play against Barcelona, which he could not accept.
Why are you going to Valencia now?
Although the relationship between Valencia and Barcelona is not bad, the two teams are competitors after all. Have you forgotten how Valencia was squeezed out of the Champions League by Barcelona in the last round of the league last season?
It is really surprising that Guardiola would choose Valencia.
Of course, some local media in Valencia regard this as the best revenge against Barcelona.
But it’s just the Ah Q spirit of a small group of people.
After all, Guardiola announced that he was leaving Barcelona in April. So this is not "pulling teeth out of the tiger's mouth" at all, but picking up the leftovers of others.
Therefore, many media have criticized the winning signings as a failure - although they did not cost money, they will definitely give high salaries. Too high a salary will also have a great impact on Valencia's finances.
And after Guardiola comes, can he accept a substitute?
If he can't, which one will go next, Baraja or Alberda?
It seems like no one can move, right?
Therefore, everyone believes that Guardiola's constant victory will not enhance the team's strength. Instead, it will only cause chaos in the team's locker room.
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Chang Sheng had no time to argue with the media in newspapers.
After finalizing Guardiola, he flew back to Valencia and continued to operate the base camp to direct the club's transfer operations.
Since only one transfer contract has been finalized, Chang Sheng is not in a hurry to sell people.
What if we can’t replenish the players after selling them?
He has been in contact with Llorente, who is in Malmö, Sweden, making two phone calls a day to report on the progress of the situation.
Judging from the information reported by Llorente, it is really a good risk this time. If they delay for two more days, Malmo may agree to Ajax's offer.
This negotiation started at the end of March and has not been completed yet because the price demanded by Malmo is too high.
They didn't want to sell Ibrahimovic at first.
But Ajax had enough sincerity, and Ibrahimovic himself wanted to leave the team and go somewhere wider.
Later, they agreed to sell Ibrahimovic, but the two teams were stuck on the transfer fee.
Malmo asked for eight million dollars and would not let go until he died.
No matter how much Ajax counter-offers, they just won't let go.
The two sides were in a stalemate over this price for more than a month.
Now the situation has finally eased.
Ajax's latest bid was 7.8 million.
And told Malmo that this was the last offer. If he didn't agree, the business would be over.
Even so, there are many voices of criticism from the outside world.
To pay US$7.8 million to a 19-year-old boy, many people think that Ajax has gone crazy.
After all, even if Ibrahimovic is talented, it will be a matter of the future.
So what if Wenger is optimistic about him? There are many people who are optimistic about him.
Why is Zlatan Ibrahimovic worth so much?
So Ajax is under a lot of pressure.
If they didn't really love each other sincerely, when Malmo quoted a transfer fee of eight million US dollars, they would not talk to each other at all, but would turn around and leave.
Because even Ajax thinks this price is too exaggerated.
After the two sides had been in a stalemate for a long time, and Malmo saw that Ajax was not bluffing this time, but was really planning to give up on the transfer deal, things took a turn for the better.
Malmo did not want to sell Ibrahimovic at first.
But once they planned to sell, they couldn't accept the result of not selling in the end.
Just after they were considering whether to accept Ajax's offer, Llorente suddenly appeared.
He directly gave the highest offer that Changsheng allowed him to decide - eight million US dollars.
Because time was tight, he decided first and put forward an additional clause. That is, if Valencia sells Ibrahimovic in the future, Malmo can get 20% of the transfer fee.
This is obviously more attractive than simply offering $7.8 million. Not to mention that Valencia's offer is $200,000 higher than Ajax's.
Even one dollar more is too much.
By this time, Malmo Club should actually have begun to waver, but don't worry, Llorente still has tricks up his sleeve.
After completing the offer, Llorente completed the fatal blow to Malmo - he personally found Ibrahimovic. He directly revealed his identity and told him that Valencia was interested in Ibrahimovic.
Vic is interested and has already made an offer to Malmo.
Which one is more attractive, Valencia or Ajax?
Perhaps ten years later, this issue will still need to be carefully considered. But now there is no suspense. Valencia, which has just reached the Champions League finals for two consecutive seasons, won completely.
Although Ajax is a giant in the Eredivisie. It has won the European Champions Cup four times, and even won the Champions League three times in a row. But that was a long time ago after all, and they last won the Champions League.
The Champions League was still in the last century, in the 199495 season.
The glory of the past is obviously not as convincing as the current achievements.
La Liga is more famous than Eredivisie.
The Dutch League is at best a second-tier league in Europe, while La Liga is the real top league.
Playing in La Liga will help attract the attention of those wealthy clubs. For Ibrahimovic, this is the biggest highlight.
He immediately told the club that he would rather go to Valencia than Ajax, who had been pursuing him for several months.
It just so happened that Malmo also felt that the conditions offered by Valencia were more attractive.
So they quickly rejected Ajax's offer and insisted that Ajax raise the offer to more than $8 million.
Ajax has obviously also received some rumors. They know that Malmo's sudden decision must be due to the addition of new competitors.
So should I follow the quoted price of US$8 million?
Ajax finally gave up the offer. They said it was only US$7.8 million. If they didn't agree, they wouldn't discuss it.
Malmo immediately terminated the negotiations and agreed to Valencia's offer.
Valencia can negotiate personal contract with Ibrahimovic.
In this way, Ibrahimovic was defeated again...
Soon Valencia announced that they had successfully signed Swedish talented youngster Geratan Ibrahimovic.
However, Valencia did not disclose the transfer fee, nor did Malmo Club.
But don’t think that reporters won’t know if the clubs don’t say it.
Soon there were reports in major media, claiming that Valencia spent $8 million to sign 19-year-old Ibrahimovic!
This news once again pushed Chang Sheng to the forefront.
Because giving such a high transfer fee to a 19-year-old boy who has never proven himself in a mainstream league...are the Chinese people mentally ill?
Ibrahimovic is indeed a genius and was praised by Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger.
But so what?
There are many geniuses in the world, but Ibrahimovic is definitely not the kind of genius who can be worth so much money at the age of nineteen!
Ronaldo moved from Eindhoven to Barcelona when he was 19 years old and is worth US$19.5 million. But can Ibrahimovic compare with Ronaldo?
Valencia's transfer budget this season is only 25 million US dollars. You spent one third of it in one go, and then you still buy more!
Besides, Valencia already has a high center forward like Carew, as well as forwards like Diego Alonso and Juan Sanchez. In addition, Angulo and Zahovic can also serve as forwards... People do it.
I don’t understand why Changsheng spends $8 million to buy another striker?
Does he have a collection of forwards?
Why didn't I see it in Getafe...
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"Eight million bought a nineteen-year-old boy..." Soler took the newspaper in his hand, shook it, and smiled happily.
This constant victory was brought about by Oti. I didn’t expect that in less than a month, so many things would happen.
Spending eight million to buy a Swedish guy really makes people wonder if he is involved in money laundering...
Soler planned to wait until the season started to watch the jokes between Chang Sheng and Oti.
When the time comes, the kid Chang Sheng spent so much money to buy doesn't perform well, let's see what else he has to say!
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Faced with overwhelming criticism from the media, Chang Sheng still did not open his mouth to defend himself. He continued to stay in the head coach's office of Valencia Club in Mestalla and issued one instruction after another.
He quickly made it known why he bought a forward when the team already had so much forward talent.
What to do if the forward lineup is bloated?
It’s easy, sell it!
Soon there were media reports that the agents of Zahovich and Diego Alonso had received calls from Changsheng, clearly informing them that their players were not in their plans for the new season and asking them to find new homes as soon as possible.
In order to reduce the burden on the front line, Chang Sheng listed two offensive players in one breath!
