After a series of actions, Riester was relieved. Riester even felt funny when no one was around. Mendes was still doing well in Portugal and had never wronged Riester. On the contrary, the only time Riester and Mendes met was
The contact was when Figo was here. At that time, there were not one or two agents involved in Figo's transfer, but five or six agents who dealt with him on the way, and everyone got their share of the benefits.
Speaking of which, we have collaborated before.
Mendes probably couldn't even imagine that he was in such a bad situation. Before anything happened, he had already been restricted by two big agents like Riester and Carvajal in every aspect. If Mendes knew these things, he would probably cry.
.
But Riester did not think that he was wrong at all, or that he was making a fuss. Mendes can now be said to have matured, and no one can stop his rise. Including Riester, Carvajal, now everyone can at most
It's just limiting his future strength. An agent with players like Carvalho, Ferreira, Deco, and Quaresma will rise no matter what. What Rist is doing now is just weakening Mendes' potential.
Weaken his future strength so that even if he rises, his status will not be affected.
Riester spent more than three months taking a series of actions against Mendes. First, he cut off the relationship between the South American agent and Mendes, or in other words, alienated the relationship between them. But this was just a simple matter.
This is because Riester knows that the relationship between Portugal and South America will never stop South American players from playing in Portugal.
Then there are the players who are preparing to attack Mendes. Currently, Mendes has two players who can enter the mainstream European leagues. One is Quaresma.
Quaresma is currently very famous. Although it cannot be compared with players like Joaquin, he is still famous. Many giants are paying attention to Quaresma, otherwise Manchester United will not investigate him. But Riester knows
Quaresma is already under consideration by Barcelona, and Russell is also investigating Quaresma. Russell also specifically talked about this issue, but Riester only cautiously advised Russell, hoping that he could be cautious.
List prevented Manchester United from buying Cristiano Ronaldo, but List did not prevent Quaresma from going to Barcelona at all. Because List knew that Quaresma going to Barcelona would be a big tragedy, and Quaresma was not suitable for Barcelona at all.
In the end, France could only return to Portugal in despair.
The other one is Cristiano Ronaldo. List prevents him from going to Manchester United because Ferguson can give him enough time to grow. In order to cultivate Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson even contacted big guys like Keane and Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had conflicts with him.
They were all cleaned up. After three or four years of training in this way, a superstar was created who would later dominate European football. But once Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Real Madrid, Real Madrid did not have that much time to give him Cristiano Ronaldo to play alone.
The style of fighting alone. Real Madrid superstars will not tolerate his mistakes. Maybe Queiroz will value him, but Queiroz is still unable to protect himself in Real Madrid, how can he protect a little Cristiano Ronaldo. In a year or two,
He will be kicked out by Real Madrid.
Once Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo fail, it cannot be said to have a traumatic impact on Mendes, but it will definitely make him embarrassed. After all, two talented players left Portugal and returned in despair.
, will greatly damage Mendes’ reputation.
"Michael, how are you doing?"
Things are going well for List recently. His mood is getting better and better. He came to Dortmund in a relaxed mood and asked Meyer. List was in a relaxed mood, but Meyer was not.
"After passing one mountain, there is still another mountain. It is full of worries and there is no end in sight."
Meyer seems to have aged a lot. Dortmund's situation is really not that simple to deal with. After getting 15 million euros from Riester in the winter, it was considered a hurdle and the player salary problem was solved. But Dortmund's
Things definitely cannot be solved with 10 to 20 million euros. Even Dortmund's current problem is difficult to solve even with 50 to 60 million euros.
Dortmund's current income is slowly decreasing, but its expenses are not small at all. And judging from Dortmund's current results, once they fail to get a place in the Champions League next season, Dortmund's income will drop sharply. The reduction is not just a little, but
It's tens of millions of euros. By then, the economic crisis of the Dortmund club will worsen.
Meyer really has no way to solve these problems. He has been very busy recently in financing Dortmund, but just like at the beginning of the season, no institution is willing to believe in Dortmund.
Not only that, Dortmund's debt is increasing every day. It can be said that according to the current situation, Dortmund cannot pay off its debt at all. The debt can only accumulate, and the annual interest alone is enough.
Dortmund is busy. Meyer is now thinking of the most extreme solution, which is to mortgage the players or cut their salaries.
"Michael, you can actually raise a lot of money in the summer."
"Sell players."
Meyer sighed. There is only one way to make money in the summer, and that is to sell people. Unless there are extreme circumstances, Meyer is really unwilling to sell players. This is because many clubs in European football are doing this in difficult times.
Use this method to get through the difficulties. Unfortunately, the more players the club sells in the end, the club's strength becomes worse and worse, and then its results also get worse and worse.
Many strong teams are declining more and more in such a vicious cycle, and then never get up again. There are not one or two such examples. If it is not until the last moment, Meyer really doesn't want this to happen.
"Michael, if you give up, you will gain. When it's time to give up, you have to give up. If Dortmund wants to get out of the current quagmire, it needs to get rid of a lot of baggage quickly. Sell valuable players, and then introduce a group of high-quality and cheap players.
This way you can quickly get rid of some players with high salaries, and then you can quickly raise a large amount of funds. Why not."
Riester was not very satisfied with Meyer's indecisiveness. Now Dortmund is on the edge of a cliff. If you take half a step forward, you will fall into the abyss. What is needed at this time is to be decisive, decisively throw away the baggage, and then go into battle lightly.
.I don’t understand such a simple thing. But this is also the saying that the authorities are obsessed with the beholder. Riester and Dortmund have no relationship, so they look at the problem directly, but Meyer has emotional factors, so any decision is too difficult.
"As for the results, that's even simpler. I promise to introduce you to some high-quality and cheap players. They are all powerful. They may not be able to bring the team to its peak in a short time, but they will definitely not let the ball go.
The team’s performance has declined.”
"Rister..."
Meyer feels very aggrieved now. Just three years ago when Dortmund was at its most prosperous, they were equal to Liszt. But now that Dortmund is in decline, they even borrowed Liszt's money. When they faced Liszt, they were already
I have no confidence anymore.
"Michael, we are partners. My money is still in your club, and I don't want your club to be unable to repay the money. That's 15 million euros. I'm not a billionaire. 15 million euros is not worth it to me."
It is a large amount. Therefore, I will never cheat you. To cheat you is to cheat my money. If Dortmund's performance drops too much after I help you raise funds in the transfer market in the summer, then the money I will lend you will
I don’t want the interest no matter how many years it takes. And if your club is short of money next season, I can lend you tens of millions more euros.”
Meyer took a deep breath. In fact, it's not that Meyer didn't know what List was thinking after so many years in this industry, and it's not that he couldn't guess List's plan. But Meyer has no choice now. After all, Dortmund is in an absolute position.
disadvantage. Moreover, the conditions proposed by Rist are acceptable.
"Rister, tell me who should be sold? Who should be introduced?"
"Starting from the defense, let's sell Metzelder. Metzelder is considered the best central defender that Germany has produced in recent years. As long as he is sold, he can get tens of millions of dollars back."
"So who to buy?"
For the current Meyer, keeping youth players is nonsense. It is true only when the club overcomes the current difficulties. Therefore, he has no nostalgia for Metzelder at all. If Metzelder can be sold at a good price
, but he was very happy.
"Bola Luz, a Dutch central defender, is worth only about one to two million euros. If you give me another candidate, Per Mertesacker of Hannover, it is only one to two million euros. With these two players, you
Dortmund will make a profit if they get it. The two of them may not be able to become superstars like Nesta and Stam, but they are both capable of playing the main central defenders in strong European teams. Their future worth will be more than 10 million.
.”
"I've written it down. What else is there?"
Meyer carefully wrote down the players Lister mentioned. Although he was ready to accept Lister's suggestion, as the general manager of Dortmund, he still needed to investigate and could not say what Lister said. He also had to keep his last word.
dignity.
"Jankulovski, I'm taking him away. Don't worry, you can give Dortmund as much as you want. I won't lower your price."
Meyer is calculating in his mind. Metzelder is a new generation of talented central defenders in Germany. He is only 22 years old now. The market is currently very high and his worth will not be too low. If it were not for the current European football transfer market
There was some downturn. Four or five years ago, it could be sold for more than 20 million euros. Jankulovsky was also 26 years old, at his peak. His net worth would be more than 10 million. Even if Bolaru
If he and Mertesacker are bought together, the price will not exceed 4 million euros. With these two transactions, Dortmund will be able to raise 20 million euros in the transfer market.
"And Amoruso, let's deal with it while it's worth some money." (To be continued...)
