List had initial contact with Abramovich, and he had a preliminary understanding of Abu. Abramovich may not really like football, nor may he really want to run a football club. He doesn't have much interest in all of this.
.But he is very proud and needs face. Since he has invested in Chelsea, he must do his best.
Chelsea is the biggest piece of cake in the Premier League, and List will never give up. Now List and Abramovich are only slowly getting in touch, and List has many advantages. Because of his personal relationship with Pini Zahavi and Devisel.
Very good, List already has all the conditions to serve as a transfer consultant for Abramovich. What List needs to do now is to further gain Abramovich's trust.
Of course, this kind of trust not only requires continued contact, but also needs to be demonstrated by results. Lister must use one or two outstanding transfers to tell Abramovich that he is very trustworthy. Only in this way will Abramovich trust Lister more.
.While List was busy establishing a relationship with Chelsea in England, the former world's number one agent, Figel, who had been dormant for more than a year, and his son appeared in Barcelona. But this time he was quiet.
"Sandro, long time no see."
As soon as he got off the plane, Figel took the prepared car and arrived at Figel's home in Barcelona. Figel did a lot of business in Spain, so he owned several properties in Spain. In the past, he was the most arrogant.
, spends almost half of his time in Europe. Here he receives a friend, Rosell, who has just become Barcelona's vice president.
"Juan, how are you lately?"
"Not dead yet."
Figel answered with a smile. Russell and Figel have known each other for a long time. They were familiar with each other as early as when Russell was a senior executive at Nike. At that time, Russell was a Nike employee.
He was the person in charge of South America, so he lived in Brazil for two years. During this time, he had a close relationship with everyone in the Brazilian football world, and he became quite familiar with the Brazilian agent Feigere at the time.
If there is a difference between Rosell and Laporta, then it is also a difference in this aspect. Laporta is a Catalanist, and in his opinion, he should vigorously cultivate his own youth training players. And Rosell
Seoul has introduced more players, mostly Brazilian players.
"Sandro, I forgot to congratulate you."
"Thanks."
The two people hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they exchanged simple greetings and asked each other about the recent situation. However, the two people had a good relationship after all, and Figel did not beat around the bush. He simply explained the purpose of the trip to Russell.
Talked about it.
After hearing what Figel said, Russell did not answer immediately, but was very surprised. The relationship between Barcelona and List is now handled very well, and the players introduced this season are also performing very well. List's contribution here is
It's still huge. Squeezing List out of Barcelona at this time is completely burning bridges.
Moreover, Russell wants to build Barcelona into an international giant, and is not an extreme Catalanist like Laporta. Therefore, Russell is more willing to cooperate with agent giants like List instead of
Mascardi and the others, who had already begun to fade away, cooperated.
Therefore, Russell hesitated and said: "Juan, Barcelona is a wealthy club and cannot ruin its reputation. We can cooperate with you, but we can't hate List. List has just cooperated with us for a long time. Why?
We at Barcelona have contributed a lot, how could we fall out with him so quickly."
The Figel in front of him was an old friend of Russell's, so Russell expressed some of his thoughts. If he were not an old friend, Russell would not express his thoughts.
If people like Mascardi and Ribeiro want to cooperate with Barcelona, Russell will not refuse. Because for Russell, Barcelona’s interests are always above all else. Having one more agent to compete will be a big problem for Barcelona.
It is beneficial. With these agents, Russell can also slightly suppress List's rapidly expanding influence in Barcelona. But asking Russell to abandon List and then cooperate with them will not happen.
Dry.
"kindness."
Although Russell did not support him, Figel did not look angry at all. Instead, he smiled and nodded. Then he said: "Sandro, in this case you can meet Mascardi and Ribeiro directly."
Let’s talk. They all have many outstanding stars and are willing to sell them to Barcelona at a low price.”
Figel promised Mascardi to be an intermediary, so he planned to create an opportunity for Mascardi and Ribeiro to contact Barcelona's senior management.
"He's gone?"
Figel is old, so those who see the guests off are all Figel's sons. Both of Figel's sons are here now, and they can't understand what Figel is going to do. Helping Mascardi, it seems
Not like that, but helping Riester, not even that. It doesn't even look like Figel is neutral.
"Yes, father."
Although they were confused, neither son asked Figel what he wanted to do. Because Figel had always decided everything by himself, the two sons had no choice but to obey.
"Contact Begelistan for me. I want to talk to him."
"Father, the relationship between this Begelistan and Sandro is not very good."
Marcel whispered to Figel. Figel and Russell had a good personal relationship, and Marcel knew this. Now Figel wanted to see Begelistan, which surprised Marcel.
Although Begelistan and Russell have never been dirty, everyone knows one thing. That is that Begelistan is Laporta's man, while Russell is just Laporta's collaborator. As Laporta
When Tart became the chairman of Barcelona, the close connection between them disappeared. The relationship between Rosell and Begilistan also became subtle. Marcel was afraid that Figel did not know this, so he quickly reminded him.
"Haha. It's precisely because they have a bad relationship that I have to meet him. Although I can't deal with Riester, I can't let him take it easy. Laporta probably doesn't want to see Russell and Riester.
Very good relationship."
…………
"Sandro, what do you think?"
After Rosell returned, he told his close friend Bartomeu what Figel meant. There are not a few people in the Rosell faction among the current new Barcelona top management. Because Laporta and Rosell are just partners.
Cooperation, so among the newly established Barcelona senior management, Laporta and Rosell's power is almost evenly divided. However, among so many people, Rosell and Bartomeu have the best relationship.
"I?"
Russell smiled and said: "I don't have any ideas. If they want to do business with Barcelona, then do it. If they are willing to give us good players at a low price, why not do it."
"Where's that side?"
"Of course we will continue to cooperate with List. We at Barcelona are a wealthy club and we cannot only be in contact with one agent. I can give the biggest piece of cake to List, but List can't go too far."
Bartomeu is a businessman and understands this truth. However, in Bartomeu's view, Russell and Riester cooperate and have always cooperated well. There is no reason to cause unnecessary trouble for outsiders.
Although he has limited contact with Lister, he also knows that Lister only seems to have a good temper on the surface. If he really offends him, this person is not easy to offend.
"Sandro, our cooperation with Riester is good. Will this make Riester feel that we are burning bridges?"
"No."
Russell shook his head. Then he snorted coldly: "Mascardi and the others are already in dire straits, and they hope to make a last-ditch effort. They want us Barcelona to be their shooters, but they can't figure it out."
Russell curled his lips when he thought of this. If it were five or six years ago, Russell would have abandoned Riester without hesitation. But what is the development of European football now? Barcelona's mortal enemy Real Madrid is signing in frequently.
But they don't have a headache at all because they have done an excellent job in commercial development. But although Barcelona has been spending money lavishly in the past two years, the club's debt is increasing.
Today's football is a commercial football. The best thing about these South American agents is that they have huge player resources, and the worst thing is that they cannot keep up with the development of football. With their kind of virtue, they dare to let Barcelona
Being a gunner for them is unreasonable. Barcelona has a far better future by cooperating with Lester than cooperating with them.
"We have cooperated with List, but we also have to put some pressure on him. Of course, we don't really want to offend List this time, and we should give List as much benefit as possible. But since Mascardi and the others came up on their own, then
We should also make good use of them.”
Russell made a clear distinction between friends and enemies. Those who can bring benefits to him are friends, and those who cannot bring benefits to him are enemies. Friends and enemies are not named and may change anytime and anywhere.
"Talk. You mean talk?"
"Of course. But after a while, we will reveal the news to Lister. The battle between Lister and these South American brokers will definitely be very interesting."
Russell laughed eerily.
"Where's Figel?"
Bartomeu knew that Rosell had a good relationship with Figel, so he asked.
"Juan, hum. This time Juan, Mascardi, and Ribeiro are working together, but just because there are several people working together, it won't be possible. Look, among the three of them, I don't know who will be unlucky.
, but it will definitely not be Juan. Juan is an old fox. I have never heard of him cooperating with others and then being deceived. In football for more than 30 years, he is the only one who deceives others, and no one else deceives him.
.”
While talking to Bartomeu, Russell's phone rang. Looking at the phone number, a sneer appeared on Russell's face. Then he looked at Bartomeu and said: "Begelistan's phone number.
