Twelve million US dollars, Daniel Levy has no reason to refuse. In fact, in the past two years, Daniel Levy has even begun to have some regrets about entering South American football rashly. Because after investing in Colo-Colo Club,
I haven't seen any money back, and I haven't trained any useful players for Tottenham. I've invested tens of millions of euros, but I haven't gotten any benefits yet.
Now that a club wants to buy Fernandez for US$12 million, it is of course a good thing. When Daniel Levy invested in Colo-Colo Club, it was to bring a player training to Tottenham.
Base. But after all these years, Daniel Levy understood that the investment of Colo-Colo Club was too blind. Fortunately, with this transfer, Daniel Levy was quite satisfied.
"Rister, there are still 12 million US dollars worth of transfers within South American football."
After meeting Daniel Levy, List met with Frank Arnesen. Arnesen was surprised that there could be such a transfer within South American football. If the South American giants had such financial resources, they would not let European clubs
They arbitrarily poached key players from South American giants. Even European giants would be cautious about spending $12 million on a 19-year-old player.
Moreover, the economy in South America has been bad in recent years, and South American football has also been affected. As a result, the value of South American players has dropped sharply. Once it is too expensive to buy players within South American football, there will be a loss-making deal.
"This is nothing. Corinthians have already secured another transfer, acquiring Boca's Carlos Tevez for US$15 million."
"Fifteen million dollars?"
Arnesen shook his head. Of course Arnesen was not surprised by this amount of money. When he was at PSV, some of the players he sold had transfer fees exceeding 30 million euros. However, South American football has been in decline in the past ten years.
After a long time, they actually had the courage to spend 15 million US dollars. Arnesen also knew that Tevez was a very famous talented player in Argentina and even South American football.
If a European club buys Tevez, the transfer fee may be of this level. I didn’t expect Corinthians to spend so much money. Is Corinthians rich? There are many Brazilian giants and Argentinian giants.
What a waste of money.
"Frank, you may not have paid attention to Corinthians. The person who invested in Corinthians this time is Kiya Hobrachin, an Englishman with Iranian nationality. His company is in London, called MSI. This company is not
He may have a small reputation, but the boss behind him is no small figure. Do you know who he is?"
The current MSI company has just taken over Corinthians. And it is not well-known in European football. This is especially true for Hobrazin. Arnesen does not know Hobrachsin. Recently Arnesen is just busy.
He was concerned about Tottenham's affairs and did not pay attention to this issue. Therefore, he was not very familiar with MSI.
"who?"
"Berezovsky, Abramovich."
"Berezovsky? Abramovich?"
Arneson was shocked. When he first heard about MSI, Arneson had no impression. He didn't expect that there was such an oligarch behind him.
Berezovsky and Abramovich are very famous in Europe because of their lawsuit. Needless to say, Abramovich has spent about 500 million pounds in two years since joining Chelsea. And Berezovsky
As Abramovich's former boss, Fitzgerald is also quite famous. They are both super rich people worth billions of pounds. Unexpectedly, the two of them are shareholders of this company.
"If you think about it, they are shareholders. MSI's financial strength is conceivable."
"Is this money laundering?"
Arnesen immediately thought of this. Not to mention Corinthians, even if Chelsea is spending a lot of money now, some people still suspect that there is money laundering behind it. Lister shrugged. Then he smiled and said: "I don't care if they launder money or not."
Money laundering. As long as you give the club enough transfer fees, give me enough commissions, and give my players enough salaries, money laundering has nothing to do with me. I am just an agent and have nothing to do with the money laundering group."
"Yes, yes."
Arneson nodded. Lister was just a broker. How Hobrachin laundered money had anything to do with Lister.
"Rister. This is not a strategy for Chelsea. Chelsea want to use Corinthians to collect talented players in South America."
Arnesen is a little worried. Chelsea's current strength can be seen. Chelsea is quite strong this season. It is so strong that it has beaten Arsenal, the second place and last season's Premier League champion, by more than ten points, and it does not seem to be over at all.
Chelsea has already entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, and the league championship is certain. Coupled with Chelsea's strong financial capabilities, Arnesen knows that no club will be able to win Chelsea in the next few years.
Arnesen's goal in joining Tottenham is not just to make Tottenham win the Champions League. Arnesen wants to make Tottenham a strong team in the Premier League, a strong team that can compete for the Premier League championship. Chelsea is too strong for him.
There is no benefit in the future strategy.
"That's true in the beginning."
Arnesen is indeed a smart man, and he immediately thought of issues related to himself. Lister did not hide it, and said directly: "There is indeed a reason why Hobrachin entered Brazilian football, and Abramovich has this reason."
strategy. It’s a pity that Berezovsky and Abramovich had a falling out. Hobrachin chose Berezovsky.”
"Okay, great."
Arnesen couldn't help but pat his thigh. The huge pressure that had just been put on him disappeared instantly. If Chelsea had a special channel for South America, Chelsea would be even more powerful.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Lister is looking for you today because of Villarreal's Hleb and Arshavin. Now that Villarreal has been eliminated from the Champions League, I think it should be early
to secure these two transfers.”
Arnesen is quite anxious. Because Villarreal has performed very well in La Liga and the Champions League this season, many of Villarreal's players have begun to receive huge attention. Many wealthy clubs have also begun to pay attention to Villarreal.
Leib and Arshavin.
Speaking of which, Tottenham do not have an advantage. Tottenham have only played in the Champions League once in history, and will enter the Champions League for the second time next season. It is not as good as Villarreal entering the Champions League quarter-finals this season.
However, Tottenham has an advantage that many strong teams in other leagues cannot match. That is money. Premier League clubs are generally rich, and Tottenham is one of the wealthy representatives. Although not as good as Chelsea, Manchester United and their
Salary, but Tottenham's salary is also high in the Premier League. It is even higher in European football. Tottenham is capable of paying high salaries.
For example, Riquelme, who currently has the highest salary at Villarreal, is Villarreal’s maximum salary. His annual salary before tax is only 4.5 million euros, and after tax, he gets less than
Three million euros. But if a star like Riquelme comes to Tottenham, his annual salary will be more than six million euros at least. What he can get will be more than four million euros.
Hleb and Arshavin performed very well, but Villarreal is a small club after all. Their current annual salary at Villarreal is only about 2 million euros. What they received is only more than 100 euros.
million euros. But once he transfers to Tottenham, although Lister doesn't know yet, he can imagine that the annual salary should be around four million euros at least. If their agent negotiates better, it will be four and a half million euros.
It's not impossible.
Of course, there are reasons why Tottenham can offer such a high salary. First of all, the pound is very valuable now, and secondly, the Premier League clubs are very wealthy. And Tottenham is even more so. The income of the London club is already very high, and Tottenham
The boss is a rich man worth more than 2 billion pounds.
Money. Money is everything. Even if Villarreal performs better than Tottenham, what's the use. Many other strong teams in other leagues have better results than Tottenham. What's the use of Tottenham now that they can get a Champions League spot?
Being able to offer a much higher salary can attract many players.
"Frank, I talked to Mr. Roig. There is no problem with the transfer, but Villarreal is not short of money. They will not agree to the transfer without enough transfer fee."
In other words, the agent is an errand boy. After Arnesen became interested in Hleb and Arshavin, he first met with their agents. He expressed Tottenham's intentions and told them how much salary they were willing to pay them. Waiting until Hleb
When Bu and Arshavin's agents agreed to join Tottenham, Arnesen found List.
Arnesen did not contact Villarreal directly. Instead, he contacted Villarreal through Riester. In fact, this is the case for most transfers. When those clubs buy players, they rarely contact them directly.
Contact. On the contrary, there will be an intermediary to help the two clubs contact. If the negotiation is not good, there is still room for change. Some agents even have no players under their hands, so they specialize in doing this kind of intermediary business between clubs. What Arnesen is looking for is
Riester, because Riester is best suited for the job.
Riester talked to Fernando Roig, and his meaning was very simple. No matter how good Villarreal's results are, Villarreal is only a small club after all. Villarreal is a small city.
, the development is not as good as Tottenham, and the salary is not as good as Tottenham. As long as Hleb and Arshavin are transferred, their salaries will be doubled. Therefore, they must prefer a strong London team like Tottenham.
But as one of the successors of the Roig family, Fernando Roig has made a lot of money from ceramic toilets. Roig’s meaning is very simple. There is no problem in buying Hleb and Arshavin.
.Just give money.
"Haha. Lister, we at Tottenham are not short of money. Of course we won't spend more unnecessary money. But we will pay every penny that should be given."
Arnesen nodded. Villarreal has now entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League and is ranked second in La Liga. It certainly has the qualifications to be reserved. In addition, Fernando Roig is indeed a person who is not short of money.
"Okay, Frank, that's easy."
Although neither Hleb nor Arshavin were players of Riester, when they first entered Villarreal, they were brought in by Riester. At that time, Riester had a contract with Villarreal. If
Whatever results Villarreal achieves, List will benefit from it. In addition, when they transfer, List will also receive a share of the transfer fee.
Of course, Villarreal is not Extremadura, and Lister cannot ask for too high a share. Lister will only get a 5% share, but this share will be enough for Lister to do his best. .
"You want to negotiate on behalf of Villarreal?"
"kindness."
Riester nodded. Although Riester did not hold any position in Villarreal, he was sometimes able to negotiate on their behalf. This time Riester received an entrustment from Fernando Roig to represent Villarreal. Real talks about the transfer of these two players.
"Lister, actually I really hate agents who negotiate on behalf of the club."
Arnesen is blunt. In fact, player transfers should be a matter between the two clubs. But the reality is that when players transfer, the player’s agent needs to intervene, and the agent with a good relationship with the club also needs to intervene. Club Sports The director needs to intervene, the club head coach needs to intervene, and all intervention is for benefit. In this way, when a player transfers, the additional expenditure is more than 20% of the transfer fee.
"Frank, there's no way. Who makes everyone play like this?"
