Chapter six hundred and twelve local tyrant demeanor
Originally, for Barcelona, they were very confident that they could win Alves.
The reason is very simple. They don't have many competitors now. Real Madrid already has Ramos and they don't want to spend more money on the full-back position. Several teams in Italy are now tightening their money, and they don't have the money to spend before.
I have the courage, and among the Premier League teams, Liverpool is not bad at right back, and Manchester United is not bad either. Chelsea is pursuing Portugal's Bosingwa. It is said that this is designated by their head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who has not yet taken office.
Arsenal will not spend money, and Bayern has Lahm as a right back, and they will not ask for Alves, otherwise they would have spent money to buy Alves, even though Alves has three years left on his contract with Dortmund.
, but Barcelona believes that as long as the price offered is high enough, it is impossible for Dortmund not to make concessions.
Sure enough, when their asking price reached 20 million euros, Dortmund began to hesitate. In their view, it would not be difficult to get Dortmund to let go as long as they work harder.
As for Alves himself, this will not be a problem. The Brazilian has said more than once that he hopes to go to a stronger team. This is not an ungrateful performance. After all, his current performance should be better.
He has played for Dortmund for six years and was able to bring a large sum of money when he left. This is nothing to be sorry for Dortmund.
So from Barcelona's perspective, winning Alves will only be a matter of time.
However, the next day, when their transfer personnel continued to negotiate with Dortmund with confidence, they found that Dortmund began to become tough, believing that 20 million euros was definitely not worthy of Alves' worth!
The Barcelona transfer staff, who sensed something was wrong, received a piece of information from the Dortmund transfer staff - a Premier League team had already intervened, and their asking price was the same as Barcelona's, 20 million, but it was in euros...
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The shocked transfer staff quickly reported the news back to Barcelona. Guardiola was also surprised when he heard the news - "It must be Manchester City. Apart from Manchester City, no team will be so wealthy!"
After hearing the news, Laporta also confirmed Guardiola's judgment, and then he became angry: "This guy, we sold Deco to him, but he still robbed us of Alves!
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Guardiola smiled bitterly. The sale of Deco was also approved by Guardiola. However, at this time, Dick made it clear that he wanted to compete with Barcelona for Alves. What is the use of saying this now?
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"Increase the transfer value. We have enough financial support this season... We must win the player Alves." Laporta quickly issued instructions. He had discussed it with Guardiola very early.
He is very clear about Alves' role in the next Barcelona team. Other transfers and selections have gone relatively smoothly. They also sold Ronaldinho to get a lot of cash. They also have enough money this season.
The financial resources and Manchester City are at odds with each other.
Seeing this scene, Guardiola was relieved, but he soon had doubts. It was not unusual for Manchester City to buy a full-back. Although Richards' performance last season was good, it was not particularly outstanding. Manchester City now has two
Full-backs are not particularly good at assisting. With Dick's characteristics, he is accustomed to using a full-back with excellent offensive ability, although he can achieve good results without such a full-back.
There are not many outstanding full-backs that can be recruited now, and Alves is the most eye-catching one. It is not surprising to collide with Barcelona in this regard, but before, Dick would rather spend more money to win Deco.
The transfer fee of tens of millions of pounds is really too high for a player of Deco's age and contract year. Dick is not such a victim. Is he doing this to get Deco as soon as possible to avoid losing money in the future?
Will Alves be hampered by Barcelona in the next competition?
The more Guardiola thinks about it, the more suspicious he becomes. You have to know that giving Barcelona more money to bring in players is equivalent to helping Barcelona clean up the players. After all, Barcelona really doesn’t need Deco now. Will Dick be such a Lei Feng? If you calculate it this way,
There is only one possibility, and that is that Dick has expected that Barcelona will attack Alves, and at the same time he also wants to poach Alves, so he is very generous in Deco's transfer...
In this case, Dick and Alves are obviously destined to win. With Manchester City's current financial resources, can Barcelona really compete? You must know that Manchester City spent more than 130 million pounds in transfer fees last season.
, This is a record in the entire European football world. Moratti spent just over 100 million euros in transfer fees that year. No matter how rich Chelsea was back then, they only invested 89 million pounds in one season. Manchester City spent one season.
This amount of money is enough to prove the extent of their financial resources. Can Barcelona really compete with Dortmund?
Thinking of this, Guardiola shook his head, and then said to Laporta: "Mr. President, I'm afraid we have to prepare a second plan."
"So, do you think we can't compete with Manchester City?" Laporta is also a smart man and asked immediately.
"Those Arabs are rich... Last season they spent more than 100 million pounds. This season they are going to play in the Champions League. How much can they spend? I'm afraid it will be more..." Guardiola replied helplessly.
After hearing this, Laporta was also helpless. Although Barcelona is also very rich, he can't stand it because the country is full of oil...
"Now we still need to prepare the second plan. After all, Zambrotta's current condition has declined significantly and does not meet our requirements. We still need to buy two full-backs who can move up and down and have sufficient physical fitness... In addition to Alves,
In addition, we have to discuss other candidates." Guardiola said to Laporta.
Laporta nodded, this is the only way now, no one can hang himself on a tree, multiple choices are always beneficial.
While Barcelona began to feel confused, Dick was waiting for the final result.
Alves is currently on vacation in Brazil. Dick did not find him directly, but found his agent. Now both parties are competing. If the quotations reach a certain point, maybe Dortmund will agree to the quotations from both parties.
Now it’s time to fight for treatment and attractiveness. Of course, Manchester City is not as attractive as Barcelona, but with Dick, it’s different, not to mention that they can also provide better treatment. In this regard, Dick also has
Huge odds of winning.
After receiving instructions from the chairman, Barcelona directly raised the offer to 30 million euros in an attempt to overwhelm Dick.
However, Dick immediately showed the temperament of a wealthy man - he also raised the offer to 30 million, but it was in pounds...
Thirty million pounds, equivalent to nearly 40 million euros - Barcelona has retreated. Their budget for this season is only 50 million euros, but they have cashed in 40 million euros on Ronaldinho, Gianluca Zambrotta, Deco and others. With more than 10 million euros, if half of the budget is spent on one player, that is an investment they cannot afford.
After Barcelona withdrew, Manchester City had no other competitors, and at such a price, there was nothing Dortmund could not sell - there are very few players in the Bundesliga who can sell such high prices. If it were not for the two clubs this time If the teams compete with each other and spend money, and if offensive full-backs are somewhat scarce in the past two years, 25 million euros is probably quite good.
Alves is not dissatisfied with Manchester City, a team that is interested in him. After all, Manchester City won the league championship last season and will also be a strong contender for the Champions League this season. For Alves, Being able to go to such an ambitious team will also be of great help to his personal future. What's more, Dick is also his mentor. Although he only took him for two years, he also provided him with opportunities in the European competition. On the stage where he can display his skills, coupled with Dick's magical reputation, joining such a club can meet his requirements in all aspects.
With an annual salary of three million pounds and a four-year contract, Alves quickly signed his name on the contract, which means that he will play for Manchester City in the next four seasons.
After signing Deco and Alves, Dick already has the candidates for the organizing midfielder and assisting full-back. Although Deco is old and his strength has declined rapidly, at least in the early stage , he is enough, and for Dick, another advantage of Deco is that he can bring Vidal, just like Xavi grew up beside him in Barcelona, Vidal also A player with organizational potential, he has accumulated enough experience in the Premier League last season, but there are not many people around him to learn from. With a template like Deco beside him, and Dick's timely guidance, I believe He can grow up quickly.
For a team, the number of people in Manchester City is enough now. However, Dick knows that for a Premier League team that wants to play in the Champions League, twenty people are not enough. If nothing else, Manchester City now has many players under the age of 21. Even if such players are not included in the Champions League roster, they can be added to the Champions League squad at any time. To play in the Champions League, Manchester City still needs more personnel. .
The number of people in the defense and midfield is basically enough. Now Dick has introduced a defender and a midfielder, but the midfielder has not sold anyone, and he has only sold one defender. No matter what the formation is, Dick has everything. There are enough manpower, but on the front line, it seems a bit weak.
The wings are not weak. Franck Ribery, Ashley Young and Bell are enough to play on the wings, no matter which side they are on, as long as there are no large-scale injuries. However, in the center In the position of forward, it is not enough to rely on Torres, Di Natale and Sturridge. Even playing a single center is unrealistic, because the characteristics of these three forwards are different. If you change a center, you have to change one. Tactically, it would be very detrimental to the entire team. Under such circumstances, Dick would need to buy at least one more forward to be able to cope with the need for third-line operations.
Now he still has a lot of budget on hand. He spent 40 million pounds on Deco and Alves, and recovered 12 million pounds on Joel Luca. This kind of money can be spent on as many people as possible.
, all that needs to be determined now is the target and object to attack.
