“Do you want to prove yourself in a mainstream league?”
In a very simple sentence, Dick said it to Jardel in Spanish. As a Brazilian, Portuguese is basically his mother tongue, and everyone knows how close Spanish and Portuguese are.
There are no difficulties in communication.
After hearing these words, Jardel had almost no hesitation, and then nodded: "I really want to... But Mr. Dick, can Atletico Madrid provide me with such a stage? I remember last season
It seems that Atletico Madrid managed to avoid relegation at the last minute.”
"That's true, that's because I didn't exist before." Dick said solemnly: "You know, before I put out the fire, Atletico Madrid only won eight league games in total, and after I took office, I made great achievements in the league.
They won six games in a row, and then won the Copa del Rey with two wins... Do you think Atletico Madrid will repeat this problem next season?"
Without waiting for Jardel to answer, Dick continued: "Now I am transforming Atletico Madrid... seven or eight players will leave, and so many players will be introduced at the same time. We have already introduced them before you.
There are three midfielders, and now we need to add a forward. You will be Atletico Madrid's number one forward, and you will destroy the city for us. You are a top shooter, and you are now at your peak. This state should be
Take it to the mainstream leagues to show, instead of wasting it in the European leagues outside the first-class. Bully those second-rate defenders... Go to the top league, compete with the top players and defeat them, prove that you are a top forward!
Even if the Brazilian national team does not accept you because of style issues, you can still prove it in the top league - it is not your fault!"
Jardel took a deep breath, then clenched his fists, and then unclenched them. It was obvious that Dick's words had a considerable impact on him.
It's just that Jardel is not a young player anymore. He is about to turn twenty-seven. He made his debut in Vasco da Gama at the age of nineteen, and came to Europe at the age of twenty-three... He is not a player who likes to wander, otherwise he would not
I will not spend the best four years in Porto. If you want to impress him, these words alone are not enough.
"I want to know my status after the transfer, my salary income, and how you plan to use me." Jardel said solemnly: "You know, a forward like me can't score too many goals without the support of the whole team.
I am not the kind of striker who can dribble the ball, create his own chances and score goals."
When saying this, Jardel smiled self-deprecatingly. Isn't it because of this reason that he can't gain a foothold in the Brazilian national team? The forwards that the Brazilian national team needs are Careca, Romario, Ronaldo, and Rival.
There are so many all-around forwards with excellent personal skills who can create opportunities, rather than a pure shooter like him. Even Elber cannot gain a foothold in the Brazilian national team because his style is more practical...
"We have three signings in the midfield this time, two of them are wing signings. One has excellent speed and breakthrough ability, and the other has excellent running and passing ability." Dick seemed to answer the question.
: "The core of our midfield organizer is Belleron, a member of the Spanish national team, a midfield genius with extremely penetrating and sudden passing ability. Hasselbaink is likely to leave, and our striker will be reorganized.
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Jardel's eyes began to light up as he listened to Dick's words - introducing wingers means that there will be more passes to him. With a passing master like Belleron in the midfield, the forwards will get more shots.
Chances are, Hasselbaink is leaving, which means that after he leaves, he will be Atletico Madrid's top striker!
Prove yourself in a mainstream league and the environment will be better at the same time. Under such temptation, Galatasaray's temptation will seem insignificant, not to mention that Spain and Portugal are relatively close, and there will not be much change in life.
, if you go to Turkey from Portugal, Jardel may not be very adaptable in terms of life - historically, he returned to Portugal after playing in Turkey for a year, which is inevitably due to the fact that he is extremely uncomfortable with life in Turkey.
What can Galatasaray give him? Hakan Suker may leave, and he will be the main center. At Atletico Madrid, Hasselbaink may also leave, and he will also be the main center. Gala
Tasaray can play in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid can play in the UEFA Cup. The Turkish League is not a mainstream league, but La Liga is a top league. In terms of treatment, Atletico Madrid’s treatment is not worse than that of Galatasaray, and
The head coach of Atletico Madrid even came to invite him personally...
"As long as the club agrees to my transfer and departure, then I won't have any objection." Soon, Jader made up his mind.
Dick smiled. He was not very worried about this. Historically, since Porto was able to sell Jardel, the top scorer, to Galatasaray, it was impossible not to sell it to Atletico Madrid, at least from a personal perspective.
, Jardel has no resistance to joining Atletico Madrid, unless the top giants appear to compete with Atletico Madrid, but Dick knows in his heart that the kind of giants that can pose a threat to Atletico Madrid this summer already have their favorites.
The target - otherwise I wouldn’t have watched Galatasaray take Jardel away this summer! You must know that although Galatasaray has introduced many famous players before, they are basically older.
Big ones, such as Taffarel, Popescu, Haji... It is indeed quite rare for a player as legitimate and well-known in Europe as Jardel to play in Turkey.
So after shaking hands with Jardel, Dick left the transfer staff to negotiate with Porto, while he returned to Madrid and waited for feedback.
However, Dick still underestimated the black shop in Porto - although Porto's reputation as a black shop is not very big now, their style has not changed. In the face of Atletico Madrid's offer of 15 million US dollars,
At that time, they did not agree or decline, they just kept delaying, as if they wanted to see if there were other competitors-Galatasaray was not a very qualified competitor, and Porto wanted to sell players to those players.
A team with deeper pockets...
This delay only lasted half a month.
Time has entered July, Atletico Madrid has announced the signing of six new players, including signing 19-year-old Spanish winger Vicente Rodriguez from Levante for five million US dollars.
Signed Argentine winger Mauro Camoranesi from Mexican Blue Cross for $8 million, and signed French midfielder Claude Makelele from Celta Vigo for $15 million.
Signed Argentinian striker Julio Cruz from Eindhoven for US$10,000, and bought local center back Marchena and local right back Hector from relegated Sevilla in a package for US$5 million. These six players
A total of US$43 million in transfer fees was spent by Atletico Madrid.
At the same time, news of transfers and departures also continued to appear. The first to leave was Solari, who transferred to Real Madrid for US$7 million, and Juninho and Lea, who returned to Middlesbrough for US$8 million after bargaining.
After realizing that he was not in Dick's plan, Er transferred to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 for US$7 million. Also leaving was veteran midfielder Serena, who moved to Serie A on a free transfer.
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Hasselbaink is also asking his agent to step up negotiations - the arrival of Cruz and Dick's announcement that Fernando Torres will be promoted from the second team to the first team next season, this makes Hasselbaink feel the crisis
, despite leaving two forwards, Dick immediately added two forwards to the team, and his intention was obvious - if you leave, we will have other forwards, so don't expect to get better treatment.
Already...
There is no shortage of people pursuing Hasselbaink. Although he did not have many opportunities to play in the European Cup this time, his repeated goals at Atletico Madrid last season proved that he is indeed a top shooter.
Such a top striker who has proven himself in mainstream leagues, the Premier League and La Liga has no shortage of good clubs.
And for such a top striker, without enough money, Atletico Madrid will definitely not let him go - he still has three years on his contract, and no one can take him away without giving him a price that satisfies Atletico Madrid.
The final taker was Chelsea from the Premier League. Because they reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, Chelsea also wanted to perform better in the new season. Their boss Bates did not appear too stingy in this regard.
The final transfer fee also surprised Atletico Madrid - US$21 million!
When Atletico Madrid introduced Hasselbaink last season, it only spent 16 million. After one season, it increased to 5 million. I have to say that Hasselbaink's performance last season was still quite top-notch.
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This transfer fee is quite timely for Atletico Madrid. Originally, Atletico Madrid's total transfer fee was only 2 million US dollars. Solari, Juninho and Léal cashed out 2,200 US dollars.
Ten thousand, plus Hasselbaink's transfer fee, equals to Atletico Madrid's previous expenditure, which is not a penny spent!
"Damn it, it actually has such an effect..." When Dick took stock of this season's transfer fees, he couldn't help but be shocked - he didn't want to save money for the team! From this point of view, Atletico Madrid
The previous players were still worth a lot of money...
In this case, a little more money can be spent on Jardel's transfer.
Porto is also a little impatient now. In addition to Jardel who has expressed to them that he wants to go to a better league, other wealthy clubs seem to have a lack of interest in Jardel.
The parties understood that it seemed unrealistic to find someone to raise the price - so after half a month of delay, they finally started negotiations with Atletico Madrid.
"Thirty-five million!"
The first offer submitted by Porto shocked Atletico Madrid - they had never seen such a lion open their mouth...
"Fifteen million." Atletico Madrid maintained its previous offer.
"Thirty million can't be less." Porto responded for the second time.
Dick laughed when he saw the offer. Porto really asked for a sky-high price: "Tell Porto that a shooter who scored 24 goals in a single season in La Liga is only worth 21 million. Although Jardel
Excellent, but he has not proven himself in the top league, at most 18 million. I believe Galatasaray will not pay more than us. If not, we can wait for Jardel in two years
Contact him again after the contract expires."
Atletico Madrid's tough attitude made Porto know that it was probably impossible to make a big deal. Besides, they only spent 3 million US dollars when they introduced Jardel. After some bargaining, Jardel paid 20 million US dollars.
The price to join Atletico Madrid is a transfer fee that ranks among the top five in the history of Atletico Madrid, and it can be regarded as a truly big deal...
