After this Olympic team returned to China, it was pursued by many media. Of course, the most rumored ones were the transfer rumors of these players. Bi 『Quge
Although this National Olympic team can only be called the second team, its results are still satisfactory. Therefore, under the aura of finishing second in the Toulon Cup, there are many rumors about this team.
Sometimes there are rumors that a team from the five major European leagues has taken a fancy to a certain returnee player, and sometimes there are rumors that a certain returnee player from the Olympic team has been promoted to a high-level echelon by the club. These news make those who don’t know the truth
The onlookers were extremely excited. Many fans thought that the future of Chinese football was promising, and another group of young players had grown up.
But as long as a careful person observes these news carefully, he will probably know the trick. The news about the so-called five major league teams taking a fancy to certain players is basically written in an ambiguous way. The press release does not say which player it is.
The league did not specify which team it was, and there was no specific joining time. It was basically no news.
Even some clearly written news uses words such as "will" and "recently". One look at this writer's news shows that he understands the essence of Indian news.
For example, the news that Li Yuanyi will return to the Portuguese League Boavista Club in the near future and may join the team in Portugal next season uses words such as "nearly", "will", and "maybe".
10% of the time it's uncertain.
In fact, fans who have watched the Toulon Cup game will know that this game was completely about the players of the Longteng team dragging their teammates forward. As a result, after the game was over, there was very little news about who was interested in them.
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Because everyone knows that these players of the Longteng team are Zhang Sheng's treasures, and it is impossible to let them go easily. It is not that no club has sent inquiries to the Longteng team, but they were all rejected by Zhang Sheng.
Moreover, Zhang Sheng also knew that all the clubs that sent letters were domestic clubs, and no foreign clubs came to inquire.
Because foreign clubs are not fools, on the contrary, their professionalism is much higher than that of domestic clubs, and their ability to judge the strength of players is by no means comparable to that of domestic clubs.
In fact, the Longteng Club players in this Olympic team did not have many impressive performances. Their ability to win the Toulon Cup was more because they have played together for a long time, and this Olympic team
Their tactics are more in line with theirs, and they are still performing well. If we look at their personal strength alone, they are not outstanding.
Even if some foreign clubs take a fancy to them, they will not rashly make a purchase request to Longteng Club, because that is not in line with the recruitment philosophy of European clubs, and they will spend a longer time observing these players before making a decision.
As for those overseas young players who are hotly speculated in the news, they are not worth mentioning. After returning to China this time, Fu Bo, the head coach of the Olympic team, exchanged opinions with Zhang Sheng. He once mentioned on the phone: "From the game
Judging from the results, when several returnees who played in low-level leagues met foreign teams playing in high-level leagues, their performance could only be described as average and did not meet people's expectations."
The national team coach Perrin, who watched the entire Olympic team game, also talked about this issue with Zhang Sheng: "Xu Xin from Atletico Madrid, Wang Shangyuan from Bruges, and Li Yuanyi from Boavista all said it euphemistically.
They are overseas players, but in their respective clubs, it is difficult for them to get stable playing opportunities in the first team. These players did not bring me any unexpected surprises. Later this month, the Olympic team will have two warm-up games with Uzbekistan.
, a considerable number of players participating in the Toulon Cup are expected to face survival of the fittest."
In an interview with the domestic media, the impeccable Perrin was asked to comment on these overseas players of Olympic age. Apart from politely saying, "They have good hard work and are very promising," he did not have any other substantive comments.
Of course, a lot of the hype in the media is not without purpose. Behind these players are independent agents or brokerage companies. The purpose of the hype is obvious, which is to increase the player's popularity to increase the player's worth, or to increase the player's worth.
The club you work for demands more salary.
While Zhang Sheng was enjoying a leisurely vacation at home, Zhang Sheng was surprised by a phone call from the club's left-behind staff.
The staff member left behind at the club said on the phone: "Mr. Zhang. We have now received a fax to purchase Mahrez and Kante. The team we are purchasing is a team that will play in England next season.
Called Leicester City.”
Zhang Sheng was really frightened when he heard the content on the phone. When he thought he was complacent about bagging Mahrez and Kante, two unnoticed treasures, through the benefits of rebirth, the giant hand of history still happened.
It changed their two life trajectories back to their original paths.
Zhang Sheng couldn't figure out how Leicester City, a small European club that only focuses on European football and is still unknown, thought of poaching people from its own team, and it was poaching people who had a history.
their own players.
Because of the current good results of the Long Teng team, batch after batch of domestic young talents are growing up under his hands. Zhang Sheng thinks that he can "I can't control my destiny" and thinks that he can go against the will of heaven. Leicester City
This purchase awakened him.
Could it be that what I have done is all in vain? Is everything now a passing thing? Has things returned to their original track?
Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng's palms began to sweat. Although the weather in Jiangcheng is already very hot in June, Zhang Sheng felt a chill on his body.
The staff on the other side of the phone never heard Zhang Sheng's response, and they didn't dare to interrupt at first, but after waiting for a long time, they were a little surprised, and quickly reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang. Are you still listening?"
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Zhang Sheng, who was woken up by the voice on the phone, quickly said: "I'm here, I'm here. Have you contacted the other club? Have you contacted the agents of Mahrez and Kante? Have you contacted the players?
Per se?”
Zhang Sheng's hurried series of questions surprised the staff, and he quickly said: "Not yet. I'll call you as soon as I receive the letter. We don't dare to make decisions on such an important matter casually."
It was only at this time that Zhang Sheng realized that the purchase of the British Club could be decided by the left-behind staff at will, and it was too presumptuous for him to ask this.
"I know about this matter. Thank you very much. I will handle it later. Does anyone else know about this matter?" Zhang Sheng asked quickly.
"No! Absolutely no one else knows. There are not many people in the club now, so I am the only one left behind in the external relations department." The staff explained carefully.
Zhang Sheng hurriedly warned: "That's good. Don't spread this matter out for the time being. You must keep it a secret."
"Okay, okay, I will never tell anyone." The staff assured.
After the call ended, Zhang Sheng immediately called assistant coach Schürrle and informed him of the incident while he was on vacation in Germany, asking him to turn on his phone and be on standby at any time. Then Zhang Sheng called He Lijun and Heiko Fogg.
Er, club general manager Ding Fan and team leader Yu Jie called and asked them to come to the club immediately to discuss this matter.
Several other people who received the call also felt strange. Although they were surprised that an unknown English-promoted team submitted a purchase application to a Chinese club not far away, they were even more surprised that Zhang Sheng paid such eager attention to this matter.
, because it is not that no European clubs have applied to purchase from the Longteng team before, although most of them were targeted at the Chinese players of the Longteng team, such as the pursuit of Li Yun, Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu after the World Youth Championship.
Soon Zhang Sheng and four other people gathered at the club. After entering Zhang Sheng's office, Zhang Sheng asked the club staff who had just called him to bring over the official purchase letter.
After everyone sat down, Zhang Sheng asked: "What do you think of this purchase?"
Heike Fogel said casually: "Let's confirm the authenticity of this official purchase letter first."
Obviously Heiko Fogel is a little unsure about this purchase. After all, it is very rare for a British team to purchase non-Chinese players from a Chinese team.
Soon the staff dialed the phone number of the other party on the official letter and confirmed the correctness of the phone number through the club's own database.
After receiving the call, Leicester City staff immediately confirmed the authenticity of the purchase and proposed to communicate with the person in charge of the Longteng Club.
Zhang Sheng shook his head at the staff member who conveyed the message and asked him to find an excuse first.
After temporarily rejecting the other party's contact request, Zhang Sheng and everyone started various deductions.
Heike Fogel immediately said: "It seems that the other party is well prepared."
"How do you say that?" Zhang Sheng asked quickly, and then Zhang Sheng came to his senses. He looked at the watch on his wrist and nodded seriously, "Indeed. There is an 8-hour time difference between the UK and us. Now we are here
It's 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it should be 6 o'clock in the morning over there. The English Championship game has been played long ago, and the club should be on holiday. This is not the time to go to work. There are actually people waiting for the phone now. They are really prepared.
ah."
Several other people waited until Zhang Sheng mentioned the time difference before they reacted. It was obvious that the other party was not making a tentative offer, but was very sincere.
Then everyone turned their attention to the quotation letter. The quotation given above was not low. Mahrez and the others gave 200 pounds, while Kante's quotation was 150 pounds. These two are not well-known in Europe, and
It is definitely not low for a player who is still playing in China.
If the purchase of Chinese players is for reasons other than competitive factors such as the market, Mahrez and Kante are both French players and have no reputations. Leicester City cannot do this to open up the French market.
While everyone was still thinking about this matter, the club's phone rang. The caller was Kanter's agent. On the phone, the agent directly made a request for Kanter's transfer, and
He also pretended to thank the Longteng team for cultivating Kanter this year.
Faced with this ultimatum-like call, Zhang Sheng was so angry that his teeth itched.
But the matter was not over yet. Soon Mahrez's agent Carmel also called. His tone was relatively gentle. On the phone, Carmel first congratulated the Dragons for being ranked first in the league.
name, and then mentioned that Mahrez has higher pursuits and wants to return to the mainstream football world-Europe to play football. He also said that Leicester City is very sincere, and finally expressed his wishes to Zhang Sheng.
apology.
After answering the call from Carmel, everyone present looked at each other. Obviously these two calls were premeditated. It was impossible that the Longteng Club had just confirmed the authenticity of the purchase with Leicester City. Mahrez and Can
It was such a coincidence that Te's agent called him right away. If it were such a coincidence, everyone here could buy lottery tickets.
After all, He Lijun was still in his prime. He banged the table angrily and said: "The other party must have had private contact beforehand. We can definitely sue them. Their transfer method is too dirty."
Yu Jie had seen many similar transfers in China. He smiled softly and said: "Where's the evidence? Without evidence, we can't do anything. I didn't expect the British to like to play like this. I thought they were more disciplined."
Zhang Sheng, who was standing by, also translated what He Lijun and Yu Jie said to Heike Fogel.
Heiko Fogel shook his head and said: "It's like this all over the world. If there were any European club where the transfer director followed the rules, his boss would fire him without even thinking."
Zhang Sheng, who gradually calmed down, made a rare joke and said to Heike Fogel: "I thought you Germans were the ones who followed the rules and regulations the most. Isn't it true that the whole world is 'praising' you Germany?"
Human beings are so rigid."
Heike Fogel laughed and said: "This is just a lie to children. If nothing else, our domestic giant Bayern is very good at playing such tricks."
Hearing Heike Fogel's words, Zhang Sheng and everyone else who heard Zhang Sheng's translation burst into laughter. This self-deprecation was quite reasonable.
Then Heiko Fogel said: "Schürrle is in Europe now. You can ask him to find out the whole story. It shouldn't be that simple. How could a small club like Leicester City find someone like us?"
There is no influential league team. I also made a few calls to some friends in Europe to see if they knew the ins and outs of this matter. Once we figure it out, even if the players must leave, we will have more
There is room for negotiation, so that we will not be helpless and have no bargaining chips.” (To be continued.)
