Regarding the two people mentioned by Zhang Sheng, the first thing everyone questioned was the character of Ben Alpha. Δ altogether
Heiko Fogel clearly objected: "It's not easy to lead a player like Ben Arfa. First of all, he has been left in the reserve team in Newcastle. His physical condition and competitive state are really hard to say. I don't know.
Do you know if you have sent someone to track his actual training status? Even if he is maintaining very well in training now, are you sure you can control his character? Don't let him take over all of us by himself.
The atmosphere of the team has been ruined, and besides, there are so many young people in our team, so don’t let him ruin it.”
Hearing Heiko Fogel's words, even the other three people who didn't know much about the inside story of European football agreed with his point of view. After all, Ben Alpha's notorious reputation is well known to everyone.
Seeing that everyone was very opposed to Ben Alpha, Zhang Sheng had to explain: "Ben Alpha's bad personality is indeed a problem, but his strength is still really good. The person who introduced him to me was Perrin."
Everyone was surprised when they heard Perlan's name. No one expected that Perlan would introduce players to Zhang Sheng.
"I entrusted European scouts to inspect Ben Alpha's training and competition, and he has maintained quite well." Zhang Sheng did not give everyone time to think deeply, and continued to explain, "Perrin can be regarded as Ben Alpha's mentor.
I still have some feelings for this talented disciple. Although Ben Alpha has some physical problems after not playing for a long time, his ability was still reflected in the British reserve team. After he came to China, he stayed away from the European environment.
, there are not so many opportunities for him to interact with people off the court, I think there is still hope to win him over. Besides, he is now a free agent, so it is not a loss to come over."
Seeing Zhang Sheng's persistence, it was hard for everyone to say anything. After all, Zhang Sheng's ability to lead players is still very good. Maybe another miracle will happen this time.
As the general manager of the club, Ding Fan seemed very straightforward: "Since we want to get him here, we have to take action now. According to what you said, there may be others who have also taken a fancy to this junk stock."
Zhang Sheng nodded and said: "That's true. So I have asked people to inquire about Ben Alpha and his agent before. They are not opposed to coming to Asia to play football, as long as the salary is enough."
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There are indeed few suitors for Ben Arfa now, and most teams are afraid of him. However, there has never been a shortage of gamblers in world football. Historically, when Ben Arfa hit rock bottom,
, but the owner of the Nice team took a gamble and signed him away, and he also played in good form.
Although Zhang Sheng paid attention to Ben Alpha a year in advance this time, now Zhang Sheng is afraid that this situation will happen again, so he has contacted him in advance.
Moreover, Zhang Sheng believes that Ben Alpha is the kind of player who can easily be bribed with money. Don’t look at his later revelation that he refused the tens of millions of annual salary offered by the club in 2o16. In addition to the fact that he was very confident in his performance at that time,
There are also factors that use this news to boost one's own worth.
Thinking about his history of quarreling with the president of Lyon for 50 euros, and turning against Marseille for an annual salary of more than 50 million euros, it can be seen that his attitude towards money is average.
Now he is at a low point, and his agent even said in the media that he is ready to retire, which shows how dangerous his situation is.
Ben Arfa's current annual salary in Newcastle is 2 million pounds. Even if Zhang Sheng pays him a salary, no matter how high it is, it will not be higher than the salary of Pato, the current top-paid player in the team - 350 euros, which is estimated to be 300 euros.
, plus a signing fee of 1oo euros, he can accept it.
After confirming the salary offered by Zhang Sheng, Ding Fan quickly wrote it down in his notebook. This was his job. If he could negotiate a lower salary, it would be his performance.
After discussing Ben Alpha, everyone began to discuss the player Weigel.
Since no one in China knew him very well, it was mainly Heike Fogel who gave Zhang Sheng advice this time.
Heiko Fogel said with a little sigh: "I know the player Weigel. I have heard of his name before when I was leading the youth team at Bayern. After all, his club Munich 186o is our city.
team. But this player is only at the level of the youth team of a lower-tier Bundesliga team. Even the coach who is engaged in youth training in Germany estimates that the youth training circles in Bavaria (the German state where Munich is located) know him.
Not much. How do you know this player?"
Zhang Sheng talked about his experience of meeting Weigel and assured: "I think this player has great potential. The reason why he is unknown in Germany is mainly because he does not meet the requirements of Bundesliga B.
Style. Bundesliga games have always been based on physical confrontation and high-flying games. Weigel is a typical player with good foot skills, sharp short passes, and smart movement. It is normal that he does not have much fame.
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When Heike Fogel heard what Zhang Sheng said, he was obviously interested and quickly asked: "Do you have any videos of his training and competition here? It's fine if you have data."
Zhang Sheng nodded and said: "Yes. I have been paying attention to him. Do you still remember the group of youth training coaches we sent to Germany for further study last year? I gave them a task, which is to observe the youth training of German clubs. Lan
Nick is also very helpful and has connected our coaches to many clubs in the Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2, and even Bundesliga 3. One of them is studying with the youth team of Munich 186o."
Hearing Zhang Sheng's explanation, Heike Vogel was completely convinced. He said: "Okay, show me Weigel's video and I will analyze it for you. But there is one thing I must know.
Let me remind you first that young German players generally do not rush abroad to play football. From what I know about Weigel's level, even if he cannot play in the Bundesliga 2, he still has a chance to go to the Bundesliga 3 team.
, it will be difficult for you to bring him to China."
Heike Fogel's words gave Zhang Sheng a big hint, and Zhang Sheng also became embarrassed by this issue.
Zhang Sheng soon gave a compromise answer: "Let's do it. If Weigel is willing to come to China, that would be the best. If he really refuses to come, I think we should buy it. After buying it, we
He can be loaned to Red Bull Leipzig. The Red Bulls are currently playing fast pressing football based on passing. Their style will definitely give Weigel a lot of growth. I also believe in Rangnick's ability to teach youth teams.
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In fact, Heike Vogel has his own selfish motives. If Weigel really has the potential that Zhang Sheng said, then it is really a waste for him to play in China. Obviously he would be better off staying in the Bundesliga 2
growth. As a German footballer, he still hopes to see Germany's good young talents have a good growth environment. And Heiko Fogel really believes in Zhang Sheng's vision. There are eight out of ten players that Zhang Sheng pays so much attention to.
What a star of hope.
Now that Heike Fogel heard Zhang Sheng's compromise plan, he was relieved.
Red Bull Leipzig is obviously a club with big investment and understands football. If Weigl goes there, it is really possible for him to succeed.
But now that Heiko Fogel is playing for Longteng Club, he obviously has to worry about the club's performance. He had to ask worriedly: "If Weigel doesn't come, what will our club do?"
Zhang Sheng waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about this. There are still many defensive midfielders with potential. For example, Gagliardini and Frank Kessie, who are still in Serie A and are loaned to Serie B.
Although the players have performed to a certain extent, they are not shining enough. It is still possible for us to spend some money to buy them. If these players do not come, it is really not possible. I still have many connections in South America. Let them introduce a few to me.
There is no problem with a defensive midfielder who has good strength and is not too eye-catching. After all, South American teams are short of money. As long as the money is available, it will be easy to buy him."
Hearing Zhang Sheng spit out the names of many European team players that he had never heard of so smoothly, Heiko Fogel had to shake his head and lamented Zhang Sheng's wide attention, but what he didn't expect was,
The information about these players is the benefit of Zhang Sheng's rebirth.
After confirming Weigel's matter, this meeting came to an end. Ding Fan recorded all the players mentioned by Zhang Sheng in this meeting and began to prepare for the club's transfer staff to contact them.
Those players.
Zhang Sheng began to discuss the transfer fees of Mahrez and Kante with people from Leicester City.
This time Leicester City offered Mahrez and Kante £200 and £150 respectively. Zhang Sheng had objections to this figure. Two such promising players were reborn again. Why?
Maybe this little money will be let go, and the share of the second transfer is a necessary condition.
Soon Zhang Sheng started negotiating with the other party. This time, the person who contacted Zhang Sheng was Leicester City head coach Nigel Pearson.
Nigel Pearson was obviously a little dissatisfied with Zhang Sheng's second transfer share. He mentioned in his reply to Zhang Sheng: "The price we offered is already high enough, and besides, we don't rely on buying and selling players.
Clubs that want to survive will not add so-called second sharing conditions."
Zhang Sheng's reply was more direct: "If this is the case, then it seems that this transfer can only be discussed here."
Zhang Sheng has collected some information about coach Nigel Pearson. He is a very typical English coach. He was born as a player and had a short-term brilliant performance while playing for the club, but his strength is just that.
After retiring, he started working as a coach, and most of the teams he led were in League One or the Championship. When he was lucky, he could lead the team to promotion, but if he was unlucky, he would not be able to stay in a club of this level.
Such coaches are common in England, but they have very high standards and look down on this one and that one. At the same time, they also have some bad habits inherent to English players, such as letting their sons play in their own clubs, and the management is not strict.
The concept is very speechless: "As long as the game can be won, you don't care what the players do off the field."
Under this level of management, the atmosphere of the team is also obvious. Later, when he led Leicester City, he did cause a big mess. After the team struggled to avoid relegation in the UK next year, the team came to Thailand, where the boss is located.
His son James Pearson, Adam Smith and Tom Hope teamed up to **. They called these prostitutes "squinty eyes", which is a typical racial discrimination, and they also blatantly filmed them
**Video, in the end Nigel Pearson was also sacked by the club.
There was obviously the will of the team owner Vichai behind this transfer. Shortly after Zhang Sheng and Nigel Pearson collapsed, Vichai's son Atwa contacted Zhang Sheng, and Awat was on the phone.
Very enthusiastic: "Hello, Mr. Zhang. We are very sincere in wanting to purchase these two players. Regarding their transfer fees and transfer methods, I hope to discuss with you in person in the near future."
Zhang Sheng decisively agreed to his request and made an appointment to meet in China the next week.
Atwa quickly flew from Thailand to China and paid a visit to Zhang Sheng. Obviously, Atwa came here not just for the transfer of Mahrez and Kante. He wanted to communicate more with Chinese football.
Build relationships.
Ateva first asked Zhang Sheng what he thought about the transfer: "Our club attaches great importance to this transfer. Mr. Steve Walsh, the club's person in charge of the transfer, thinks it is necessary for me to come and talk to him personally.
You meet to show our sincerity."
Zhang Sheng expressed his opinion: "I also value the two of them very much, and you are not the only one who pays attention to them. In fact, we have cooperation with Portugal's Sporting Lisbon, Porto, and Salzburg in the Austrian League.
Red Bull Castle and Leipzig Red Bull of the Bundesliga 2 have expressed their interest in both of them. And they have offered good conditions. They have no objection to the conditions for the second transfer share that I proposed."
In fact, what Zhang Sheng said was not a lie. The clubs Zhang Sheng mentioned recognized the abilities shown by Mahrez and Kante, and they did not reject the conditions for the second transfer share. After all,
Everyone has already had similar cooperation precedents, and the players provided by Longteng Club are very practical, and they are also optimistic about the future of these players.
Atwa came here this time and obviously accepted this condition by default. He nodded and said: "I also agree with this condition. We can discuss it slowly as to how much it will be divided into. In fact, the main reason I came here this time is that I hope to be able to
Establish a long-term cooperative relationship with your club." (To be continued.)
