After the official announcement, Benitez called Su Dong to tell him the news.
It is said that everyone else just sent a text message.
Benitez is a person who is not good at words. He didn't say much to Su Dong. He only said that he had a new pursuit. On the contrary, it was assistant coach Yesterdam who was a member of Benitez's team. Naturally, he also
Follow and leave the team.
On the phone to Su Dong, Yesterdam explained the reason.
In the past few years since coaching Valencia, Benitez has thought about leaving many times. Even last summer, if Valencia did not sign Sudong in the end, Benitez would probably leave the team angrily.
"It can be said that you allowed him to stay in the team for one more year!"
After winning his second La Liga title and a Champions League title, Benitez has nothing to pursue in Valencia, especially in La Liga this year. Either Su Dong will leave, or key players such as Aimar and Ayala will leave.
, it will be difficult for Valencia to repeat the peak of this past season.
It happened to be at this time that Liverpool fired French head coach Houllier and contacted Benitez. The two sides hit it off. Liverpool promised to give Benitez more power, and Benitez wanted to go.
Liverpool give it a try.
"Both Roig and Subilac tried to stay, but Rafa was determined to leave. You know, he is so stubborn!"
Su Dong couldn't help but smile at Yesterdam's joke.
Su Dong's feelings towards Benitez are very contradictory.
He has always felt that there was a sense of alienation between himself and Benitez, and it was always difficult for the two of them to get together.
On the contrary, it is assistant coach Yesterdam, who can get along well with the players.
Just like now, when he was about to leave the team, Benitez called him and just informed him, without saying a few words, he hung up.
But Yesterdam was different. When he called, he could chat with Su Dong for a while.
That's the difference!
Sometimes, Su Dong really feels that Benitez just can't do without Yesterdam, otherwise, there will definitely be problems with his coaching!
"Rafa said that his only regret after leaving Valencia was that Liverpool was too poor!" Yesterdam said with a wry smile.
"Why?" Su Dong was a little confused.
"If possible, he really wants to buy you to Liverpool, but now you are too expensive and Liverpool can't afford it!"
Su Dong smiled bitterly, was this praising him?
Valencia's price tag for him is indeed quite high, from the earliest 30 million euros to 40 million and 50 million euros later. After the Champions League final, there was news outside that Valencia's price tag for Sudong had already reached 40 million euros.
Not less than 70 million euros.
What is this concept?
At that time, the world's number one superstar Zidane transferred from Juventus to Real Madrid, setting a record transfer fee of 75 million euros. Now, Valencia's price tag for Sudong is as high as 70 million euros.
In addition to the above, even Su Dong himself couldn't believe it.
"To be honest, Paco, I don't have high requirements for personal treatment. I consider more competitive factors." Su Dong said.
"That's right, Sue." Yesterdam replied: "You are still young, money is not important to you. The most important thing is to seize the opportunity, rush forward with all your strength, and improve your career.
Go to a whole new level and establish your position in European football and even world football."
"At your age, if you want to make money, you will have plenty of opportunities in the future. Even you may not be short of money now. But if the next transfer step is not handled well, you may die at any time. There are too many such cases.
It must attract enough attention, and it is best to join a giant club that can play football steadily and help you operate."
"If you can reach the top three for the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer at the end of the year, or even win these two personal honors, your career will be completely different."
Sudong understood, "But it's difficult, Paco."
This year is the competition year of the European Cup. Although Su Dong has performed very well in the Champions League and La Liga, generally speaking, competition years pay more attention to the performance of the European Cup. If any superstar shines in the European Cup, then
Basically nothing happened to Su Dong.
"So, this kind of thing is to do your best and listen to fate. The most important thing for you now is to find a team that can help you operate, maintain this performance in the first half of the year, maintain this momentum, and keep moving forward.
, as for the rest, it’s beyond your control.”
Yesterdam's words are very straightforward, but professional football is sometimes like this.
This year is a major opportunity for Sudong.
If he catches it, his career will be completely different, but if he misses it, he doesn’t know when he will come back again in the future.
According to Yesterdam, Chelsea basically does not have such operational capabilities.
"Paco, why do I think you are afraid that I will move to the Premier League and become your enemy?" Su Dong laughed.
Yesterdam was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was about to go to Liverpool, and he immediately laughed out loud.
"If you have the ability, you'd better join Manchester United. We are still mortal enemies."
But soon, Yesterdam changed the subject, "What this old fox like Ferguson is best at is watching with a cold eye. I guess he feels that you are too popular, too popular, and your worth is too high, so he wants to treat you coldly."
one time."
"Everyone knows that Manchester United is short of midfield defenders, but look, how many years has it been since Stam left the team? Apart from Ferdinand, how many defenders have Manchester United spent money to buy? Because defenders are now more valuable, and there are giants such as Real Madrid, Chelsea, and Barcelona.
They are all short of defenders, and Ferguson would rather not buy one than spend a lot of money."
"Ferguson is too familiar with the Premier League." Su Dong agreed. "With his coaching ability and the strength of Manchester United, he has the confidence to play well without buying a defender. That's why he dared to do this. If it were someone else,
It’s long gone.”
"Yes, this is the difference in rank!"
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After hanging up the phone from Yesterdam, Su Dong thought a lot.
When it comes to the ability to manage the World Footballer and Ballon d'Or awards, Real Madrid is definitely the number one player in the world.
If nothing else, let’s just say that most of the recent World Footballer and Ballon d’Or awards have been monopolized by Real Madrid. This makes Real Madrid a well-deserved top powerhouse in the world and attracts countless players.
But the problem is that Real Madrid cannot devote all its resources to helping Su Dong because Real Madrid itself has a number of superstars.
Barcelona is one of the most influential top clubs after Real Madrid, and it also has a strong ability to operate stars. Looking at the current Barcelona lineup, only Ronaldinho has the ability to compete for the highest award.
Judging from the performance of the past season, Ronaldinho is excellent, but Su Dong has better results and better performance, and they are all from La Liga. Unless there is a reversal in the second half of the season, or Su Dong is in
The club is too stretched, otherwise, the possibility of Su Dong suppressing Ronaldinho is very high.
If nothing unexpected happens, Su Dong's biggest competitors for the 2004 Golden Globe Award will be three.
Ronaldinho of Barcelona, Henry who helped Arsenal win the title undefeated, and Shevchenko who plays for AC Milan.
Among them, according to Italian media, Shevchenko intended to move to Chelsea, but AC Milan tried to retain him by helping Ukraine's nuclear warhead operate the Ballon d'Or. It was said that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi personally lobbied.
The current situation in Serie A is a bit complicated. The wealthy teams are generally tightening their money, especially after Roma and Lazio fell into deep debt crises. The situation in Serie A is even worse. It is basically impossible for Serie A to pay such high transfer fees.
To operate Sudong.
Then, there are actually fewer options left for Su Dong.
This is also normal. The more top players are, the fewer transfer options they have.
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Su Dong has always maintained close contact with Mendes and followed the developments in European football.
The biggest news in the La Liga transfer market is that Real Madrid learned from last season’s experience and lessons and began to introduce midfielders and defenders in the transfer market. They first introduced Graveson from Everton and Samuel from Roma.
, introduced Woodgate from Newcastle, and introduced three powerful defensive players in one go.
Real Madrid's continuous big moves shocked the entire Spanish football world.
You know, before Real Madrid was strong in offense and weak in defense, defense was a long-standing problem, but now, with the addition of two outstanding central defenders, Samuel and Woodgate, plus Graveson in the midfielder position,
, everyone believes that Real Madrid will become even stronger in the new season.
After successively introducing players in the midfield and backcourt, Real Madrid also began to use superstars in the frontcourt.
According to Real Madrid mouthpiece Aspen, the negotiations between Real Madrid and Valencia did not go smoothly. There were problems with the deal to introduce Sudong. Valencia was not willing to sell Sudong to Real Madrid, even if Florentino promised.
Even though Valencia raised the transfer fee to 80 million euros, they were still not tempted.
Real Madrid has also begun to intensively prepare a replacement plan. If Sudong is not signed, they will introduce English forward Michael Owen from Liverpool.
Valencia general manager Subilac issued a public statement stating that the team has not reached an agreement with any club on the transfer of Sudong, which also means that Valencia is still waiting for a price.
Of course, according to the terms of the contract, Sudong has the final say no matter which offer Valencia finally decides to accept, and he can get 20% of the transfer fee.
This undoubtedly gives him more autonomy in this transfer.
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Real Madrid are recruiting heavily, and Barcelona are not idle either.
After finalizing Belletti and Sylvinho early, Valencia signed Deco from Porto and Edmilson from Lyon. The joining of these Brazilian players made Barcelona's Samba team
Rapid expansion.
Barcelona is also actively operating Sudong. World Sports reported that Chairman Laporta is going to do his best to introduce Sudong to balance the team's dependence on Brazilian players, especially Ronaldinho, and then share the burden with Vice Chairman Ronaldinho.
Serge's influence in the dressing room.
Everyone can see that the battle between the two teams of the Western Premier League and the Eastern Conference is heating up.
