"Jorge, have you spent a lot of money buying news recently?"
Pepe asked with a joking smile when he saw Mendes coming from Portugal at the manor in Sudong, Cheshire.
There was a bit of resentment in Pepe's tone.
It's not what Mendes did to him, but what he did to Su Dong.
Recently, several Portuguese players have obviously been over-hyped. For example, Falcao, Cardoso, Hulk and Gaitan have all been hyped by the Portuguese media. Falcao even said that he wanted to end the Soviet Union era.
They're all out.
As a good brother of Su Dong, Pepe really wants to find out those players and ask them, why are they?
"Misunderstanding! Really misunderstanding!" Mendes was a little embarrassed. The flood really washed away the Dragon King Temple.
"To be honest, I did let a few media hype Falcao. You know, the Europa League semi-finals, the big four, I definitely used the topic to make some use of it, but I didn't expect it to become so outrageous. Also,
The matter of Cardoso and Gaitan has nothing to do with me."
"Aren't Cardoso and Gaitan both your players?" Pepe said with a look that said, "I doubt you very much."
Mendes clicked his tongue, "Look, I misunderstood again, didn't I? I only own 20% of Cardoso's ownership, and the remaining 80% is in the hands of Benfica. It has nothing to do with me. I have already returned my capital."
, I will make a profit from the rest if I sell more or less, but Benfica is the one who worries the most.”
What he said was somewhat sincere and reasonable, so Peipei really couldn't say anything more.
In fact, Su Dong is not worried about Mendes using him for hype. At his level, he is tied up and hyped by countless people every day. The addition of Falcao and Cardoso is nothing, and it will not harm him at all.
Su Dong's interests may not be a bad thing.
Besides, Mendes's business is indeed getting bigger and bigger, but his interests in Sudong are also impossible to give up. How could he be stupid enough to let players such as Falcao and Cardoso harm Sudong's interests?
Woolen cloth?
Doesn't this mean you're cutting your own flesh?
Su Dong didn't believe from beginning to end that the shrewd Mendes would do such a thing, so he stopped Pepe from continuing and reassured Mendes that it was no big deal.
"Is business good recently?" Su Dong asked with a smile.
Su Dong knew the character of Mendez. He was extremely shrewd and could not afford to be too early without any benefit.
Needless to say, he must have seen some opportunity by hyping up the players so much.
Mendes smiled and nodded, "In the past few years, European football has been in a recession. After the subprime mortgage crisis, there was the European debt crisis. Most teams were miserable and had to cut back on food and clothing. Fortunately, Real Madrid's
Florentino's second move into the palace, coupled with the acquisition of Manchester City, has become a hot spot in the European transfer market."
"Now, both Real Madrid and Manchester City are relatively stable, and they are basically making up for certain positions. But this summer, there may be big moves in European football."
"What big move?" Marcelo became excited upon hearing this.
This guy is a conscientious guy.
Mendes shouted at the Brazilian left back, "Remember, there was news not long ago that a Qatari consortium wanted to acquire Manchester United?"
Su Dong and others all nodded. This news was widely circulated in the Premier League at that time. It was said that they had been contacted, but the Glazer family behind Manchester United demanded too high a price and scared the other party away, so it was unsuccessful.
"This consortium actually did not give up the idea of acquiring European clubs, and instead went to Ligue 1."
When Mendes clicked, Su Dong just remembered a piece of news that Wang Chuqing had recommended to him not long ago, and blurted out: "Paris Saint-Germain!"
"Yes, the entire acquisition is close to completion. There are too many interests involved behind it, including Ligue 1, French football, and even UEFA and the World Cup bid. Anyway, it is very complicated. I only know a little bit about the details, but I am sure
Yes, after Paris Saint-Germain is acquired, there will definitely be another wave."
"So, the player's value and annual salary can be increased again?" Marcelo became excited.
This is also human nature.
When it comes to playing football, although it is important to enjoy it, in the final analysis, professional football is still about profit.
From 2009 to now, the value of players has really increased.
Not to mention anything else, Pepe, Marcelo and David Silva have at least doubled their salaries after coming to Manchester City from other teams, and if they perform well this season, everyone can get
A generous bonus.
It can be said that they are all beneficiaries of this wave.
When you think about it this way, things become very clear.
Mendes saw the business opportunities and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to drive up the value of his players and make a fortune.
"In addition to the Qatari consortium's intention to acquire Paris Saint-Germain, I have also received reliable information that there are wealthy people from Russia who also want to acquire European football clubs, but they are still in the contact stage."
"Are you the major shareholder of Arsenal?" Pepe asked.
One of Arsenal's major shareholders is a wealthy Russian man who has always wanted to take over Arsenal, but has never succeeded.
At that time, Wenger supported the sale of the club to the Russian tycoon. It was said that once successful, Arsenal would receive a large transfer fee to renovate the team. However, the acquisition failed and Wenger was forced to downsize in recent years.
He went on a diet, and David Dunn, who supported him, also left the team in despair.
"It's not him, it's another one, but he also has quite strong financial resources. He is currently considering teams in the Premier League and Ligue 1," Mendes said.
The United Kingdom, France and Germany are major European countries with strong economic strength, but German clubs have clear legal restrictions and are basically impossible to be acquired by foreign capital, so naturally no one cares about them.
As for Spain and Italy, although they are also strong football countries, their economies are relatively weak.
La Liga exists because of the existence of the Spanish Super League duo. Any team that acquires a La Liga team will have to survive in the shadow of the Spanish Super League duo. It is difficult to change the situation. As for Serie A, let alone the economy, even its own
If there is no stadium, how can we talk about development?
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The economy outside is very depressed now, and the sports industry is a good haven, so a lot of hot money is pouring in. In addition, professional football has entered the era of globalization, and the advertising effect is very
Obviously, it is very popular with investors."
If nothing else, let’s just talk about the Abu Dhabi Consortium and Mansour. From a purely advertising effect point of view, investing tens of millions of euros in advertising may not cause much trouble, but tens of millions of euros can be invested in buying.
A superstar can be known to the whole world in an instant, and the media will even dig deep to dig out the details.
This is the influence of football!
Today's European football is no longer just football.
In other words, since football became professional and commercialized, it is no longer simple.
With the influx of hot money, players' values and annual salaries have risen again, which is not a bad thing for Su Dong, Pepe and others.
As practitioners, they can make a lot of profits from it, which is a good thing.
Of course, if you worry more, you should start to care about the development and future of the entire football industry.
In the final analysis, football transfer is still a relationship between supply and demand. With the supply basically unchanged, the addition of Paris Saint-Germain and other teams with strong demand breaks the original balance of supply and demand, and the players' value and annual salary will naturally increase.
After it rises to a certain level, it begins to reach a new balance between supply and demand.
However, this may cause some teams to become more difficult to operate, or even go bankrupt.
But these are not things that Su Dong and others should worry about as players.
To put it bluntly, they play football.
As long as the ball is played well, are you afraid that there will be no place to play?
…
Mendes certainly didn't come to Cheshire to explain the hype.
In fact, he came to tell Su Dong that the American sports brand had agreed to the offer they had given before, and had begun discussions with Mendes and Ma Dawei's team about Su Dong's lifetime contract.
This will be the most significant lifetime contract in the history of global sports.
Su Dong knew that this was because the other party valued the Chinese and Asian markets in the next few years. The reason why his business value was valuable was because there was an increasingly powerful motherland behind him, so he also told Mendes very clearly,
Be sure to check the terms of the contract.
Wang Chuqing will personally represent Su Dong to negotiate the details of the contract. There is one item that Su Dong insists on and will never give in to.
That is, American sports brands must not engage in anything that harms China's national interests or hurts the feelings of the Chinese people. Otherwise, Su Dong has the right to pursue liability and terminate the contract without compensation.
It was difficult for Mendes to understand this point, but he respected it.
As Su Dong said, it is difficult for people from other countries to understand the identification and love for the motherland deep in his heart.
It seems that many people cannot understand Su Dong and think why he is unwilling to represent other national teams in the World Cup?
If he represented a powerful country in the World Cup, he would have every chance of winning the World Cup and becoming the world champion. However, Sudong rejected Germany, Spain, Portugal and England, and everyone else.
None of them could understand this, only Su Dong himself knew.
He is a Chinese first and a player second.
He may not play football, but he will never betray his country or do anything detrimental to his country's interests.
In the eyes of many foreigners, this should be considered quite stupid, but Su Dong's family education, which he had been exposed to since childhood, required him to do this.
Wang Chuqing understands him and agrees with his views, so she will personally check various business contracts for him.
…
After sending Mendes away, Su Dong sent Pepe and Marcelo away and ran into the gym to train alone.
This season, Manchester City's frontcourt is supported by Su Dong, which results in him having a heavy workload, a lot of pressure, and a lot of consumption.
In the long run, it will not be a good thing for Su Dong's career, especially when it comes to maintaining his condition after the age of thirty.
Begiristain has promised that the team will introduce wingers and forwards to relieve Sudong's pressure to the greatest extent and strive to give him more rotation and rest time.
After all, Su Dong is the most important core strength of this Manchester City team!
