Midfielder.

Chapter 182

Mendes has never been worried about Lin Yi's value. From the first time he saw Lin Yi playing football, he already believed that this kid would become famous.

It's just that he didn't expect that everything would come so quickly, but he dared to swear to anyone that he never doubted Lin Yi's ability.

This is a natural intuition, and it may be destined that Mendes is a good agent. He can always find such budding talents.

While the old man from Sporting Lisbon was still thinking about how to win Lin Yi, Mendes had already made the move in advance, and it was very accurate.

I don't think anyone would take the risk of signing a little guy in a street football field like that, but it turns out that he was right.

Even Sebatur's youth team coach has to admire Mendes' courage. That guy even just watched Lin Yi's street game for less than 10 minutes, and he has already decided to recruit this kid to his agency , I am afraid that luck cannot be used to describe Mendez's ability to discern pearls.

However, regarding Lin Yi's ability, Mendes still estimated a little conservatively. He thought that this little guy would be like Ronaldo, and it would take a period of precipitation to reach the explosive stage. Around, even if it was earlier, it would have to be seventeen or eighteen years old.

After all, a player's maturity period must be after the age of 20, and the age of achievement is generally close to 24 years old, and rarely very early.

Animals like Ronaldo and Pele are indeed not available in every era, but Lin Yi has already broken the limit of Mendes' cognition of football.

Now it seems that this kid's detonation time was obviously much earlier. When Ronaldo was still working hard for the main position, he had successfully lifted the trophy.

The champion in assists in the Champions League and the league in assists, Mendes can only admire his luck now, because what he dug is a gold mine.

Now when Ronaldo talks about Lin Yi, he will complain to Mendes, "With that kid, I have almost been forgotten by those Portuguese fans!"

Not only the Portuguese fans firmly remembered Lin Yi's name, even the old man Ferguson asked Ronaldo about Lin Yi all day long.

This made Comrade Ronaldo quite melancholy. You know, he has become a genius in the eyes of many people since he was 11 years old, but that kid took his place in Portugal in just over a year. This makes Ronaldo, a guy who is used to being competitive, depressed to death.

This kind of protest is not unique to Ronaldo himself. Now all the programs in Portugal that talk about football focus on Lin Yi.

They were discussing his future, discussing his transfer, and there would even be a lot of entertainment news, as well as proper gossip about Lin Yi's ambiguous relationship.

Anyway, as long as there is something related to this kid, it will attract everyone's attention. This kind of situation has become a trend after the end of the Champions League.

Word of mouth among those fans is all about Lin Yi's miracle, the miracle of five championships in less than one and a half seasons, this achievement cannot be ignored.

Anyway, among those crazy fans in Portugal, when talking to each other, the most discussed topic is the upcoming European Championship and Lin Yi.

That kid has this kind of magical power, even if he doesn't want to be the target of others' attention, he can't change the fact that he will be watched by everyone in the end.

Even Deke is a little jealous of Lin Yi's future, being pursued by so many wealthy families, damn it, what is the fate of that kid!
You must know that even for Deco, there are only formal offers from Bayern Munich and Barcelona, ​​​​and Chelsea teams are still waiting to see.

And his transfer fee may hardly exceed 2000 million euros. Neither the Germans nor the Catalans will hype him as the king of summer transfers. However, Deco's practicality is indeed very attractive. During this transfer process, his personal salary can be greatly improved.

But Lin Yi began to worry about which team to go to. This is definitely a treatment that is more popular than others. Deco is also quite helpless about this.

"AC Milan! Manchester United! Barcelona! Real Madrid! His grandma's, those traditional giants almost all set their sights on that kid!"

It was only at this moment that Deco realized that his years in football were in vain. He didn't even get as much attention as Lin Yi this season. Even though he was also the core midfielder of the Porto team, the news that he was leaving It didn't cause any sensational effect, and the gap was really a bit big.

Even da Costa kept him symbolically, and many Porto fans still sent their blessings to the Brazilian.

But Deke didn't enjoy Lin Yi's wave of mobilization by all the people. You know, even now, the issue of Lin Yi's transfer is still a suspense.

However, those giant clubs cannot be blamed. After all, Deco is already at the peak of his career, and maybe after the peak, there will be a decline.

At his age, the possibility of another peak stage of competition is very small. No one can predict how long the current peak state will last.

But investing in Lin Yi does not have such concerns. He is under 17 years old, an age full of temptation, and his unknown potential obviously still needs to be tapped.

Just like a sniper rifle, now Lin Yi is just a new gun that has just left the factory and has not had time to sharpen the barrel, while Deco has almost smoothed the rifling.

Under this premise, I am afraid that any buyer will focus on the new gun instead of an old gun that has no further development value.

In fact, Deco doesn't need to be melancholy about this question, because in this summer's transfer market, everyone will be instantly killed by that kid Lin Yi.

According to Mendes, this transfer market is absolutely crazy, because in January, it has already begun to see a crazy start.

Arsenal can spend 2500 million euros to buy Reyes from Sevilla when the winter transfer period just opened, which is already incredible.

This may be Wenger's biggest investment in recent years, but Mendes didn't see at all whether the Spanish kid was worth so much money.

At least Mendes will not naively think that Reyes will have more market value than Ronaldo. The more than 2000 million euros, in his opinion, is a bit unfair.

And the actual situation is really as he expected. The Reyes who made the wind and rain in Spain began to misfire in the Premier League.

This is actually a common problem of many Spanish players. They have long been accustomed to relying on skills and dexterity to win confrontations, rather than relying on a strong body to win.

But in the Premier League, physical resistance is the minimum standard of survival. Here, without a good body, it is absolutely impossible to survive.

This is the case for Reyes, who has good skills and good physical condition, but his ability to fight is very poor, which limits his performance.

Otherwise, he has only scored two goals and assisted only once in the past half season. This performance is completely different from his performance in Spain.

Compared with those Anglo-Saxons, Reyes is still a little less brutal, and the Spaniards are still too used to comfortable games.

It's just that Wenger won't tell others that he was wrong this time. Anyway, the money has already been spent, and this old French man can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. It's really not good enough. This half of the season has hardly played to its due level.

Corresponding to his transfer value of more than 2000 million euros, his performance is really an authentic parallel import, at least he can't keep up with Ronaldo's performance in Manchester United.

Otherwise, Ferguson would not have used Reyes' deal as evidence to attack Wenger's dizziness during the war of words with Arsenal.

At least Ferguson thinks that the more than 1700 million he spent was not in vain. Ronaldo's adaptation speed in the Premier League far surpassed Reyes.

Ferguson's attack made it impossible for Wenger to fight back. After all, he bought the person. I am afraid that even he himself would think that the money spent was really wrong.

Otherwise, Wenger would not add his name to the transfer conditions for the Porto team. As long as Porto agrees, Wenger will let him go.

Wenger would be willing even if Reyes added a sum of cash in exchange for Lin Yi, but Da Costa is not an idiot, he is not willing to take over Reyes.

That guy's salary plus bonus is definitely a loss-making business. Porto is not the place to raise such a gentleman, they can't afford it.

More than 2000 million for half a season, this deal is really not an ordinary compensation, but if this is not the case, Wenger will not be in a hurry to buy Lin Yi.

It can be seen that this old French man is very worried about the decline of the team's competitiveness. He has already seen how fierce the competition will be in the future.

Especially after the Russians took over Chelsea, the competition for the championship in the Premier League will become more brutal, and he has to prepare in advance.

At the end of this season, Wenger felt the pressure, although Arsenal managed to win the championship unbeaten under his leadership.

But the pain of being eliminated by Chelsea in the London Derby in the Champions League has already reminded Wenger that next season will definitely be difficult.

But the most important thing is Henry, the top scorer under Wenger's account. If Arsenal can't make a breakthrough in the European war within two or three seasons, maybe the Frenchman will leave London and go far away. Wenger doesn't want to. Seeing any mistakes in the arsenal he built.

If Henry leaves, it will be tantamount to ruining the offensive line that Wenger has painstakingly managed for several years, and it will be a catastrophe for Arsenal.

So this time Wenger would rather get a heavyweight signing like Reyes than get Lin Yi from Porto. He is now desperate for talent.

When Pires is getting old, Wenger must prepare himself for the next offensive fulcrum. Perhaps Fabregas pairing with Lin Wing is a good idea.

It's just that Wenger's idea is still not known whether it will work, at least he himself is not fully sure, that kid is a bit too hot.

Even if they want to successfully win Lin Yi, the price Arsenal will have to pay is quite considerable, not to mention Wenger dare not make such a guarantee with the board of directors.

And Comrade Moratti, who has always spent money like water, also in January, he threw away his checkbook and forcibly snatched Adriano from Parma.

The crazy performance of that strong Brazilian on Parma's striker completely conquered the heart of Inter Milan's boss, and this time he really spent a lot of money.

A check of 3000 million euros is also in line with the way the boss of Inter Milan behaves. Anyway, this oil tycoon with billions of euros in assets is not short of money.

He just wants to use money so abruptly to create a big international era. Money is not a problem, and he is indeed willing to invest a lot of money.

However, his move can be regarded as an early start to the summer transfer wave. As long as they are good players, they are now worth tens of millions, and there are no bargains.

The current transfer market is so exaggerated that any player dares to ask you for a transfer fee of tens of millions, and you should not bargain.

Regardless of the achievements of this transfer seeker, as long as the transfer amount is involved, even tens of millions, you are embarrassed to come out to meet people.

This is all done by Abu. Anyway, those sellers who are waiting for a price are absolutely not afraid. These days, there is no shortage of being taken advantage of, and they are always selling.

But now Mendes is seriously choosing for Lin Yi. Although there are many wealthy families who invited him this time, not all of them are suitable for that kid.

Mendes is not the kind of guy who only focuses on money, at least for Lin Yi, he is planning the future of the little guy very scientifically.

Compared with those brokers who only focus on the 5% commission, Mendes is more planned and professional. He doesn't want his clients to become sinking.

Like this invitation from AC Milan, Mendes has to weigh it carefully. After all, AC Milan’s midfielder lacks offensive organizers, and even Ancelotti does not guarantee Lin Yi’s main position. Gathering Rivaldo , Kaka, Pirlo and others in AC Milan, in fact, there is no shortage of midfielders.

It's just that their bald chairman now has a habit of collecting No. [-] players. He hopes to collect anyone with outstanding skills.

Rui Costa, Rivaldo and others are now turning to the downhill path of competition, but the Rossoneri's purchase this time is a rainy day.

Under Ancelotti's vision, Kaka and Lin Yi, such a young combination, will bring a youthful vitality to the aging AC Milan team.

And Kaka also publicly said in the interview that he welcomes Lin Yi very much, and it will be a wonderful thing to cooperate with such a skilled partner.

However, Mendes is still a little worried about this deal. After all, Serie A is not the kind of league that trusts young people. Even Kaka has to go through an adaptation period of more than a year, and now he can be regarded as the main force of the team. Who can guarantee that Lin Yi's adaptation period in Italy will be short?

The most important thing is the Italian defense. It's not that Mendes has never seen how lethal it is, just look at Ronaldo.

All players with excellent skills have a hard time playing in Italy. The defense of those Italians has almost penetrated into the bone marrow.

Mendes subconsciously put AC Milan's invitation to the last place before considering it. After all, for the current Lin Yi, he still has no choice.

Barcelona does not look like a good place now, Ronaldinho has already secured the position of the main attacking midfielder there, and now even if Deco has the hope of transferring there, he may not replace the Brazilian to play As a front midfielder, Rijkaard's kind of guy will not take risks easily.

Moreover, Barcelona's invitation this time seems more like arguing with their old opponents. They do not have a complete introduction plan.

Mendes also knows that there are too many talents in the La Masia base, and those Catalans are sometimes a bit xenophobic when they use people.

Especially now that Barcelona has recently added a lot of youth team players from the second tier, people like Messi have gradually begun to enter the main lineup.

Laporta also had the lowest transfer fee in a transfer invitation, so in terms of sincerity, he obviously failed to impress Mendes.

The transfer market is sometimes like this, it will become a weapon to attack opponents, like Barcelona's ambiguous invitation this time, belongs to this category.

On the one hand, it can tell its competitors in this way, I am going to spend a lot of money to buy someone, and you are behind this time, and the grievances between that kid Lin Yi and the Madrid people are also a very good hype theme, Anyway, the Catalans use various means to disgust each other.

But this time Florentino was not idle, he also offered an offer to Lin Yi, and the price was higher than that of Barcelona.

"Hey, can't these two terrible teams stop and run on each other in their own territory? Why do you have to involve this transfer? It's really messy."

Mendes has nothing to do with this kind of secret battle in the transfer market. Who makes these giants all masters? He still can't provoke this group of traditional forces.

Perhaps the conditions proposed by those Englishmen are the most reliable, but four or five bid together, alas, this still gives him a headache to death.

But in this summer's transfer market, Mendes and many of his players are destined to become the focus of attention throughout Europe. Mendes, who holds a large number of Porto player agency contracts, can be said to have completely become the transfer market this time. The red man on the Internet, those teams are scrambling to contact him.

After all, this group of champions of the Champions League is in a peak state, and their performance in the final is indeed dazzling.

Busy will be a working state for Mendes throughout the summer. He has no time to enjoy the joy of vacation, but for him, making money is also a different kind of happiness. According to his conservative estimate, the whole summer will be from him The players who are fooled out must be worth at least [-] million euros.

And Lin Yi is definitely a blockbuster in the transfer market. . .

(The Rockets may be most proud of holding Yao Ming's big contract. In the last year, $1800 million is enough for them to free up a lot of salary space. This is a typical NBA world.)
(End of this chapter)