Father Green

Chapter 100: Closing the gap

Seven players cost £550m, plus the £300m paid to Manchester United's Paul Pogba minus Dean Hammond's transfer income of £150m, Charlotte have spent £700m so far up.

Half of the transfer funds of 500 million pounds were spent at once, but the team's shortcomings still haven't been improved. Can the coaching staff not be in a hurry? !
As everyone knows, not only the chairman of Santos, Luis da Oliveira Ribeiro, is also bleeding in his heart: "I have lost nearly 1000 million euros!!!"

Oliveira really wants to scold Porto, damn, you need this player, why didn’t you say it earlier, you said earlier that we will definitely keep it for you, Southampton has been approaching since last summer until this year The transfer contract was not officially finalized until around Christmas
Oliveira just knew that Santos had prepared 1000 million euros, but he was confident that he would "drive up" the price to around 300 million euros, just like the previous offer from Southampton was only 200 million euros, but he was abruptly rejected. He doubled.

I thought I made a profit before, but now I realize that I have lost a lot.
In fact, in football kingdoms such as Argentina and Brazil, the price of a young player who has not experienced European league experience is generally not too high. Considering that Danilo is only 20 years old and is still a defender, and the buyer needs The price of more than 400 million euros for a team in the English League with a labor certificate is quite reasonable.

But I never expected that Danilo is still a hot commodity, and Porto, the "big money lord", is also thinking about Brazil's right wing back
In fact, Southampton's transfer fee not only cost 700 million pounds, but also a transfer worth 350 million pounds has not been announced. Charlotte introduced the Brazilian full-back from Santos in Brazil and then directly loaned it to the cooperative La Liga team. Team Getafe.

In the office of the Portuguese Porto club, Porto's general manager Antero Enrique almost roared at the scouts in the conference room: "Who can tell me who is following up at the Brazilian Santos club?" What?! It was able to be poached from under our noses in Porto, who abducted Danilo from Brazil??"

Antero Enrique is like an angry lion at the moment, his hair is standing on end. Although there are few hairs on his Mediterranean hairstyle.

Scout Andema Lopez raised his hand weakly: "Southampton. Southampton in the English Champions League."

"WHAT??? What a hell, a club in the second-tier league actually poached the players we followed up, and we didn't know until after everyone signed. Who told me, has our scouting system in Porto already Paralyzed?"

That's right, the right back that has always made Charlotte envious is the Brazilian Danilo, the Brazilian right back who joined Porto from Santos according to the normal route, and then joined Real Madrid for more than 3000 million euros in the future.

In the summer of this season, Porto took aim at Santos, the Brazilian league powerhouse who won the Copa Libertadores. Originally they wanted to introduce Neymar, the number one star of Santos, but neither the price nor the player's own wishes could be negotiated. And the well-connected Porto general manager Antero Enrique found out that Barcelona had been inspecting Neymar for a long time.

Therefore, Porto decided to introduce the second star left back Alex Sandro in the Santos team. Finally, after a long tug-of-war, Porto got the player at a price of more than 900 million euros. The league's number one left wing back.

And Porto, which has tasted the sweetness of Alex Sandro for half a season, finally decided to introduce Santos' right wing back Danilo, who has performed well in this winter transfer period, so that Santos' left and right full backs can form a side in Porto. Guard system.

In the end, Porto did not expect that someone would rob the Brazilian right back under his nose, and the final transfer price directly made Antero Enrique scold Santos for not doing business.

"It's only over 400 million euros (£350 million)!!! Farke, those Brazilians sold Danilo at such a low price. The 'left thigh' sold for more than 900 million euros,' right How come the thighs are sold at half the price? Is there a big discount in the supermarket??" Antero Enrique's heart was almost bleeding.

They prepared 1000 million euros for Santos, but Santos was sold off at a price of more than 400 million euros a long time ago.
Oliveira, the chairman of Santos who was pounding his chest, decided to call Porto: "Hey, Antero, my friend. I'm sorry about Danilo. I didn't know that your club needed him. Otherwise, I will definitely keep him for you. After all, we have a friendly relationship of cooperation for many years. Oh, by the way, I don’t know if you still want a frontcourt attacker. Neymar? No, no, no. I’m still working on his contract renewal It's a headache, and in the end Barcelona are 'seducing' him. I'm going to introduce you to an attacking midfielder and attacking midfielder, our vice-captain Paul Henrik"

Charlotte didn't know that she had accidentally offended the European powerhouse Porto, of course, even if she knew, she wouldn't take it to heart.After all, one is in England and the other is in Portugal. The chances of the two teams encountering each other are very slim, and with the current finances of Southampton, it is impossible to buy players in the famous "European black shop".
After a big victory over the small team Port Vale in the FA Cup, Southampton returned to the league and encountered the "South Coast Derby".

The last South Coast Derby ended with a complete victory for the Saints, so Portsmouth is ready for the game at their own gate this time.

When the Southampton bus pulled into the city of Portsmouth, it was "warmly" welcomed by the Portsmouth fans, and when the bus entered the Falton Park Stadium Avenue, this welcome reached its climax, and it was necessary Xia Luo had to let the players close the windows and draw the curtains.

The two sides have been mortal enemies for nearly a century, and they hate each other to the bone, so it is not surprising that Southampton has this kind of treatment.

After the last round of rest, Charlotte has lined up all the main lineups for this game.One is that the current record of Portsmouth is outstanding, and the other is because this is a game that must be won.

The current Portsmouth ranks fifth in the standings and is one of the favorites for promotion this season.In the previous five games, Portsmouth, which was in good shape, won four victories, namely a [-]-[-] victory over Coventry, a [-]-[-] victory over Middlesbrough, a [-]-[-] and [-]-[-] victory over Blackpool and Hornets Watford.

The only game they lost was a [-]-[-] loss to the tough Reading team.

It can be said that none of the opponents in these five games was a big team, and all of them were strong teams in the British Championship.And Portsmouth can achieve such good results naturally attracted the attention of Charlotte.

But Charlotte still played the role of Portsmouth's nemesis, and Charlotte's team won the derby [-]-[-] at Farton Park.

The only conceded goal was because Portsmouth made a big push at the last moment and scored from the position of the exhausted veteran Gary Monk. It can be said to be a consolation goal for Portsmouth at home.

Although the game was won, Charlotte didn't seem too happy, because the team's second-leading scorer, Sturridge, was carried off on a stretcher by the opponent's malicious foul.

Sturridge, who scored twice and is also the core of Southampton's offense, naturally suffered malicious revenge from the rival players. Charlotte was dissatisfied with such a big move. Sturridge was carried off by the opponent on a stretcher. All got a yellow card.

Charlotte was so angry that she cursed on the sidelines: "The evil home field advantage"

Schneiderlin had just recovered from his injury. In this game, he came off the bench in No. 70 minutes to find his status, but then Sturridge was injured again.

After the game, the team doctor reported that Sturridge would need at least two weeks to recover from his injury, and it would be next month when the "Black Swan" recovered from his injury.

As a result, both the team's No. 31 and No. [-] scorers were injured, and it will take until the game against Crystal Palace on January [-] to wait for these two "thighs" to fully recover from their injuries.

After the derby with Portsmouth, Charlotte finally made up for the team's shortcomings.Southampton announced the introduction of their Spanish youth player Daniel Carvajal from Real Madrid. Although the transfer fee has not been announced, "Aspen" speculates that the transfer fee should not be high, close to 300 million euros .

Carvajal's transfer fee is indeed not high. Charlotte spent 250 million pounds for this, and if it is converted into euros, it is almost in line with the speculation of "Aspen".After all, Real Madrid has never been a team that makes profits in the transfer market. The price of their youth training products is very low. It can be said that Real Madrid's youth training system supports most of the La Liga teams.
And the biggest problem with this transfer is to persuade Carvajal to join a second-tier league team. Fortunately, Charlotte has a good eloquence. The action is "career planning".

In the end, Carvajal agreed to Southampton's transfer request. After all, Southampton's promotion prospects this season are very great. After half a season, they may be a Premier League team, and Charlotte also told Carvajal this. Half a month in the English Championship is considered as a running-in period for him to become familiar with the English league, and he will not be able to truly become familiar with the Premier League until next season.

When someone comes, someone will naturally leave.The right back Dan Haroldin, who played a handful of games in the hands of Charlotte this season, was sold by Charlotte to the Ipswich Town team at a price of 50 pounds. The small town team wants to fight on multiple lines this season. A lot of substitute players are needed.

It is worth mentioning that after selling Hanodin, Charlotte received an email asking for a price. The Premier League local tycoon Manchester City is asking the price of the youth team teenager Luke Shaw.

The most famous young player in the Southampton youth training camp is Luke Shaw. Before Charlotte took office, this handsome guy was already famous. After transforming the opponent into a "wing back", he shined even more. He always performed very well in the first team's few opportunities to play. He has already squeezed out the former Southampton coach Adkins The Scottish full-back Fox, who spent more than 100 million pounds to poach from the Celtics, is gone.

And Luke Shaw has officially become the representative of Southampton's outstanding youth training after Bell, Walcott, Chamberlain and Lallana.

Luke Shaw is an important member of Charlotte's future plans, and Charlotte will not be sold easily.And even if Luke Shaw wants to sell it now, he can't sell it for much price, so Charlotte declined Manchester City's request to buy.

Although Manchester City has started the "buy, buy, buy" model since the era of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, this "global purchase" model has been thoroughly carried forward in the hands of the oil tycoons in the Middle East.But Manchester City is still interested in these young players. After all, smart club operators know that the long-term model of buying top superstars is not a long-term solution.

After all, the team's 23-man roster always needs some youth players, so teams like Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea recruit some young players aged 16 to 19 from all over the world.

Charlotte never expected that Manchester City did not give up. They offered a buyout price of 300 million pounds a day later.

If it is the price of 300 million for other players, Charlotte will be sold directly, but excellent youth training products such as Luke Shaw, Ward Prowse and Jack Sinclair will never budge.

But Charlotte also knew that she rejected Manchester City once, and Manchester City would send another email in a few days.So in order to solve the problem once, Charlotte replied an email to Manchester City.

Want Luke Shaw?Yes, a one-off price of 4000 million pounds, no bargaining!

Sure enough, when Charlotte's offer was sent, there was no response from Manchester City.

You must know that Walcott and Chamberlain were famous before, and they were both famous in the first team. They were taken away by Wenger at a price of 500 million pounds and 1000 to [-] million pounds respectively by Arsenal.

As for 16-year-old Luke Shaw?Manchester City just "hehe".