Beast King Costa

Chapter 177 Mendez Is Busy (2 in 1)

"8 goals in 11 games! This little guy is simply a treasure!"

Jorge Mendes took a sip of Lafite and watched the reporters chasing Diego for interviews on the screen. Diego was so shy that he hid himself in various ways, he couldn't help smiling heartily: "It seems that my eyes are all good. Well!"

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Unlike in the past, when the last round will definitely appear in the home stands of a certain club, today Jorge Mendes rarely sits in the office of the chairman of his "base camp" Gestifute International brokerage company, and uses two computers to finish watching. City of Lisbon, live broadcast of two matches at the same time.

Benfica easily beat Ferreira 6-1!
Sporting Lisbon lost 1 to 2 to Braga!
For Benfica's 6-1 defeat of Ferreira, let alone Jorge Mendes, almost all Portuguese fans can guess that it will be a big victory.

Although Ricardo Rocha made a stupid handball in the penalty area at the last moment and was pulled into one by Ferre and failed to win a clean sheet, overall, this score was enough for the audience to enjoy the feast of goals in the last game .

only……

Because in another venue in Lisbon, Sporting Lisbon failed to win Braga, which made Benfica's final ranking this season fixed at No. 4 in the league and missed the UEFA Champions League next season.

Therefore, Benfica fans are not satisfied with this big victory.

Or it should be said that Benfica fans are quite dissatisfied with the performance of the home team this season.

But fortunately, after the end of the last round of the Portuguese Super League - in fact, the end of the game at the Jose Alvalade Stadium, after confirming that Benfica will not qualify for the Champions League next season, the Benfica club officially gave a notice .

"After friendly consultations between Sporting Club Benfica and head coach Ronald Koeman and his coaching staff, an agreement has been reached: both parties agree to terminate the contract early, and Coach Ronald Koeman will no longer be the man of Sporting Club Benfica next season. The head coach of the football team. The club sincerely wishes Coach Ronald Koeman to create better results after returning to the Dutch league!"

The meaning on paper is very clear: Ronald Koeman is responsible for Benfica's poor season, and Ronald Koeman will return to coach in the Dutch League next season.

However, fans have new questions - so, who will be Benfica's head coach next season?
In this regard, the official spokesperson of the Benfica club chose to keep silent, and did not leak any rumors.

"The head coach for next season has been determined, and the signings for the new season have already started ahead of schedule. After the team's signings are completed, the new coach will officially meet with the fans. During the off-season, I hope The fans are keeping a close eye on the team's dynamics, and I believe there will be information about the new coach soon."

In the end, under the persevering questioning of the fans, the spokesperson of the Benfica club revealed such little news.

"I can only tell you that the new coach is from Portugal! As for the specific name of the coach, in order to start the signing work for the new season smoothly, the club decided to keep it secret for the time being."

After the Benfica club announced the Dutchman Ronald Koeman's dismissal, next season will create club history. The Braga club, which entered the UEFA Champions League for the first time, also publicly announced the relationship with the meritorious coach Jesuardo. News of Ferreira's three-year contract extension.

Not only that, the official spokesperson of the Braga club also said: "In order to prepare for the final round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying match in the new season, the team began to screen signings immediately after the game. The club will invest in the transfer market. Huge sums of money, the introduction of a number of strong and immediate combat forces, to supplement the thickness of the lineup for the third-line battle next season! I look forward to more Portuguese Super League fans paying attention to Braga's performance in the new season."

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Whether it is Benfica's new head coach He Fangshen, or Braga's signing list for next season's UEFA Champions League, Jorge Gate, who is sitting comfortably in the office of the chairman of the Gestifute International brokerage company, Des, it can be said that he already knew it well.

The offseason is a vacation paradise for players, and it is the hardest and most tiring period for professional agents.

Especially Jorge Mendes, a predator who can help a team rebuild to the top of the league on his own, is even more busy.

You know, at the end of the match between Sporting Lisbon and Braga, Jorge Mendes' cell phone has been ringing for an unknown number of times.

As for those who call Jorge Mendes, they are all the absolute talkers of the club, and even the existence at the top of the pyramid like the club chairman.

And what they called Jorge Mendes in such a hurry was just a player!
Braga No. 88, the Brazilian teenager who is about to turn 18, Diego Costa!

Just as Jorge Mendes was about to close his eyes and rest for a while, his premium Nokia rang again.

"Hey."

"Haha! Mr. Mendez, it's me, Felipe Vieira."

"Ah! It's Chairman Vieira! Hello, hello."

"Regarding the transfer of Diego Costa, we at Benfica hope to finalize it as soon as possible. The basic transfer fee you mentioned before plus floating terms, the total transfer fee is 680 million euros, and the club's marketing department held a meeting..."

"Wait! Wait, Mr. Vieira..."

At this time, Jorge Mendes showed a smile that belonged to the winner: "This transfer fee quotation totaling 680 million euros should have been a week ago, right? We agreed at that time when to make the final decision. Coming? Sorry, I've been busy recently and forgot when I agreed to reply."

"what……"

The tone of Felipe Vieira, the chairman of the Benfica club on the other end of the phone, was quite embarrassed, but I don’t know if Felipe Vieira’s heart has already begun: MMP, the fox Mendes must want to sit on the ground again. price!

"We agreed to make the final decision the day before yesterday. We should be the ones to apologize, Mr. Mendes. Because Diego is relatively young, we need to conduct a more specific and detailed investigation on him to assess a more accurate net worth. .In the end we decided that Diego was definitely worth the 680 million euros, so..."

Jorge Mendes interrupted Felipe Vieira again: "Oh! So the final decision was made the day before yesterday? It's okay!"

"Um???"

"Hey, Mr. Vieira, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!"

The smile on Jorge Mendes' face became stronger at this time: "Just now, David, the head of Porto's marketing department, called me and they hoped to bring Diego to the dragon for a transfer fee of 800 million euros." What about the stadium! Fortunately, the time we agreed to reply was the day before yesterday, so I can start formal negotiations with Porto with confidence."

"Eight million euros!??"

Felipe Vieira on the other end of the phone was completely shocked.

At this time, the chairman of Benfica is so regretful!

If you don't hold back soso, you have initialed Diego's future a long time ago, so which round will you get such a low price from Mendes now?

In today’s last round, after Diego Costa scored twice at the Jose Alvalade Stadium, presumably, the entire Portuguese Super League team with enough transfer budget will contact Jorge Mendes About the future of Diego Costa?

Seeing that Felipe Vieira was silent on the other end of the phone, Jorge Mendes responded with a smile: "Let's do it! Chairman Vieira, can we make another appointment for formal negotiations? Hey! Another call came in, from Sporting Lisbon president Bruno de Carvalho!"

"I see!"

Felipe Vieira on the other end of the phone understood that the transfer of Diego could not be delayed any longer and had to be confirmed quickly—otherwise, God knows how high the transfer fee would be.

So Felipe Vieira said decisively: "Then make an appointment tomorrow afternoon! I will go to Gestifute International to find you."

"Okay! Then I will wait for you, Chairman Vieira, at the company tomorrow afternoon."

After hanging up, Jorge Mendes picked up another cell phone and connected the call.

"Long time no contact, Chairman Carvalho!"

"Haha! Jorge, your voice is always so young... Oh! When will you marry your beautiful Italian supermodel girlfriend? You have to invite me to your wedding! I have to go to the scene to witness you It's a big event in the life of a 'Football Buffett'."

"Italian supermodel... er, who is it? Oh! I remembered, you said Luna..."

Jorge Mendes was slightly embarrassed and used a smile to hide his helpless heart: "Haha! She is already my ex-ex. My trusted girlfriend is Austrian."

"Tsk tsk, it's still you, Jorge, who is suave and suave, really enviable!"

"Haha! Chairman Carvalho, you are the real football hero."

"How can there be, now that I am getting old, I feel tired of going out to drink! Oh, let's not talk about this, let's talk about business."

Obviously, Bruno de Carvalho does not intend to spend too much time "commercially exchanging words" with Jorge Mendes-Jorge Mendes has no idea about this "blowing" technique. He has the ability to blow up the entire earth, how can he waste time on this aspect.

I saw Bruno de Carvalho go straight to the topic and said: "It is a pity for us Sporting Lisbon today. In the last round of the league, we were not able to give back to the audience a hearty victory at home. Even Braga broke the curse of invincibility as a guest. .So let’s go! I want to recruit some young blood to the team, stimulate the veterans of the team, so that they can play more stably next season.”

"Ah! It is necessary to keep the players in the team healthy through signings."

Although Jorge Mendes had already guessed the purpose of Bruno de Carvalho's call and who he was, he still asked very comfortably: "So, Chairman Carvalho hopes to start from Which player does Gestifute International introduce? I can help you to see the contract period first."

"I think Braga's No. 88 teenager Diego Costa is pretty good. He has amazing physical fitness and full impact. He is very suitable to become the next striker of Sporting Lisbon."

"Oh! It turns out that you, Chairman Carvalho, have fallen in love with Diego! Let me show you Diego's contract period now."

Jorge Mendes pretended to be stunned, and pretended to look over Diego's contract, and deliberately left Bruno de Carvalho for more than a minute.

"That's right, Diego and Braga's contract period is still two years away. If your club wants to acquire Diego, you will have to pay a transfer fee!"

"The transfer fee is definitely required, how about..."

On the other end of the phone, Bruno De Carvalho paused, and then his voice suddenly became lower: "I just made an evaluation with the club's marketing department. After Diego Costa played in the Portuguese Super League in the second half, 8 With 11 goals and 5 assists per game, the transfer fee should be at least 500 million euros! The marketing department’s previous offer was too conservative.”

"So? Chairman Carvalho, do you mean to change the offer to 500 million euros?"

"Yes! This offer, I think, fully matches the worth of a young player like Diego Costa."

"Well, I also think Diego can afford the price. Hehe..."

After a weird laugh, Jorge Mendes began to throw out his various cards of "starting from the floor": "Before, Chairman Vieira of Benfica negotiated with me a transfer fee of 680 million euros. After the game just now, David, the head of Porto's marketing department, called me and said that Chairman Da Costa hopes to bring Diego to the Dragon Stadium with a transfer fee of 800 million euros!"

"This……"

Bruno de Carvalho is not an idiot, he fully understands that Jorge Mendes is disgusted that his offer is too conservative.

"Haha! If Chairman Carvalho has an updated intention to quote for Diego, please feel free to contact me... Ah! The person in charge of Rio Avi's marketing department also sent me a text message."

Jorge Mendes looked at the latest text message of his premium Nokia, and smiled with satisfaction: "Rio Avi also offered Diego a transfer fee of 600 million euros, of which 20 % of follow-up transfer share. This condition can definitely be called the word 'sincerity'!"

When referring to "sincerity", Jorge Mendes also deliberately emphasized his tone.

The meaning of this is quite obvious: look at other people's quotations, and then look at your quotations, search and search, and be the chairman of the club!
"It seems that the young player Diego Costa is very popular! Ha, it seems that the researchers of our club's marketing department are incompetent and have not been able to give a correct evaluation of the transfer value."

After all, Bruno de Carvalho quickly added: "Jorge, how about it! Let's make an appointment for an interview. Before that, regarding the future of Diego Costa, I hope you can wait for our interview to finish Make sure, okay?"

"Of course there is no problem, Mr. Carvalho. Let's make an appointment to discuss this matter in person."

Having said that, Jorge Mendes understands that he has won a big victory-no matter which club Diego ends up going to, he will definitely benefit a lot from Diego's transfer operation.

But more helpless!

Because of Diego's hot performance, I will definitely be very, very busy this offseason.

(PS: Today, two chapters 2 in 1 will be released directly! Evergrande won 2-0 tonight. This season’s Super League is basically the finale. The only suspense is the ownership of the FA Cup champion. Personally, I am more optimistic about Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.)
(End of this chapter)