atypical center forward

Chapter 8

Except for the Premier League, the winter break of other mainstream leagues starts before Christmas and starts again in early January. The winter transfer window of Spanish leagues at all levels will also open on January [-]rd and will not close until the end of the month.

During the winter transfer season, the league is already halfway through. The biggest significance of this transfer window is to let the clubs make up for the gaps. Few teams will make any big moves at this time. Generally, they just make some simple repairs to the lineup. However, this year's La Liga is a bit abnormal.

First, Atletico Madrid brought Diego Costan back to Madrid with a price of 6000 million euros shortly after Christmas, and then Luis Lua's transfer drama, which has been dragging for a whole year, finally came to an end.

Lua is one of the hottest attackers in today's football. He is 25 years old this year and is in the golden age of a player. This talented player from Brazil is not only outstanding in technique, fast, but also very good at capturing opportunities to score goals. He can be said to be the most terrifying all-around killer on the green field. One of the leading figures in the altar in the next ten years.

Barcelona paid a price of [-] million euros to bring the Brazilian to the Nou Camp, which made other greedy clubs envy and hate.

You must know that after Lua came to Barcelona, ​​he would not be able to participate in this year's Champions League, but Barcelona still bought him in a hurry. Everyone knows why.

Sitting on five superstars, Real Madrid has successfully run-in under the guidance of the Portuguese coach. Not only did they kill in every field last season, but they also overwhelmed the La Liga teams this season. It is completely dominating the world.

Barcelona, ​​which is at the juncture of the transition from the old to the new, is unfavorable in signings in the summer, and now it can only spare no expense in the transfer market.

With the excellent performance in the last game, Chu Yang originally thought that the turbulent super transfer had nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect that a phone call from the club's commercial director shattered his illusion.

"Chu, I'm very sorry, you are no longer in our plan for the second half of the season, I think you can contact other clubs."

"Currently, the club has received formal offers from five clubs, three from China, one from the Eredivisie, and one from the West Second Division. Please think carefully about it, and we will respect your choice."

Your Excellency the supervisor didn't say much, but the meaning is very clear.

You have been listed for sale. If there is a club you want to go to, you can come and recommend yourself. If not, choose one of the clubs that made the offer. We are very humane and will fully respect the wishes of the players. Barabara.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yang twirled the phone between his five fingers, but his mind was elsewhere.

Wasn't it expected to be sold, why is it still a bit unwilling...

Of course there are clubs that he likes, but they are all the ones that he likes and others don't like him, so the only five clubs that can choose are the five clubs that made the offer.

Putting the three Chinese Super League teams aside, La Liga is a bit low-level for someone like him who entered La Liga at the beginning of his career, so he doesn't think about it, so the Eredivisie is the first thing that comes to mind.

"Einhorn? Damn, I can't speak Dutch."

As soon as this kind of complaint came out, the mobile phone in my hand rang. It was an unfamiliar number, from Spain. Who knew that when I got connected, the voice from the opposite side was not English or Spanish, but the all-too-familiar Chinese.

"Hello, is this Chu Yang?" A very mellow male voice.

"It's me, who are you?"

"I'm Chen Ping, the chairman of Valencia Club. I think you should know why I contacted you, right?"

"I know." Valencia is one of the clubs that made an offer to Depor.

The football structure in this world is slightly different from Chu Yang's previous life. The top teams are still familiar ones, but there are also some familiar strong teams that have become weak, and some thousand-year-old weak teams have become strong teams.

The most obvious one is Valencia. This quasi-rich team from Chu Yang’s previous life has become a weak team that can only struggle in the Second Division. Although it also had glory in La Liga and the Champions League, it has basically been reduced to a belly that has failed every year.

But it was just a surprise. He was not a fan of the Bat Legion in his previous life, so he didn't have any detailed understanding of Valencia after coming here.

Chen Pingdao: "I'm in La Coruña now, I wonder if you have time to come out and have a chat?"

"Oh?" Chu Yang didn't expect the other party to be so sincere, "Of course."

Most clubs in Spain are joint-stock, not membership-based as many people imagine. The chairman of these clubs is the representative of the major shareholders in the club and is responsible for managing the daily affairs of the club. Of course, some major shareholders also serve as chairman themselves. I just don’t know what type of Mr. Chen Ping is.

It happened to be meal time now, or Chen Ping deliberately chose to call Chu Yang at the time of meal time, and he directly chose a high-end restaurant in La Coruña as the meeting place.

Chu Yang, who was still doubting whether Chen Ping might be Korean or Singaporean, instantly confirmed Chen Ping's identity.

Talking about things at the dinner table has national characteristics.

Chen Ping looked about 50 years old, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, suits and leather shoes, he looked like a business elite, but to Chu Yang's surprise, he was not talking about him, but another young man.

He looked less than 30 years old, and he was very handsome. He was only a little shorter than Chu Yang, and his height of about 1.7 meters was more than enough among Chinese people.

The young man stretched out his hand and said, "Hi, Chu Yang, I am the chairman of Valencia Club, Xiao Luo."

He paused as he spoke, as if to add weight to himself, he added: "That Xiao from Tenglong."

Tenglong Group, the largest Internet company in Huaguo, they run the country's largest social platform Weibo, the largest communication software Weichat is developed by them, the largest search engine Qianxun is operated by them, and the largest shopping website Taobai is also created by them.

Just imagine what it was like when the three BAT giants in Chu Yang's previous life gathered together, and you can know the size of the Tenglong Group in this world.

Xiao Yu, the helm of Tenglong, is only in his 50s, but he has been the richest man in Asia for five consecutive years. The life of this business tycoon can be called a legend, and it is not an exaggeration to say that his life is cheating.

Everyone in the country knows that Xiao Yu has an only son, but they know very little about his son, and now it seems that he is the one in front of him.

"I didn't expect to meet the legendary Prince Tenglong in a foreign land. It's a pleasure to meet him," Chu Yang said. "It's not realistic to buy Real Madrid and Manchester United, but it's not difficult to buy a mid-lower team in the top league with Tenglong's financial resources? Why did Xiao Dong go to the second division to play?"

Xiao Luo explained with a smile: "Of course it is not difficult for Tenglong, but it is not easy for me."

"I understand when you say that," Chu Yang said, "What is this? The heir's test game or the rich second generation's hobby?"

Xiao Luo looked at Chu Yang, and said earnestly: "No, it's the main business, the kind where most of my heart and soul are put on it."

Chu Yang rubbed his nose and asked knowingly, "Okay, what's the purpose?"

Xiao Luo didn't answer his question, but asked: "Do you know why Laco listed you?"

"The strength is not enough."

"That's right," Xiao Luo nodded and said, "They want to buy Bulmondo, and they have already made preparations, so you are naturally redundant."

"No wonder." Chu Yang smiled wryly. He and Bulmondo, no matter how stupid they are, knew how to choose.

"You are quite calm." Xiao Luo has been observing Chu Yang, "Are you not convinced?"

"There's nothing unconvinced. It's still the same sentence. I'm not strong enough. I'm convinced." Chu Yang took a sip of the tea in front of him. "I didn't expect that my strength would be able to enter Xiao Dong's eyes. I'm a little flattered."

"Mr. Chu is being modest. You may think that we wanted to bring you to Valencia because of your performance in the last game, but it's not true," Chen Ping, who had been silent all along, continued, "Director Xiao has taken a fancy to you a long time ago, and this offer has been prepared a long time ago. We have already prepared a generous contract for you."

Just as Chu Yang said to Xiao Luo in his heart that your vision is really not very good, Xiao Luo's next words made him understand that he was thinking too much.

"At first, I thought that everyone was Chinese, and it would be helpful to help. Anyway, you are having a bad time in Deportivo. I also need some gimmicks to attract domestic fans. In addition, the scouts recognize your professional attitude, so I asked them to pay more attention. I didn't expect you to perform a hat-trick before the start of the transfer period. Even Einhorn was attracted. You must be thinking about where to learn Dutch."

Chu Yang nonchalantly said without embarrassment at all: "It's nothing, it's all part-time work anyway. If I can choose, I still hope that my boss is Chinese."

Xiao Luo didn't expose him, but asked: "Do you know what price Laco offered you?"

"I remember that Laco was very optimistic about me at the beginning. The liquidated damages are 1000 million. It seems that the transfer fee cannot be higher than this. I guess," Chu Yang said, "900 million?"

"You really think highly of yourself," Xiao Luo said with a smile, "500 million, bargaining should be able to reduce the price by more than 100 million."

"More than 300 million? That's quite valuable." He couldn't remember the exact exchange rate between the euro and the renminbi. Anyway, it was about one to eight, and more than 300 million euros was at least more than 2000 million yuan.

"The market valuation of 50 is the sky's the limit. In a seller's market, the price is just sitting on the floor," Xiao Luo said. "Who doesn't know that China is taking a lot of money now."

"Well, it's really a heart-wrenching story."

Xiao Luo tapped his fingers on the table lightly, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Einhorn is only willing to pay you 60 yuan, but I kind of want to pay the more than 300 million yuan."

"Because of those three goals?" Chu Yang smiled, "I'm not afraid, I'm just lucky, okay?"

"It's still worth the gamble," Xiao Luo also smiled, "My vision and luck have always been good."

"This is a fact," Chu Yang continued, "It can be seen from the reincarnation."

Xiao Luo gestured to Chen Ping with his eyes, and Chen Ping took out a contract from his briefcase, and pushed it in front of Chu Yang.

"This is my sincerity. I just revised it last night. You can take a look at it first. Sign for three years, with an annual salary of 100 million euros, liquidated damages of [-] yuan, and other bonuses." Xiao Luo said, "I want to see who is taking advantage of it."

Chu Yang couldn't help laughing again, and said, "Dong Xiao is indeed very confident in his vision."

He doesn't know what level an annual salary of 100 million is considered in West Second Division, but it should be the top group, and the liquidated damages of one yuan is no longer a miracle.

The so-called penalty is a fee that the buyer must pay to the seller when the player wants to leave and the buyer wants to buy, but the seller does not want to let the player go. It sounds like a mouthful, but it is actually a player's buyout fee.

It stands to reason that the more optimistic the club is about a player, the higher the liquidated damages set will be. When the player has to leave before the contract expires, the club can still make a fortune from it.

Now Xiao Luo is doing the opposite. The liquidated damages are one yuan, which is no different from free. This means that he is confident that Chu Yang will not leave voluntarily, or that Chu Yang does not want to stay in Valencia, and the club will never stop him.

This is a contract that is far more charismatic than commercial, filled with the romance of idealists and the willful behavior of prodigals. It is more a gentleman's agreement than a legal contract. In the eyes of outsiders, it may be no different at all.

This rich second generation has quite a personality.

With such thoughts in mind, Chu Yang stretched out his hand and shook Xiao Luo's hand again.

"Happy cooperation, boss."

(End of this chapter)