Manchester United legend

Chapter 194 Jost transfer?
In English football after June, apart from the national team worrying about the European qualifiers, the club cares about the coaches and players.

Ferguson spent an unforgettable summer: he gave himself a long vacation, and then sent the team to visit Australia and Asia, gave Beckham a vacation, and blessed Beckham's wedding. He himself received an honor from the British royal family.

Of course, it wasn't all good news this summer.

For Ferguson, the biggest worry is the renewal of captain Jost, which has been plagued by Manchester United for almost a year.

The contract between Jost and Manchester United will expire in the summer of 2000, and once the renewal conditions cannot be negotiated, Jost can join other teams for free next summer—even after New Year's Day in 2000, he can negotiate freely with other teams.

Jost's difficulty in renewing his contract with Manchester United is salary.Jost hopes to significantly increase his salary when he signs a new contract with Manchester United, while Manchester United hopes to reduce salary expenditure as much as possible, and does not want to have to adjust the team's salary structure because of Jost.

When the media interviewed him, Jost revealed that he did have the idea of ​​leaving Manchester United due to the contradiction of contract renewal.

Because at that time, many rich and upstarts called him, and his salary was much higher than that of Manchester United.Of course, Jost still wants to stay at Manchester United, if he gets the salary he wants.Therefore, in that summer, the Manchester United club, including Ferguson, fell into a difficult struggle to retain Jost.

There were so many suitors, and the dowry seemed unbelievably rich. It was a deep temptation for both Manchester United and Jost.

The Serie A giants Lazio were the first to make an offer, and the Blue Eagles brandished a lot of money from selling Vieri in front of Manchester United.

They offered Jost an attractive transfer fee of 72000 million pounds!For Jost personally, Lacy will pay more than twice the salary that Jost currently earns at Manchester United!That means that Jost's salary will reach [-] pounds a week!
If Lazio is not enough weight, then the offer from Juventus will definitely worry Ferguson.Not long after Lazio broke the news of the offer for Jost, the Italian media declared that "Jost will definitely leave Manchester United to join Juventus after the end of this season!"

The media reported that Juventus had "successfully persuaded Jost to sign a franchise agreement with them with an annual salary of 400 million pounds." After Jost rejected Manchester United's weekly salary of 600 pounds, Juventus proposed a four-year contract worth [-] million pounds to Jost!
Even Real Madrid joined in the fun.Spanish media broke the news that Real Madrid is willing to pay up to 600 million pounds in signing fees to lure Jost away from Old Trafford.

Not only that, Real Madrid even promised Jose that he can become the second highest paid football player in the world!Real Madrid will give Jost favorable conditions in other aspects, such as providing Jost with an annual salary of 300 million pounds and allowing Jost to independently own the right of personal portrait, and gain income from the club’s sales of products with his personal image, and of course signing fees and other unspeakable secrets... In short, Real Madrid’s agent said, "Real Madrid’s promise will make Jost lead the salary list. He will not be inferior to any other athlete in the world."

The addition of Real Madrid made the situation even more confusing.For Manchester United, it is more passive.Jost's contract renewal negotiations actually started last season, and this summer has completely reached a deadlock-Manchester United will never agree to give Jost such a high salary for his new contract.The only way to retain Jost is through Ferguson and his teammates playing emotional cards.

Manchester United club chairman Edwards said: "We hope to keep Jost, we are very eager to renew his contract. Our negotiations are ongoing, the window is not closed, everything is still going on. I believe we will get a proper solution."

Edwards avoided talking about Jost's salary requirements, "We are a great club. As our captain, Jost has made irreplaceable contributions to our team. His connection with the fans is close. Here he has won our love and the best platform. We believe that he can continue to lead us to achieve more honors. Personally, we hope that he can stay."

Jost told the English media that he is not greedy, but he wants to get a salary commensurate with his worth.

Jost said: "Although I am the captain, I have moved my new home here and I have settled down, but if I am not satisfied with the new contract, I will not sign it. Although I have no idea about going to other clubs, it is not impossible. This is not a threat, this is life."

Jost said, "I admit that this matter is a pain for me. I hope to renew the contract as soon as possible. This is good for everyone, but I know it will take time. I have indeed rejected the new contract proposed by the club, and now we are still revising the terms. If the terms of the new contract do not satisfy me, I still can't sign. I don't want to sell myself cheap. If it is really the same, it seems that I have to look farther, and I may go to the European continent."

Ferguson did not get involved in negotiations with Jost this summer.However, he has explained to the board of directors that Jost is "indispensable" and is the "core and cornerstone" of Manchester United. Manchester United cannot let the team's best players go because of salary issues.

Teammate Giggs sincerely asked Jost to stay: "I can represent all Manchester United players, we all hope that he will stay, because he is a great player and a very influential leader."

Giggs also used more victories as a weight to retain, "Although Manchester United achieved brilliant victories last season, we still want to win trophies. I am sure Jost is the same as us in this regard. We hope to continue to strive for honor in the European arena. This will be a great goal for Jost."

Negotiations are progressing slowly, and although Jost is still tough, he has saved enough face for Manchester United.Jost said: "I don't want to blackmail the club. I'm not the kind of arrogant person, and I'm not a fool. I won't ask for bankruptcy because I want to keep me. I know the club has rules. If they think it's too much, they will certainly not agree to my request. In fact, I want to end this matter as soon as possible. The sooner the better, this is good for everyone."

At the critical moment, Ferguson’s retention is the magic needle. Ferguson said, “Retaining Jost will be the new foundation for us to move forward. In European clubs, our issues are actually the same-records, honors, medals and fans’ appreciation. I think Jost has started to win all these at Manchester United, and this is the glory he created with us. This is far more precious than other opportunities. It’s not just a question of money.”

Ferguson believes that Jost decided to stay at Old Trafford.Of course, negotiations are still tough.After talking with Jost, Ferguson said, "Jost decided to wait until the end of this year to make a decision, until then he is still our captain.

I respect him and know that he thinks a lot about the future. Many clubs are very interested in him, but whether it is Juventus, Inter Milan or Real Madrid, there will not be much change.He doesn't just think about salary.

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