I Want to Be the King of Football

Eaton Square, London.

Abramović sat upright in the living room, with a stack of freshly baked newspapers on the coffee table in front of him.

Without exception, the front page or important pages are all news reports about Valencia winning the Champions League.

Sudong's name appeared again and again in the newspapers and caught Abramović's attention.

Sitting in front of him are the leading figures of Chelsea. Chairman Bruce Barker is the old team when Abramovich bought Chelsea, Peter Kenyon is a capable man poached from Manchester United with a high salary, and female assistant Marina Guerra Novsky was Abramović's longtime confidant.

Anyone can see that when these three characters gather together, there must be a big event going to happen.

AC Milan rejected our offer again! Peter Kenyon reported reluctantly.

This is obviously not good news.

Abramovich was expressionless and nodded lightly, indicating that he heard it.

This is our second offer, reminded Peter Kenyon.

Chelsea made an offer to AC Milan for the first time in March for the Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shevchenko. At that time, the first offer was 35 million euros plus Crespo, which was quite a weight. price.

But AC Milan refused!

AC Milan's sporting director Braida even publicly responded to Chelsea in the media: Please forget Shevchenko! Don't play his mind again, we will not sell any of the top stars, including Shevchenko.

This is a very clear signal.

But Abramovich was eager for talent, and after re-preparing, he made another offer not long ago.

This time, he took out 15 million euros of private money directly from his own pocket and added it to Chelsea's transfer budget, with a total price of 50 million euros, plus Crespo, Hasselbaink And Mutu, the three players randomly choose one as a head, as long as AC Milan is willing to let Shevchenko transfer.

Unexpectedly, AC Milan refused again!

What did Damiani say? Abramović asked with concern.

Shevchenko is Ukrainian and has a close personal relationship with Abramovich. His agent is naturally familiar with Abramovich, and even, in private, they have both talked about Shevchenko's transfer to Chelsea. , I do not know how many times I have communicated.

Damiani said that AC Milan is preparing a new contract to increase Shevchenko's annual salary to 5.2 million euros, which is already a very high price, because Serie A players are generally declining. Salary, it is very difficult for Shevchenko to refuse such a contract extension.

After a pause, Peter Kenyon continued: He also said that if AC Milan does not change his mind, Shevchenko will continue to choose to play for the Rossoneri, and he does not rule out rejecting our invitation in front of the media. .

After Abramovich heard it, his face was a little ugly.

He understands that this means that the possibility of Shevchenko's transfer to Chelsea is getting smaller and smaller, and even gradually tends to be impossible.

After the Russian billionaire landed in the UK, he waved the banknotes in his hands, and he was almost always at a disadvantage, but it happened to his compatriot Shevchenko that he valued the most, and he kept hitting the rocks, which made his mood never improve.

Turning to look at the newspaper in front of him, Abramović changed the subject, Tell me about Su Dong!

Everyone also understood Abramovich's mood at this moment, and immediately turned the topic to Su Dong.

Mourinho called me and he clearly asked us to speed up the introduction of Sudong. He believes that Sudong will be the most perfect centre-forward candidate on his tactical map. You can see Su Dong's name in the list. Peter Kenyon said.

Abramovich frowned, We gave him transfer advice, but we didn't seem to give him the power to order us to do things, right?

When you are in a bad mood, when you hear such words,

Nobody will be happy.

He's in a hurry! Peter Kenyon explained.

What did Valencia say? Abramović didn't get into it.

No position has been expressed so far, but almost everyone knows that Su Dong will definitely transfer. The only difference is which team he goes to.

How much is Valencia going to sell? Fifty million euros?

Peter Kenyon and Bruce Barker glanced at each other, and both saw the troubled look in each other's eyes.

What's the matter? Abramovich was a little strange.

Peter Kenyon looked at the chairman, met Abramovich's line of sight, and replied: Now this price is definitely not available, according to outside speculation, Su Dong's current worth is definitely not cheap, even completely It may break through the sky-high price set by Zidane that year and become the player with the highest transfer fee in history.

Abramović was surprised, but quickly shook his head with a sneer, Valencia is crazy about money, right?

If I remember correctly, Su Dong is only nineteen years old, right? A nineteen-year-old child wants to break Zidane's transfer fee record. Is this an offer for us Chelsea, or an offer for all teams?

It's no wonder that Abramovich is wary, because nowadays European football generally has a mind about Chelsea's offer, that is: if you know you have more money, I will set a higher level, whether you like it or not!

It's an offer for all teams, Peter Kenyon said.

It's impossible, no one would be willing to pay such an outrageous price for a 19-year-old player! Abramovich said angrily, he was dissatisfied with such an outrageous price.

Peter Kenyon also knows that such a transfer fee is indeed outrageous.

They already thought that Abramovich's offer for Shevchenko was too high, but now, Su Dong's transfer fee may be higher, which is definitely difficult to accept.

Of course, in terms of performance, Su Dong is indeed the most powerful and potential player among the younger generation of players in today's world football.

Maybe, Valencia just wants to take advantage of the popularity of Sudong to make a huge sum of money. If no one really buys it, it is estimated that the price will be reduced next summer. Bruce Buck said lightly.

In a market economy, this is usually the case.

What if someone buys it? Peter Kenyon reminded.

Bruce Buck was suddenly speechless.

What sets professional football apart from other industries is that professional players can be a unique asset.

When the player is bought by someone else, it will be difficult for other teams to find a replacement.

Therefore, the transfer of players is full of risks, and the transfer operation of clubs is equally high-risk.

Especially a transfer like this one.

Not being able to sell at a high price this year, and selling it next year with a broken bone, are not new; there are also many people who feel that the other party is asking too high a price, misestimating the situation, and they are caught first and regret it.

In a word, if you transfer the meeting by yourself, you have to finish the discussion with tears in your eyes!

If Chelsea thinks that Valencia's price tag for Sudong is too high, then they can not buy it at all, but one thing to consider is whether Real Madrid and Barcelona will be willing to pay the money?

Once Sudong moves to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and Chelsea wants to buy again, it is basically impossible.

It is difficult for Peter Kenyon and Bruce Buck to make a choice about this kind of thing, and they can only look at Abramovich.

Russian rich are also hesitant, after all, this is a huge sum of money.

At this moment, the female assistant Marina Granovskia, who sat like a specimen from beginning to end, suddenly said, With the same offer, you can basically sign Shevchenko, right?

These words seemed to remind Abramovich and made the Russians shine.

is not that right?

For the same price, why not sign Shevchenko and go to the bottom of things to buy a nineteen-year-old child?

Also, as far as I know, Su Dong's agent seems to have said that he wants to get a promise from our club, that is to become the team's number one star, so if we sign Shevchenko in the future, how will it be calculated? ?

Abramović looked at the trusted female assistant and nodded, feeling that her analysis was very timely.

You know, he has promised Shevchenko in private that he will become Chelsea's number one star, above the key players such as Terry and Lampard, but if he signs Su Dong, give him such Promise, then how to sign Shevchenko?

If it is a choice between Shevchenko and Su Dong, then he will not hesitate at all, it must be Shevchenko!

He firmly believes that Shevchenko will succeed in Chelsea, lead Chelsea to win the Champions League and become a top giant!

As for Su Dong, maybe he is very strong, but he can't compare with Shevchenko.

That's it! Abramović made the decision on the spot.

Continue to contact AC Milan and increase the offer for Shevchenko. It is best to tell Braida that we are determined to win Shevchenko, and let him make an offer directly!

For Ukrainian compatriots, Abramovich is really eager for talent.

In addition, when I contacted Valencia, they said that we couldn't offer a high transfer fee to Sudong, and also told his agent that we would not promise the position of the top star in the Sudong team, but it could be appropriate. Make concessions on annual salary.

Using money to solve the gap in status, Abramovich believes, this should also be regarded as his sincerity.

Of course, the annual salary he now promises to Su Dong, the contract for Shevchenko will definitely be more generous.

I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince Valencia and Sudong. Peter Kenyon's hunch was not ideal.

Abramovich nodded and said with a smile: Peter, you have to believe that there are not so many good sons in European football, and Su Dong is not worth such a high transfer fee, don't look at Valencia's fierce shouting now, you wait Come on, during the winter break, until next summer at the latest, they will definitely be selling it with broken bones!

Maybe Abramovich was right.

Peter Kenyon wasn't very confident either.

After all, the most arrogant Real Madrid has a feud with Valencia. It is not ordinary to want to introduce Su Dong.

As for Barcelona, ​​in the case of basically finalizing Deco, are they really willing to smash the pot and sell iron to introduce Su Dong?

If it can't be sold this year, it can only be discounted next year!