Frenzy [football]

London,

Tottenham Hotspur training base.

"Knock knock."

"Please come in."

A Tottenham staff member knocked on the door of Nikolai's manager's office, and when he was allowed to enter, Nikolai was packing a set of everyday clothes into his backpack, looking Seems to be leaving the city briefly.Just as he was packing his things with his head down and waiting for the staff member who knocked on the door to explain his intentions, he heard the staff member say to him: "Mr. Nicola, you don't need to go to Brazil to find ha Yes, he's on his way back now. Tomorrow morning he'll be reporting directly from the airport to the club."

Hearing this sentence, Nicholas paused, and then turned around and asked, "He contacted you?"

"Yes." The staff gave an affirmative answer: "To be precise, ha got in touch with the club and submitted his application for leaving the team at the same time. He said that he hoped to come to the club tomorrow morning to have a good talk. this matter."

"Who knows about this now?"

"In addition to you, there is also the club manager. He is now considering whether to notify the board of directors. Mr. Levy said that he hopes to hear your opinion first."

Hearing this, Nicholas put down the half-packed backpack he had just packed, and quickly walked out of his office to the place where the club manager was waiting for him.

When he walked into the club manager's office, the first thing Nicholas said was: "Levi, absolutely cannot agree to Ha's application to leave the team, we can't just let him leave like this."

When Nicholas proposed to the club's top management that Lei Yi should never be suspended from the game, his attitude was tougher than steel.But at this time, when the FA imposed a [-]-match ban on Lei Wing and their first appeal had been dismissed, the request from the coach was obviously no longer as tough as it was then.

As the manager of the club, Levi needs to give more consideration to operational issues.

"I can quite understand how you feel, Nicholas."

Tottenham's club manager first expressed his emotional approval to Nikolai.But when people say that, they usually follow it up with a word like "but".Just like this time.

"However, considering that Ha's performance after coming here is not in line with his worth, his salary level, and the possible state after the end of the [-]-game suspension..." When it comes to this, the club After a pause, the manager emphasized: "I mean, assuming his [-]-game suspension cannot be revoked, then he will definitely be in a sluggish state for quite a while after the suspension ends, we all know this. Considering this, I think we might not be able to say so strongly the sentence 'absolutely disagree with Ha's application to leave the team'."

When Tottenham's club manager finished speaking, Nicola, who said that sentence so anxiously when he entered the door, fell silent, and then he looked at their club manager, as if he understood everything like this: "There is Who has already gotten in touch with us?"

As the coach of a football club, keen perception is a must for them.But at this moment, the awareness shown by Nicholas still makes their club manager feel a little headache.

But after a moment of hesitation, Tottenham's club coach chose to tell Nicola frankly: "It's Botafogo, Nicola."

Just imagine, when a coach who is so self-confident hears that he has become famous at the age of 17. How it will feel when the player who won the European Golden Boy Award and was crowned the European Golden Boot at the age of 21 finally decides to return to play in Brazil before he is 20 because of him.

Nicola's appearance after hearing about the "Botafogo" club made Tottenham's club manager quickly say: "This is a Brazilian club, but its strength is good. This year..."

"Of course I know this is a Brazilian club, Levi." Before the Tottenham club coach could finish speaking, Nicola interrupted him.He didn't want to hear their club manager tell him in all kinds of beautiful words how good Botafogo is, a club far from the center of the football world.

Yes, although Brazil is the third country in the football world, few fans in Europe pay attention to it, but it is not the same thing for football coaches.In fact, Brazil has become a favorite gold rush for many European clubs and coaches.Not to mention, with Nicholas' knowledge of Lei Yi, it is impossible for him not to know how special this club is for long and short legs.But it was also because of this that it was impossible for him to agree with Lei Yi to go there.

"I know what kind of club Botafogo is, but I thought, even if it had contacted us, you wouldn't tell me at a time like this. Because you wouldn't think it was a business worth considering. object."

"Yes, you are right, it should have been like this." Tottenham's club manager said this, and then quickly looked away after looking at Nikolai and said: "But this time Not the same, they said they were willing to bid 800 million pounds for ha. Considering this is a South American club, I think I was impressed by their sincerity. After all, they have probably spent all their signing funds for the next five years Take it out, it can be said that they are willing to empty all their family assets for ha."

"Then you shouldn't have sold Ha to them!" After hearing what the club manager said, Nicholas' emotions were more than just annoyed.He took two steps closer to the person in front of him, and standing very close to him, he said, "Listen, if they spend all their money to buy ha, they can still do it in the next five years." What? All signings that do not meet the revenue situation will bring irreparable disaster to the club! Even if we have to agree to his application for leaving the team, we cannot send him to such a club! It will ruin him! He Can't go through 'Lazio' again!"

Nikolai's reaction, which was more violent than expected, and the reasons for opposing Thunder Wing's transfer to Botafogo made the club manager of Tottenham utter a "hiss" in embarrassment, and then turned and walked towards The window sill said: "I didn't say that I had any intention of further contact with Botafogo, Nicola. For a South American club, the fact that they are willing to bid 800 million pounds for a player really makes me very happy." Surprised. But for us, the price is still too low. After all, we just spent £300 million to bring him here this summer. We can't afford to lose it in just half a year. Nearly half of the money that result."

"So, you declined?"

After the club manager of Tottenham had said so much, Nicola just asked this sentence to the point.It almost made the man he was talking to grumble.

He said, "Can't you stop being so direct all the time?"

After getting the innocuous "sorry" from Nicola, Tottenham's club manager said: "I told the Botafogo people that even if the player himself is determined to go with you, it is impossible Unless you can come up with a transfer fee of 900 million pounds, there is no need for any further contact between us. I think you can also understand this sentence as I have rejected them."

……

Generally speaking, in the winter after each major year, the heat of the transfer market will drop a lot.In addition to the reason that most football clubs will only make relatively large personnel changes at the end of a season, there is another very important reason that these clubs usually make changes based on those players after the big competition. The performance of the team spent a lot of money for summer signings.

But with nearly two months before the opening of this year's winter transfer window, Tottenham have already received an inquiry from Brazil's Botafogo club.And the two clubs also had a good conversation about the transfer price of the player who has submitted an application to leave the team he played for.

And all of this just started with what Lei Yi said to his good friend York Book: [I want to go to Botafogo].

The Brazilian, who works for the South American Football Federation, was so efficient that he contacted the club that Lei Yi dreamed of, and he had already brokered the two clubs before the plane of his long-legged friend arrived in London. a conversation between.

It's not that simple to reach relative agreement, though.

But that's always been the case with player transfer negotiations.You should never expect a transfer deal to be sealed after one contact.

As long as it has already started, and both parties have contacts and have a certain degree of sincerity, then it will be possible.

Since the Four Continents Superconducting Maglev has not yet officially opened to the public, and is in the final intense debugging stage, Lei Yi chose to return to London by plane.

At this moment, the air journey that would take more than ten hours would seem extraordinarily long.But along the way, Lei Yi didn't feel sleepy at all.He didn't even fall asleep for an hour, his head was full of things related to this transfer.

When the plane was about to touch down, he would have a hard time not being reminded of what Yorkbook had said to him before he left Santos.

[I can persuade Botafogo to buy you from Tottenham at a price beyond the affordability of almost all South American teams, but leiy, I believe that the price offered by Tottenham will be beyond Botafogo's affordability anyway of.At such a time, price reduction will become something we must do.Some methods of lowering prices can be done by ourselves, while some methods of lowering prices require the participation and cooperation of the players themselves.But I can assure you that besides expressing your determination to the team, almost any price reduction method that requires the participation of the player himself will not be so glorious.Like strikeouts, like creating a bunch of scandals that make people think you're screwed.I have multiple positions on this matter, so I'd like to know yours. 】"Ladies and gentlemen, the plane has landed at London Heathrow Airport..."

Just when Lei Yi recalled the answer he gave at that time, the announcement sounded in the airport of the plane, and the passengers sitting in the plane also began to chat eagerly, and took out their mobile phones.

So Lei Yi also hurriedly took out his mobile phone and turned it on. When the mobile phone searched for the signal of the mobile phone operator in the UK, the text message from the York Book communication number that he had adjusted to the priority level jumped out. .

[Botafogo has already contacted Tottenham.They're willing to pay £800m to get you, but that's far, far short of the £900m Tottenham offered them. 】Seeing this expected letter, Lei Yi did not feel discouraged, but quickly sent a reply: 【If I am not willing to join you in putting pressure on Tottenham by stopping training, can you fight for me? What's the lowest price you can get? 】What was surprising was that York's reply came before Lei Yi had even stepped out of the airport. He told Lei Yi that he could do his best, but there was no way to give a guarantee.

So, when walking towards the British customs, Lei Yi gave his answer: [I am going to meet the Tottenham club executives now, and I will go and count my deposits after I get home.I would like to work with you to return to Botafogo! 】