Football red and black years

Milan has won the Champions League for three consecutive years. Not only has it achieved the first consecutive championship since the restructuring of the Champions League, but it has also won the Champions League three times in a row, which makes all Milan fans quite satisfied.

Although Milan missed the league championship this year, it ranked behind Juventus by 3 points and only won No.2.But compared to a three consecutive Champions League that shocked everyone, it seems that the lack of a league title has not caused dissatisfaction among fans.

Many fans even joked that being a Milan fan is too painful, because every year Milan's jerseys, scarves and other support items have to be replaced, and they have to spend money to buy new ones every year!

Adidas took the opportunity to sell the commemorative T-shirts for the Champions League three-match after Milan's three-match Champions League. The T-shirts were almost sold out as soon as they went on the market, so Adidas had to work overtime to continue making them.

Armani, which has a cooperative relationship with Milan, also launched some souvenirs.Of course, Armani's looks more formal, such as some very ingenious ties, tie clips, cufflinks and the like.

Scarlett looked at the samples Armani sent and nodded in satisfaction. These things are exquisite but not exaggerated, and the aesthetics are quite popular, so that people basically can't make mistakes in matching them.

Although there are actually quite a few fashion brands owned by Osvia, Scarlett still firmly chose Armani as Milan's sponsoring brand because she took a fancy to his seasonal wardrobe.After all, those bastards in Milan have the same court strength, but the aesthetic level is heaven and earth!

Of course, there are five uncles with good fashion taste in the Milan team, Ma Damiao, Kakoala, including Inzaghi and Sheva's aesthetics are very normal.

But there are also Ka Xiaozhu and us who are cold and domineering on the outside, and stand still for five steps with blood splattered. In fact, they are lazy, greedy and talkative inner young masters!

Thank you Armani for the seasonal wardrobe that saved Nesta and Kakana from the catastrophic aesthetic.

Surprisingly, Adidas, which is relatively affordable, was sold out after its launch, but it is surprising that Armani, which is undoubtedly in the ranks of luxury goods, is also sold out.

Well, a lot of sales is a good thing, no one will dislike a lot of money, the money earned by Adidas and Armani will be shared by Milan!

Just when Scarlett was happily calculating how much money she could bring to Milan in the office, Milan welcomed a guest!

"Jorge, you are a rare visitor. You spend most of the year in the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula. You are rarely seen in Apennines." Scarlett told Mendes After pouring a cup of coffee, he took out a few desserts and placed them on the coffee table.

"Thank you!" Mendes took a sip of the coffee and put a soft almond cookie into his mouth.

The first time I saw Scarlett, Mendes was quite at a loss when Scarlett poured the coffee himself. After all, he was just an unknown little agent at that time, and this Oscar The contrast between Ms. Via and him is completely in Scarlett's favor!

Later, after dealing with Scarlett a lot, Mendes realized that this was Scarlett's habit.To be honest, many of Scarlett's habits make everyone who doesn't know her feel unbelievable. For example, although the outside world has always known that she is a financial vampire fighting in Wall Street and a capital crocodile, many times she gently let her go. People find it incredible.

Another example is her habit of dressing. Although there are many Givenchy, Gucci, and even more high-end brands in her clothes, except for evening dresses, she will choose haute couture, and her daily clothes will never appear in the world. .

Although the white Givenchy suit that Scarlett is wearing now is still very valuable, but if you don't ignore that she is a person who can withdraw hundreds of millions of euros from the Swiss bank at any time, then maybe that suit looks very cheap.

You can never expect to see a jewelry display case in Scarlett, even if she is attending a dinner party, she will not dress herself up as a glittering moving object.

Mendes put another cookie into his mouth, and exclaimed that Italian food is what people eat!After all, in order to deal with a certain three-year-old and a certain rumor, the bitter door always had to go to England frequently, and also had to often suffer from the dark cuisine of the British Empire.

"No way, you also know that some of my clients are not so worry-free!" Mendes said a little bitterly.

"Mr. Mourinho and Mr. Aveiro are very personal!" Scarlett said with a smile.Mendes sold many of his clients to the rich and willful Abrahimovic through the miracle of Porto. When making money, he did not dislike the pound and worry about it.

mendez...

Mendes didn't know what to say, so couldn't those two overage children learn from Kaka?Fans love him, his strength is outstanding, and the relationship within the team is harmonious, which perfectly wins everyone's love.The other two are the complete opposite of Kaka except for their strength, which is really painful and unbearable to look at.

"Then do you have any worry-free customers?" Scarlett asked after taking a sip of coffee.Mendes will not come to her for no reason. Kaka's contract will not expire until 2007, and the contract renewal is also a matter of next year.

"I don't have any worry-free clients now, except for Kaka! And Milan has the double winner of Mr. Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year. I don't think I have found a suitable candidate yet." Mendes shook his head , although he really hopes to recommend some of his clients to Milan, but it is indeed difficult for his clients to gain a firm foothold in Milan.

After all, it takes at least half a year for Milan to inspect a player. A list of signings was sent to Scarlett's desk, and Leonardo, Baresi, and old Maldini jointly affirmed that they would not appear in Milan. Among the signings to be considered.

Milan is not afraid of spending money, but what Milan needs is the strength of the players must be excellent.Otherwise, if the money is spent, it will be a trivial matter, and if the time and results are delayed, it will be a hard work!

"You also know that one of my customers is really worried. He likes an exclusive customized sneaker from Adidas, so..." Mendes said a little bitterly.

"Exclusive customization?" Scarlett thought about it silently. The sneakers of the players in the Milan team seem to be exclusively customized, right?It’s just that some people use Adidas’ existing styles for the difference in style and color matching, and some players choose to embroider some unique logos on the boots.

For example, Inzaghi embroidered their wedding anniversary on his boots.He believed it would bring him good luck.

Of course, this is not the kind of time more than ten years later when basically all the sneakers of wealthy players are exclusively customized. Generally, only some top endorsers enjoy this treatment.Of course, as the common son of Adidas and Nike, Milan's first-team players' sneakers are exclusively customized.

The shin guards of Milan players are all designed according to the muscle shape of everyone's calf and in order to conform to ergonomics.However, the weight of the material is only half of the original, but the damage resistance ability is rising in a straight line.

"Which one are you talking about?" Scarlett roughly understood what Mendes meant, but she didn't know that the older child in the Mendes family liked that person's exclusive customization!

"It's the one Richie wore in the Champions League final!" Mendes said.It stands to reason that the carrying ability of this kind of thing is super strong. Even if it was exclusively customized at the beginning, the pair of sneakers that Kaka wore in the Champions League final should be on the shelves after that.

As a result, a certain three-year-old waited for a long time but did not wait for that sneaker to be on the shelves. Only then did a certain three-year-old ask Mendes to come to Kaka, wondering where he could buy that pair of sneakers.

Scarlett thought about it silently, as if people from Adidas and Nike had come to her to complain about this before?Most of the Milan players wore their exclusive custom-made sneakers when they played in the Champions League final, and these sneakers were either the only pair in the world because the players themselves participated in the design, or they were basically a very small number of limited editions.And the ability to bring goods to a Champions League final is incalculable. On the night Milan won the championship, Adidas' jersey sales reached a new high.

After that, many people called Adidas to order the sneakers worn by Milan players in the Champions League final, but those limited editions are fine, and everyone knows what the so-called limited editions are.But those truly exclusive customizations are exclusive customizations, only this pair!

It stands to reason that Adidas and Nike should always have the upper hand for players, right?But in the face of the darling of the big boss at the head, how can children who are like the picked-up baby dare to bargain with the darling of the big boss?

You must know that before Scarlett bought Milan, Adidas and Nike were in fact the roles that the father did not love and the mother did not love, whether in Osvia or Cleveland!

That is to say, in the past few years, after Scarlett has taken care of Milan, their appearance frequency in front of the big boss has only increased a little bit!

But this is not the reason why Mendes came to her in person!Mendes can just go to Kaka for this matter, is there a need to come to her?

Scarlett knew what Mendes meant. Mendes didn't come to her specifically to ask her where to buy sneakers, but hoped to win some priority endorsement benefits for his players.Or come to her to get familiar with Adidas and Nike for the sake of her players!

Mendes did dig into the information after the Champions League final on the major shareholder of Adidas who he met once and said he didn't show up several times a year.

As a result, when Mendez asked someone about the result, Mendez, who had always been calm, suddenly had the urge to burst into tears!

Damn, you want to make such a fuss!

It is agreed that Adidas and Nike are in a competitive relationship?Well, it's competition!However, this competitive relationship is like two brothers in a family, although their big boss is not a brother.But please tell me that the largest shareholder of Adidas is the godson of the father of the largest shareholder of Nike?

Not to mention that the second largest shareholder of Adidas and Nike is actually the same person!

Mendes even inquired about a relatively secret thing, that is, Adidas and Nike are two unpopular guys in Osvia and Cleveland...

At this time, when Mendes looked at Scarlett, he had the feeling of looking at his parents: that...can you kick those two guys you don't want to see to me?Anyway, out of sight is out of mind, right?I need them to wait and see!

Scarlett thought about it, and said with Mendes that at this year's UEFA annual awards ceremony, he would introduce some people in charge of Adidas and Nike to him.As for Mendes being able to do that, that's Mendes' own business!

The beginning of the summer break means that players can take a good vacation, but this is often the busiest time for club executives and agents.

During this summer break, it is an imminent thing to buy some young players to serve as substitutes for the main players while ensuring a smooth replacement in the future.Next year will be the World Cup, and AC Milan can proudly announce to the world: Our main force is basically the thighs of the national team.Even in Brazil, the kingdom of football, it is the same.

But will it make people happy?Obviously, the club's top executives were speechless about this.

The FIFA virus is not something that club executives like.

And now the main composition of AC Milan is basically more than half of the Italian team plus a smaller half of the Brazilian team.

Both Italy and Brazil are traditional powers in the football world.If Italy or Brazil didn't make it to the semi-finals in that World Cup, it would be news, and it would be a scandal for their national teams.

Even, the final is a theoretical routine for Italy and Brazil.

So buying a few substitutes now is the most necessary thing.

The most important thing now is to find substitutes for Pirlo, Gattuso and Shevchenko.

Italian strikers are full of heroes, and Italian defenders are full of talents.Inzaghi will not be overused even if he will be selected in the squad.The same is true for Nesta. Italy can produce several different sets of world-class defender combinations.Even if Nesta can occupy the main position, there are alternatives.

But before Pirlo and Gattuso appeared, the Italian midfielder was a tofu project.In other words, as long as they are not injured, Lippi can beat them from the group stage until they go home.

In the past few years, Redondo and Albertini have played for them as substitutes, but after the end of this year's Champions League, Albertini and Redondo both made the decision to retire. In August, before the start of the new season, Milan will serve Al Bettini and Redondo hold a farewell match.

As for Shevchenko!He is the captain of the Ukrainian national team. As long as Ukraine can enter the World Cup, he must go.And Shevchenko is 29 years old.Even with the careful maintenance of the Milan laboratory over the years, there is a difference between him and the 19-year-old.

"Okay, Adriano, we can buy those people." Scarlett asked, rubbing her temples.

"We are still looking for Sheva's substitutes. At present, there are a few good ones, but I think we can observe for another year, and we also have good forward seedlings in our youth training. If we can, we can give more consideration to youth. Training," Galliani said.

Generally speaking, offensive players have shorter careers than defensive players, especially for a center who needs to carry the ball on his back.Even if Shevchenko is still in hot form, he needs a substitute.If there are really good seedlings in the youth training, then look at them first. When it comes to getting familiar with the first team for a few years, you can take over at that time.

"What else? About Andre, Reno and Clarence?" Scarlett asked.

Seedorf, Pirlo, and Gattuso are a generation. When they retire, they will basically retire in a few years. It is better to find a few people of similar age now, and then they can directly complete the replacement.

"I've only found one substitute for the three of them so far." Galliani was a little helpless. It's hard to find a defensive midfielder!At least I haven't seen one of the right age so far.

Luka Modric, 20 years old. In 2001, he was photographed by the Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb, which officially started his career. In the 2003-04 season, when Modric was 18 years old, Dinamo Zagreb loaned him to the Mostarzlinjski Club of the Bosnian Super League.This season, Modric played 22 times in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Super League, scored 8 goals, and was elected as the Footballer of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Super League.

In the 2004-05 season, Modric returned to the Croatian League and joined Inkel Zagreb on loan. As a result, he helped the team win the runner-up in the Croatian League with 18 goals in 3 matches. Modric himself was also named Croatian Hopeful of the Year.Our scouts are also very bullish on his development. Galliani took out a folder and handed it over.

"This Modric replaces Pirlo." Scarlett asked looking at the soft little golden retriever in the photo.

"His organizational skills are good. Although his skills are still a bit rough, he can replace Pirlo, but he can also take a part-time job with Seedorf." Galliani said.

Scarlett looked at Galliani with a look of lovelessness, "Are you kidding me?" expression.

Just a little one, instead of "Seedorf are you kidding me?

"Although the Bosnia and Herzegovina Super League is not as famous as the five major leagues, it has always been known for its fierceness. If he can gain a foothold there and perform outstandingly, then he is definitely not a species that is easy to touch." Galliani said.

"Well, we'll take this!" said Scarlett.

"Buying Modric is a bit of a problem." Galliani said with a frown.

"What's wrong?" Scarlett asked with a frown.It is definitely not money that can make Galliani say that there is a problem.Is there something wrong with Modric itself?

"Zdravko Mamic. Modric made his debut in Dinamo Zagreb." Galliani let Scarlett understand with just one sentence, what happened to Croatia.

To be honest, although the idea between the three heroes in northern Italy is bad, it is simply a child's tantrum compared to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​who are full of political struggles.

By the same token, even Italian football, where the legendary mafia is prevalent, is much cleaner than Croatia.

To be honest, the traditional families in the south of Italy have a bit of historical origin. Basically, they all started more or less... including Scarlett's mother's family-Andrefano.

But Italian football is just a game of capital after all.Although intrigue is indispensable, it is basically just a routine business operation.

The competition in Italy is fierce, but that refers to the strength of the team, and Croatia...

That is the real black/hand/party rampage.

Zdravko Mamic, like Lobanovsky, is also known as the godfather of football in a country, but the meaning is different.

Lobanovsky is known as the godfather of Ukrainian football because of his contributions to Ukrainian football.

And Zdravko Mamic is entirely because his personality in Croatian football and a movie describing the head of a certain family in Italy seem to overlap.If there is any difference, it can only be that Zdravko Mamic has no lower limit.

"I see, Adriano. I think Zvonimir can help us a little bit," said Scarlett.

Scarlett was talking about Boban, a famous star in Milan, and Boban is a double star of Milan and Dinamo Zagreb Football Club.The former captain of the Croatian national team, the famous Milan star who led Croatia to create history, really has a lot of influence in Croatia. Even Mamic, who has overshadowed the sky, must not be willing to fight with this man.

And Boban is indeed the same as the famous people in Milan-special protection!I believe he is willing to take care of some of his national team and Milan's double juniors!

She will find a way to bring Modric, who will not be disturbed by off-court factors in the future and has no worries, to San Siro.

"Okay, then I'll get ready." Galliani said.He didn't think that he and Scarlett, two black-bellied foxes, would be unable to deal with Mamic, but he just reminded Scarlet first, what kind of guy is that Mamic.

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"Of course, I would love to play in Milan, he is a great club." Modric lowered his eyes and said.The experience of his youth is enough to make him more mature than most people in the Milan camp at the age of 20.

AC Milan is a pretty perfect choice.In the UEFA Champions League, AC Milan achieved a historic record of three consecutive Champions League.Even for Milan, which has European DNA, it is quite a good result.

and……

And the current Serie A, the current AC Milan will not be less attractive to young players than Real Madrid and Barcelona even in another parallel time and space, unless he is a diehard fan of Juventus or Inter Milan.

Modric agreed, and the next thing was Galliani and Mamic wrangling.

Mamic has never considered keeping these outstanding players in Croatia. Modric, the star of hope, might as well be seen as a bargaining chip to raise the price.

It's not that Galliani's ability is not good. If you just want to take Modric from Dinamo Zagreb Football Club, you can definitely do it, but the price you have to pay is a question.At this time, he has just returned from renting out, although the young people who have not yet occupied the main position of the club are carrying a ten-year super-long contract and a large liquidated damages.

This is not a minority of Croatian players or players who have been cheated by their agents on contract issues, even some famous players.Example: Figo.

That "magnificent" Mr. Mamic is not only a club executive, but also a player's agent (or agent's boss), and the vice chairman of the National Football Association. He controls the league and national team recruitment.... like manipulation The man who kites - let you fly, the spool is still in his hand; and once you try to break the string, you may never fly again.

Even AC Milan, currently one of the best giant football clubs in the world, is still unable to face such a "dominant snake" without giving an inch.

In order to solve once and for all the miscellaneous fees that may be continuously demanded, and to prevent the players from being disturbed by those messy things in the future, both Scarlett and Galliani are ready to draw the check directly.

Probably Mamic still has a little self-knowledge, and he also knows that Modric is not Ronaldo. He can ask for a lot of money to pay back the money, but he can't exceed a certain bottom line.Even Ronaldo was not that expensive when he just went to the Netherlands from Brazil.

And Milan can't be tough on Mamic, a local snake, can Mamic be strong on Milan?

In the end, Modric moved to AC Milan at a price of 1400 million euros, and Milan bought out all his rights to use.It's cash, one-time payment.Among them, 1200 million is a fixed transfer fee, and 200 million is a floating price.

Is it just the 200 million...

That's a pretty tempting price, not very high, but attractive.

When talking about transfers, many ordinary fans often only care about the transfer fee, but they don't know that the payment method is also extremely important.

It is also 1400 million euros. The one-time payment and the three-year payment are completely different prices.Not to mention that some club members ran out of money, but directly forfeited the balance.

According to the common transfer method in European football, the general transfer is paid in installments within two or three years.Only teams like the Milan duo, Juventus, the La Liga duo, and the red devils Manchester United and the blues Chelsea, who are really not short of money, have the confidence to pay the money in one lump sum.

Moreover, although Modric has a European household registration, it is from Eastern Europe, which is still a bit worse than the Western European household registration.

For Mamic, it is good for them to transfer players to Milan. This will not only bring them a huge amount of transfer income, but also allow Dinamo Zagreb to become more popular in Croatia and neighboring countries. become famous.Although they used to have Boban, but that is a thing of the past.

Galliani and Mamic resolved Modric's transfer at a fairly efficient pace. AC Milan bought out all of Modric, including his agent.

Mamic probably still has self-knowledge, knowing that Italy is not a place for him to intervene, or to intervene in the way he does in Croatia.

Although the Italian Football Association is bad, everyone is still unanimous in UEFA and FIFA.As for Croatia and Italy, the right to speak in UEFA and FIFA is really not at the same level.

Mamic wants to resell people in Croatia, and no one cares about the black shop business.But if he still wants to intervene after selling people, especially if he intervenes in the affairs of players from world-class giants like AC Milan, the result may not be so good.

Big deal, AC Milan will not buy people from you in the future.Anyway, the Milan dynasty, which is in its prime, has no shortage of outstanding players who want to join.Moreover, Milan also has the tradition of the famous Brazilian gang. Brazil has no shortage of football talents.Not to mention that Italy itself is full of talents, and Milan really has no shortage of people.

Mamic will not form a bridge with Milan for a new star, but can follow the new star to show favor to Milan.Moreover, there is more than football in Osvia's list of industries.

I just don't know how Mr. Mamic would feel if he knew he was selling a Mr. Golden Globe.It's just that Croatia has not cultivated the ability of a Mr. Golden Ball.

It took Galliani only 48 hours from the moment he got off the plane in Croatia to signing off to put Modric on the plane to Milan.

It's not that Galliani doesn't want to give the little guy some time to say goodbye to his friends, it's just that he has long nights and dreams.Besides, this little guy just came back from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he didn't even return to his new team. Where did he come from?

Mamic is not a guy who likes to use conventional methods.Scarlett and Galliani didn't expect to capsize in the gutter, that would be too bad.

After discussions between Galliani and Scarlett, the captain should take on the responsibility of helping newcomers integrate into the team!

So, Captain Paul Dameow Handsome Maldini, who just had a vacation, harvested a little golden retriever from Croatia.Scarlett temporarily put the little guy with Captain Big Meow.

In this way, this one came to the city of Milan.

And our big cat also received a call from an old friend, and Boban called Maldini specifically, hoping that he would take care of his juniors in the national team.

Not long after the summer transfer window opened, AC Milan announced:

Luka Modric has joined AC Milan from Dinamo Zagreb in the Croatian League.The transfer fee is 1400 million euros and the five-year contract.

The transfer did not cause any waves.It's not the transfer fees of Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, and Shevchenko, which can easily cost tens of millions of euros.

A total of 1400 million euros is only [-] million euros. Even if inflation is not included, it is not as high as the transfer fees of Inzaghi and Shevchenko back then.

And judging by the age of this little guy, it's just that Milan is playing scratch again.Although last time they used 1000 million euros to scrape Kaka, the super midfielder.

It's not always that luck is so good every time, many people are a little entangled in thinking.

Of course not so lucky... No wonder!Milan, but has always been known for being black-bellied and cunning, old and cunning.

Losing money?nonexistent!