The Young Lion

European football has always been full of soap opera-like transfer stories.

But the general transfer soap opera is a span of 2 to 3 months. The curtain starts before the transfer door opens, and everything ends on the day the transfer door closes.

However, a transfer soap opera in Italy lasted for a year!

Leeds United in England is falling into the abyss. This is not a special case. In Italy, there are also teams that have been in bankruptcy due to years of signings. It can be said that the traditional top three dismembered their competitors one by one, but the hidden fact behind it is: economic problems.

Viola Fiorentina, Parma, Lazio, and Roma are all in financial crisis to varying degrees. The era of big spenders has passed, and the forced sale of stars to pay off debts has intensified. One entry and one exit will not smooth out the fiscal deficit. Big, unable to make ends meet, and the glorious momentary scenery is more like Huang Liang, a dream mirror, flowers in water and moon in water.

Blue Eagles Lazio.

Since Florentino came to power, he has had a strong interest in Nesta. Lazio has already torn off Nesta's not-for-sale label, but Craniotti is always penny-pinching, and he wants to make Nesta the best player in the world. The central defender sold the highest price in history, which exhausted Florentino's patience. In the end, Real Madrid withdrew its bid for Nesta.

This is a soap opera about Nesta's transfer between Lazio and Real Madrid from last summer to the end of last year, which can be called the first half of Nesta's transfer.

And the beginning of the second half was at the beginning of this year.

In January, Juventus offered 30 million euros plus Iuliano's offer to buy Nesta.

April. Inter Milan intervened. Compete with Juventus.

May. Inter Milan and Juventus are not only on equal footing in the league championship, but the competition for Nesta has also entered a fierce battle.

In June, Cranio Ti raised the transfer fee.

In July, Juventus and Inter Milan reached an agreement not to raise prices!

In August, Inter Milan withdrew from the competition because they signed Cannavaro again. Moratti believes that the back line composed of Materazzi and Cannavaro is enough to sit back and relax.

same period. Due to the failure of the acquisition of Cannavaro, Milan turned its target to Nesta, replacing Inter Milan and continuing to compete with Juventus.

Galliani went to Rome to have talks with Craniotti.

Galliani, who didn't have much cash in his hand, and Craniotti, who was determined to ask for sky-high prices, fell apart!

Milan announced that it would no longer introduce a central defender, and implicitly announced the abandonment of Nesta.

During the same period, Juventus striker Trezeguet was seriously injured, and Juventus shifted the focus of the transfer market to the striker.

Craniotti was cruel and announced that Nesta's transfer market was closed!

But in mid-to-late August, two creditors of Lazio came to collect debts, Manchester United and Valencia. The former is the final payment for Stam's transfer, while the latter is even more tragic. Mendieta's transfer to Lazio is a sky-high price of 48 million euros! Still not settled.

FIFA issued an ultimatum to Lazio.

On August 28, Milan successfully entered the Champions League.

On August 30, Juventus' striker signings achieved substantial results, signing striker Di Vaio from Parma.

On this day, the day before the transfer market closed.

Everything seems to be settled, Galliani set off from Milan, flew to Rome, to play a good trick of the white wolf with empty gloves!

Lazio's financial crisis has almost forced them into a predicament. A star like Nesta who can bring a huge transfer fee and save a lot of salary expenses is no longer what they want to keep. so what? Die together?

Galliani was smiling while sitting on the plane. He was very sure to bring Nesta back from Rome to Milan, and his transfer budget was running out, but as long as he took Nesta, it would be a help. Lazio saves wages. At the same time, as long as they are given an installment agreement, Nesta may be able to cut his salary and come to Milan. With Nesta's feelings for Lazio, he will understand that his departure is for the club. make some contribution.

Hehe, the father and son really know current affairs.

Galliani remembered that before he got on the plane, his friend in Rome told him that Cranioti and his son drove to Rome airport to wait!

Galliani guessed that maybe the news that he was going to Rome had leaked out. In the circle of Italy, there was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, like Moggi, a conspirator, everywhere, so what's the surprise?

Everyone stared at each other, and if there was any trouble, they would immediately know.

The day before the transfer market closed, the father and son saw a life-saving straw, could they not seize it desperately?

Thinking of the last time he went to Rome to talk to Craniotti, Galliani's smile became slightly chilly.

Last time, Craniotti took the initiative.

This time, it's up to you!

When Galliani walked out of the airport with Milan's negotiating team, he stood where he was, and he didn't see any familiar faces in the crowded airport hall.

What about the Craniotti father and son?

Not waiting at the airport?

For some reason, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and took out his mobile phone to call his friend.

He heard a shocking news.

 …

Just half an hour before Galliani got off the plane.

At this airport, Cranioti and his son stood in the hall of the airport exit.

A group of six people came from the exit, four men walked behind, with Millwall Adam in the middle and his team assistants next to them.

And walking in front of the four was a father and son, Aldridge in a suit and leather shoes without a tie, holding his youngest son Earl by the hand.

The group of six quickly attracted the paparazzi ambushing around. The paparazzi were originally following Cranioti and his son. Unexpectedly, they encountered sensational news!

When Craniotti took the initiative to greet Aldridge with a slightly humble gesture, the flash was bright, and the paparazzi immediately captured the scene.

Sir Hall. Welcome to Rome. This must be your boy. Isn't it? The young man is so cute.

After Cranioti shook hands with Aldrich, he put on a friendly smile and bent down to shake hands with Earl. Earl called the other party very politely, and then heard an inappropriate voice.

Goo...

Earl turned his head and hid behind Aldrich, a little embarrassed.

It was his stomach that was rumbling.

He is really hungry now after he didn't eat breakfast.

Aldridge bent down and picked him up, and smiled at Cranioti: Sorry, I didn't fill the kitchen with ingredients on my private plane, and I kept this child on an empty stomach on the way here. It's still early, how about , let's go to a restaurant in the city for dinner first?

Don't say that the corners of Cranioti's mouth twitched, even his son was forced to smile.

What a joke!

Are you going to eat now?

That little bastard, let him starve to death!

How about this, let's go to the club first. On the way, I will arrange for the best restaurant in the city to deliver food to the club. I will make sure that the young master will not be hungry.

Craniotti squeezed out a smile and said.

Aldrich turned his head and looked at Earl, who said, I'm not hungry.

Hahaha, then everything is up to your arrangement.

Aldrich's voice fell. Cranioti and his son finally felt relieved.

As the group walked out of the airport, Craniotti's son personally opened the rear door for Aldridge. Then several cars quickly left the airport and went straight to the Lazio club.

At the same time, explosive headlines began to spread like the plague in Italy, attracting the attention of European football.

Millwall and Lazio have a high-level meeting! 99.9% discuss Nesta's transfer!

The outside world does not know what kind of deal Aldridge is going to discuss when he arrives in Rome, and Cranioti and his son pick him up at the airport.

As for the players that Lazio can be favored by Millwall, or compare Millwall's lineup with Lazio's lineup, the answer almost surfaced.

It's either Stam or Nesta. Anyway, it's a defender. When it comes to midfielders or strikers, Lazio is not worth Aldridge's coming to discuss transfers in person.

And Stam once broke with Aldridge, originally there was a possibility of burying the suspicion and staged a reunion of master and apprentice, but Stam's autobiography completely killed this possibility, not only let him be purged by Manchester United , It also made it impossible for him to return to the Lion King Stadium.

Then 99.9% is Nesta, which comes from this.

At the same time, Fleet Street also broke the news for the first time that Millwall will complete a sensational transfer, even for English football, it is a milestone transfer!

The transfer of the protagonist is about to happen.

The best central defender in the world.

Nesta!

Now that Galliani has come to Rome, he is not going to leave in despair, but he sent the negotiating team back to Milan, and he went to the Lazio club alone as planned.

Are you going to snatch someone from the young marshal?

Of course it is impossible, what will he use to grab it?

It's just that since he's all here, he heard that Aldrich came first, wouldn't he just leave without saying hello?

Anyway, everyone is very good friends on the surface.

Galliani, who was driving to the Lazio club, completely gave up on bringing in Nesta. It was just a matter of fact. Showing his face in front of the young coach was a show of favor in a different direction, which meant: Milan did intend to take Nesta away, but Since you're here, I won't raise the price either, please!

Touching his bald head, Galliani muttered in the car: It's better to come early than to come by coincidence!

If Millwall had sought to buy Nesta a month ago, it would be impossible to take Nesta away unless he really offered a world-record price. At that time, Juventus and Inter Milan would spoil the situation, even if Moratti Selling favors to Aldridge to withdraw, but Juventus will definitely fight Millwall to the end!

At this time point, Juventus' striker was in a hurry to buy a striker, Inter Milan bought Cannavaro, and at the same time, Manchester United and Valencia also rushed to the door to collect debts!

All kinds of chances and coincidences came together, well, Milan wanted to pick peaches, but now he was cut off by Millwall!

Craniotti learned of Galliani's arrival in the office, and immediately invited him in without saying a word!

He is still dreaming of having Milan to raise the price.

After Galliani walked into Craniotti's office, he was stunned for a while, and the scene in front of him made him dumbfounded.

Aldridge was sitting on the single sofa against the wall with his legs crossed, holding a saucer in his left hand and a cup in his right hand, whether it was tea or coffee, he didn't know.

There were no documents on the desk in the office, and there was a table of sumptuous delicacies. A cute-looking child was sitting on a raised boss chair, picking up delicacies with a spoon in a gentle manner.

And Cranioti and his son are standing... (to be continued...) ()