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Chapter 202 Transfer King! Bayern's Limit! Yang Cheng, where do you get your confidence from? [
Chapter 202 Transfer King! Bayern's Limit! Yang Cheng, where do you get your confidence from? [Subscribe]
Before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the three major European bookmakers all offered odds for winning the championship.
Interestingly, England is ranked second, just behind Spain, with odds of 6.0.
Spain's score was 5.0.
This made Yang Cheng feel very nonsensical.
Poor England, the favorite every year, and the runner-up every year, don’t they feel it’s enough?
Spain...
Yang Cheng really didn't dare to place a bet.
The reason is very simple. Media reporters are omnipresent. If they are caught, their entire coaching career will be ruined.
This also doesn't work for the relatives around you.
As for finding unrelated outsiders, this is not just giving money to others, this is courting death and putting your handle in the hands of others.
Yang Cheng had a friend in his previous life who, in order to get more compensation when his house was demolished, asked his uncle for help. The demolition compensation of two or three hundred thousand yuan was directly transferred to his uncle's account.
After the incident was over, he went to his uncle to ask for money. What happened?
In front of all the relatives and friends, my uncle and aunt cried and said to him: "Your aunt and uncle are old and can't make money anymore. They rely on this little bit of demolition money to get by. How can you take it away? Aren't you going to kill us?"
So, these days, no one can be trusted except your closest relatives!
When it comes to betting, betting too little means nothing to Yang Cheng.
The investment was too big, and once the media exposed it, Yang Cheng immediately became socially ruined.
The entire trend of the South Africa World Cup is similar to what Yang Cheng experienced in his previous life.
The French team was eliminated in the group stage.
Uruguay's front trident still performed very well.
There are reports that Liverpool is likely to sign Luis Suarez from Ajax after the World Cup.
The transfer fee will definitely not be low.
But Torres and Suarez, this forward combination is absolutely terrifying.
Argentina's problem still lies with Maradona.
Italy still couldn't escape the nightmare of defending champions, and was eliminated last in the group stage with two draws and one loss.
Judging from the group stage alone, Spain really does not show its strength.
They were even upset by Hitzfeld's Switzerland.
But the most frustrating thing is that Bosque's team almost always wins by 1 goal.
Especially after entering the knockout stage.
Whether it was Portugal, Paraguay later, or Germany in the semi-finals, Spain always won by only 1 goal.
This is outrageous.
Especially after the knockout stage, Spain's goals were basically scored in the second half and after 60 minutes.
This actually reflects Bosque's game strategy.
Through Spain's skillful passing and control of the ball, they controlled the game and slowly consumed their opponents.
Facing Spain's style of play, other teams basically have no good solution.
Even in the final, the Netherlands still had no tricks.
The Dutch even paid the price of nine yellow cards but still failed to stop Spain.
In the extra time, Iniesta scored the winning goal.
This is actually a necessity.
If we fail to effectively curb Spain's passing and controlling of the ball, it is only a matter of time before we lose our energy to them.
There are actually big differences between Bosque's Spain and Guardiola's Barcelona.
Guardiola's team runs very actively and the players run over a large area, so their physical fitness is very good.
Someone has previously calculated that the two teams with the best running speed in European football are one of them and Yang Cheng's Bayswater Chinese.
The other is Guardiola's Barcelona.
The World Cup is a tournament system, which is different from the professional league.
Therefore, Bosque's game pace is even slower, which is good for the physical consumption of Spanish players.
A fast-paced offense and defense like Bielsa's Chile can't last long.
The group stage seemed fine, but in the knockout stage, they were directly defeated by Dunga's Brazil.
If we don’t talk about physical exertion in football matches, we are just being a hooligan.
The performances of several Bayswater Chinese players in the World Cup were generally good.
But after all, they have just experienced a devilish season, the players have been exhausted and basically did not perform at their peak level.
This is actually an embarrassment for the World Cup and the European Cup.
Another player that Yang Cheng paid the most attention to, Toni Kroos of Bayern Munich, played 4 times in this World Cup, with playing time respectively of 9 minutes, 14 minutes, 28 minutes and 9 minutes.
Thomas Muller played all the games except for the yellow card suspension against Spain.
With 5 goals and 3 assists, Thomas Muller's performance was eye-catching and he also won the Golden Boot Award and Best Newcomer Award.
The World Cup Golden Ball Award was given to Diego Forlan and the Golden Glove Award was given to Casillas.
But Neuer's performance in the World Cup continued his outstanding performance in the club.
It can be said that after this World Cup, Neuer has completely established himself as the number one goalkeeper of the German national team.
In terms of the best lineup, the Bayswater Chinese had basically no chance.
The head coach is Bosque.
The goalkeeper is Casillas.
The defenders are Lahm, Ramos, Puyol and Van Bronckhorst.
The midfield is Schweinsteiger, Xavi, Iniesta, Sneijder and Thomas Muller.
The forwards are Villa and Diego Forlan.
In general, this World Cup does not have much direct relationship with the Chinese in Bayswater.
It is worth mentioning that Marcelo and Thiago Silva have established themselves as main players in the Brazilian national team, and Di Maria has also become a main player in Argentina.
Due to the problem of the two De's, Capello's England failed to perform well, and Walcott did not show much of his strength.
As for Modric, Lewandowski, Gareth Bale and others, none of them were able to participate in the World Cup.
In Yang Cheng's words, this is a good thing.
At least they can focus more on the upcoming new season.
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When the World Cup came to an end, the European transfer market began to heat up.
The situation of the Chinese in Bayswater this summer is also different from previous years.
The biggest difference is that there are many people who are drooling over it, but few who actually take action.
During the winter transfer window, Yang Cheng made a drastic move for Andy Carroll, which had a certain deterrent effect on all potential poachers.
The slump that Andy Carroll experienced after moving to Chelsea also made all the players wary.
But the competition in the Premier League transfer market has not slowed down.
For example, not long ago, Manchester United CEO David Gill said that Manchester United gave the green light to Ferguson's summer transfer operations.
He even said very proudly, "We have enough financial resources to complete the recruitment of the head coach!"
Listen, rich people are so confident!
Before the summer transfer market opened, Ferguson had already signed Smalling from Fulham and Hernandez from Guadalajara, Mexico.
Although Manchester United did not disclose the specific transfer fee, outside estimates are that the total cost of the two players is only about 1300 million pounds.
This is just a drop in the bucket for the wealthy Manchester United.
The real big moves in the transfer market still depend on the wealthy people from the Middle East.
After the Saudi consortium officially took over Liverpool, the Reds adopted a strategy of first inside and then outside.
On the one hand, Liverpool has renewed contracts with core players such as Mascherano, Gerrard and Torres.
This directly cut off the poaching efforts of teams such as Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea.
These giants are all eyeing Liverpool's players.
Now that the Red Army is rich and powerful, they don't give them any chance at all.
Immediately after the World Cup, Liverpool announced that they had signed Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Ajax for a high price of 3000 million pounds.
At a time when the whole world is in the midst of an economic crisis, especially as the European debt crisis is intensifying, a transfer of 3000 million pounds is already considered a high price.
Yang Cheng has always felt that an important reason for Liverpool's sluggishness in the past few years is that they only have one reliable scorer.
Benítez is sacked.
But Yang Cheng felt that he was actually wronged, but not really wronged.
Liverpool failed to provide a suitable scorer, which resulted in him being unable to display his talents in many situations.
For example, once Torres was injured, Liverpool's offense was greatly reduced.
But the problem is that Kuyt, who scored a lot of goals for the Netherlands, was turned into a winger by Benítez.
Now that the Benítez era is over, it remains a mystery who will take over Liverpool next.
It is said that the Saudi consortium’s criteria for selecting Liverpool’s head coach is a world-class head coach.
Including former Inter Milan head coach Mancini, former Real Madrid head coach Pellegrini and others, are on the list.
The reason why Pellegrini was fired was because Mourinho went to coach Real Madrid.
Spanish media previously revealed that Florentino's favorite head coach is Arsenal's Wenger.
But now, Wenger is ambitious and has great ambitions in Arsenal. He wants to do something big. How could he want to take over Real Madrid?
In Yang Cheng's opinion, Liverpool's signing of Suarez is definitely a great move.
This Uruguayan striker has been favored by many European giants. The Reds missed the Champions League, but were able to snatch him away thanks to their wealth and decisiveness.
If we really have to wait until other teams react, we may not be able to buy it.
In this way, the Red Army has two reliable forwards.
But the problem now is that Liverpool's midfield is weak.
If we play 442, Gerrard and Mascherano can handle it, but the team's flank attack is not good.
Besides, 442 is a bit out of date now.
On the forward line, other stars who have attracted the attention of many European giants include David Villa of Valencia, Aguero of Atletico Madrid, Pato of AC Milan, Balotelli of Inter Milan, etc.
But these players are different. Villa has made it clear that he will not leave Spain.
In this case, Calabash Brothers is basically Real Madrid or Barcelona.
According to Yang Cheng's experience in his previous life and the intelligence he obtained, Villa basically went to Barcelona.
The reason is very simple. Valencia doesn't want to sell players to Real Madrid at all.
The same is true for Spanish midfielder David Silva.
The transfer market is full of twists and turns, but Yang Cheng stays out of it.
Now, he is basically not directly involved in transfer operations.
But he has a clear grasp of every move of the Chinese in Bayswater and any changes in the transfer market.
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FC Bayern Munich headquarters, Harlaching-Sebernerstraße, Munich, Germany.
Whenever the bigwigs of Bayern Munich's supervisory board gather at headquarters, everyone knows that something important must have happened.
For example, four years ago, this group of bigwigs made the decision to poach Franck Ribery from Bayswater Chinese.
This is snatching players from Real Madrid.
Everyone has seen how Ribery has performed at Bayern over the past four years.
Today, this group of bigwigs gathered together again and sat in the same conference room as four years ago.
But the topic of discussion this time is the signing of goalkeepers.
"Among the new generation of goalkeepers in German football, Manuel Neuer is our favorite goalkeeper from the beginning to the end. He has a talent that is much higher than other goalkeepers."
Uli Hoeness explains his views on goalkeeper signings.
"He's very strong and has very quick reactions, which makes him more powerful and less likely to get injured."
"Moreover, he has excellent footwork skills, which is more in line with the current tactical trend in European football."
"Most importantly, he is now one step ahead of other players in the German national team."
The so-called other players naturally include Leverkusen's Rene Adler.
"Everyone should remember that we have always had a tradition that the goalkeeper of the German national team plays for Bayern Munich!"
Hennes felt that after all he had said, the most powerful one was the last sentence.
This is the glory of Bayern Munich!
It is also the club’s long-standing tradition!
It's even a tradition that can be traced back decades.
Bayern's goalkeeping heritage is in the same vein as Germany's goalkeeping heritage.
After retiring, the national goalkeeper will transform into a goalkeeping coach to train the next national goalkeeper. This is the advantage of Bayern Munich in mentoring and training.
Previously, Bayern and Germany were very optimistic about Rensing.
But I didn’t expect that Lunxin couldn’t be helped at all.
Nowadays, it is impossible to train other players to catch up with Neuer's pace.
The terrible thing is that Neuer was born in 1986 and is only 24 years old now.
He can be active in this special position of goalkeeper for at least another 10 years.
"Now, it's difficult to poach Neuer from the Chinese in Bayswater, right?" asked the football emperor Beckenbauer.
Those present were all bigwigs, and being able to sit together, they basically all had a very strong sense of German identity.
They all believe that Germany's best players should play for Bayern Munich.
Especially the goalkeeper.
No matter what, I can't play in the Premier League.
Therefore, when Ballack transferred to Chelsea on a free transfer, they regarded it as a betrayal and scolded him bitterly.
"It's really difficult," Rummenigge took over.
"For reference, Juventus' Buffon has attracted the attention of many teams including Manchester United and Manchester City, and his transfer market valuation is 2800 million pounds."
He had obviously reached a consensus with Hennes long ago.
"I have had contact with Adam Crozier several times before, and I also had a phone call with him two days ago."
After a pause, Rummenigge explained: "Aren't we going to participate in the International Champions Cup this summer? The draw will be held in a few days. I took the opportunity to chat with him and talked about the transfer."
Everyone turned to look at Rummenigge, showing a look of concern.
"Yang Cheng does not plan to make a transfer this summer. He believes that with Bayswater Chinese's performance last season, if it weren't for the heavy pressure of the schedule, they could have won the treble!"
After hearing this, everyone took a deep breath.
NND, Yang Cheng, where does your confidence come from?
It's like treating the Premier League as the Bundesliga!
Looking at the five major leagues, besides Bayern, who else can have such confidence in the Bundesliga?
However, in fact, the performance of Bayswater Chinese last season was indeed very gratifying.
Double championship, plus two semi-finals, this is a great result!
Hoeness also took over the conversation, "I also talked to Neuer's agent Thomas Krott about the possibility of a transfer. He said that the player would be happy to return to his country to join Bayern, but they would not participate in the negotiations."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, obviously disappointed with this statement.
For a blockbuster transfer like Neuer, Bayern will be able to operate much more smoothly if there are players involved.
Beckenbauer looked around at everyone and sighed, "Andy Carroll transferred to Chelsea half a year ago. Yang Cheng's skills worked!"
Everyone nodded.
Half a year later, many of Yang Cheng's original decisions are now being leaked.
The media dug up every detail of the matter, including how he negotiated with Andy Carroll's agent Mark Curtis and the inside story of the transfer.
After what happened, which Chinese player at Bayswater would dare to show up?
Yang Cheng's power over the Chinese at Bayswater far exceeds that of Ferguson over Manchester United.
"So there's nothing to talk about?" asked Adidas' Hainer.
As a competitor of Puma, Adidas is also trying to cooperate with the Chinese in Bayswater.
The two sides have even cooperated many times in the sponsorship of individual players.
But he still hopes Neuer will return to Germany and play for Bayern Munich.
There is a difference between closeness and distance!
"Personally, I think the transfer is not out of the question. The most important thing is that we have to come up with enough transfer fees."
Uli Hoeness revealed a piece of news about the Chinese in Bayswater.
"I've heard that the budget for their new stadium is over £10 billion, maybe even over £12 billion."
Everyone present took a deep breath again.
This is outrageous!
A stadium that cost £12 billion to build?
The reasons for the budget overrun were, on the one hand, the depreciation of the British pound, and on the other hand, the various high-tech requirements that the Chinese at Bayswater had for the new stadium.
"Now, in addition to paying a large bank loan every year, the Bayswater Chinese have to invest at least 1 million pounds in the construction of the new stadium, which will be a very heavy burden for them."
Everyone frowned.
If it were Bayern, they would not be able to afford such crazy spending.
"But I heard that Bayswater Chinese had a total revenue of more than 4.3 million euros last season, ranking first in the Premier League and second in world football, second only to Real Madrid."
As soon as Beckenbauer said this, all the bigwigs present were in an uproar again.
4.3 million euros!
Isn't this too outrageous?
Bayern Munich's total revenue in the 08/09 season was 2.89 million euros, and this season is expected to be over 3 million euros.
It can be said that Bayern Munich has been left far behind by the Chinese in Bayswater.
Once upon a time, this team was not as good as Bayern!
"Last season, their revenue growth rate was 30%." Hoeness revealed the truth.
Those present were all experienced people, but after hearing it, they were really shocked!
Only if you have personally run a business, especially one with revenue of over 30 million, will you know how difficult it is to achieve a revenue growth rate of %!
What's more, this is happening in the European professional football market where the market is already very mature.
"Adam Crozier is truly a business genius!" Beckenbauer praised.
Everyone in Europe knew about Adam Crozier's achievements in the English Football Association.
Today, he has created miracles again in Bayswater Chinese.
"Yang Cheng is also good at using people, and the decision to rent Wembley Stadium was made by Yang Cheng." As the chairman of the Bayern board of directors, Rummenigge believes that more credit should be given to Yang Cheng.
Everyone nodded.
Yang Cheng played this move really beautifully!
At that time, taking advantage of the English Football Association's lack of money, they offered money and directly rented Wembley Stadium until 2012.
The annual rent is only 500 million pounds.
But the stadium now brings Bayswater Chinese £1.5 million in match-day revenue.
Adam Crozier is indeed a business genius, but without Yang Cheng's decision, the Bayswater Chinese would still be trapped in the small stadium of Queens Park Rangers, and he would probably be unable to do anything.
"It's great to be young!" Adidas' Hainer couldn't help but sigh.
When everyone first heard it, they felt like he was praising Yang Cheng's youth and courage.
But if you think about it more carefully, I'm afraid it does have some implications.
Buffon's market value is 2800 million pounds, and it may not even be possible to buy him.
What about Neuer, who is younger and a local player?
How much is it worth?
"Do we have enough funds to carry out this transfer now?" Beckenbauer asked Karl Hopfner, who was in charge of finance, with concern.
Hopfner had already discussed this with Rummenigge and Hoeness and was well prepared.
"With our current funds, if the transfer budget this summer is controlled within 5000 million euros, we can afford it."
According to the exchange rate, it is about 4000 million pounds.
Neuer's current valuation in the German transfer market is 3000 million pounds.
But everyone knows that signing Neuer for £3 million is basically a pipe dream. "Then let me go to London and talk to Adam Kroos," Uli Hoeness suggested.
Everyone nodded and thought it was feasible.
Rummenigge nodded as well, but added, "Let Christian go with you."
Hennes nodded calmly.
Christian Nehringer, Bayern's director of football.
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Before the heated discussion about Luis Suarez's transfer from Ajax to Liverpool for £3000 million had time to subside, news came out from Spain.
Valencia striker David Villa moved to Barcelona for a transfer fee of 4000 million euros.
This transfer exceeded Suarez's transfer fee and became the new record high in this summer's transfer market.
Real Madrid, which had just invested madly last year, lost to Barcelona in this transfer.
At the same time, Manchester City officially announced that it had signed Spanish midfielder David Silva from Valencia for a high price of 2500 million pounds.
This is another knife in Real Madrid's waist.
Real Madrid failed to sign either of Valencia's twin stars, Villa and David Silva.
However, after Mourinho took over the Bernabeu, Real Madrid quickly made adjustments.
On the recommendation of Jorge Mendes, Real Madrid successfully signed Portuguese central defender Bruno Alves from Porto for 3000 million euros.
The Portugal international performed well in the World Cup.
According to Marca, Real Madrid's original target for the central defender position was Pepe or Thiago Silva from Bayswater Chinese, but Bayswater Chinese refused to negotiate.
As a result, Real Madrid was forced to change its target and sign Bruno Alves.
In addition to Bruno Alves, with Mourinho's strong recommendation, Real Madrid signed Fabio Coentrao, the left-back who performed well in the World Cup, from Benfica for a high price of 3000 million euros.
The two transfer deals cost Real Madrid 6000 million euros, but the Galacticos were still not satisfied.
Canales was signed for 600 million euros, Pedro Leon was signed for 1000 million euros, German international Khedira was signed for 1400 million euros, and the dead fish eyed Mesut was signed from Werder Bremen for 1500 million euros.
Real Madrid's move is huge.
In the Premier League, after Manchester City signed David Silva, they signed Jerome Boateng from Bundesliga Hamburg for 1000 million pounds, which was a major move for Manchester City to strengthen its defense.
In addition, Ancelotti also hopes to sign Italian international midfielder Chiellini from Juventus.
David Luiz, the Brazilian central defender who plays for Benfica, has also become a hot commodity in the transfer market.
In the current transfer market where excellent players are extremely scarce, excellent central defenders like Chiellini and David Luiz are in high demand.
The transfer fee is expected to be over £2500 million.
Moreover, this cannot be achieved by simply paying enough money.
On the one hand, he has to convince Juventus, and on the other hand, he also has to face a lot of competition.
How many top teams are currently eyeing David Luiz?
Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Liverpool, Arsenal...
Almost all teams that want to strengthen their defense are paying attention to David Luiz.
Because there is no choice!
Just when the European media was hyping up the shortage of central defenders, Liverpool quickly made the official announcement.
Italian coach Mancini officially takes over the Red Army!
This is another earthquake-level news!
After Mancini took over as Liverpool coach, the first player he signed was Lazio's left-back Kolarov.
The transfer fee was as high as 2300 million pounds.
When Yang Cheng received the news, his first reaction was to be stunned.
Mancini to coach Liverpool?
It's really surprising.
But on second thought, this makes sense.
Firstly, there are not many world-class head coaches who are unemployed now, Mancini and Pellegrini are among them.
Judging from the coaching style alone, Liverpool bears a deep imprint of Benítez.
The Red Army has always been known for its tough style of play.
Pellegrini's style is typical Latin American, known for his agility and positioning. He plays very nicely, but is not very suitable for Liverpool.
In Yang Cheng's opinion, the head coach who best suits Liverpool's characteristics is Klopp.
But Klopp is not qualified to take over Liverpool today.
There is no doubt about Mancini's coaching level. He is born in Italy, has no problem with his technical and tactical attainments, and his playing style is very rigorous and meticulous, which is very similar to Benítez.
Therefore, inviting him to coach is a good choice.
As for whether it will succeed or not, it’s hard to say.
Kolarov plays for Lazio.
Everyone knows that Mancini has a close relationship with Lazio.
Liverpool's left side has always had weaknesses, and signing Kolarov is undoubtedly a timely help.
It's Manchester City instead.
With Bridge and Leighton Baines available, there is no strong need for Kolarov.
Therefore, Kolarov's transfer to Liverpool is quite normal.
The Echo, which is close to Liverpool, also revealed that Mancini intends to clear out a group of players in the Liverpool team who are unable to meet the team's technical and tactical requirements.
Some players, including Insua, Degen and Riera, will be cleared out of the team.
What is surprising is that main goalkeeper Reina is not valued by Mancini either.
"Reina's goalkeeping style is not liked by Mancini, and he is not stable enough, which is unacceptable to Mancini."
"In contrast, Mancini is more inclined to sign veteran Buffon from Juventus."
L'Echo revealed that Juventus is currently experiencing management turmoil and many players in the team are dissatisfied.
Buffon revealed in a previous interview with Italian media that although his contract with Juventus will not expire until 2013, he does not rule out considering other options.
"Leaving Serie A and going to the Premier League is undoubtedly a good choice."
But there are also three teams in the Premier League that are coveting Buffon, namely Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool.
Manchester United lost Van der Sar and the goal was always unstable.
Although Manchester City has Joe Hart, he is not stable enough and hopes to sign the most stable goalkeeper in the world.
Interestingly, although there have been occasional transfer rumors about Neuer this summer, they were mostly linked to Bayern Munich. Manchester United, Manchester City and other teams have also occasionally been linked, but not often.
It was as if they all knew that they couldn't buy Neuer at all.
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At the end of June, the organizers of the International Champions Cup held a grand press conference in London.
It has been officially announced that the first International Champions Cup, consisting of 12 European top teams, will officially start this summer.
A drawing ceremony was also held at the same time.
The drawing rules are also quite simple. First, three teams from different leagues are drawn from the 12 teams.
Real Madrid went to the western United States, Barcelona went to the eastern United States, and Manchester United went to Asia.
After that, the other three teams in the group will be drawn.
In the end, Real Madrid drew Juventus, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Barcelona drew Bayswater Chinese, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich.
Manchester United drew AC Milan, Manchester City and Liverpool.
After the draw results came out, the schedule was also released.
Representatives from all 12 clubs attended the draw and formally signed the contract.
In an interview with media reporters, David Pensel, a representative of the organizer, said that ICC is determined to make the International Champions Cup an iconic event every summer and will organize the tournament strictly in accordance with the standards of the Champions League.
“We hope to bring the highest level of competition to fans in North America and Asia!”
David Pensel revealed that although it is the first International Champions Cup, it has already contacted broadcasters in North America, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and will be broadcast live in more than fifty countries and regions around the world.
“We are determined to make this the most influential warm-up event this summer!”
All the major teams are also full of confidence in the prospects of the International Champions Cup.
Especially after communicating with David Pensel and Richard Masters and learning a series of information such as the event broadcasting, commercial sponsorship, and ticket sales channels, they were all very excited.
After the draw results came out, the schedule was also released and ticket sales to the world officially opened.
The 12 giants coming together is itself a huge gimmick.
Coupled with the heat of this summer's transfer market, fans all over the world are looking forward to it.
In addition, television broadcasters in countries and regions such as Fox in the United States, China Huaxia Television, and Japan, South Korea, etc., have also begun to publicize and promote the show after paying a low price and obtaining the broadcasting rights.
This will also invisibly help the International Champions Cup increase its influence.
The International Champions Cup hasn’t even started yet, but the excitement is already high.
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The draw was held in London.
After the draw, senior executives from major clubs returned one after another to prepare for the upcoming International Champions Cup journey.
You know, there is an appearance fee for participating in the competition, and there is a bonus for winning.
But Bayern Munich's general manager Uli Hoeness and football director Neilinger quietly stayed and secretly met with Adam Crozier, CEO of Bayswater Chinese, at the hotel.
Accompanying him was director of football Dan Ashworth.
"You two, I believe you have guessed the reason why I stayed here."
Uli Hoeness is a powerful figure in European football. He did not hide anything and spoke directly to the point.
"To be honest, we sincerely hope to have a good talk with you Chinese people in Bayswater about the future of Manuel Neuer."
Hoeness then went on to talk about the traditional and emotional connection between Bayern and the German goalkeeper.
He wanted to tell Adam Kroos and Dan Ashworth that now not only Bayern fans, but also German fans are eagerly looking forward to Neuer's return to the Bundesliga to play.
England and Germany are old rivals. Is it reasonable that their national goalkeeper does not play for the best team in the Bundesliga but instead goes to England to play?
"Just a few days ago, our Bayern Supervisory Board held a routine meeting. The supervisors forced us to contact you again to talk about Neuer. We are really sincere." Hoeness said very sincerely.
Adam Crozier and Dan Ashworth looked at each other, both revealing a tacit understanding.
There is definitely sincerity, and it is sufficient.
But there is a mixture of truth and falsehood in his words.
Hennes is an old fox, he won't take out everything at once.
"I won't hide it from you, Uli."
Adam Crozier didn't speak; it was Dan Ashworth who spoke.
"Before Mr. Yang Cheng went on vacation, he repeatedly told us not to sell any players this summer. So you see, no matter how other teams make transfers, we will not be affected."
"This was not the case in previous years and we do not intend to make any transfers this summer."
Uli Hoeness looked at Dan Ashworth, then at Adam Cross, wondering in his heart how much of these words were true and how much were false.
"Then why did I hear that your scouting director Gary Worthington appeared in Belgium to scout players? And Mike Rigg went to Atletico Madrid in Spain to scout players?" Uli Hoeness asked tentatively.
Bayern was clearly not unprepared.
They have also been releasing various smoke bombs and closely monitoring the actions of the Chinese in Bayswater.
They are very alert at any sign of trouble.
"Routine, you know, the director of football, the head of scouting, the chief talent officer, it's all about making sure everything is running smoothly, so we're scouting players all the time."
After a pause, Dan Ashworth laughed and said, "At the World Cup in South Africa, our scouts are still observing Thomas Muller. Are we planning to sign him?"
"You know, Uli, we are just observing. We are interested in all young players. This is a necessary talent reserve."
It is not only a talent reserve, but also a way to examine competitors.
Thomas Muller's information will be valuable when we play against Bayern in the future.
This is what teams all over the world do.
What Dan Ashworth said was flawless and there was really nothing Hennes could do.
"Where's Yang? Is he in London?" Hennes changed the subject.
Dan Ashworth looked at Adam Crozier, who smiled and said, "As soon as the season ended, he took our CFO on vacation to Northern Europe. He didn't answer the phone, and we couldn't even contact him."
Hearing him speak in a somewhat exaggerated manner, Hennes couldn't help but laugh along.
The whole world knows that Xia Qing, the chief financial officer of Bayswater Chinese, and Yang Cheng are a couple.
"So how are you handling the payment for the new stadium construction?" Hennes asked with concern.
Adam Crozier laughed again, "The Finance Department is still working as usual, and our cash flow is pretty good now."
What this means is that we are not short of money now.
Considering the huge sums of money that the Chinese in Bayswater had previously borrowed from many banks, this is indeed possible.
"Adam, let's be frank. Sell Neuer to us." Hoeness no longer hid his intentions and started to play his cards one after another.
"I really have no choice, Uli. You know, we lost the FA Cup and Champions League semi-finals last season, which had a huge impact on the team. Yang has already said that we must strive for all championships this season, and no one will be sold!"
"Look, they all went to grab the center back, the center forward, and the midfielder, but no one came to grab our team, right?"
Hoeness nodded, "I understand, but just consider it as a favor to Bayern Munich, just consider it as helping us!"
In the European football transfer market, such personal connections between top teams are actually not uncommon.
So, as both are the presidents of Real Madrid, it is very convenient for Florentino to buy players, but Calderon cannot do that.
Adam Crozier was appropriately silent.
Who is Uli Hoeness?
Too good at reading people's expressions.
I immediately realized there was something interesting going on.
He immediately spoke again and raised the stakes.
"In this case, we are willing to pay 3...4000 million euros to sign Neuer!"
Hoeness originally wanted to start bargaining from 3000 million euros, but after thinking about it, he decided to step up his offensive efforts.
"It's not that I don't want to give you this favor, but you also know, Uli, this matter is really not something I can decide."
After a pause, Adam Kroos changed the subject, "Let me ask you, Uli, if you were me and I gave you 4000 million euros, would you be able to buy a goalkeeper of Neuer's level?"
The 32-year-old veteran Buffon's current transfer market valuation is 2800 million pounds, which is 3500 million euros when converted into euros.
You know, Buffon is already 32 years old.
Neuer is only 24 years old.
Moreover, whether in the Premier League in the past few seasons or in this World Cup, Neuer has performed at a very high level.
He is recognized as the strongest goalkeeper in the Premier League, and even beats Cech in various selections.
In this case, it is basically impossible to buy a goalkeeper as capable as Neuer with 4000 million euros!
If there was, there would be no need for Bayern to buy Neuer.
Do you know how much Leverkusen is asking for Rene Adler?
2500 million euros!
This is the internal price given to Bundesliga Bayern.
There are reports that Manchester United actually asked Bayer Leverkusen for the price, and the other party offered 3000 million euros.
How much is Neuer, a top goalkeeper who has repeatedly proved his strength and value in the Champions League, the Premier League and the World Cup, worth?
A crazy idea suddenly popped up in Hennes' mind.
Veteran fans will definitely be familiar with this.
In 2001, Juventus signed Buffon from Parma for 5400 million euros, setting the highest goalkeeper transfer fee record in history.
But it would be too naive to think that Juventus can make Parma surrender just by spending 5400 million euros.
At that time, Buffon was almost joining Barcelona. He had even visited Barcelona and reached an agreement with them.
But after Buffon returned to Italy, Juventus general manager Moggi received the news and called Buffon and his agent directly, using many means to make Buffon change his mind and join Juventus.
At that time, Barcelona offered a higher transfer fee than Juventus.
Sometimes, if you want the best, you have to pay a price!
But Bayern also has its own considerations.
From Beckenbauer to Rummenigge to Hoeness, they all regard the Bundesliga as their own backyard.
But relying solely on grades, money and benefits is not enough.
Therefore, Bayern has been trying every possible way to establish itself as the banner of German football.
They want all German players to respect Bayern from the first day they start playing football.
Let this group of young players develop the idea of being proud to play for Bayern from an early age.
This requires stacking and shaping in a variety of ways.
For example, Germany's best players have always played for Bayern.
But if suddenly one day, the best player in Germany does not choose Bayern but goes to other teams, Bayern's image will be affected.
Therefore, Bayern must do everything possible to buy it back!
Even for a star like Ballack who had passed his prime, Bayern was unwilling to let him go.
And now, they have to do everything possible to sign Neuer.
At the end of the conversation, Hoeness made the final offer, which was the best that Bayern could make.
5000 million euros!
This is Bayern's limit!
Because Bayern's salary expenses have also risen sharply in the past few years, the transfer budget cannot be too high.
What's more, Ribery and Thomas Muller have to renew their contracts.
Oh, by the way, that East German guy also needs to renew his contract.
Adam Crozier's answer was still perfunctory.
"I need to ask for permission!"
If no answer is given on the spot, it is basically equivalent to no answer.
Hoeness was very sad to let go of Adam Crozier and Dan Ashworth.
He felt very upset because he didn't get the answer he wanted.
After thinking about it, Hoeness took out his mobile phone and called the famous German agent Thomas Krott.
This damn guy never won a league championship when he was playing football, and he only played one game for West Germany. There were not many highlights in his career.
But as an agent, he is very successful and has many famous stars under his command, including Neuer.
Thomas Kroeter was not surprised at all that the talks between Hoeness and Adam Krozier broke down.
In my opinion, how could the Chinese at Bayswater sell their goalkeeper for no reason?
Is there any team in the world that is so stupid?
Besides, the income of the Chinese in Bayswater has skyrocketed nowadays, so they won’t sell players crazily anymore.
Thomas Crott had some understanding of the situation of the Chinese in Bayswater.
"Oh, by the way, when I went to Grosvenor Square to discuss the contract extension, I vaguely heard Dan Ashworth talking to Yang Cheng on the phone, and he seemed to have mentioned Thomas Muller."
Hoeness's heart skipped a beat. "Why did he mention Muller?"
"I remember that they were talking about Germany's youth training. Yang Cheng thought that several young players of Bayern were good. In addition to Thomas Muller, he seemed to have mentioned Badstuber and Toni Kroos, but I didn't hear it clearly."
"Perhaps, you could consider including Thomas Muller in the deal."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Hennes refused without hesitation.
Who is Thomas Muller?
World Cup Golden Boot and Best Newcomer.
There is also Badstuber, who is also very popular among Bayern fans.
Take them to trade?
It goes without saying that Bayern will definitely be scolded to death by German fans.
Hoeness will definitely have to take the blame and step down.
As for Toni Kroos...
This East German kid has had some problems with the contract renewal with the team recently, and Rummenigge wanted to put some pressure on him, so he deliberately left him out.
It’s not impossible to consider!
But Bayswater Chinese have plenty of talented midfielders, do they need Toni Kroos?
(End of this chapter)
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