I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 203: A long-cherished wish has come true! Further expand the territory of the football empire [Subscribe]

When Uli Hoeness returned to Munich, Germany, feeling depressed, he immediately heard news of four earthquake-level transfers that were enough to shock the world of football.

The Red Army Liverpool, which had just been acquired by a Saudi tycoon, first signed the legendary goalkeeper Buffon from Juventus at a high price of 3500 British pound cents, which is equivalent to about 4375 million euros.

This shocked fans all over the world!
Because it has exceeded the transfer fee when Barcelona signed Villa from Valencia, becoming the new record transfer fee this summer.

You know, the highest record for goalkeeper transfer fee in world football was set by Buffon.

But now, the 32-year-old legendary goalkeeper has once again made a shocking transfer.

The second highest transfer fee record is also Buffon!
No one will question Buffon's strength, but is it worth paying such a high transfer fee for a 32-year-old goalkeeper?
The only thing everyone could think of was that the Saudi tycoons were clearly not just going for the competitive factor.

They hope to attract the attention of the world through this transfer, so that everyone will pay attention to Liverpool and Saudi Arabia behind Liverpool.

In addition to Buffon, Liverpool also signed another Italian international, Balotelli.

In this summer transfer market, Balotelli is definitely the focus of all the top teams.

No one will question the strength and potential of this 20-year-old center. Everyone believes that he will become a world-class center because his talent is so amazing!
Ferguson of Manchester United wanted him, Chelsea believed he could succeed Drogba, Ancelotti of Manchester City had high hopes for him, and Mancini of Liverpool played the emotional card.

Because it was Mancini who promoted Balotelli when he was the coach of Inter Milan.

Manchester City was the first to take action.

Ancelotti's first offer was directly 2500 million pounds, wanting to sign this future top center forward.

But Liverpool quickly followed suit and made a bid.

The two sides raised the price again and again, and finally locked it at 3000 million pounds.

This translates to 3750 million euros.

Between two Premier League teams and two Italian head coaches, Balotelli chose to join Liverpool where Mancini is.

In an interview with Italian media, Balotelli said: "No one knows me better than Mancini. He knows how to stimulate my potential!"

After missing out on Balotelli, Ancelotti quickly shifted his target.

Having already signed Jerome Boateng from Hamburg, Manchester City signed Chiellini from Juventus for a transfer fee of £3000 million.

You know, Chiellini's estimated value in the German transfer market is only 2500 million euros.

But Manchester City spent 3750 million euros to successfully sign the Italian international.

That's the Manchester City style.

After signing Chiellini, Manchester City now has four central defenders: Lucio, Chiellini, Lescott and Joel Luca, plus a young Jerome Boateng.

The central defender dilemma that has troubled Ancelotti for an entire season has been completely resolved.

After signing Chiellini, in order to make up for the regret of missing Balotelli, Manchester City announced that it would sign Ibrahimovic from Barcelona for a transfer fee of 2400 million pounds, equivalent to 3000 million euros.

The Swedish center forward played for Barcelona for one season and his value was halved!

The Sun revealed that the transfer was completed with the excellent operational ability of agent Raiola.

Manchester City and Barcelona have been haggling over the player's transfer fee, with the Blue Moon initially only willing to offer a transfer fee of 2000 million pounds.

It is still a long way from Barcelona's 3000 million pounds.

The main reason lies in Ibrahimovic's annual salary.

The Swede earns 1200 million euros a year at Barcelona.

But due to Spain's tax advantages, the Swedish center can get around 950 million euros after tax.

That's about 750 million pounds.

That works out to about £14.5 a week after tax.

But you have to know that the current tax rate in the Premier League is 50%.

In order to get this money, Manchester City needs to offer a weekly salary of 30 pounds before tax, which is as high as Kaka's.

Even with Manchester City's wealth, it is impossible to meet Ibrahimovic's requirements.

Therefore, Manchester City shifted its target and wanted to compete for Balotelli, whose transfer fee was higher but annual salary was lower.

Unexpectedly, Balotelli went directly to Mancini's Liverpool.

Interestingly, Balotelli’s agent is also Raiola.

After Balotelli moved to Liverpool, Raiola communicated between Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​successfully persuading Barcelona to lower the transfer fee requirements, while also asking Manchester City to appropriately raise the offer.

At the same time, Ibrahimovic also lowered his salary demands.

Who made him rush to escape from Barcelona now?
The Sun revealed that the final transfer fee between the two parties was set at 2400 million pounds.

Ibrahimovic's weekly salary at Manchester City is only 20 pounds before tax.

When news of these earthquake-level transfers spread, they immediately sparked frenzied discussions among media and fans around the world.

Everyone was shocked to find that the purchasing power of the Premier League is so strong!
Especially after Manchester City and Liverpool were successively acquired by two wealthy teams, they continued to buy stars, making the entire Premier League become star-studded.

……

“The Premier League is horrible now!”

Back at Bayern's headquarters office on Sebernerstrasse in Harlaching, Hoeness and Neilinger immediately found Rummenigge.

When the three met, the topic naturally became Premier League transfers.

"We must propose to UEFA to quickly implement the Financial Fair Play Act and strictly control the Premier League. Otherwise, if this continues, all the stars in the world will be bought by the Premier League!"

"By that time, the Premier League will surely become another small World Cup!"

As veterans who have been in charge of Bayern for many years, Hoeness and Rummenigge are well aware of the heyday of Serie A during the Mini World Cup.

At that time, Serie A was truly dominated by one team!
But it’s sad to say.

In the late 90s, the Bundesliga wanted to compete with Serie A.

Therefore, many teams including Bayern and Dortmund started to spend money.

Behind it is the strong support of leading media companies such as the Kirsch Group.

At that time, there was a wave of IPO financing in European football, with teams including Manchester United, Ajax, Dortmund and others all going public and raising funds around the turn of the century.

But who could have imagined that after entering the new century, the Kirsch Group would fall into financial difficulties and even go bankrupt and undergo restructuring.

This also completely dragged the Bundesliga into the quagmire of bankruptcy.

At that time, the Bundesliga, including Bayern, all faced a very serious bankruptcy crisis.

How did Bayern get out of the predicament?
Bayern started its IPO financing in 2001, and its long-time partner Adidas paid 7500 million euros to buy 10% of Bayern's shares.

This is why Adidas Chairman Hainer will become the boss of Bayern's supervisory board.

Some other bigwigs of the Supervisory Board also came in at this time.

It was thanks to the listing and financing at the beginning of the century that Bayern not only took the lead in getting out of the bankruptcy crisis, but also completely turned the Bundesliga into its own backyard through various means such as borrowing money and recruiting players.

Other teams like Dortmund, Werder Bremen and others, although they can occasionally threaten Bayern, are unable to shake Bayern's dominance in the Bundesliga.

From the perspective of industry insiders, there has never been so-called peace in European football.

The Bundesliga and Serie A are competing, isn't La Liga the same?

How were these two monsters, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​created?
How much advantage does their membership model have compared to other clubs?
Apart from anything else, how much policy support have the government and banks given to this kind of public welfare membership club?

The bankruptcy crisis at the beginning of the century caused the Bundesliga to fall into decline, and coupled with the outbreak of the Calciopoli scandal, Serie A also fell.

The Premier League took the opportunity to rise strongly and become the number one league in world football today.

La Liga has also established its position as the second league thanks to the competition between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Even La Liga is eager to compete with the Premier League.

The strength of the Premier League is not good for other European leagues.

Especially for the Bundesliga.

Look at this year's Premier League, it has reaped huge benefits from Serie A and La Liga.

The twin stars of Valencia, the talented center forward of Inter Milan, the legendary goalkeeper and main center back of Juventus, and the future captain of Roma who was poached by Manchester United before...

Each and every one of these is a history of blood and tears!
If they continue like this, they will win the Bundesliga sooner or later.

The most important thing is that the Premier League has done a great job in globalization.

There is simply no other league that can match it.

"Financial Fair Play can only barely suppress foreign investment."

Rummenigge also felt helpless about this. "But you know, let alone the Premier League, UEFA's attitude towards foreign investment is also very ambiguous. There are many who embrace foreign investment."

La Liga clubs have made countless jokes in their attempt to attract foreign investment.

The chairman of Getafe was even deceived and sent to Dubai.

The fact is that everyone now knows that only by introducing foreign capital can these European football clubs be helped out of their predicament.

Serie A doesn’t even have a stadium of its own, so naturally no one is interested.

Due to policy restrictions, it is difficult for foreign capital to enter the Bundesliga.

The Premier League, La Liga and Ligue 1 have all taken a positive attitude.

Their clubs are all heavily in debt and barely staying afloat.

For example, Marseille, which just won the French Ligue 1 championship, is led by the widow of former Adidas CEO Dreyfus.

But the problem was that the old lady not only knew nothing about running a football club, but also had no interest in it.

They invest a lot of money every year and just won the French Ligue 1 championship last season. However, when they checked the accounts, they found that they had suffered huge losses.

It was known throughout Europe that she was peddling Marseilles.

Besides, few people have heard of Lyon in the past two or three years, right?
Why did Lyon live up to its status as the French Ligue 1 champion a few years ago?

Why is the vampire Orlas not making trouble anymore?

Behind the glory, Lyon is also full of debts.

Now, this is the case in almost all leagues in Europe, except the Premier League.

So how did the changes in the Premier League come about?

It was from 2003 that Abramovich was the first to enter the Premier League, followed by the Abu Dhabi consortium, the current Saudi consortium, and wealthy people from other countries around the world.

The influx of foreign capital has brought huge purchasing power and greatly alleviated the debt of Premier League teams.

At the same time, foreign investment has also brought influence, allowing the Premier League to be the most resolute and effective in globalization.

Now, Premier League teams are doing the best among all leagues thanks to overseas and domestic markets.

Let me ask, wouldn’t the teams in other leagues be envious?

Rummenigge had no way to deal with this matter.

Many things are the result of gambling.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. How did your talk go in London?" Rummenigge asked with concern.

When talking about London, Hennes sighed heavily.

Briefly recount what happened in London.

He had just received a call from Dan Ashworth before returning to Munich.

Bayswater Chinese still do not consider selling Neuer.

"Do they want to make a big profit?" Rummenigge was angry and hateful.

"Buffon was sold at such a high price, what do you think?" Hoeness was very annoyed.

These foreign investments are all messing around.

Paying such a high transfer fee for a 32-year-old goalkeeper, isn't this disrupting the market?
This was not said by Hoeness, but by Ferguson.

"What should we do now?" Rummenigge frowned. He had no other choice.

The contract is still there, the other party is unwilling to sell, and the player is unwilling to cooperate, so we can only wait.

Wait a few years, the contract will be expired soon, then we can talk about it.

This is standard practice.

But the problem is that Bayern can't wait now.

Kahn's successor Rensing has already left Bayern.

Currently, Bayern has only two goalkeepers, the old Butt and the young Kraft.

Besides, with the current performance of the Chinese in Bayswater, can they really get Neuer if they continue to wait?
"Thomas Krott told me that maybe we could consider including Thomas Muller in the transfer negotiations."

As soon as Hoeness finished speaking, Rummenigge stared at him with wide eyes, "Are you crazy?"

"I didn't agree, I just relayed it, relayed it!" Hennes emphasized.

"It's not okay to paraphrase, this can't happen, that's Thomas Muller!"

Do you know what the name Muller means to Bayern?

Unless this kid is really hopeless, Bayern Munich will use all its resources to train him.

"Or Badstuber..."

"It's impossible for him!" Rummenigge waved his hand and there was no point in talking about it.

After a pause, Rummenigge looked at the two colleagues in front of him and said, "Thomas Muller has decided to renew his contract with the club. Next, we have to talk to Ribery and make sure he stays!"

"What about Toni Kroos?"

"Put it aside for now." Rummenigge's face looked unhappy again.

"I spoke to Volker Stroos a while ago and told him we were going to bring Toni Kroos back and guess what he said?"

Before Hennes asked, he took the initiative to speak out.

"He actually told me that if there really is no place for Toni Kroos in the team, his players are willing to continue on loan in Leverkusen or even transfer!"

"Heynckes also called me and asked if it was possible to keep Toni Kroos in Leverkusen, but I refused."

At this point, Rummenigge shook his head and said, "This kid is an ungrateful person and has little affection for our club."

Hennes also sighed.

This is actually quite troublesome.

Today, Bayern Munich's midfield is full of talent.

Van Gaal does not have a good answer on how to use Toni Kroos for the time being, he just said he would observe further.

"Van Gaal is not very interested in Toni Kroos," Hoeness sighed.

Rummenigge nodded, "But he did do well in Leverkusen."

"It was only this past season that he had no speed on the left wing, even less than Schweinsteiger in his early years."

Schweini also played as a winger in the early days and he also had no speed, but at least he was faster than Toni Kroos.

An idea suddenly flashed through Hoeness' mind. "How about including him in Neuer's transfer and raising the offer?"

When a club really cannot come up with more funds to carry out transfers, using players as extras is a very common practice.

What's more, didn't Thomas Kroth say it? Yang Cheng mentioned three names, Thomas Muller, Badstuber and Toni Kroos. If he really put one in, it's hard to guarantee that Yang Cheng would be interested.

"That's impossible? Toni Kroos may not be willing to go." Nelinger shook his head.

Toni Kroos is a famous German teenage genius and his performance in Leverkusen is indeed quite good.

His current value is approximately 1200 million euros.

Hoeness glanced at Nelinger and then at Rummenigge. "His contract expires in 2012."

Rummenigge understood what his old partner meant.

As usual, the contract will be renewed this summer.

No later than Christmas this year.

By the summer of 2011, Bayern's situation will be very passive.

If the player cannot be sold at a high price, he will lose the initiative to renew the contract.

"Will the Chinese in Bayswater agree?" asked Rummenigge.

"I'll give it a try," Hennes said.

Rummenigge nodded without hesitation.

Now, the most important thing for Bayern Munich is to sign Neuer.

Other things can be put aside for now.

Toni Kroos?
Germany is full of players like this!
What's more, he is from East Germany and has no feelings for Bayern.

Every time he sees this kid, Rummenigge feels offended.

……

When another offer from Bayern was delivered to Dan Ashworth, the football director was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Because he saw the long-awaited name in this quotation.

Toni Kroos!
Yang is indeed a man of foresight!

Between Thomas Muller, Badstuber, Neuer and Toni Kroos, Bayern chose to sacrifice Toni Kroos without hesitation.

It was worth the effort to make that phone call in front of Thomas Krott.

Thinking of this, Dan Ashworth was immediately called by Yang Cheng, who was "on vacation", and reported the latest situation.

Also ask for next steps.

Bayern Munich's offer is 4500 million euros plus Toni Kroos.

Yang Cheng was also very excited, but did not reply immediately.

This is the midfielder he has always dreamed of!
As long as Toni Kroos comes, the midfield of the Chinese in Bayswater will be complete!

"Drag him for a day, give him one tomorrow, 5000 million plus Tony Kroos!"

After a pause, Yang Cheng laughed, "Bayern Munich won't lose out on this deal!"

Who is Neuer?

Destined to become a legendary German goalkeeper!

In today's world football, Bayern Munich would be lucky enough to be able to buy him.

As for the Chinese in Bayswater, they must feel some regret in selling Neuer.

But first of all, Neuer himself also wants to go back.

Secondly, it can be exchanged for Germany's talented midfielder Toni Kroos.

Add to that a transfer fee of 5000 million euros, it’s great value!

Besides, if this transfer can be completed, Neuer will surpass Buffon and become the goalkeeper with the highest transfer fee in history!

This is also a great benefit for the Chinese in Bayswater.

As for the successor, Yang Cheng had already found one.

Gary Worthington and Mike Reagg traveled to Belgium, France, Germany and Spain successively, observing many young goalkeepers.

Among them are Oblak from Slovenia, Courtois from Genk of Belgium, Asenho and De Gea from Atletico Madrid, and Ter Stegen from Borussia Mönchengladbach youth team.

Among many goalkeepers, Yang Cheng chose Thibaut Courtois.

The reason is simple, Courtois has almost everything a perfect goalkeeper needs!
The ideal height for a goalkeeper is generally around 1 meters.

For example, Buffon is 1 meters tall.

But in fact, there is another very important factor, which is arm length.

Therefore, height and arm length are very important in selecting a goalkeeper.

The reason is actually very simple. The size of the goal is fixed. Under the same conditions, the taller the goalkeeper is and the longer his arms are, the larger the range of control will be.

There are successful short goalkeepers, such as Casillas, Asenjo of Atletico Madrid, Reina of Liverpool, Valdes of Barcelona, ​​etc. They are all very typical short goalkeepers.

There is also Navas who will shine in Real Madrid in the future.

However, these short goalkeepers rely more on physical conditions such as reaction and jumping to make up for the defects of short stature and short arms.

The goalkeeper position is very special and is different from all other positions on the field.

That is, it hardly has much running.

Even if the goalkeeper is from a top defensive team, he may not face many threatening shots throughout the game.

Most of the time during the game they need to be able to endure loneliness, stay calm, observe the game and command the defense.

Short people are at a disadvantage in this regard.

On the one hand, their field of vision is not high enough, and on the other hand, they rely heavily on their physical functions when saving the ball.

Of course, being tall is not always good.

The simplest point is that due to their height and long arms, their bodies are not as flexible as those of shorter people, and they tend to react more slowly to some close-range shots.

But everyone knows that goalkeeper is a position with a relatively long peak career period.

Compared with tall goalkeepers, short goalkeepers have a shorter peak period.

Many people even start to decline drastically before the age of 30, because human body functions reach their peak at the age of 26.

When their physical function declines and they can no longer make the excellent saves they did in their prime, their entire career will quickly decline.

If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that in European football, those goalkeepers who have a long peak period in their careers are basically tall goalkeepers.

Many of them even reach their peak after they are over 30 years old and have accumulated enough experience.

Courtois is 1 meters tall, the same height as Begovic, the backup goalkeeper in the Bayswater Chinese team.

This height is a little bit high.

But Courtois is strong, rarely injured, and remains flexible.

Most importantly, he is very calm, focused, and has extremely strong mental qualities.

this point is very important.

Just like the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, the Reds not only lost the Champions League, but also lost the career of a young goalkeeper with great potential.

As for Courtois' passing, his long passes were a little poor, but everything else was basically still on point.

What's more, he is still young, only 18 years old.

If he is bought and handed over to Pedro Haro to be trained carefully, he may not be as good as Buffon and Neuer in the future, but there will be no problem for him to be the main goalkeeper of the top giants.

He still has a long way to go in his career.

He made his debut from Genk in 2010 and after a stunning season, joined Chelsea for 900 million pounds. He was immediately loaned to Atletico Madrid in La Liga and became the main goalkeeper.

Since then, he has always been the main goalkeeper of top teams and has always maintained a very high level of performance.

It can be said that Courtois is a trustworthy goalkeeper.

But so far, Courtois, who has only played once for Genk in the 08/09 season, has an estimated value of only 15 euros in the German football transfer market, but Genk's asking price is 100 million euros.

No discount yet.

What’s even more interesting is that when Mike Rigg went to Belgium for inspection, the top management of the Genk club was very proactive in recommending their team’s top rookie Jeller Watson, a Belgian international forward, who was valued at 100 million euros.

Genk's offer is 300 million euros.

Mike Rigg didn't like Jerrell Watson, but instead took a fancy to Kevin De Bruyne, a 19-year-old substitute midfielder in Genk, who was valued at 200 million euros in the German football transfer market.

Since Yang Cheng gave Mike Rigg certain authority, he even talked directly with Genk about the transfer.

The other party asked for 300 million euros.

……

When the Chinese in Bayswater finally responded and were willing to sit down and talk, Bayern's top management was ecstatic.

Their biggest headache is that the Chinese in Bayswater don't want to talk at all.

As long as you are willing to talk, there is room for negotiation.

5000 million euros plus Toni Kroos?
promise!

Rummenigge and Hoeness quickly responded.

That translates to £4000 million plus Toni Kroos.

That’s about 5000 million pounds!
This will definitely create a new record for goalkeeper transfer fees in world football!

After receiving confirmation of the transfer from both parties, Bayern's football director Nelinger immediately began preparations and led the team to London to sit down for negotiations with Dan Ashworth.

The most important thing is some details and payment methods.

But these differences are minor.

Yang Cheng did not participate in the transfer negotiations. He did not even return to London. Instead, he went directly south from Northern Europe to the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, the northern German city of Rostock.

Toni Kroos, who just returned from the World Cup, returned to his hometown for vacation.

His father has been coaching the Rostock youth team. He previously coached the U17 team. This summer, as the team grew older, he became the head coach of the U19 team.

Before receiving Yang Cheng's call, Toni Kroos had already learned from his agent Volker Struth that Bayern had included him in the transfer deal for Neuer.

This made the arrogant Toni Kroos very dissatisfied.

He doesn't like to be a part of someone else's transfer!
Just at this time, Yang Cheng called from Northern Europe with his girlfriend Xia Qing.

The next day, they met in a restaurant in downtown Rostock.

This is not the first time Toni Kroos has met Yang Cheng.

But this was the first time they met in private.

"Do you feel like you've finally seen someone's true face after chatting online for several years?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

Xia Qing on the side couldn't help but be amused.

Still chatting online?
Toni Kroos nodded shyly but frankly.

He still looks quite green now.

But Yang Cheng always knew that he was a very opinionated person.

"Actually, I've been wanting to talk to you for a long time." Toni Kroos took the initiative.

"Just like today."

After saying this, he laughed first.

If he were dealing with others, Yang Cheng would probably use some means or language skills.

But facing Toni Kroos, Yang Cheng felt that it would be better for him not to hide anything.

This smart guy is not so easy to fool.

"Before we start this conversation, Tony, I have to apologize to you."

"why?"

Yang Cheng briefly talked about how he forced Bayern to include Toni Kroos in the transfer.

"I'm sorry, I did this without your consent. If you think it's inappropriate or you don't like it, I can call London and ask them to terminate the transfer."

"We Chinese in Bayswater will discuss the two deals separately with Bayern and make a new offer to you."

Toni Kroos was visibly surprised.

He didn't expect that Yang Cheng would be so frank and even tell him the inside story of the transfer.

This made the German youth feel a little overwhelmed.

Sitting in his seat, Toni Kroos pondered for a long time before he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My father told me that when you become a professional player, it's like you become a commodity that can be bought and sold at will."

From what he said, he accepted it.

"Yang, I want to know, did Bayern really not choose me?" Toni Kroos raised his head and looked directly at Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng smiled faintly, "You should have known the answer long ago, right?"

Toni Kroos had a look of astonishment on his face.

"From the first day I joined Bayern, I knew they didn't take me seriously."

"No, I felt it even before I went to Bayern."

Yang Cheng was silent for a while before he said, "Then come to our Bayswater Chinese! My colleagues, players and I will help you become the best midfielder in the world!"

"Here, you will find many teammates who share the same mindset as you, and you will get the joy of playing and competing that you can't get in Bayern, Leverkusen, or any other team."

Toni Kroos is not that easy to fool.

Although this boy is young, he is full of ideas.

Yang Cheng analyzed some of the problems encountered by the Bayswater Chinese last season, and he also mentioned the advantages of Toni Kroos.

At the same time, there is also his use of Toni Kroos.

In the 433 formation, the position on the left side of the midfield.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Marcelo, Toni Kroos and Cristiano Ronaldo formed the strongest left-wing attacking formation in the world at that time.

And now in Bayswater Chinese, Marcelo, Toni Kroos and Gareth Bale will replicate this attacking formation.

Toni Kroos' long passes will become one of the most important offensive weapons for the Chinese in Bayswater.

When Yang Cheng took out all the tactical ideas he had planned for a long time, as well as the role design for Toni Kroos on the court, the 20-year-old German midfielder was stunned.

He really didn't expect that Yang Cheng had prepared so much behind the scenes.

"You have been secretly plotting against me for a long time, right?" Toni Kroos pointed at Yang Cheng and asked with a smile.

"Not too long ago, probably before you rejected us Bayswater Chinese and chose Bayern Munich."

Yang Cheng still looked honest.

"I actually watched quite a few of your games in the Rostock youth team, but you just don't know it."

Toni Kroos was deeply moved by these words.

That was 5 years ago.

Yang Cheng pursued him silently for 5 years.

Not to mention that he is just a young rookie, even a mature star would probably be moved.

What's more, in the past five years, Yang Cheng would send him text messages from time to time to make his presence felt.

At this moment, all the little bits and pieces accumulated made it impossible for Toni Kroos to even think of refusing.

In particular, Yang Cheng ended his vacation early and came all the way from Northern Europe to Rostock. Toni Kroos was really touched by his sincerity.

He was so moved that he couldn't help but feel a little insecure.

"Yang, what if I don't meet your expectations?" Toni Kroos asked anxiously.

"That's my problem!"

"Ok?"

"It's my problem that I didn't use you well. It has nothing to do with you!" Yang Cheng said firmly.

Toni Kroos was completely conquered this time.

He never knew that there was such a relationship between players and head coaches.

Even Heynckes doesn't treat him the same way as Yang Cheng does.

Therefore, he really couldn't think of refusing.

"Okay, Yang, I agree. It's fine as long as there's a transfer bonus. I'm willing to go to London to accept a brand new challenge!"

Yang Cheng was waiting for him to say this, he stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and shook hands with Toni Kroos.

"I promise you, Tony, many years from now, you will be proud of the great decision you made today!"

Toni Kroos agrees.

……

When the players had no objections, the deal between Bayern Munich and the Bayswater Chinese went very smoothly.

The two clubs quickly reached an agreement.

For 5000 million euros plus Toni Kroos, Neuer moved to Bayern Munich.

Subsequently, the Bayswater Chinese negotiated personal treatment with Toni Kroos' agent Volker Stroos.

Yang Cheng showed great sincerity this time, and the club was willing to offer Toni Kroos a weekly salary of 8 pounds.

This is twice his annual salary at Bayern Munich.

Toni Kroos will suddenly join the Bayswater Chinese middle class.

For a midfielder who is only 20 years old, this is undoubtedly an exception.

Therefore, Toni Kroos was also very satisfied. After negotiating some detailed terms, he directly agreed to the professional contract offered by the Chinese in Bayswater.

for a period of 5 years.

After signing Toni Kroos, Bayswater Chinese announced that they had spent 400 million euros to sign Thibaut Courtois and Kevin De Bruyne from Belgian Genk.

Yang Cheng was not involved in these transfers and negotiations from beginning to end.

In fact, except for Toni Kroos, everyone else basically thought he was still on vacation in Northern Europe.

But in fact, after leaving Rostock, Yang Cheng quietly headed south and flew directly to a city on the Mediterranean coast in southern France.

Nice.

This is the fifth largest city in France and also a world-famous tourist city.

With a population of 40, it receives 400 million tourists from around the world every year and is the largest tourist center in France besides Paris.

By the way, almost all tourists who come to Monaco go to Nice first.

When Yang Cheng and Xia Qing arrived at Nice's Cote d'Azur Airport, the person who came to pick them up was none other than the long-lost Lin Zhongqiu.

……

"Uncle Lin!"

Yang Cheng walked out of the airport and as soon as he saw Lin Zhongqiu, he immediately greeted him with a big laugh.

Lin Zhongqiu hadn't seen Yang Cheng for a long time, and was very happy to see him.

"Ah Cheng, I haven't seen you for a while. Have you gained weight?"

"Is it? Are you sure it's not baby fat?"

Xia Qing and Lin Zhongqiu were both amused and burst into laughter.

You're already thirty years old, and you still have baby fat?

Isn’t this a monster?
Lin Zhongqiu arrived more than a week earlier than Yang Cheng and was obviously more familiar with the place than Yang Cheng.

The driver drove the three of them to the hotel.

There were laughter and joy all the way.

The scenery in the south of France, especially the coastal cities in the Mediterranean, is indeed very beautiful.

"I decided to buy a house here and come here to take a vacation from time to time."

Yang Cheng said with great joy.

Lin Zhongqiu kept nodding.

With Yang Cheng's current wealth, plus the backing of the Yang Group, buying an apartment wouldn't be a piece of cake, right?

When we arrived at the hotel, the room had already been booked.

Presidential suite with unbeatable sea view!

"Isn't it too extravagant?" Yang Cheng asked Lin Zhongqiu with a smile.

"The boss and Sister Hongying have repeatedly warned us."

When he heard that it was his stepfather and mother who asked him to do it, he became very blunt.

Especially when he saw the big bed in the room, his expression towards Xia Qing was full of ill intentions.

I wonder what it feels like to play poker facing the unbeatable sea view?

Xia Qing felt Yang Cheng's evil thoughts, her face turned slightly red, and she walked away with an excuse.

Lin Zhongqiu didn't notice anything unusual.

He is a serious workaholic.

"Ah Cheng, I contacted Nice as you said before."

Yang Cheng also restrained his nature and asked with concern: "What's the situation?"

"Xiao Qing's information is very accurate. They are very short of money right now. The Nigerian central defender Apam, who was a big contributor to their relegation last season, has transferred to Rennes."

"The 23-year-old central defender was valued at €500 million on the transfer market, but they only sold him for €400 million."

"But this amount is not enough to alleviate their financial difficulties, so they will have to continue selling."

"The most valuable player right now is top scorer Remy, who is being targeted by many teams including Marseille."

"Goalkeeper David Ospina, left winger Anthony Munir, and youth training center Anthony Modeste are relatively priced, probably around 300 million to 500 million euros."

Ospina was the goalkeeper who later joined Arsenal.

And Remy was the one who later moved from Queens Park Rangers to Chelsea.

Lin Zhongqiu has been here for a week. Of course, he is not just making contact. He and his team have also collected a lot of intelligence.

For example, they visited the stadium in Nice.

Lin Zhongqiu took a lot of photos of Yang Cheng specially.

The Rey Municipal Stadium is not owned by Nice, but is the property of the Nice City Government.

The facilities of the stadium are also very simple.

It is said that there are stands on four sides, but what is the reality?
The stands at both ends are very low, and the stands on both sides are single-layer.

Except for the chairman's stand, the other three sides don't even have a roof.

Bro, do European professional football teams’ home stadiums have no roof these days?

But considering that the stadium was built in 1927, it's not surprising at all.

However, behind the long history is actually a period of disrepair.

This stadium, which has a capacity of only 17415 seats, has undergone a total of four major renovations.

1948 and 1979 are both too far in the past.

But in more recent years, it was renovated in 1997 and 2004.

It can be seen that the entire stadium is really too old.

Lin Zhongqiu and others also visited Nice's training center, which is located in the suburbs and has very poor facilities.

There is nothing worth mentioning about youth training.

In a nutshell, such a club has neither hardware nor software.

It is a French Ligue 1 team, but it may be relegated at any time.

They managed to avoid relegation last season, but they have to start selling players this summer. Can they avoid relegation again in the new season?

"Acheng, to be honest, I really don't see what value this club has other than being located in Nice and being in Ligue 1." Lin Zhongqiu said frankly.

He came here to investigate for a week, but he really couldn't tell.

Not to mention compared with Bayswater Chinese, which is managed by Yang Cheng, even compared with other teams in Ligue 1, Nice is really quite average.

"That's normal, Uncle Lin. My ability can be better demonstrated when I have no value!"

Yang Cheng said this in a joking tone and very confidently.

"Besides, the fact that it has no value just proves that it is cheap."

"Cheap? It's really cheap."

Lin Zhongqiu found it funny when he thought about it. "I talked to their boss Gilbert Strado, and the price they offered was only 1000 million euros. I couldn't believe the number I heard."

"I even think we can cut a few million more."

Yang Cheng laughed out loud when he heard this.

This is normal.

Because there are no fixed assets.

The stadium is a municipal stadium, the training facilities are rather poor, the team's performance is not good, and it has little influence in Ligue 1.

In this case, it would be strange if it could be sold at a high price.

Even an honest man like Lin Zhongqiu felt that more could be cut, so there would definitely be some that could be cut down.

This is exactly the reason why Yang Cheng called China and asked Yang Jianguo to arrange people to come over.

In his opinion, acquiring a French Ligue 1 team now is undoubtedly a very suitable opportunity.

He considered many teams.

In places like Lille in northern France, the prices are very expensive.

There is also Marseille in southern France, which just won the league championship. Although the whole world knows that it is for sale, the price is not cheap.

There are also many other teams, including some teams in the French French Ligue 2, which Yang Cheng and Xia Qing have actually considered comprehensively.

Finally chose Nice.

In addition to being cheap, Nice is also the fifth largest city in France and is famous for its tourism industry.

More importantly, this can help Yang Cheng further expand the territory of his football empire.

There is now a surplus of Chinese talent in Bayswater.

After the team introduced Toni Kroos, they have now signed Kevin De Bruyne.

Yang Cheng's plan to expand his football territory must be advanced.

Moreover, now is undoubtedly a great opportunity to buy Nice!

(End of this chapter)