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Chapter 251 The Super Gold Age (Please Subscribe)

Afterwards, Lu Deyang invited Galliani to dinner.

Unexpectedly, the conditions offered by the other party were much better than anticipated.

They even showed enough sincerity in the transfer process.

Lu Guowang can freely purge Milan's roster, letting go of players he doesn't like, including Ma Baolu.

That being said, only a lunatic would dislike his teammates, like Paul Ma.

In terms of ability and consistency, there has been no defender who can compare to Baresi since his generation.

In negotiations with Manchester United, Gattuso was willing to offer sufficient sincerity and present an offer that Manchester United would find absolutely irresistible, whether it was money or money plus players.

And they are willing to pay even more money.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, the meaning was quite clear.

Lu Qiuwang previously signed with Manchester United and spent a long time recovering from injury.

The extra money is compensation for Manchester United, to shut up the Red Devils fans and prevent Lu from putting himself in a difficult position.

It must be said that Galliani is a very capable person.

No wonder he was able to ride a bicycle all over the world without visas later on; being a free-to-play player is a skill in itself.

There are more potential destinations for talented players without contracts than for top clubs; teams from the lower half of major leagues to title contenders in smaller leagues all love these players.

Tess is a typical example; he still had considerable ability when he left Juventus.

After seeing Galliani off, Lu Deyang called Ferguson directly, preparing to pay him a visit.

In any case, Ferguson deserves an explanation.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Deyang went out and walked towards the door of Lei Dongjia's house.

Redondo quickly came out to open the door shortly after the doorbell was rung.

"How is Deyang doing?"

"Redondo asked."

Lu Deyang had told him about this beforehand.

"You'll probably go back to play in Italy. What's your decision?"

Lu Deyang asked.

Although his good friend most likely wanted to go back, Lu Deyang would still ask.

Redondo didn't answer, but took a bottle of whiskey from the refrigerator and poured Lu Deyang a small half glass.

This unusual behavior surprised Lu Deyang.

"You want to stay, Fernando?"

Lu Deyang asked.

"Do not."

Redondo shook his head and said.

"What happened?" Lu Deyang asked.

“I’m considering whether to stay for another season,” Redondo said, taking a sip from his bottle. “I want to know how I would perform if I weren’t on your team.”

Lu Deyang: ...

That's why artsy young people are so hard to deal with.

If it were anyone else, Lu Deyang might not believe it.

But when this happens to Redondo, he believes it 100%.

People who overthink are more likely to do inexplicable things.

"When I was injured, wasn't it you and the rest of Manchester United who won the title?"

Lu Deyang advised.

“What I mean is that staying might give us a chance to meet in the finals…” Redondo said.

Lu Di nodded as well.

Want to challenge Lu Qiuwang to a duel at the Forbidden City?
“What if we meet earlier than planned? Then we’ll have to wait to meet again in the finals. You haven’t thought about that, have you?” Lu Deyang said.

That's a good idea from my good brother.

I bet I've imagined quite a few inspirational sports dramas myself.

Even if we meet in the finals, it's still an honor to lose.

But what if they meet in the quarterfinals?

"Oh, I really hadn't thought of that."

Redondo said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

"So don't overthink it, let's go back to the Apennines together."

Lu Deyang patted him on the shoulder and said.

Redondo smiled and nodded.

Only after reassuring his good friend did Lu Deyang breathe a sigh of relief.

Currently, there are very few defensive midfielders in the entire football world like Redondo, not to mention the level of understanding and chemistry between them.

Just as Lu Deyang was about to turn and leave, he heard a loud crash.

Buffon leaned awkwardly against Totti; the two of them were clearly eavesdropping from the stairwell.

"Dejan, are you going to Milan?"

Totti ignored Buffon on his back and looked up to ask.

Yes, are you interested?

Lu Deyang asked.

"Have!"

Buffon stated directly, "I've been a Milan fan since I was a child. You should know that my favorite great-uncle was the legendary AC Milan goalkeeper."

Lu Deyang: ...

The young man's words were somewhat exaggerated.

Lorenzo Buffon and his relationship is not that close.

They're just distant relatives.

However, Lu Deyang did not expose him.

Instead, Totti fell silent.

The little prince has always had reservations about leaving the group.

Actually, not being a fierce rival in transfers isn't a big problem. The main issue is Totti's loyal personality, which is also influenced by his family.

That's not a bad thing either.

Loyalty has always been the greatest virtue in football.

Lu Deyang wasn't in a hurry. He patted Totti on the shoulder and went home.

The next day.

Lu De raised his head.

They went to London.

Ferguson has been in London recently, mainly to watch Scottish matches.

He also once served as the manager of Scotland.

Mrs. Ferguson.

When they met in their hotel room, Lu Deyang took the initiative to greet him.

"You guys chat, I'll go make some tea."

"Kathy Ferguson said."

After sitting down, Lu Deyang said, "Mr. Ferguson, I'm preparing to leave the team."

Ferguson, who had just sat down on the sofa, paused for a moment, but quickly composed himself and forced a smile, asking, "Is it AC Milan? Galliani and Martin were in The Sun for having dinner together."

"Yes, Galliani is willing to offer $30 million plus 10% of Milan's shares as a signing bonus, and also pay Maradona's salary of $9.5 million."

Lu Deyang said directly.

It's hard to refuse such a offer.

Sure enough, Ferguson, who had originally intended to persuade him, shook his head with a wry smile.

After Mrs. Ferguson brought the tea, he took a sip and said, "Actually, Manchester United got a great deal by signing you. The discussion between Martin and me about giving you a new contract got stuck."

Cantona earns $1.8 a week, while Ludjohn earns $4 a week.

That 4 is already quite outrageous.

However, a weekly salary of £4 is equivalent to £208 million and an annual salary of $325 million.

This salary was quite generous when Lu Deyang was injured and unable to return to the field, but once he returned, the salary was lower than what he earned at Sampdoria.

Manchester United wanted to offer him a new contract but couldn't.

To match Maradona's £800 million salary, one would need a weekly wage of nearly £10.

The team's second-best player earns 18,000, and the best player earns 100,0

Leaving aside whether Manchester United can afford it, they simply can't offer that wage structure.

Not to mention the impact this salary will have on the Premier League.

"That's right, but AC Milan is willing to offer a sincere price, or use some players as a bonus," Lu Deyang said.

"You and Fernando?"

Ferguson asked.

Lu Deyang nodded.

Ferguson immediately sighed.

Lu Deyang smiled and handed over a full list of AC Milan players, which included their salaries and injury information. At this point, it wasn't easy for the buyer to learn about the players' injury history.

For example, scouting players usually requires dozens of scouting reports over many years.

The report includes on-field performance, personality, locker room rumors, whether the player is focused on the bench after being substituted, what the player likes to do after the game, family life, how the player spends their money, whether the player likes to go to bars, etc.

Manchester City spent a year and a half scouting De Bruyne before signing him, compiling a total of 60 scouting reports.

Even with 60 copies, there are many things you still won't understand.

After all, the players aren't on your team, you haven't had any contact with them, and you can only see the surface of things.

This list, for example, shows more sincerity.

Ferguson glanced at the players and immediately exclaimed, "Some of these players are too expensive for us to afford. The Italians really know how to spend money."

With Lu Deyang and Redondo leaving the team, Cantona is now the undisputed leader of the team.

A weekly wage of £1.8 and an annual salary of $150 million is the team's wage cap.

Take Baggio, for example; his salary at Milan was over $250 million.

Ferguson was willing to gamble on Lu Deyang, but he couldn't afford to spend that salary to bring in Baggio; the risk and reward were disproportionate.

Italian football teams' salaries are indeed outrageous.

Ronaldo's salary after transferring to Barcelona was around $180 million.

Seeing Ferguson making his selections, Lu Deyang didn't say anything to urge him on.

“I’ve almost made my choice. What do you think, Boban?” Ferguson asked, taking a sip of tea.

“His technique is very good. He is more suited to the number 10 position, but it would be difficult for him to find a place at Manchester United.”

Lu Deyang said.

It wouldn't be bad if Boban left Milan; playing on the left wing would only make him a substitute for Lu Guowang.

"Desailly, he can play both defensive midfield and defense."

Ferguson said with a wry smile, "I never thought about bringing in players from AC Milan, so there weren't many scouting reports."

"It should be pretty good."

Lu Deyang said uncertainly.

Desailly is strong.

However, he couldn't guarantee whether he could adapt to the Premier League.

"This young man named Coco seems promising," Ferguson remarked, looking at the youngest full-back on the roster.

"I heard his private life is even more chaotic than Sharp's."

Lu Deyang quickly reminded him.

He didn't know what Coco was like at that time, but his later high-priced transfer to Inter Milan did indeed cause Inter Milan a lot of trouble.

Ferguson glanced at Lu Deyang, surprised that he knew so much about him.

Lu Deyang said with a smile, "I spoke with some Milan players on the phone."

"No wonder, I'll think about it carefully."

Ferguson put the list in his pocket and said.

Lu Deyang didn't care.

The old Scottish man was clearly reluctant to part with the King of Land Ball.

However, this is a mature coach.

If you can't get a raise, then don't even think about it. Instead, think about how to get more benefits.

The two then chatted about the European Championship.

The remaining matters need to be discussed between the two clubs.

Three days later, Lu Deyang and Ferguson watched the England vs. Scotland match live together.

Scotland lost 0-2 to the host country.

After reaching an agreement with the coach, Lu Deyang left London and went to Milan.

Let's wait until the final to see. First, let's find a place to stay in Milan.

Negotiations between Manchester United and AC Milan will take time.

On the contrary, the young player was the first to sign with AC Milan.

Gazzetta dello Sport wrote: "AC Milan have bought half of the ownership rights to Sampdoria's young player Gianluigi Buffon for $350 million."

Serie A has had this shared system since the 80s.

The main purpose is to protect the interests of smaller clubs.

A player who is clearly talented but hasn't lived up to his potential will definitely have a lower market value.

Players who could be sold for millions in a year or two are only worth a few hundred thousand now, and small clubs are willing to keep them and develop them themselves.

The big teams want to take the lead.

This creates a contradiction.

This situation gave rise to a shared ownership system.

If a player wants to leave the team but the club doesn't want to sell, then sell a portion of the ownership rights and let the player play for a new club first.

When the other party wants to reclaim full ownership or sell the player, they need to buy back the other half of the ownership. By this time, the player has already made it big, and the price of the other half of the ownership is much higher than the price of the half that was sold before.

There's one advantage to big teams: they can mitigate risk. However, for top-tier talents, big teams are generally willing to buy them outright.

Buffon is in this situation now.

He can play for Milan, but if Buffon performs well, Milan will be forced to pay him.

Otherwise, Sampdoria will sell the other half of the ownership to another team, making it even more difficult for Milan to buy it back. In this case, the best solution is to match the offer from other teams to buy back the ownership.

Similar to South America.

However, South America allows individuals or companies to own players.

In Serie A, all teams own their own clubs, which makes a big difference.

Many South American agents are willing to bring players to Serie A because Serie A allows them to retain ownership of the players.

Later, West Ham's Tevez and Mascherano failed to stay because of ownership issues.

Buffon called Lu Deyang immediately after signing the contract.

He was so excited he couldn't speak.

This kid is clearly very willing to play football with Lu Qiuwang.

Lu Deyang suddenly realized that this was the second time.

Last time, Lu Qi was excited about his transfer to Sampdoria, but he was injured and his contract was terminated not long after.

If Lu Guowang (Lu Guowang) hadn't transferred to Milan, I wonder if Buffon would have cried.

This is just something to think about.

We can't treat the young players like that.

The European Championship is in full swing, and some players have truly stood out.

Lu Deyang has also found a house he likes and is just waiting for his girlfriends to come and make a decision.

6 month 20 day.

The group stage has just ended.

Gazzetta dello Sport has published a bombshell transfer news.

They wrote: "AC Milan brought in Manchester United players Dejan and Redondo for Desailly plus £4500 million."

That single sentence completely ignited the European football world.

4500 million, or pounds!

That's equivalent to 7000 million US dollars.

In this era, $2000 million is a major threshold for transfer fees. AC Milan directly threw out $7000 million, and even if Desailly's transfer fee is $500 million, that's still $7500 million.

Redondo's price tag of $1500 million is already quite extravagant; rumors suggest that Barcelona would only need less than $2000 million to sign Ronaldo.

Then the remaining question is about Lu Deyang's net worth.

$6000!
One Lu Deyang is equivalent to three and a half Ronaldos.

No one expected that AC Milan would drive transfer fees in the 60s to the 20s, when the average transfer fee in football was still below 2000s.

That's fucking outrageous.

Even Manchester United fans felt this transfer news was fake.

It's not that Lu Deyang is unworthy.

There is no precedent for this in the world of football.

Even if someone breaks a record, the increase is at most 50%.

You broke the record and multiplied it several times over.

Having too much money is bad, isn't it?

Immediately, many journalists and anchors with connections wanted to get firsthand information.

Why would they broadcast the European Cup at a time like this?

Both Lu Deyang and the transfer fee are quite newsworthy.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told the Manchester Evening News in a telephone interview: "It was a transfer that couldn't be refused. It was a transfer that Chairman Martin Edwards approved. He couldn't refuse, the club couldn't refuse, nobody could refuse. It's crazy, isn't it?"

That's the problem.

Just like how he was unhappy about selling Ronaldo later, saying that Ronaldo was worth 1.5 million.

Galliani's move is equivalent to spending 5 million euros directly.

What could Ferguson do?
Lu Deyang also received many phone calls.

After discussions with AC Milan, he decided to schedule his debut for the first day of July, after the final.

Manchester United are also willing to let him use this day to explain things to the fans in person, and also give some new signings a chance to make their debut.

"Marco?"

Lu Deyang had just hung up the phone when he received a call from Basten.

"You've signed with AC Milan?"

Van Basten asked, somewhat excitedly.

"Yes, what's wrong? I heard you were planning to go back to the Netherlands to play football?" Lu Deyang asked with a smile.

He heard about this from Galliani.

"You're already at AC Milan, why would I go back to the Netherlands?"

Van Basten said somewhat excitedly, "I was a bit tired in Europe these past few years, which is why I was considering returning to the Netherlands."

"Really? Then we'll be teammates next season. By the way, we were supposed to be teammates last time, but it didn't work out, right?" Lu Deyang said.

"But you became a hero, didn't you?"

Van Basten said with a smile.

That incident terrified him.

After returning to Milan, he also saw a psychologist for a period of time.

“Let’s meet again when you get back to Milan,” Lu Deyang said.

Not long after he hung up the phone, he received another call from Baggio.

The melancholy prince was clearly happy too.

Lu Qiu Wang is exceptionally popular.

England lost to Germany on penalties, and France lost to the Czech Republic on penalties.

The first and second place finishers from the same group successfully met in the final.

This incident caused quite a stir.

Lu Deyang has arrived in London and is staying at a hotel to watch the final match live.

The princess leaned on Lu Deyang's lap and asked, "You were right, the Czech Republic and Germany made it to the final. Which team do you think will win?"

"Germany."

Lu Deyang said.

The princess said with some surprise, "The Germans have quite a few injuries."

On television, Lineker was saying, "Klinsmann has a ruptured thigh and missed the semi-final. Experts predict he'll need 10 days to recover. It would be a miracle if he could make it to the final..."

No wonder the princess was surprised.

At this point, the Germans didn't even have enough substitutes.

Rumors suggest they're planning to use their goalkeeper as a defender in the final, which would be the worst performance they've ever had in a major tournament.

"The Germans are not so easy to defeat."

Lu Deyang said.

"Shall we make a bet?"

The princess asked, biting the zipper.

"What are you gambling?"

Lu Deyang asked.

“If Germany loses, we’ll give Henry a little brother,” the princess said, looking up at Lu Deyang.

"If they win, will they give Henry a little sister?"

Lu Deyang asked.

The princess did not answer, but instead gave her answer through her actions.

There's been a lot of discussion about this in Germany.

Even UEFA couldn't stand it anymore. A UEFA spokesperson said in an interview: "It's hard to believe that such a situation has occurred. This is unprecedented. However, in order to ensure fair competition, after discussion, we have decided to allow the German team to call up two German players who are not on the roster to complete the starting lineup for the final."

boom--

Change the rules.

This has never happened before.

However, there was little controversy.

The Germans are really having a tough time.

This approach was initially advocated by fans from some other countries.

You can't really expect the Germans to use their second and third goalkeepers as defenders, they're not Neuer.

The Times even discussed which two players the Germans should call up for the final.

However, on June 29th, the day before the European Championship final.

Germany's head coach, Vogts, held a press conference, telling the media: "I am very grateful for the fans' concern, and I also thank UEFA for everything they have done. But rules are rules, and we are willing to respect them. We will use as many players as possible who have recovered from injury for tomorrow's final."

!!!

The reporters are going crazy.

No one expected the Germans to be so stubborn.

However, this statement is indeed respectable.

Why do some people always like to praise the willpower of Germans?

The main credit goes to this final.

The evening television programs were filled with reports about it.

Questioning, ridicule, respect... all kinds of attitudes were present.

At least the Czechs must have breathed a sigh of relief.

They couldn't express it, but no one wanted to let the opponent call up two more players from outside the roster to fill the gap.

Now that the Germans themselves are refusing, they no longer need to act like villains.

They were clearly following the rules, and of course they didn't want to give up their advantage this time.

6 month 30 day.

Wembley Stadium hosted another final.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, that striker is poised to become a German hero.

It was the same people from the opening ceremony.

However, Monica is missing.

Her work is extremely busy, almost entirely consisting of endorsements for luxury brands.

Lu Deyang even co-endorsed a brand with her.

“The Germans probably won’t have a chance this time,” Mancini said.

"Want to make a bet?"

Redondo asked proactively.

Mancini was about to speak, but then held back.

England's performance in the opening match left a deep impression on him.

As a football player, he was well aware that anything could happen on the pitch.

However, when you're in the stands, it's easy to overlook situations that might affect the game.

For example, the speech in the locker room.

This is a very important part.

Vialli turned his head and said, "Frank felt much relieved when he heard you left. He even called me to confirm it."

"The Dutch Three Musketeers are overrated."

Mancini said dismissively, "Our Sampdoria Three Musketeers are still the best; we're not afraid of anyone."

"Of course you're not afraid when you're with Dejan."

Totti said irritably.

"Shut up, you bastard. If I retire, I'll go coach Roma right away," Mancini said irritably.

If he were the head coach, he would definitely relegate Totti to the youth team.

"Roma will never let you be their head coach."

Totti said.

The Czech Republic was awarded a penalty shortly after the start of the second half.

It seems even God wasn't on the Germans' side.

Sammer, a renowned player, actually conceded a penalty.

The Germans suddenly found themselves in dire straits; this could be described as their darkest hour.

There were only five players on the bench. Second-choice goalkeeper Kahn had actually changed into a defender's uniform instead of a goalkeeper's uniform, ready to come on and replace his injured teammate at any time.

At this moment, the substitute of the substitutes, Bierhoff, who was playing in the second division last season, came on as a substitute.

coming!

Lu Deyang knew they had arrived.

The fairytale of this summer begins at this moment.

The most important moment of Bierhoff's life has arrived.

He received a pass from his teammate and headed the ball to equalize, instantly pulling the German team back from the brink of defeat.

Mancini was dumbfounded.

Unexpectedly, for the first time in history, a golden ball was used to win the game.

It's still Bierhoff.

This man became a hero for the German team.

After he scored, the referee suddenly blew the whistle to end the game, which surprised many people.

Then it dawned on me that the terrifying and cruel Golden Ball format had suddenly been reactivated.

In overtime, whichever side scores first will end the game immediately.

The group, almost all of whom were players, were also very excited.

At that moment, Totti suddenly said, "Dejan, I've made up my mind. I'm going to Milan too."

(End of this chapter)