Chapter 158: The Battle of Falcao

Falcao was born in a place called Santa-Marta, Colombia. His father was also a little-known football player and played 7 times for the Colombian national team, scoring two goals. However, his father did not support his son to play football, and wanted Falcao to learn baseball, a more aristocratic sport. But soon Falcao discovered that football was his favorite, and he chose to give up baseball to study at the Fair Play Soccer School in Colombia and play for the junior team of the Millionaires Club, representing football at the age of 13. The team debuted in the Second Division.

River scouts brought him to Argentina at the age of 15, and started playing for River at the age of 17.

Before signing a formal professional contract with River Plate, Falcao obtained a degree in media studies at the University of Buenos Aires, and it can be said that he is a typical "intellectual among football players". The 17-year-old Falcao represented River Plate in the league for the first time. Two years later, he was firmly in the main position of this Argentine giant, scoring 7 goals in the first 7 starts. However, injuries once hindered his take-off, and he gradually grew into the main force of River Plate and scored a steady stream of goals.

In the early days of River Plate, injuries limited Falcao's further performance, but he still adjusted his state hard in the 2006-2007 season and became the team's top scorer with an amazing performance of 19 goals in 35 games. And was shortlisted for the best team in South America that year.

In 2009, Falcao came to Europe, and like other South American players, he came to the Portuguese league and joined Porto.

It turned out to be a successful move afterwards: Falcao won the league title and scored 30 goals in his first season at Porto, after which Falcao was nicknamed 'Colombia God'.

Last season, with Hulk's tacit cooperation, Falcao's performance on the field was even more like a duck to water. Throughout the season, Falcao scored 38 goals and helped Porto in the Europa League, Portuguese Super League and many other events. In the roost, he also successfully took away the Europa League Golden Boot with 17 goals, and broke the record of 15 goals in a single season created by Klinsmann, showing the true nature of killing.

In the two seasons he played in Porto, Falcao broke a number of goal records, so on the German authoritative website "Transfer Market", Falcao's worth has approached 25 million euros, and the giants who want to introduce him It is even more numerous, the Milan duo in Serie A, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham in the Premier League, in addition to Bayern in the Bundesliga and Lyon in the Ligue 1.

Such a goal machine-like shooter, should Atletico Madrid participate in the competition?

The answer is obviously yes.

With Wansheng's nodding exhortation, Atletico Madrid quickly made an offer to the Porto club.

This time Wansheng also took the initiative to accept an interview and said, "Falcao will be the best candidate to replace Aguero!"

"I hope to get him, in the future he will be the banner of Atlético de Madrid!"

"As the report said, many clubs want to get Falcao, but Atletico Madrid is different, other clubs are just an investment, yes, they do not lack strikers who can score goals, such as Arsenal, they have Van Persie, Chelsea? They have Torres, and they seem to be looking for Juan Mata, Bayern? I don't know if Falcao is gone, if Muller will give up the main position..."

Wansheng took inventory one by one, which seems to show that every club has no shortage of striker killers. Falcao can only play as a substitute. Atletico Madrid is different. Aguero left Manchester, and they are lacking a core striker.

Other clubs are dissatisfied with this.

Wansheng’s words seemed to have provoked public anger. The supporting media of each club came out and said that they also hoped to get Falcao. When Falcao came to their club, he could also become the main striker, and then the media began to talk about it. Atlético de Madrid strikers, such as Diego Costa, are very efficient and a player who can be a core shooter.

Soon Wansheng responded and said, "It's useless for them to say so much, everything depends on Falcao's choice. Here, I must say that Falcao is Atletico Madrid's most important signing target in the summer! "

This sentence made many media vomit blood.

Falcao is Atletico Madrid's most important summer signing target? Isn't this bullshit! Atlético de Madrid didn't participate in the 'Falcao battle' at all before, why did they become 'my site, I call the shots'!

Of course, if you want to dig into a transfer, the most important thing is the idea of ​​​​the Porto club and Falcao himself.

Porto Club is easy to say, even if it is a big league in a small league, it is difficult to retain outstanding stars. They have long planned to sell Falcao, but it is only a matter of price. Atletico Madrid’s opening is 36 million euros, and the bid is not low. This price It is more sincere than Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and it is enough to make the Porto club excited. If there is a choice, the Porto club is of course willing to sell Falcao to Atlético Madrid.

So the most important thing is Falcao himself.

Wansheng stood up for an interview, publicly expressed his appreciation for Falcao, analyzed how much Atletico Madrid needed Falcao, and promised a high-paying contract. The purpose of all this is to convince Falcao.

What was Falcao himself thinking?

No one knows this except Falcao himself, but there is no doubt that Falcao does not really want to leave Porto, because he has familiar teammates, a familiar welcome, and many fans who support him, but He knew in his heart that in order to develop his career, he had to go to a wider place. Should he go to England, Italy, Germany, or Spain?

Falcao hesitated.

As a Colombian player, he has stayed in Portugal since he landed in Europe and is not familiar with other leagues.

In the end, Falcao decided to let the club choose for itself.

This will also satisfy the Porto club and make the Porto fans satisfied with themselves, after all, it will bring the greatest benefit to Porto.

In fact, this is also a way to test the sincerity of each team.

A club that pays more must be full of sincerity, but a club that pays less is not necessarily. It is very likely that they regard themselves as an investment.

Competing for financial resources, those small clubs and clubs with poor financial conditions have already been allocated.

Liverpool, AC Milan, who are not very interested in Falcao, and Arsenal, who spend a lot of money, have all withdrawn from the competition. Among the remaining teams, the most competitive ones are Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid.

Among the three teams, the media are not optimistic about Bayern Munich.

First of all, Bayern Munich is a Bundesliga team. The average South American player does not like the Bundesliga because many South American players will not adapt to it, and Bayern Munich is not a team that is willing to spend a lot of money to buy stars. In addition, As Wansheng said, Bayern Munich already has Thomas Muller in the front line and does not need Falcao to join.

Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are more sincere.

The two clubs began to struggle, Chelsea raised the transfer offer to 37 million euros, Atletico Madrid raised it to 38 million euros, and soon Falcao’s transfer offer reached 40 million euros.

40 million euros is a critical point, and the two clubs seem to have a tacit agreement not to raise prices.

This makes the Porto club a little regretful.

They certainly wouldn't have agreed to sell Falcao to one of the clubs so much and waited for the two clubs to continue to compete.

What many people don't know is that the rivalry between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea is not only about Falcao, but Valencia striker Juan Mata is also their target.

Just a week later, Chelsea's offer for Juan Mata has reached as high as 26 million euros, while Atletico Madrid also quoted a high price of 25.5 million euros.

By this time, both clubs knew that there would be no benefit to both sides if they continued to compete. What's more, the two clubs were actually very friendly. Wansheng and Abramovich had a good relationship. Holding the shares of Tagolwan Group, he is also one of the actual directors of Tagolwan Group, but he never intervenes in the management of the group company.

Abramovich does not interfere in the transfer of players. Maybe he is in Russia, and he has no idea about the transfer competition between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea. Wansheng took the initiative to call.

Abramovich was surprised to receive a call from Wansheng. The last time the two spoke was two years ago.

Wansheng didn't talk nonsense. He directly talked about the competition between the two clubs. After listening to Abramovich, he asked, "What solution do you have? Chelsea really needs a core striker!"

"It's very simple, we're out of Juan Mata, you're out of Falcao!"

"Why don't you change it?"

Wan Sheng thought for a while and found a random reason, "As far as I know, Chelsea's operation has not been very good, with your salary level, if you give Falcao a big contract, can you still ensure a balance of payments? ?" He looked like he was thinking about Chelsea.

Abramovich also laughed. He hardly interferes in club affairs. However, in his opinion, whether he can introduce a star for Chelsea is definitely not as important as having a good relationship with Wansheng. Now Wansheng is not a few years ago. , The two are friends who stand in the same position and can talk on an equal footing.

In the end, Wan Sheng promised to go to London next time, have tea with Abramovich, and agreed on the transfer.

The next step is simple.

Chelsea FC pulled out of the fight for Falcao and Atletico Madrid pulled out of Juan Mata's fight.

In the fight for Falcao, Atletico Madrid had no competitors, and the Porto club could only accept an offer of 40 million euros and sold Falcao to Atlético Madrid.

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