Chapter 267 The Most Successful Lobbyist

Atlético de Madrid won the league trophy, with the Copa del Rey and the Champions League final remaining.

The whole team is engaged in intensive preparations for the battle.

For many teams, this season is basically over, and the work of the new season is about to begin. The most important work at the end of the season is nothing more than transfers. If you want to buy good players, you must make an early move.

It's May, and the biggest news in European football comes from Ligue 2.

Monaco is a special team in the French league because they belong to the Principality of Monaco - a pocket Principality with a population of only 30,000. The Principality of Monaco does not belong to France, and many French team rules do not apply in Monaco.

After Monaco was acquired by the Russian oligarch Rybonovlev, all the media were paying attention. They knew that Monaco must be making crazy purchases, introducing more outstanding players to increase the strength of the team, in preparation for the new season and preparing to hit the Ligue 1. league.

The Monaco club have a considerable advantage in transfers, they are able to offer players huge salaries without fear of burdening the club's wage system.

This is because of the zero income tax policy of the Principality of Monaco.

As early as 1868, the then Archduke Charles III of Monaco announced the abolition of "almost all direct taxes" nationwide. Compared with the high taxes of 45% in Germany and Spain, and 43% in Italy, the exemption of personal income tax in the Principality of Monaco has become an attraction. The main reason for so many stars. F1 car king Schumacher, former ATP overlord Federer and others, all chose to move to Monaco in order to avoid high taxes in their home countries.

The Monaco club is divided into two types of players, one is French players and the other is foreign players.

French players need their clubs to pay taxes to the French government. Foreign players do not need to pay taxes to the French government. They only adapt to the 'zero tax' policy of the Principality of Monaco.

If a foreigner plays for other Ligue 1 teams and gets an annual salary of 1 million euros, he will only get about 570,000 euros after tax. As a foreign player, he does not need to pay taxes in the Monaco club. more than 950,000 euros.

That's what separates Monaco from other French league teams.

Such a difference will naturally arouse dissatisfaction with other French teams and even the French Football Association, but this is the policy of the Principality of Monaco, and they can't change the reality by shouting twice.

With the financial support of the Russian oligarch Rybonovlev, the Monaco club began to make continuous acquisitions. The first thing they valued was Falcao, who performed very well in the Champions League.

It has been reported that many clubs are interested in Falcao before. Atletico Madrid’s response was not strong. Falcao is very likely to leave the team. In early May, Monaco shot again, and they raised the transfer offer to 70 million euros.

At the same time, Monaco also used money to persuade Falcao himself.

That's not good for Falcao's reputation, but it's the fact that under the same conditions, no star is willing to join a second division team.

Conditions are very different.

Monaco prepared a blockbuster contract with an annual salary of up to 14 million euros for five years, which directly persuaded Falcao and his agent Mendes.

At present, the player with the highest annual salary in world football is Eto'o. The former Barcelona striker signed with the Russian Super League Anzhi Makhachkala in 2011. Although Anzhi Makhachkala did not announce the detailed annual salary of Eto'o, but According to European media analysis, Eto'o's annual salary is as high as 20.5 million euros, and he has become the highest paid football player in the world.

If Falcao can move to Monaco, he will get a big contract with the 'second annual salary'.

At present, C-Ronaldo's annual salary in Real Madrid is 12 million euros, while Messi's annual salary in Barcelona is 10.5 million euros. Judging from the salary standards of the two, you know what level Falcao's salary is. Any player would be tempted by the lure of such a high salary, and Falcao, who has personally agreed to Monaco's transfer request, is no different.

Next is the negotiation between the two clubs.

Atlético de Madrid received a transfer offer from Monaco in disbelief, but 70 million euros was second, and the key opponent was Monaco, a Ligue 2 team.

After repeated confirmation by the club's transfer director Deng Kai, he determined that the other party did not quote the wrong price, and then he learned from Mendes that Falcao was willing to transfer to Monaco.

Deng Kai hurriedly told Wan Sheng, "70 million euros! 70 million euros! Falcao also agreed!"

Wansheng was not surprised to get the news.

The generosity of Monaco in the previous life was amazing, and his butterfly effect still did not affect the French league. Since the Monaco club is willing to buy Falcao at a high price, and Falcao himself agrees, Atletico Madrid is even more irrelevant.

The two clubs quickly reached an agreement to quickly finalize this heavyweight transfer.

On the eve of the last round of the league, Wan Sheng met with Falcao's agent Mendes. The two met a lot. Every time they met, Wan Sheng had an urge to tear this guy's mouth to pieces. It's not because the other party stinks, but the other party speaks in a tone that is always full of persuasion.

Wansheng doesn't like to deal with such guys, but in the European transfer market, agents play a very important role.

Wansheng does not treat Mendes as a guest, nor will it be the most innocent opponent. Falcao and J-Rodriguez in the team are both players signed by Mendes.

In neutral terms, Mendes is indeed a genius.

In 2004, with the help of Portugal's Porto team to win the European Cup, Mendes sent a number of players and Mourinho to Chelsea, in exchange for Porto's largest income in history.

Mendes himself had the first breakout of his career.

After that, the most successful operation of Mendes was the transfer of C-Ronaldo. He was the agent of C-Ronaldo, and C-Ronaldo was sent to Real Madrid by him.

The move shocked the world.

Since then, Mendes has also become the most powerful agent in Europe.

Now Mendes's Gestifute company has more than 50 players and coaches. In terms of players, C-Ronaldo, Falcao, Coentrao, Di Maria, Nani, J-Rodriguez and others are all under his banner. Yes, and the manager is most famously Mourinho.

The European football brokerage industry is actually a gold rush industry. Many brokers rely on luck to make money. After running a big transfer, there are many people who quit.

It is absolutely unprecedented for Mendez to do this in such an environment.

Even the most profitable professional players can hardly compare with Mendes. In the brokerage industry, he is the NO.1 in Europe, and no one is more influential than him.

For ordinary football coaches, Mendes does not take it seriously, but he is very polite to Wansheng.

Speaking of influence, Wansheng is much higher than him.

Wansheng is no ordinary football training. He is also the largest shareholder of Tagorewan Group and one of the richest people in the world. In terms of European football, there are still many opportunities for him to cooperate with Wansheng.

The two negotiated the transfer of Falcao.

Mendes also wants to get some inside information, such as what position players need to bring in Atletico Madrid in the summer, which will be very helpful to his work in the summer.

During the conversation between the two, Mendes always asked for information "indirectly".

Wansheng is more direct.

"That's it for Falcao's transfer, I'm sure it will be a pleasure to work together. Now let's talk about other things, like your players..."

"Who?"

"C-Romane and Di Maria!"

"That's impossible!"

"One will do."

"Mr Florentino will not agree, and you should know that there is an agreement between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid." Mendes was referring to the agreement between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid, where both sides promised not to poach each other and consciously obey.

In fact, that's just on the surface.

Even with the restrictions of the agreement, the two clubs are still poaching people. For example, Raul went to Real Madrid indirectly. He was originally in the youth training of Atletico Madrid, and Reyes also went to Real Madrid indirectly.

The two clubs cannot poach people on the bright side, but they will still offer players. Real Madrid offered Falcao 60 million euros half a month ago. They hoped to get Falcao from Atletico Madrid. Madrid definitely did not consider the agreement, or maybe they are not interested in Falcao, nor do they want to poach people from Atlético de Madrid, they are just making trouble for Atlético de Madrid.

In any case, a player who wants to transfer between two clubs is actually a bit complicated.

Like Mendez's concern, the two clubs never buy or sell players directly from each other.

"That might be the case." Wan Sheng smiled and said, "The agreement is just an agreement, there must be loopholes in it, and we can bring in a third-party club. In addition, a player's contract expires and he has to leave on a free transfer. , is not in the agreement, and the club cannot stop it. If you can convince one of them to join Atletico, I will give you a blank check."

Mendes' eyes flashed with gold.

He always thought that the young Chinese in front of him were very stingy, and he was never willing to pay large commissions and signing fees. This was the case with Falcao’s transfer to Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid only paid a signing fee of 2 million euros.

It seemed that he had thought wrong before.

Falcao is not worth the effort of the Chinese young people in front of him. He is more interested in Di Maria, or... C-Ronaldo? But it's too whimsical!

Mendes thought it was impossible.

Real Madrid will not sell a good star, let alone sell it to rival Atletico Madrid, but as the Chinese said, "As long as the player agrees, the club can't stop it."

Is he going to try to do it?

Wansheng seemed to see through Mendes's thoughts and said, "You can also see that in the past two seasons, we have won almost all Spanish championships. Everyone is after the championship, there will be no exceptions. If a star has a long-term If he can't win the championship with the team, he will definitely want to leave and go to a club that can win the championship."

Mendes nodded.

"This is what Real Madrid is like now. Didn't Florentino's 'what battleship' also disband? Every star has left to go to other teams. I believe that Real Madrid will still not win the championship next season, and their players will definitely There will be other thoughts..."

"Atletico Madrid is the best place to go, we can bring champions to our players!"

Wan Sheng said confidently.

Mendes thought about it for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly, "I found that you are the most successful lobbyist."

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Wansheng negotiated with Mendes that they wanted to buy Real Madrid players. On the one hand, they really valued them, and on the other hand, they also caused some trouble for Real Madrid, which can also be said to be revenge.

The previous news in the media all said that Real Madrid had taken a fancy to Atletico Madrid players.

Even if it is analyzed in the media, the possibility of Atletico Madrid selling players to Real Madrid is too small, but there is indeed a lot of news. Falcao, Raul Garcia, Diego Costa, etc. are all said by the media to be watched by Real Madrid middle'.

If Real Madrid can do that, so can Atletico Madrid.

Wansheng started from the inside very directly, and directly asked Mendes to give the players a message, saying that he liked the opponent and caused some trouble for Real Madrid.

If the players can really be persuaded and hope to come to Atlético de Madrid, that would be great. Even if there is no use at all, Atlético de Madrid has nothing to lose.

This summer, it is of course impossible for Atletico Madrid to buy Real Madrid players, not to mention that players cannot transfer freely. Even if they hope to join Atletico Madrid, the transfer requires a 'third-party club'. After that, the completion of the transfer to Atletico Madrid will also bear a lot of pressure from public opinion.

So Wansheng's promise to Mendes is not the present, but the 'future'.

After Mendes talked with Wan Sheng, they began to arrange the transfer of Falcao, and Monaco soon reached a contract agreement with Falcao.

Falcao will not be an Atletico Madrid player from July.

After Atletico Madrid and Monaco reached a transfer agreement, the club accomplished a big thing, and Wansheng was also relieved.

The next big thing is two finals.

Before the Copa del Rey final, Atlético de Madrid has a final round of the league, the opponent is Villarreal, this is an away game.

A few years ago, Villarreal were still strong contenders for the UEFA Champions League, but in the past two years they have started to sink, and this season it has 'sinked to the bottom'. So far, they have only accumulated 41 points, ranking in La Liga. The third-to-last, and then Sporting Gijon and Sporting Santander have been relegated in advance.

There is still a silver lining for Villarreal, who are just one point behind Granada CF, who are 16th in the league.

The final round is the key to the relegation battle.

Granada CF's opponent is Vallecano, who is also a team in the relegation zone. They have one more point than Granada CF. There will definitely be a "damaged" side in the game between the two teams.

If Villarreal can take all three points, they can complete the relegation.

On the contrary, if Villarreal can't get points, they will definitely be relegated. If they get one point in a draw, it depends on the performance of Granada CF. The relationship between them and Granada CF is dominant. of.

In order to be able to complete the relegation, Villarreal has to beat Atletico Madrid ahead of the game.