Chapter 987 Become Famous as Early as Possible

"Why do you have to ask me this kind of thing?"

In the office of the Chinatown Youth Training Center in the southern suburbs of Madrid, Gao Han asked Jorge Mendes sitting in front of him with a wry smile. The Portuguese had just asked a question that he felt he had no way to answer.

Paris Saint-Germain wants to poach Aubameyang!

"Shouldn't you go with Carlos and Armando to close the door next door and have a meeting to discuss this kind of thing?" Gao Han felt helpless in his heart. The thing he least wanted to encounter happened after all.

The team he coached finally dug into Chinatown.

When he coached Manchester City before, Gao Han held the two positions of chief technical officer and head coach. This caused an uproar after Chinatown entered the Champions League. Many media reporters expressed concern about Gao Han's identity, believing that it violated the European Union. Football Association rules, even UEFA had to clarify this.

But later Gao Han left Manchester City and coached Paris Saint-Germain. Although Paris Saint-Germain can only play in the Europa League, while Chinatown can play in the Champions League, he is still very sensitive. As long as Chinatown gets third in the group stage, it will fall. Entering the Europa League, what if you meet Paris Saint-Germain coached by Gao Han?

Therefore, from the beginning, Gao Han refused all appointments from Paris Saint-Germain. He only served as the team's head coach and did not care about other positions. This also became UEFA President Platini's response to questions from media reporters. answer.

"He is just a head coach, not the core decision-maker of Paris Saint-Germain. This does not violate the rules."

But everyone knows that this is a cover-up.

With Gao Han's status, even if he is just the head coach and has no other positions, he can still influence all decisions of Paris Saint-Germain. However, with such wording, media reporters can do nothing and can only hope that if Paris Saint-Germain draws. Go to Chinatown and see how Gao Han plays.

But what they don't know is that Gao Han, the head coach, basically doesn't care about anything except the team's competitive affairs. Even the transfer power, which he originally valued most, has been handed over to the technical director Antero. Enrique is solely responsible.

Just before the end of last season and the disbandment of the team, Antero Enrique sent Gao Han a reference list for players in two positions that Gao Han wanted to introduce.

In the right wing position, Barcelona's Messi is ranked first, followed closely by Sanchez of Manchester City and Robben of Bayern Munich. These three superstars are all candidates for Paris Saint-Germain's right wing support. .

But as a result, the three major football teams refused to release him, so Antero Enrique had no choice but to settle for Aubameyang in Chinatown.

The Gabonese international has performed well for several consecutive seasons, especially last season. He scored 24 goals in La Liga, which is comparable to superstars like Torres. He has attracted the attention of Real Madrid and naturally also attracted the attention of Real Madrid. Due to the attention of Antero Enrique and the absence of a superstar, Paris Saint-Germain targeted Chinatown for poaching.

Last season, Chinatown finished fourth in La Liga, semi-finals of the Champions League, and the Copa del Rey final. This impressive record was enough for Chinatown to attract the attention of teams from all over Europe.

Mendes is such a shrewd person. He and Gao Han have been working together for so many years. Why doesn't he understand Gao Han's thoughts at this moment?

"Old rules, do you want to hear the truth or be polite?" Mendes asked seriously.

This is a consistent characteristic of Gao Han, and Mendes imitates it.

"Tell the truth." Gao Han said with a slight smile.

He won't even be able to listen to the truth for the sake of Aubameyang.

"You should not keep Aubameyang this summer." Mendes replied with certainty.

"Why?"

Mendes thought for a while and replied: "As far as I know, Real Madrid and Chelsea are both interested in him. Aubameyang is already 23 years old. Although Chinatown's performance has improved rapidly in the past two seasons, but you Do you think you have an advantage compared with wealthy teams? But for Aubameyang, he missed the opportunity to go to a wealthy team. God knows when he will get it again?"

There is a saying in football that you have to become famous early.

If a player like Aubameyang, who is now 23 years old, cannot take advantage of these two or three years to go to a stronger team, or even a wealthy team, what will happen when he is 27 or 28 years old? Is a wealthy team willing to pay such a high price for him?

Under the attack of Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Chelsea, even if Chinatown succeeds in forcing Aubameyang to stay, not to mention paying Aubameyang a higher annual salary, the players may not be happy. If it is serious, the impact will be When it comes to his game state and development, it's not worth the loss.

Such cases can be said to be everywhere in European football.

Gao Han has been coaching in European football for so many years. Of course he understands this. Otherwise, how could he formulate a pragmatic transfer strategy of "sell if you can't keep it" for Chinatown?

But he is the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain and the owner of Chinatown. It is difficult for him to say or make decisions about this kind of thing.

"How is the transfer market this year?" Gao Han did not answer directly, but changed the subject.

Mendes was also aware of Gao Han's temper and did not ask further questions. He smiled and said: "It's very lively. I just came back from Russia."

"Russia?"

"You should still remember the Brazilian center from Porto, right?"

"Hulk." Of course Gao Han remembers him. He caused a lot of trouble for Chinatown in the Champions League group stage.

Mendes nodded, "Our company owns half of his ownership, and now Russia's Zenit is interested in him. I went to talk about it. The boss of Zenit is a rich man. He bought him at a fixed price of 60 million euros."

"Sixty million?" Gao Han was surprised.

Although Hulk has indeed performed well in the past two seasons, it is a bit outrageous to say that he is worth 60 million euros.

"You also know Benfica's Witsel, right?"

"Well, a very good Belgian midfielder."

"Forty million euros." Mendes was very satisfied with Gao Han's surprise, because these were the two transactions that he was most proud of so far this summer. For these two transactions alone, Mendes was The company earned more than 40 million euros in transfer fees, and if you include the agent's commission, it would be even more.

According to the company shares, Mendes and Gao Han each share half of the money earned.

"Sure enough, it's easier to make money as an agent." Gao Han laughed.

Mendes raised his eyebrows at Gao Han, "Then why don't you just stop coaching? Why do you work so hard? Let's work together as partners. With your vision and ability, and my network resources, I can guarantee that the entire world of football will is ours."

When he said this, Mendes' eyes revealed a domineering look.

This is the hottest super agent in world football right now. It is no exaggeration to say that he can shake the European football world with just one stamp of his foot.

In the past few years, Mendes has told Gao Han countless times about the same persuasion, but Gao Han has never agreed, but Mendes has never given up. Both of them have become accustomed to such exchanges. , and every time it ended with Gao Han waving his hand with a smile.

"According to the news I got in Russia, the Russian fertilizer king Rybolovlev quietly completed the acquisition of Monaco of the French second league. You know, his worth is also tens of billions, and in recent years, Russia and other sub-level leagues All the teams are working hard and their investment is amazing.”

After Mendes said this, he paused and then continued: "I predict that soon, the value of players will rise again on the current basis, which is probably in the past few years. "

Due to the economic depression, all kinds of safe-haven funds have poured into professional football. With the help of hot money, teams have been burning money. Professional football has ushered in a period of rapid development. On the one hand, major leagues and major clubs have With global operations, global influence is rapidly increasing, and income is rising steadily. But on the other hand, player transfer fees and annual salaries are also rising.

Gao Han had already foreseen this situation, but now it was just the beginning.

Just like Fulham midfielder Dembele in the Premier League, this player performed well at Fulham, but was limited by the overall level of the team and did not attract too much attention. However, it attracted the attention of Chelsea and Tottenham. London clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal are paying attention.

The Belgian midfielder only has one year left in his contract with Fulham. Under such circumstances, Fulham still insists on the price of 20 million euros and refuses to let go. This is what is included in Dembele's contract. The price of the termination fee.

In this regard, Arsenal took a wait-and-see approach, hoping to put pressure on Fulham, or negotiate a more advantageous price during the winter break, or even waive the visa after one year. However, Tottenham Hotspur took action directly, and the two Ten million euros bought Dembele directly.

Hulk, who plays for Porto, can be sold for a sky-high price of 60 million euros. So how much should Aubameyang, who plays for Chinatown and has shown strength in La Liga and the Champions League, be worth?

Witsel can be sold for 40 million euros, and Dembele, who has only one year left on his contract, can be sold for 20 million euros. What about Herrera and Rakitic? How many can they sell?

"This transfer market is so crazy." Gao Han shook his head and sighed.

But Mendes laughed and asked, "Wouldn't it be better to be a little crazy?"

For him, being crazy is certainly a good thing, and even for Gao Han and Chinatown, it's not a bad thing.

At least in the past few years, Chinatown has made a lot of money by selling people for cash continuously, and Armando Marcos has outlined for the club to build a tourist, shopping, leisure and entertainment complex around the new stadium in the southern suburbs of Madrid. Chinatown also requires the club to continue to increase investment.

In the planning of Gao Hanhe Club, they hope to make this place a landmark attraction in the southern suburbs of Madrid and a distribution center for countless Chinese and even foreign tourists coming to Spain.

And these all require money.

"Have you told Carlos and Armando about Aubameyang?" Gao Han asked.

Mendes nodded, "Your technical director and general manager have agreed."

"Oh, then you're still asking me?" Gao Han was a little funny.

"But they all said that you have to nod."

Gao Han nodded, "Okay, since they all agree, I have nothing to say, but I have a request."

"you say."

"Aubameyang's liquidated damages are 60 million euros, but I think it's too cheap. Add Kante."

"Kante?" Mendes racked his brains and finally remembered, "Is he the short midfielder you introduced from Boulogne?"

This player has not received much attention since he was introduced to Paris Saint-Germain. He has only played a few times in the French Cup and a few times as a substitute in the league and the Europa League. He has not received as much attention as midfielder Matuidi, and no one cares about him at all.

"Marcos Senna is going to retire. A team in the Major League Soccer has invited him to play for him with a high salary. We need a defensive midfielder to compete with Illarramendi and rotate with him."

Although Gao Han only said a few words, Mendes keenly smelled something unusual.

Given Gao Han's attention to Chinatown, this Kante must be extraordinary.