Chapter 1996 The Black Shop Changes Owners

Yang Cheng and Liu Junyu randomly entered a restaurant and ordered a table full of seafood, various fish, shrimps and crabs. Such bold behavior even attracted the restaurant owner to serve the food himself.

Originally, Yang Cheng wanted to try the classic Portuguese stew, but she felt that the ones made outside were definitely not as authentic as the ones made by Chef Paola, so she decided not to eat them yet and would try them again when she returned to the hotel.

In the evening, the streets were crowded, and all you could see were fans. Each one of them had face paint, wore team uniforms, scarves, and was fully armed. They were bound to become the twelfth man on the team.

This shows what kind of position football occupies in this city.

But what makes the fans pay so much attention tonight is the reason for the opponent.

Among the top three in Portugal, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, and Porto, the conflicts between them cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

Tonight Porto faces an old rival that is both a stumbling block in the title race. No wonder the fans are so excited.

Like many incompatible teams, the composition of the fans is destined to be incompatible between Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. Most of Benfica's fans come from the relatively wealthy classes in Lisbon, while most of Sporting Lisbon's fans come from the working class.

The feud between the two teams can be traced back to 1907, when eight Benfica players moved to Sporting Lisbon in search of more job opportunities.

Porto is actually a rising star, but came from behind and seriously challenged the status of the top two.

In particular, the rivalry between Benfica and Porto has become fiercer year by year. With Uruguayan midfielder Rodriguez joining Porto after the end of his loan contract with Benfica in 2008, the antagonism between the fans of both sides reached a new peak.

But relatively speaking, without the shadow of class hatred, the contradiction between the two sides cannot go too deep. At least, no matter whether Porto faces Sporting Lisbon or Benfica, the scene cannot match the direct dialogue between the latter two. Due to the differences in class positions and political opinions, The questions tend to be incredibly hot.

A similar situation also occurs in Madrid, where the hatred between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is also hard to describe.

But for Porto, they don't seem to mind the hatred, they value interests more.

This interest includes how many 'little monsters' they can cultivate and how much they can sell. If anyone affects their interests, it will be a more serious problem than class conflict.

Now in Portugal, Porto's position as the largest black shop has been hit one after another.

It is foreseeable that Monaco will become the target of "exploration" by major giants this summer. The upstarts of Ligue 1 took the opportunity to make a big move. So far, Mbappe's offer even as high as 130 million euros has not satisfied them. Monaco Therefore, it is called a big black shop by the outside world.

However, the black shops in this world are never the blackest, only darker. There is one team that is even more "black" than Monaco. What's more important is that they are also very low-key. As the saying goes, "make a fortune in silence", Portugal The giant Benfica earned 200 million euros from selling players in one year. Porto was so angry that it hurt people's financial resources and killed their parents. Fortunately, they were not playing against Benfica today, otherwise the scene would have been even more heated.

There is no way, just like in the mobile phone industry, Apple was originally the dominant company, but later it singled out large companies such as Samsung and Warwick and took away share. It is strange that Apple can be happy.

The same goes for Porto. When the name Portuguese Black Shop was mentioned in the past, Porto would usually come to mind.

Yes, Porto has really done a lot of harm to people over the years and has stolen so much money.

But the football world has always been that the waves behind are more fierce than the waves before. Benfica's momentum has obviously been stronger than Porto in the past few years.

If things continue like this, Porto's reputation as "black shop gang leader" will change hands sooner or later. It's not something anyone can boast about. Benfica has indeed done some big business this year.

Last summer, Benfica made a splash as soon as they came out. They sold three players to the Premier League in one go, namely Ederson, Lindelof, and Mukhtar. The total transfer fee for the three players was 65.26 million pounds.

Putting aside the little-known Mukhtar, Ederson's transfer fee was 34 million pounds and Lindelof's 30 million pounds. They were both big deals, and the buyers were all from Manchester.

In the past two windows, Benfica quietly sent away 37 players, some of whom were on loan.

Among them, the sale of the 18-year-old Sanches to Bayern was undoubtedly the biggest deal. Benfica gave the Southern King a heavy blow. Sanchez's transfer fee was as high as 30 million pounds.

In addition, Benfica sold winger Guedes to Paris Saint-Germain at the beginning of the year for a transfer fee of 25.5 million pounds. Last summer, they sold Manchester United's long-cherished Gaitan to Atletico Madrid for a transfer fee of 21.25 million pounds.

When Benfica robbed, they didn't even ask if you were from a wealthy club. They sold the little-known H-Costa to Wolves for 12.5 million pounds.

To do some general calculations, over the past year or so, Benfica's total income from selling players was 150 million pounds, which is nearly 200 million euros. With just tens of millions of euros, Benfica made 200 million euros a year on the negotiating table. Money comes quickly from doing business.

However, Rome was not built in a day, Benfica's black shop did not appear suddenly, and its dark history is also very deep.

Benfica Club was founded in 1904 and is a bitter rival with Sporting Lisbon, another giant of the Portuguese Super League. In history, Benfica has won the Portuguese Super League championship 36 times.

This year, they are very likely to win the league title again. In fact, they have been the hegemon of the Portuguese Super League for the past four years, and both Porto and Lisbon have been stepped on by them.

Excellent performance on the field ensures that Benfica players frequently become popular in the transfer market. In every transfer window, there will be many Benfica players becoming the "food" that the giants compete for.

Benfica has earned a total of 270 million euros from selling players in the past seven years. Note that this is net profit and net income!

No wonder Porto dislikes Benfica. How much money should Porto earn from this?

Benfica is ruthless, no matter who you are, no matter which team the buyer is, if you want to trade, now the original cost of buying the player is tripled before starting the discussion.

In the summer of 2010, Di Maria joined Real Madrid from Benfica for a transfer fee of 20 million pounds, but his worth when he came to Benfica was only 6 million pounds; Ramires was also worth 6 million pounds when he joined Benfica, and was worth 1,800 pounds when he was sold to Chelsea Thousands of pounds;

David Luiz was worth only 500,000 pounds when he came to Benfica, and was worth as much as 25 million pounds when he was sold to Chelsea; Witsel was worth 7 million pounds when he joined Benfica, and was worth 32 million pounds when he went to Zenit; Rodrigo came It was 5 million pounds when Benfica left, and 25 million pounds when he left. . . There are too many such examples.

The most terrifying thing was the transfer of Sanches. Benfica bought this local teenager for only 35 footballs, but when he finally sold it to Bayern, he made 30 million pounds. If you include the extras for appearances and awards. According to the terms, the total price is expected to reach 70 million pounds!

The new black shop is well-deserved!