Chapter 23. Failure and Success

On the way back to Le Havre, Woodward kept chattering: "Tiger, I can't read you more and more. We were supposed to take a day off, but you bought a trial. Naby Keita, a young man; and you're going back to Le Havre right after a phone call. What's your situation?"

Jin Taige was very happy at this time, he picked up two treasures out of thin air: "Ed, let me tell you, this Naby Keita will be Manchester United's midfielder in the future, I didn't expect him to sign with any club, we really Luckily; also, Le Havre club president Sloka called me just now and said that there is a young player who is very good and wants us to go and have a look."

"Tiger, I really convinced you..." Woodward was very helpless to Jin Tiger's unusual behavior, but he was also very curious about what kind of player he was, and let Jin Tiger say that it was a future transfer. Bid King?

When they came to the Le Havre Club, Chairman Sloka was already waiting for them, and Jin Taige asked directly, "How much? Let's make an offer."

Sloka was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly smiled: "My dear friend Tiger, I really like your character more and more. It's like this, I have a young player under my command, and the Marseille club actually wants to spend 400 I was very surprised to buy him for 10,000 euros. But thinking about the relationship between the two of us, I decided to ask you first, if you can offer the same price, I will sell him to you."

"Okay, 4 million euros, I bought it!"

"readily!"

When Sloka brought a black French player to King Tiger, the player was a little nervous: "Hello, Mr. Tiger."

Jin Taige extended his hand friendly: "Benjamin Mendy, nice to meet you."

Kintag asked Woodward to translate, and he talked to Mendy about his vision for the future. Mendy hesitated: "Mr. Tiger, the Marseille club has already negotiated with me to buy me for 3 million euros, and then let me play as the main left-back next season."

3 million euros? Hearing this, Jin Taige glanced at Sloka and cursed in his heart: You made me an extra 1 million euros out of thin air, what an old fox.

Sloka smiled and said nothing.

Mendy continued: "I would love to continue my training in Ligue 1 for two more years, but I would also really like to go to Manchester United..."

When Woodward finished translating this sentence, he looked at Kim Tiger and thought: It seems that if you can't give him the main position, he will not necessarily come to Manchester United.

Jin Taige thought for a moment, then smiled: "It's easy to do, I'll buy you now, and then loan you to Marseille in Ligue 1 for two years, what do you think?"

When Mendy heard it, he was overjoyed: "Thank you, Mr. Tiger! If this is the case, I am willing to sign with Manchester United."

Easily, Jin Tiger brought Benjamin Mendy under his command.

In the summer of 2017, Manchester City spent 57 million euros to buy Benjamin Mendy from the French club Monaco. This transaction made Benjamin Mendy the king of defenders at that time. Mendy is extremely fast, has a precise pass, and is also very explosive and capable of holding the ball. Although he looks big and three thick, he is definitely a perfect combination of strength and skill. To be the world's most valuable defender, Mendy is indeed one of the best.

Jin Tiger did not expect that Benjamin Mendy was also at the Le Havre club, which was a pleasant surprise. At the same time, Slocardo earned 1 million euros; Marseille did not spend a penny, and received a two-year loan from Benjamin Mendy for nothing. All three parties are happy.

Benjamin Mendy successfully transferred, the transfer fee is 4 million, and now Jin Tiger has 28.7 million transfer funds to use.

That night, sitting in the hotel room, Jin Taige took out a piece of paper, on which was written several top striker candidates he was going to buy.

The top two are Griezmann and Lukaku, and there are several second-tier candidates below.

Kim Tiger told Woodward: "I still have 28.7 million transfer funds in hand, which should be enough to buy a good striker. This is the shortlist I have prepared."

But Woodward shook his head: "Tiger, are you counting the money right?"

Jin Taige was stunned: "Impossible, I will never be wrong. I bought a total of 13 young players, costing a total of 21.3 million euros, and now there are 28.7 million transfer funds left."

Woodward said patiently, "You've forgotten one person."

"Who?"

"Wilfred Zaha." Woodward stretched out a finger, "During the transfer period this winter, the Jazz spent 15 million euros to buy this 17-year-old young player from Crystal Palace. Signed a contract in advance, but didn't pay the fee, he only moved to Manchester United this summer, and the 15 million euros will also be deducted from your 50 million euro transfer budget."

"Oh, F**K!" This was the first time Kim Tiger had swears in front of Woodward. "What's the situation? Why hasn't anyone told me?"

"I thought you already knew that," Woodward said calmly. "Mr. Tiger, don't get excited. I suggest you readjust your transfer goals now and choose players who are more suitable for the team."

Jin Taige suddenly threw himself on the sofa, closed his eyes, and thought while irritated: 2870 minus 1500, that is 13.7 million euros left. For such a small amount of money, let alone a top striker, you can't even buy a backup striker.

But it was useless to complain. Kim Tiger took the transfer list, so he had to reluctantly give up his love and skipped Griezmann and Lukaku. He looked behind and skipped 4 players, and finally focused on the name of one player. - Aubameyang.

King Tiger asked Woodward to immediately ask Ligue 1 Saint-Etienne to buy Aubameyang. Saint-Etienne's asking price was 15 million euros, although Woodward agreed to King Tiger and could apply to the board for a small additional transfer The investment made up the asking price of 15 million euros, but Aubameyang finally rejected Manchester United because of his strong demand for the main position, and switched to Dortmund.

Jin Taige sighed. He knew that Aubameyang was about to usher in the peak of his career, but it was a pity that he passed by this powerful striker.

In the next few days, Jin Tiger made several consecutive bids for several excellent forwards in Europe, but the other party's asking prices were all ridiculously high, all around 30 million, and Jin Tiger could only lament secretly.

If you can't buy a suitable striker, you simply don't rush. Anyway, the combination of Van Persie and Rooney is very stable, and the small peas are not bad, so let's do it first.

Next, Kim Tiger and Woodward flew to Brazil to find the last name on his transfer list, an excellent young goalkeeper.

Although Jin Taige encountered failures on the road of buying excellent strikers, this trip to Brazil has been successful and has yielded a lot.