Chapter 1,080 Finalizing the Doorkeeper

With Rummenigge's statement, it seems that there is no suspense about Neuer's transfer to Manchester United.

But neither the Schalke 04 club nor Neuer's agent Kurt are satisfied with the contract given by Manchester United. Although Neuer's contract is only one year, Schalke 04 still feels that 20 million Selling a future number one goalkeeper in the world is a big loss, and Neuer's agent feels that Neuer's annual salary of 6 million euros is a bit low. Rooney also has 12 million euros, and Gao Xiaodong is still negotiating for a salary increase. If the negotiation is completed, it is estimated to be around 18 million.

If you want Manchester United to spend more money, you must have competitors, but now the teams that can afford Neuer are all good goalkeepers. Real Madrid has Casey, Barcelona has Valdes, Chelsea has Petr Cech, and Manchester City has Harry Specially, only Bayern and Manchester United are short of goalkeepers.

If you want Manchester United to spend more money, you must drag Bayern into the transfer battle for Neuer.

So Schalke 04 contacted Bayern manager Hoeness again and said that as long as Bayern made more money, they could persuade Neuer to transfer to Bayern.

Over there, Neuer's agent Kurt also found Bayern chairman Rummenigge and said that Neuer actually wanted to stay in the Bundesliga and play as long as Bayern could pay the same annual salary of 6 million euros as Manchester United. I will definitely give up Manchester United and choose Bayern.

Bayern chairman Rummenigge and manager Hoeness are both cunning and cunning people, and they are definitely not easy to fool, but the situation is stronger than people. Bayern has no goalkeeper now. A goalkeeper of Neuer's level is probably the only one in the world. This one, and as long as Neuer is dealt with, there will be no need to worry about the goalkeeper within ten years. At this time, even if there is a glimmer of hope, Bayern cannot give up.

Schalke 04 is just a little shrimp in the eyes of Bayern. Bayern will not increase the transfer fee just because of his words, but Bayern must listen carefully to the words of Neuer's agent.

Rummenigge and Hoeness convened Bayern's senior management to conduct a serious study. They both believed that even if Bayern offered the same annual salary of 6 million as Manchester United, as long as Manchester United continued to increase the price, Neuer would still choose a higher price. one party.

However, Hoeness believes that if Bayern can afford to pay Neuer an annual salary of 6 million, quoting this price will not cause any harm to Bayern, because if Manchester United continues to increase the price, Bayern will not follow suit, which is to help Neuer raise the price.

So the question returns to its original point, whether Bayern can give Neuer such a high annual salary.

Bayern is divided into two factions. Hoeness believes that giving Neuer an annual salary of six million is not a big problem. The players will be dissatisfied, but it will not cause too much trouble. Rummenigge believes that it will definitely affect the unity of the team. If the team does not have cohesion, it is better not to buy Neuer.

The two sides couldn't argue,

No one was convinced. In the end, both sides thought of their spiritual leader and mentor, Beckenbauer. Now Beckenbauer is the honorary chairman of Bayern and basically no longer interferes with Bayern's affairs. However, the football emperor can still help him at critical moments. Bayern holds the direction.

Rummenigge called Beckenbauer and reported the matter to Beckenbauer. Although Beckenbauer no longer manages Bayern's affairs, he still cares about Bayern and is interested in Bayern's desire to buy No. He was also very clear about Iyer's affairs. After listening to Rummenigge's report, Beckenbauer immediately expressed his position and said: Since Neuer's agent said this, it means that Neuer does have the idea of ​​​​coming to Bayern. Although an annual salary of one million is a bit high, such a high salary should be given to such a player. Last year, Manchester United bought Gao Xiaodong for a high annual salary and a high transfer fee, but looking back now, the deal was a good deal. Don't be afraid of other players being jealous, and don't be afraid of breaking the salary structure. Truly talented players can make their teammates lose their jealousy.

In the end, Beckenbauer saw that Rummenigge was still hesitant and said that if there were any difficulties, he could call Neuer himself.

Beckenbauer is a god-like existence in German football. If Beckenbauer calls Neuer, Neuer may come to Bayern even if Bayern pays him less money.

Even if Beckenbauer is only the honorary chairman, his words will have no less weight in Bayern than Rummenigge, and Rummenigge obeyed Beckenbauer even more. He immediately changed his mind and found Neuer's agent. Kurt, expressed his willingness to provide Neuer with an annual salary of 6 million euros.

Neuer is actually a player with merits in the Bundesliga. He does not want to leave the Bundesliga and go to other leagues. After Bayern made the same offer as Manchester United, Neuer tended to move to Bayern. Next, Bacon After Ball was personally called by Neuer, Neuer rejected Manchester United without hesitation and made the decision to join Bayern.

Manchester United originally thought that Neuer was the one in the bag, but Neuer suddenly rejected Manchester United and prepared to join Bayern. Later, Manchester United found out that Bayern also offered an annual salary of 6 million euros. Ferguson was unwilling to accept it and gave it to Neuer. Il's annual salary has been increased by another one million euros.

However, Neuer was so determined to join Bayern that he gave up the 7 million euros annual salary provided by Manchester United.

Manchester United is not rich either, and is now hundreds of millions of pounds in debt. They cannot continue to increase the price, so they can only accept this fact and start looking for a new goalkeeper.

Before Neuer, Manchester United considered Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenburg. Compared with Neuer, Stekelenburg's strength and potential were far inferior. Manchester United's priority was Neuer. After Il decided to move to Bayern, Manchester United shifted their targets to Stekelenburg and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper De Gea.

De Gea was not originally the focus of Manchester United's attention, because De Gea is too young, only 21 years old. Such a player can hardly be trained as a substitute goalkeeper. He is too young to be the main force. The goalkeeper is a position that requires great experience.

But since Bayern regards De Gea as Neuer's replacement, it means that De Gea must have high potential and actual combat ability. Otherwise, a very rational team like Bayern would rarely miss it.

Although Manchester United is in contact with Stekelenburg and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper De Gea, Ferguson still has not given up on Neuer. The first choice in Ferguson's mind is Neuer. The old man will stay for another two or three years at most. I just retired, hoping to have a perfect ending. Of course, I can't be ambiguous about the goalkeeper position.

But Neuer's transfer to Bayern went quickly. As Bayern raised the transfer fee to 30 million euros, a week later, Bayern quickly signed Schalke 04 goalkeeper Neuer.

After the news of Neuer's signing with Bayern came out, Manchester United's only targets were Stekelenburg and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper De Gea. After some discussion and research, Ferguson targeted De Gea. on the body.

De Gea is very eager to play for a giant like Manchester United, but Atletico Madrid did not set any obstacles. In late June, Manchester United bought the talented Spanish goalkeeper De Gea for 18 million euros plus a floating bonus of 5 million euros.