Chapter 424 Riding a Tiger Is Difficult

When Gao Xiaodong was on vacation in his hometown in Huaguo, the European transfer market was still in full swing.

After the economic crisis in 2008, the overall world economy has not yet recovered. According to common sense, there is no room for a substantial increase in the transaction volume of the "luxury transaction" of player trading. However, the European market was completely disturbed by the arms race initiated by Real Madrid President Florentino.

Then, driven by different motivations, the European transfer market continued to turmoil. From the first day, it entered the explosive point. Every day, people are waving checkbooks, and every day, there are names familiar to fans flying over the European continent.

The first climax in the European transfer market was when Real Madrid bought Kaka for 65 million euros in early June. The success of this transfer made Florentino more ambitious, and Kaka’s annual salary of 9 million euros after tax also made Kaka The other superstars were jealous.

On June 27th, Real Madrid set off a bigger climax, and Ronaldo officially joined. The transfer fee is a record 94 million euros, which is the world's most valuable, and the annual salary after tax is 13 million euros, which is the world's first annual salary.

After Ronaldo's transfer was completed, Sir Alex Ferguson, who held a large sum of money, once again offered Porto 45 million for Gao Xiaodong.

Although Manchester United's offer cannot be compared with Manchester City, it is not far away. The gap of 500 euros from the 50 million euro liquidated damages is completely a reminder to Porto that Manchester United can add 500 euros at any time, bypassing Porto and directly looking for Players negotiate.

In secret, Manchester United also offered Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 3.5 million euros after tax for the first time.

Although this annual salary cannot be compared with Ronaldo and Kaka, it is more than four times higher than Gao Xiaodong's original annual salary in Porto.

Inter Milan chairman Moratti flinched when he saw Manchester United's frantic offer of 45 million euros. He felt that it was too risky to buy a new star like Gao Xiaodong with 45 million euros. He called Mourinho directly and said that he could not The price has been increased, and the original price of 30 million euros plus Quaresma will be maintained. Gao Xiaodong will come or not.

But Mourinho said angrily that if he doesn't increase the price, Gao Xiaodong will be a member of Manchester United. At this time, Inter Milan must not back down, and must continue to compete with Manchester United no matter what. Definitely worth the money.

Moratti did not back down indiscriminately this time. He said with a sullen face that he could agree to a price war between Mourinho and Manchester United, but if Gao Xiaodong is as good as Quaresma, he will take back Mourinho later. Neo's power in the transfer. At the same time, Moratti also said that if he bought Gao Xiaodong at such a high price, he would sell the team's core Ibrahimovic.

It is difficult for general coaches to accept such conditions.

But Mourinho is not an ordinary coach. He also understands that whether Gao Xiaodong comes or not, Ibrahimovic will probably have to leave, so he readily agrees to Moratti's conditions.

Then Inter Milan announced two big news, first, Inter Milan accepted Barcelona's offer of 46 million euros Gaeto'o, and agreed to transfer Ibrahimovic to Barcelona. The second is to directly quote Gao Xiaodong with the highest transfer fee of 50 million euros in Inter Milan's history.

In private, Mourinho also offered Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 4 million euros through Mendes, which was 500,000 euros higher than Inter Milan captain Zanetti.

This is Gao Xiaodong's liquidated damages. After the quotation reaches this figure, Inter Milan can ignore Porto's opinion and contact Gao Xiaodong directly. As long as Gao Xiaodong nods, Inter Milan can directly bring Gao Xiaodong to Milan City.

Manchester United's private agreement with Gao Xiaodong was under the same conditions. Gao Xiaodong agreed to join Manchester United. Now that Inter Milan's bid is higher than Manchester United's, Gao Xiaodong's transfer to Inter Milan is not considered a breach of trust.

Of course, Manchester City's bid was higher and their annual salary was higher, but Gao Xiaodong did not agree to Manchester City's poor overall conditions.

Ferguson made a lot of efforts to snatch Gao Xiaodong. He didn't want to be robbed of his love at this time. He also decisively raised Gao Xiaodong's transfer fee to 50 million euros and raised his annual salary to 4 million euros.

The premium has overflowed to this point, no one is competing with Manchester United, Inter Milan, and Manchester City anymore. Originally, they wanted to muddy the water. AC Milan, who raised the price next door, thought Moratti was crazy, and was so scared that he didn't even dare to pay the price. reported, and retreated directly in desperation.

The transfer fees offered by Manchester United and Inter Milan have already reached 50 million euros. Gao Xiaodong's transfer has nothing to do with Porto. Whether to go or not, the decision of where to go falls in Gao Xiaodong's hands.

Now Inter Milan and Manchester United offer the same annual salary to Gao Xiaodong. According to the private agreement between Gao Xiaodong and Ferguson, Gao Xiaodong should join Manchester United unless Inter Milan continues to increase the price.

But at this time, Mourinho can't continue to increase the price. If it goes on, the salary structure of Inter Milan will collapse. At present, the captain Zanetti only has an annual salary of 3.5 million euros, and Stankovic has 4 million euros. Defender Maicon only paid 4.5 million euros. Although Eto'o offered 10.5 million euros, it was because Eto'o lowered the transfer fee and paid 20 million euros for Eto'o.

But Mourinho is still riding a tiger. At this time, he has promised Moratti that if he still cannot win Gao Xiaodong, Mourinho may completely become the laughing stock of Italian football.

The last time Quaresma made Mourinho ashamed, he couldn't hold his head up in Italian football, and now he can't afford to lose in the competition with Ferguson for Gao Xiaodong.

At this time, Mourinho knew that if he only relied on price to compete with Manchester United, he might end up losing both sides. He resolutely found his agent Mendes and said that he must get Gao Xiaodong, but this annual salary cannot be raised any further. , Let Mendes find a way to persuade Gao Xiaodong to join Inter Milan.

Mendes has been watching the fire from the other side, because Gao Xiaodong's soaring worth is beneficial to him. Just when Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid, he got a commission of 8 million euros. I'm dying of laughter.

But the existence of Mourinho is very special to Mendes. Mourinho is not only a cash cow for Mendes, but also with Mourinho, the players under Mendes can easily Song to Mourinho The team, which allows Mendes to easily attract many talented new stars like Gao Xiaodong.

So Mendes must keep Mourinho's golden sign from falling, and now Mourinho's embarrassing situation Mendes is also very clear, he doesn't want to let Mourinho Although Gao Xiaodong is also a person who Mendes values ​​very much, Gao Xiaodong is still a potential new star after all, and he cannot be compared with Ronaldo.

Now that Ronaldo's transfer is basically over, Mendes is also relieved, so he flies to China to personally persuade Gao Xiaodong to transfer to Inter Milan.