Chapter 664 Mendes Has a Headache

When Gao Xiaodong met La Porta, Mendes had just met with Florentino Lafayette in a hotel in Madrid.

This meeting was mainly to finalize the details of Mourinho's contract and to communicate on Real Madrid's future lineup structure. It was mainly to discuss Gao Xiaodong's transfer to Real Madrid.

Although Real Madrid and Mourinho have basically reached a coaching agreement and the annual salary has been discussed, there are still two key issues that have not been completely resolved.

One is that Mourinho hopes that Florentino can give himself enough autonomy. In terms of the team's tactical arrangements and personnel selection, his words will be the final decision.

This is because in the last year of Chelsea and the second year of Inter Milan, both clubs gave Mourinho a lot of resistance in transfers. Mourinho believed that the reason for poor results was that he had too much autonomy. Small and too restricted by the manager.

In fact, Mourinho hopes that Florentino will reduce the rights of general manager Valdano and athletic director Pardeza, and let him contact Florentino directly instead of dealing with Valdano.

In today's Real Madrid, Valdano is the club's No. 2 figure and directly controls the club's transfer power. The current Real Madrid coach Pellegrini has the most dealings with Valdano. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Valdano voted against Mourinho in the choice of head coach because he knew that Mourinho always demanded that he have the power to make transfer decisions. If Mourinho really joins Real Madrid, Valdano's importance will be greatly reduced by then.

Florentino is very cautious about this issue, and he is not stupid. Of course he knows the relationship between Mourinho and Mendes, and is worried that Mourinho will take the opportunity to get all Mendes' people to Real Madrid.

However, after Inter Milan easily defeated Barcelona 6:1, Florentino compromised and agreed to Mourinho's request.

In terms of lineup structure, Mourinho first demanded that Real Madrid poach Gao Xiaodong from Inter Milan. Secondly, he needs Maicon at the right back position, and Real Madrid also want to recruit Maicon from Inter Milan.

Fortunately, Maicon is even the best right back in the world. After all, he is already a 29-year-old veteran. If he can get a lot of cash, Inter Milan may not necessarily keep him, and his annual salary will not be too high. But it is hard to say for Gao Xiaodong. .

Gao Xiaodong now not only has great potential, but his fighting ability is not much worse than Messi and Ronaldo. Inter Milan will definitely force him to stay. So even if Gao Xiaodong is willing to come to Real Madrid, Real Madrid may need to activate the liquidated damages of 80 million euros.

It is worth buying Gao Xiaodong for 80 million euros. After all, Ibrahimovic is worth 66 million, but what about the annual salary? How to solve Gao Xiaodong's status in Real Madrid?

In Real Madrid, Ronaldo’s annual salary is 13 million.

He is the well-deserved first person and core player; Kaka has an annual salary of 9.6 million and is the second person in the team; if Real Madrid gives Gao Xiaodong 9 million, Gao Xiaodong may not be willing to come, because Inter Milan also gave Gao Xiaodong 9 million when he proposed to renew his contract. The annual salary is almost the same.

If the annual salary given to Gao Xiaodong exceeds 10 million, what would Kaka think? After all, he was a former World Footballer in his prime, but Real Madrid was reluctant to give Kaká a raise because Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo did not perform well last season. In the top 16 of the Champions League, La Liga was also defeated by Barcelona. Suppression, poor performance and a salary increase. What will Real Madrid members think?

Mendes discussed the issue of Gao Xiaodong with Florentino for a long time, and Florentino could not promise Gao Xiaodong an annual salary higher than Kaka but lower than Ronaldo, because this actually meant that Gao Xiaodong As Real Madrid's second man, Florentino has to act cautiously.

Mendes did not insist on this. After all, Gao Xiaodong is still the Serie A champion. If Gao Xiaodong wins the Champions League, Mendes believes that Florentino will change his mind.

But Mendes's troubles are not all with Real Madrid. What troubles Mendes is that there are too many teams competing for Gao Xiaodong.

Before Mendes met with Florentino, Manchester City's CEO Cook had just called him and hoped that Gao Xiaodong would transfer to Manchester City next season.

The wealthy Middle Eastern tycoon said that he did not need to contact Inter Milan and directly activated the 80 million euro liquidated damages as long as Gao Xiaodong agreed.

Last time Manchester City was prepared to offer Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 8 million euros, but Gao Xiaodong did not agree in the end and instead transferred to Inter Milan, which offered him an annual salary of 6 million euros.

Although 6 million euros is 2 million euros less than 8 million euros, Inter Milan is a wealthy club, can play in the Champions League, and the head coach is Mourinho. This advantage is of course far more than the 2 million euros gap. Gao Xiaodong chose Inter Milan. Milan is normal.

At that time, Manchester City had no regrets. For a young star from Porto, a transfer fee of 50 million euros and an annual salary of 8 million euros were already outrageous. How much more could they give, but they had no idea that Gao Xiaodong would perform so well at Inter Milan. Currently the top scorer in Serie A and the Champions League, he has also brought Inter Milan to the finals and is very likely to win Serie A's first treble.

Now Manchester City regrets very much. Last season they did not reach the top four of the Premier League and missed the Champions League. This season they are still ranked fifth. The possibility of reaching the top four is very small. Of course, if the bid is higher, they can win Gao Xiaodong. Maybe it’s reached the semi-finals now.

In order to make up for the mistakes made last season, Manchester City directly offered Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 13.5 million, which is 500,000 euros higher than Cristiano Ronaldo's, the world's largest annual salary.

And Cook promised that as long as Gao Xiaodong agrees to transfer to Manchester City, owner Mansour will also give Gao Xiaodong a signing fee of 10 million euros. In addition, Cook also implicitly stated that Mendes will also receive a signing fee. A lot of benefits.

Is Gao Xiaodong really worth that much money? Mendes scratched his head. Even when Ronaldo transferred, Gao Xiaodong was not as popular. Of course, this was not because Gao Xiaodong was stronger than Ronaldo, but because Gao Xiaodong was younger and the liquidated damages were lower. As long as Gao Xiaodong agreed, who would Even if you can grab it, isn’t this just a piece of Tang Monk’s meat?

Mendes now has a big family and a big business, so he doesn't care about the huge benefits, but does Gao Xiaodong not care about the annual salary of 13 million? This is more than double Gao Xiaodong's current annual salary, not to mention the signing fee of 10 million euros. With Gao Xiaodong's greedy character, he is likely to be tempted.

But the key is that Mourinho must bring Gao Xiaodong to Real Madrid now. Mourinho is one of the cornerstones of Mendes' business empire. Wherever Mourinho coaches, Mendes' players will be sold. , In addition, Mourinho's connections cannot be underestimated. Mendes never wants to offend Mourinho.

“It’s a headache to have too many geniuses!”

Mendes pinched his temples with a look of exhaustion on his face. He wanted to ignore everything and lie on the bed and have a good sleep.

However, the tree was about to calm down but the wind stopped, and Mendes just thought of taking a nap, when Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti called.

"Hello Massimo." Mendes squeezed out a smile and greeted Moratti cordially.

"Mr. Mendes, I want you to give me an accurate answer right now. When will Gao Xiaodong's contract renewal negotiations start?" Moratti spoke without a smile at all. For an old man who is kind to others, Moratti's attitude Obviously very unhappy.

Mendes continued to smile forcefully and said: "Didn't I say that it will start after the Champions League final? Massimo, don't worry, Xiaodong is now from Inter Milan, and his first choice is to stay at Inter Milan."

Moratti said coldly: "Mourinho is also the coach of Inter Milan, but now the media regards him as the head coach of Real Madrid next season."

Mendes wiped the cold sweat from his head and said, "How could it be possible? The media likes to catch rumors. At least for this season, Mourinho is still the coach of Inter Milan."

Moratti was not a fool. He obviously also knew about the contact between Mourinho and Real Madrid, and even knew that they might have initialed an agreement. He said coldly: "Mr. Mendes, I don't care about Coach Mourinho." , but I will never sell Xiaodong, and I hope to start contract renewal negotiations immediately."

Mendes said: "I think it is better to wait until after the Champions League final to avoid any further changes."

Moratti gritted his teeth and said: "No need, I will renew Gao Xiaodong's contract according to the standards of winning the Champions League, with an annual salary of 10 million. If you are still unwilling to negotiate, then I will go directly to Gao Xiaodong."

Mendes did not expect Moratti, who had always been indecisive, to be so decisive, and said quickly: "Massimo, please allow me to think about it again."

"Okay, I'll give you three days to finish the Italian Cup final, and you must give me an answer."

After saying that, Moratti hung up the phone directly.

Mendes had an even worse headache. He paced back and forth in the hotel like a trapped animal. Ten minutes later, he finally called Mourinho. Regarding Gao Xiaodong's liquidated damages, it was 80 million. It was a clerical error when I first wrote it, but the chapter could not be revised after a month, so the mistake could only be left. Sorry, I wasn't rigorous enough and didn't check it out.