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In the list of players submitted by Gao Shen before, there is another name that makes everyone in Manchester City feel very strange.

Playing for Genk, Belgium, nineteen-year-old midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.

This player was the main midfielder of the Genk team last season, but his performance was very average, with only one goal. Genk only ranked twelfth in the Ligue 1 last season, and his results were not outstanding.

After receiving Gao Shen's instructions, Gary Cook, Brian Kidd and others flew across the English Channel to Belgium to contact the Genk team. As a result, the opponent was more active than Manchester City themselves.

why?

The whole world knows that Manchester City is rich!

As a Belgian team, the Genk team is not rich at all. Being able to sell the players in the team in exchange for a sum of money is simply not a good deal for them.

After all, Belgium has a blowout of youth training talents in recent years, coupled with the influx of young players from Africa, they have no shortage of talents at all.

Gary Cook, Brian Kidd and others discovered during their contact with Genk chairman Herbert Hoppen that the other party did not want to take advantage of the opportunity to kill Manchester City. On the contrary, he also took the initiative to recommend to Manchester City Young players in the team.

For example, Brazilian central defender Joao Carlos, who has been the main force for two consecutive seasons, is said to be favored by the Russian team Anzhi, but if Manchester City is willing to make an offer, Genk will definitely sell to Manchester City first.

The market assessment price of this central defender is 3.6 million euros, and Genk's asking price is basically this amount.

There is also the young goalkeeper Courtois, who only entered the first team in the second half of last season, but the players of the Belgian national youth team have unlimited potential and are very optimistic about by many people, and the price is not high. The current asking price is one million euros.

As for De Bruyne, the asking price of the Genk team is not expensive.

The market assessment price of the player is two million euros, and Genk's asking price is three million euros, which is a little higher.

...

"You all bought it?"

In the meeting room of the Etihad Stadium, Gao Shen had just arrived, and was surprised after listening to Brian Kidd's report.

He originally wanted a De Bruyne, but he didn't expect to get a Courtois.

If he remembers correctly, these two players seem to have joined Chelsea together later.

"Because we already signed Jerome Boateng, we didn't buy Joao Carlos, but De Bruyne and Courtois were both taken by us." Brian Kidd laughed .

When mentioning De Bruyne in depth, he also talked about Courtois, which gave Brian Kidd no reason to give up this young player.

Everyone knows that a product produced by Gaoshen must be a high-quality product.

Gao Shen was a little embarrassed.

Neuer's main position is very solid. If Courtois is introduced, it will be difficult for him to shake Neuer's position for the time being.

If Courtois is left on the bench for a long time, can he still be the future Belgian goalkeeper?

"The Genk team also made demands on us." Brian Kidd said looking at Gao Shen.

"any request?"

"They hope to rent these two teenagers back to the Genk team to play." After Brian Kidd finished speaking, he couldn't help but smiled wryly.

Gao Shen yelled inwardly, "Damn it, it turned out to be such a calculation.

The players are sold to Manchester City, and Manchester City still pays for the salary, but they will use it for them.

Needless to say, many small teams make deals with big teams, this is the way.

Maybe someone will say, that big team is not stupid,

Can you agree?

Many said yes.

The main reason is that the two sides value different points.

The benefits that small teams want are nothing more than trivial matters for big teams.

It's like Manchester City, what they want is the future development of De Bruyne and Courtois, and lock their future in advance. As for renting back the Genk team, this is irrelevant to Manchester City.

Of course, Gao Shen wants to introduce De Bruyne, not to rent him back.

But Courtois...

"Then tell Genk that De Bruyne will stay in our team, Courtois will follow the team for pre-season training, and after the season starts, rent him back to Genk to play." Gao Shen made a prompt decision.

The deal of two to three million euros is really nothing to Manchester City today.

If it weren't for the future of De Bruyne and Courtois, Gao Shen wouldn't think about it for more than a minute.

To separate the two, I don't know if the grievances and grievances between the two in the previous life will happen again?

As for De Bruyne, Gao Shen really intends to use him as a substitute and rotation player.

It's a pity that this kid went to Chelsea in his previous life under Mourinho's command.

Gao Shen has always said that Mourinho can't use this type of midfielder well. This is not a prejudice, but a fact.

...

On the left back, Gao Shen chose Leighton Baines who played for Everton out of various considerations, especially the number of local players in the team.

This player is not tall, but he is very fast, with excellent skills at his feet, strong attack power, and excellent assist ability. He is a rare local player. As early as last season, Gao Shen had already followed him. This reason did not start.

Now, there is news that Bayern Munich is also interested in this player, and Gao Shen has no reason not to make a move.

"Leighton Bynes is currently worth 8 million euros. When he moved from Wigan Athletic to Everton in 2007, the transfer fee was 6.75 million euros, but we raised the offer to 10 million euros. , but Everton refused to negotiate."

Gao Shen listened silently, and nodded towards Brian Kidd, as an affirmation of his work.

"How did Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Bayern respond?" Gao Shen asked.

The most important thing for Gao Shen is that he is worried about someone meddling. If it is really robbed, the player's worth will not be so simple.

"Manchester United now has Evra, Arsenal has Clichy, and Chelsea has Ashley Cole. Although they are all interested in Baines, they are not willing to participate. Bayern has some movements. Rummenigge publicly Said in the media that the way Baines played reminded him of Lizarazu."

"An offer?" Gao Shen asked.

Brian Kidd shook his head, "There is no news about this at the moment."

In fact, among the top teams in the Premier League, Liverpool is the one that lacks the most left-back.

Insua has left the team, Liverpool really has no left-back candidates now, and Aurelio is often injured, so now Benitez has no choice but to target Dossena of Naples in Serie A.

But Gao Shen is not worried about Liverpool at all, because Liverpool and Everton are rivals in the same city.

Everton sell players to no one will sell to Liverpool.

"Then increase it again, one million one million, up to fifteen million euros." Gao Shen ordered.

Judging from the current situation, as long as other giants do not make a move, Everton will definitely let go between 12 million and 15 million euros.

Brian Kidd understood the meaning of high.

It's not that if Everton doesn't sell it at 15 million euros, Manchester City won't buy it, but Gao Shen's authorization to him is 15 million euros.

To put it simply, before 15 million euros, there is no need to ask for advanced opinions.

"Understood." Brian Kidd agreed.

According to Gao Shen's plan, Gareth Bale will appear more as an attacker, with an unstable position, he may be a full-back, a full-back or even a winger, and Felipe alone is not enough on the left, so Gao Shen Want to bring in Leighton Baines again.

...

De Jong, Bridge and Micah Richards have all been put on the transfer market by Gao Shen. There are currently many teams interested in these players. For example, De Jong has a feeling for a team like AC Milan. interest.

When I bought it, I was digging hard, and the transfer fee was high, but if I want to sell it now, I will definitely suffer a serious loss.

But there is no way around it. After all, Manchester City when Mark Hughes was in charge really belonged to the type of people who are stupid and get money quickly.

If Mika Richards is sold, there is only one Zabaleta left on the right.

Gao Shen wants to introduce a player to compete with Zabaleta, and he hand-picked Lichtsteiner, his favorite player in Naples.

Gao Shen was not involved in the negotiations due to sensitivities, but negotiations between Gary Cook and Brian Kidd, De Laurentiis and Marino were not smooth at all.

The reason is simple, the other lion opened his mouth.

"We raised Lichtsteiner's offer to 25 million euros, but De Laurentiis still refused. He said..." Gary Cook smiled awkwardly and couldn't continue.

Both Gao Shen and Mubarak looked at him, which made the Manchester City chief executive have to continue.

"He said it was only enough to buy one of Lichtsteiner's legs."

Gao Shen snorted and couldn't help laughing.

Okay, it's very De Laurentiis.

He didn't mention the hair on other parts, which is already a great way to save face.

Mubarak was a little embarrassed,

Lichtsteiner is one of Gao Shen's most valued signings, and he didn't expect it to be like this.

"Gao, how about you go and talk in person?" Gary Cook suggested.

Brian Kidd agrees.

Everyone knows that Gao Shen has a very close relationship with De Laurentiis and Marino, and it must go much smoother if he comes forward to talk.

"Forget it, you guys can continue to talk. With the current scarcity of full-backs in the transfer market, our offer is really not high. If you think it is unacceptable, then we will change our target."

Lazio's left back Kolarov can call out a high price of 25 million euros. It is conceivable that the transfer market has really started to rise, especially for scarce defenders.

De Laurentiis knows that Manchester City is short of people, and wants to take the opportunity to make a fortune, which is normal.

But Gao Shen didn't want to give people a reason to talk.

"Gao, we have also studied it carefully. Lichtsteiner is a very good candidate no matter in terms of immediate combat power or the team as a whole. We are also optimistic about him coming to Manchester City. Performance."

Speaking of this, Gary Cook also understood what Gao Shen was jealous of. He immediately turned his head and looked at Mubarak, "I think Gao should represent us to talk and convince Naples to sign this player."

Mubarak pondered for a while, and agreed to let Gao Shen talk.

Gao Shen still refused, but he couldn't stand the persuasion of everyone, so he could only reluctantly agree to make a phone call.

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