Volume 5 Chapter 2
Cruyff came to be a lobbyist today, or he hopes to continue to maintain his natural influence in Barcelona, but it is more about his persistence in his football philosophy.
Guardiola is his successor. Barcelona lost and Spain lost. He hopes Guardiola will stick to it and stick to their common philosophy and dream.
What is more terrible than failure is that everything you firmly believe in is destroyed.
"Pep, I know you like Mark very much, but the Mark now is different from the Mark a year ago, two years ago or even a few months ago. Even though Messi has a very gentle personality, he will not have any conflict with Mark. But Messi, as the symbol of Argentine football, cannot be willing to be under Mark."
Guardiola shook his head and laughed, he doesn't like these things very much, what is the first and second, "John, there is not only Messi in our team, but also the main force of the European champion Spain. Don't they exist after Messi? Next? No, I don't see it that way, football is not a singles game"
"It's different, we are Barcelona, Pep, Messi is from Barcelona, Mark is here, have you ever thought that all your success with Barcelona will be credited to him, he is from Liverpool, this I can’t become a Barcelona person in my life.” Cruyff sat on the sofa and spoke calmly, but he was extremely firm.
Guardiola's pressure is very high, very high, quite high, not because of Cruyff, but because a club like Barcelona is like an invisible net that wraps you tightly at any time.
It has been two years, if it is not to prove that he is right, he may resign this season. He needs the Champions League, and these players he personally brought up need.
"John, have you thought about what it would mean to us if Real Madrid signed Mark?" Guardiola asked with his hands in his trouser pockets, turning his back to the bookshelf.
"I believe our football will be successful, Pep, you must also believe in this," Cruyff said proudly, "La Masia is my life's painstaking effort, and he will definitely succeed."
Crazy, this old man is crazy, Guardiola never thought that when Cruyff would become so stubborn, he only worried that Mark's prestige would overwhelm La Masia's system, Guardiola felt very tired, Tired of fame and profit, their football is no longer pure...
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Liverpool.
Odegaard and his father have been guarding outside Melwood for a whole week, and they haven't seen anyone who can introduce Mark Qin for them, and it doesn't even work to take out the signed photo.
The guard shook his head and laughed.
In the past few years, Ma Keqin has signed a lot of autographed photos, and everyone who comes with a photo should do the same, so as not to exhaust them.
"Martin, are you sure you have to wait?" The middle-aged man stroked his son's hair, "Just to show Mark your golf skills?"
"Yeah!" Erdegaard nodded vigorously, "I have decided, as long as Mark says I can, I will join Liverpool."
"Hey, I haven't agreed yet, okay?" The middle-aged man was helpless.
A Mercedes-Benz drove past slowly and drove directly towards the gate of Melwood, and stopped again when it reached the gate. The driver seemed to hesitate for a while, and then slowly backed up to the side of the two father and son.
"Hey, you guys are Nordic people. I've seen you twice in the past few days. Are you fans?" Agger rolled down the car window and asked. He returned to Liverpool a long time ago, and he still runs 2 restaurants here.
"Agg, you are the Danish Agg," Odegaard exclaimed excitedly.
The middle-aged man pressed his son's shoulder, "Yes, we are from Norway, we are here to see if there is a chance for my son to meet Mark"
"Hoho, then you won't get any results if you wait for a month. The current Mark can't be seen anytime he wants to." Agger said with a naughty wink at Odegaard.
Looking at his son's instantly frustrated face, the middle-aged man sighed and said seriously: "That's right, my son has been a fan of Mark for a long time. Look, this is a photo signed by him before. My son also plays football. He Want to join Liverpool and play next to Mark"
Agg took a look at the photo, and it turned out to be a groupie, "Little guy, you are so short, how do you play football?" He also jokingly asked back in the photo.
"Tch, Messi is not tall, and Mark is not tall..."
"Haha, that's interesting." Agger patted the steering wheel and laughed, "Well, I'm going to entertain a new teammate today. Since we are both Nordic and you are a Mark fan, I How about taking you to Kirkby for a trial training?"
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For Van Dijk, it was like a pie in the sky a while ago. He was almost signing a professional contract with Groningen, but scouts from Liverpool suddenly found him.
Later, it was natural that Liverpool compensated Groningen for some youth training fees and took away Van Dijk, who was just 19 years old.
Marko is also very puzzled. He doesn't know where Mark Qin knew about this group of people, Kanter from the French amateur team, Van Dijk from the Dutch youth training camp, and Sun Xingmin from the Asian exchange program in Hamburg.
Oh, and Zhang Linpeng from China. These people are generally 18 or 9 years old. He doesn't know if they can be kicked out, but since it doesn't cost much, he won't refute Mark Qin's face.
However, Spalletti was very interested in De Bruyne and Suarez recommended by Mark Qin, and even personally lobbied them to join Liverpool in the new season.
But Liverpool is now facing a huge problem, that is, financial constraints. It is not certain whether they can afford the transfer fees of these two people.
This year is the World Cup year, and the training time is relatively late, especially the members of the national team who have gone farther in the World Cup, the later they will return to the team. When Gerrard and the others came back, it was already approaching the end of July, and Mark Qin was still on vacation , Because of the injury, Liverpool agreed that he recover from the injury before returning to the team.
Every summer, people come and go, and this year is no exception. Although this summer's World Cup is very popular, there are only a few new stars who are popular in Germany and Uruguay. After last summer's big purchases, this year's teams are restrained. After a lot, I started to sew and mend.
The first Liverpool to leave were Aurelio and Iaquinta. They went to Guangzhou Evergrande as a series of cooperation projects for Zhang Linpeng's transfer. Of course, they also brought back 30 million euros to Liverpool.
When they asked Ma Keqin for his opinion, he was very straightforward: You can play 35 there, the rhythm is very slow, the salary is higher than that offered by Liverpool, and you are one of the most famous players in the Chinese Super League. There must be many advertisements. Do you want to watch it? your selves.
This transfer not only caused a sensation in the domestic football world, but also caused a sensation in the European football world. The two veterans are both 32. In the current economic downturn, in the eyes of European clubs, the combined value is worth 20 million. Liverpool actually sold it. 30 million, when did the Chinese team become so rich?
How did they know that Evergrande's purpose was to buy horse bones with a lot of money. Besides, given the current domestic environment, a premium acquisition is certain. This is Liverpool's first transaction in the summer.
Spalletti is open to the departure of these two people. After all, he is really old, but the problem he will face immediately is to supplement the striker and left back, oh, and there is also a central defender in his prime.
This involves Liverpool's second transfer. West Ham United waved money to lure Cahill away. As Liverpool's main rotation center back, his departure had too much impact on the back line.
Carragher will soon be 33 in the new season. Although he has announced his withdrawal from the national team and devoted all his energy to the club, age is age and no one can escape it.
Mark Qin, who is far away on the island of Spain, once again recommended Otamendi, the main central defender of Argentina in this World Cup in South Africa. Spalletti still trusts Mark Qin's vision, after all, Azpilicueta is there.
On the other hand, he has already received a hint from Parry that no one can say whether Mark Qin can stay next season, let him make all preparations, so for Mark Qin's recommendation that can replace most of his role on the front line Suarez, Spalletti is determined to win.
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The heat of the World Cup is slowly dissipating, and the club's competition is about to embark on the journey again. This summer, it is very calm, of course it is for last summer.
Villa's transfer to Barcelona should be regarded as the biggest transfer news at present. In the Premier League, except for Cahill's transfer to West Ham United, the rest are small-scale troubles. The top six in the Premier League are surprisingly calm, all in the last season The lineup began to make minor repairs.
Perhaps, many people are waiting for the biggest fish to blast through the ice in the market before they can see how deep the water in the market is this summer.
In the Prince luxury hotel in Paris, Zahavi dressed casually, with a cigar in his mouth, looked confident, and said to the opposite Paris Saint-Germain CEO Leonardo: "Business, in my dictionary, there is nothing that cannot be done. In business, there are only favors that cannot be repaid."
This character is well-known in European football, and almost all the giants regard him as a guest of honor. Abramovich entered the football world because he was the matchmaker, and he was also Ferguson's best friend.
He is a businessman. What he cares about is never the interests of players, like a real agent, but how to make a profitable business. His tentacles are all over Europe.
"We offered very good conditions. In fact, Ligue 1 is not attractive to Mark." Leonardo shrugged. "If you have a way, the boss will certainly be interested."
Zahavi spit out eye circles, and said with a smile: "Things are not complicated, but you guys think it's complicated. I like dealing with rich people, because business and rich people can get what they want."
"Go back and tell your boss whether his Qatar bureau needs Mark's reputation or Paris Saint-Germain needs it. Only when you figure it out can we go to the poker table. Now Barcelona and Real Madrid have already sat down and dealt the cards. I don't know what you want..."
Leonardo frowned, "Pini, you have to speak clearly"
"Okay, I can give you an overview. It's an early investment. Do you know how the owner of Liverpool, David, agreed to let go of Liverpool, which has such a good upward momentum?"
"It's nothing more than money," Leonardo said uncertainly, "There are a lot of guesses about this."
"Of course, hehe," Zahavi said with a smile, "and both sides remained silent because they didn't want to make things big. David was afraid of offending the fans, and Mark was afraid of interrupting the process of Liverpool's membership."
"To be honest, even if Mark's ball is not so good, I will appreciate his courage in doing things, although it is a bit idealized."
"You haven't said the point yet," Leonardo reminded.
"Yes, the point," Zahavi suppressed his inner sense of superiority, "If Mark doesn't make up for the gap in the transaction between the two parties through transfer income in the summer, then the David family has the right to immediately auction off the ownership of Liverpool."
"Whether it was the conflict between the two parties at the time, or the membership reform was already imminent and had to be launched, so Mark had no choice. In short, this clause was written into the transaction agreement!"
"Are you sure?" Leonardo stood up abruptly.
"It's absolutely true," Zahavi breathed out a smoke ring, "and I can also give you a piece of news, the hole is about 120 million pounds, and all Liverpool's current assets have been mortgaged by the fans when they raised funds." Well, besides selling marks, they can't raise 120 million anywhere in the summer, unless someone donates"
"And David seems to hate Mark very much. If this agreement is written into the terms, even if someone donates, there will be loopholes in the contract. It seems that he insists on driving Mark out of Liverpool..."