Chapter 682: Volume 6: Crimson, Digging and Being Dig

When Tang En was trying his best to poach other people's corners, the corners around him were also being poached by others at the same time.

Just a few days after the end of the Champions League final, news came from Spain: La Liga giants Real Madrid aimed their summer signings at Nottingham Forest's head star Frank Ribery. And unlike the rumors in the first half of the year, this time the Real Madrid club is here for the real thing.

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This summer, Real Madrid has two key targets to introduce. One is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 41 goals in one season at Manchester United and became the top scorer in the Premier League this season. The other is the current European champion. Cup best player Frank Ribéry.

These two are very appealing star players in today's world football. The essence of Real Madrid is to constantly pursue the best players in the world, and then let them all play in the best clubs in the world.

Whether it was the earliest Di Stefano or the later Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo and Beckham, the century-old giant Real Madrid has never been a civilian team.

They can cultivate superstars themselves, or they can dig them from other teams. This point is very annoying-the stars you have worked so hard to cultivate are finally poached by Real Madrid with money, who can be reconciled?

Calderon, the current chairman of Real Madrid Club, was able to successfully come to power because of the "three promises": he promised that if he was elected as the new president of Real Madrid, he would definitely bring Brazilian Kaka, Portuguese Ronaldo and Dutchman Ronaldo to the fans. Book.

Today, Robben's promise has been fulfilled, but he was strongly rejected by AC Milan when he pursued Kaka, and the concern between the two clubs even broke down for a time.

After a summer of trying, Calderon realized that now is not the best time to introduce Kaka. So this summer, they shifted their goals. C. Ronaldo's explosion this season has made him a hot star, but there is actually only one club who really dares to ask him-Real Madrid.

Before the end of the season, Real Madrid had already contacted Cristiano Ronaldo's agent Mendes to find out the player's wishes. This is Real Madrid's consistent style of poaching people-using players to threaten the club they play for.

Ronaldo's reply is positive, he hopes to leave Manchester United and go to Real Madrid. On the one hand, this transfer can bring him better treatment; on the other hand, he will have the opportunity to continue to hit the dream of the European Champions Cup. He was in such a good state this season, but Manchester United was defeated in two lines, which really disappointed him.

After learning of Ronaldo's thoughts, Real Madrid began to blatantly offer Manchester United: 50 million euros.

But Real Madrid encountered a strong opponent - Sir Alex Ferguson.

"No matter how much money is paid, Cristiano will not sell. He is a Manchester United player and has a contract with Manchester United. He is very happy at Manchester United and has no reason to go to Real Madrid. I will not let him go."

In fact, Manchester United hopes to sell Ronaldo, after all, the American boss wants to make money. But in Manchester United, Ferguson's status is almost unshakable, and his voice represents the voice of Manchester United. At the same time, in order to convince everyone on the surface that there are no differences and contradictions within Manchester United, the club must also speak with Ferguson.

Real Madrid thought that Manchester United was short of money, and began to gradually increase the size, but Ferguson still did not let go. Taking the trouble, the Manchester United club said angrily: "Want to take away the Portuguese? 100 million euros!"

Can this scare Real Madrid?

Real Madrid really began to raise 140 million euros in transfer funds, preparing to win the world-class superstar in their minds.

Manchester United may have underestimated Real Madrid's financial situation, but Real Madrid also underestimated the stubbornness of Ferguson, an old man. He publicly stated: "Even if they (Real Madrid) really spend 100 million euros, Ronaldo is not for sale!"

In the past, Real Madrid, which had always been invincible in the transfer market, really hit a snag this time. Ronaldo's transfer was forced to be put on hold temporarily, because the European Cup is coming soon, Ronaldo publicly stated that he does not want to talk about his whereabouts next season at this time.

In this way, Real Madrid set their sights on another player who is comparable to C. Ronaldo-Franck Ribery of Nottingham Forest.

In terms of technical characteristics, Ribery's skills are not as good as Ronaldo's and can please the audience, but he is more practical, with strong breakthrough ability, excellent scoring ability, and all-round talents who can play on the wing and in the middle. is what Schuster really wanted. C. Ronaldo is just what the club executives want the team to introduce. What Schuster wants is Ribery, who is more suitable for the team's tactics than C. Ronaldo. In Schuster's eyes, there is one thing that Ribery is better than C. Ronaldo, and that is his ability to organize offense in the frontcourt. In Nottingham Forest, despite van der Vaart, Ribery's organizational skills in offense are still amazing.

So seeing the slow progress on Ronaldo's side, Schuster immediately strongly suggested to the top management to acquire Ribery. This candidate is also considered good in Calderon's eyes. When Nottingham Forest eliminated Real Madrid in two rounds and broke into the semi-finals, he, the high-ranking club chairman, was deeply impressed by Ribery's performance.

In this way, Ribery once again became the target of Real Madrid's key signings, going hand in hand with Ronaldo's line.

Don't underestimate the transfer transaction of these two people, there is a lot behind it. Calderon demanded results from both sides, with Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer handed over to the club's sporting director Mijatovic, while Ribéry's transfer was handed over to finance director Jose Angel. Sanchez is in charge.

If you want to ask what is the deep meaning in this, just look at the relationship between the two people. Sanchez and Mijatovic are deadly rivals. When Calderon reused Sanchez in the Florentino era, it was from Mijatovic. Vicky's mistrust. A person who came to share power with him, how could Mijatovic have a good impression of Sanchez.

This arrangement can also be said to be the result of Calderon's checks and balances between the two sides. Assign very important tasks to two people respectively. In the end, it depends on who completes it well. If it is done well, it will naturally gain further trust from the chairman. If it is not done well... life in the top management of Real Madrid will be difficult. So the two will definitely try their best to sign these two for Real Madrid. Once Ronaldo and Ribery really switch to Real Madrid, it can definitely be regarded as the most sensational sports transfer in the world this summer.

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In this context, Nottingham Forest Club received a formal offer from Real Madrid by fax.

Twain was in Switzerland at the time as a guest commentator for the game, and he was busy with work every day. Because the commentators don't just go up and open their mouths to talk, but they also need to collect a lot of data and intelligence after the game, so that these things can come out easily during the game.

Evan made a call to him and told him that Real Madrid intends to acquire Ribery. He turned down the offer almost reflexively.

"no way!"

"Aren't you going to hear how much they paid?" Evan asked with a smile.

"I won't sell it for any price!" Discussing the possibility of Franck Ribery's transfer actually offended Twain. "Real Madrid think they can collect all the best players in the world to play for them if they have money? Then let me tell them that money is not everything!"

"Fifty million euros is not a small sum, Tony."

"Manchester United don't want to take Ronaldo away if they don't pay 100 million euros. We can also say that they don't pay 150 million euros and don't want to take Ribery away."

"Could it be that they can be sold as soon as they come out?"

Tang En was silent for a while, he knew what Evan was after, and he also knew that Evan was his boss, so he saved Evan's face: "If they really take out 150 million euros, Just to buy Ribery, I promised to let him go!"

At the same time, he said in his heart: "Real Madrid is willing to give up 150 million!"

Of course Evan knew that Tang En's words were tactful rejection. There would not be any club in the world crazy enough to ask for 150 million euros for a player. He smiled: "Okay, just refuse in the name of the club."

"Thank you for your understanding, Evan. After all, we haven't reached the point where we have to sell players to make money, have we? Selling the core players will greatly affect the team's performance..."

Evan interrupted Tang En's words: "Of course I know, Tony."

This phone call made Dunn a little worried. Of course, he was not worried about his relationship with Evan, but worried about Ribery. It seems that Real Madrid is really planning to shoot Ribery...

There are very few players in the world who can resist the temptation of giants. Once Real Madrid really reaches out to Ribery, what resistance should Nottingham Forest have?

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At this moment, Tang En received a call from Franck Ribery's agent Bruno Heidscheid very "coincidentally".

"What a coincidence to call at this time, Mr. Hydeshade." The sarcasm in Tang En's tone can be smelled by any fool.

"Ha, since Mr. Tang En knows my reason for coming, then I won't talk nonsense. To be honest, I hope the club will reconsider the contract with Ribery."

To put it bluntly, it is still a salary increase. Tang En understood this. For Ribery's current status, the weekly salary of 80,000 is indeed low. If he has a rich boss like Abramovich, he can give Ribery a weekly salary of 200,000 in one go. But does he have it? He doesn't, so he can't either.

"The club has been considering this issue, and we are very sincere. But you did not agree to the 100,000 weekly salary we proposed last time, Mr. Hydeshade." So, the problem is not on our side.

There was a burst of laughter from the other end of the phone: "Mr. Tang En, don't you really think that 100,000 is too little for Ribery's contribution and fame?"

Tang En didn't get angry this time, he knew that getting angry would not help solve the problem.

"And how much do you think fit, Mr. Hydeshade?" he asked quietly.

"One hundred and fifty thousand."

No matter how well-bred Tang En was, he couldn't help but get angry when he heard this sentence, not to mention that he was not a polite gentleman in the first place.

"I think, Mr. Hydeshade. You don't want to be a broker. It's too condescending. It would be better for you to go directly to rob the bank." He gritted his teeth.

The last time the two had a stalemate, Hydeshade proposed a weekly salary of 130,000, which Twain did not accept, let alone 150,000.

"Please stay calm, Mr. Twain. I think this condition is very appropriate. Considering the current situation, it is very reasonable for 150,000 to retain a world-class player." Hydeshade was not angry because Twain was only talking nonsense, but His calm tone was so unpleasant to Tang En's ears, it made him extremely unhappy, and his anger was accumulating...

"Ha, reasonable?" Tang En laughed angrily, "You told me that the weekly salary of 150,000 is reasonable? Go and find out, what is the weekly salary of Ronaldo of Manchester United? 120,000! Why are you in front of me? Reasonable? The owner of Nottingham Forest Club is not a Russian plutocrat with no money to spend, nor a powerful American father! Do you think it is reasonable to ask for a weekly salary of 150,000 in the current financial situation, Bruno? Mr Hydeshade?"

"Calm down, Mr. Tang En."

"I'm fucking calmer than an iceberg." Tang En still couldn't hold back his swearing.

"I understand the club want Ribery to stay, but don't you think there should be some sincerity?"

It's the same old thing again. Tang En curled his lips: "Unilaterally emphasize the obligations of the club, but turn a blind eye to the loyalty that the players should have. One word is a weekly salary of 150,000. Who are you scaring? Is this the beginning of a good negotiation? Say it clearly, what do you want?" Franck Ribery to Real Madrid, you get a cut of it, right? Ten percent sir."

This time Tang En didn't even call him by his name, he just called him this ironic code name.

"I think it's a calm analysis. The facts are like this, Mr. Twain. Either the club raises the salary to keep Ribery to his satisfaction, or he can only leave the Forest team and go to someone who can meet his small requirements." Other teams." Hydeshade's tone became colder and colder.

When Tang En heard this person say this without any emotion, he really wanted to yell into the microphone: "FUCK_YOU! You son of a bitch!"

But he opened his mouth and just took a deep breath to calm down his excitement.

He didn't know how Allen would look at this matter, but he decided to grit his teeth and make some concessions. Ribery must be kept. He is one of the core offensive players of the team. With him, the team's tactical routines are much richer. .

"120,000, this is the highest limit we can accept. In the current situation of the club, I think it is enough to reflect our sincerity."

"No, one hundred and fifty thousand..."

Tang En threw the phone out with his hands. The solid-looking Nokia mobile phone hit the opposite wall with a crash, and broke into a pile of parts scattered on the carpet.