Chapter 181 God's Front Comes to the Eternal City!
2007 was called the year of Kaka in European football, followed by Ronaldo and Manchester United. In 2009, Messi and Barcelona stood at the pinnacle of European football.
Barcelona once again became the most eye-catching big winner in European football.
Even worse than in 2006.
Because they won the Triple Crown and won everything!
After the season ended, Guardiola went on vacation to rest.
But while he was on vacation, Laporta had been informed of the club's request for signings.
The work of signings will actually start before the end of the season.
It's just that a team like Barcelona, which is rushing to the championship in the third line, must delay its action until the end of the season, otherwise it will easily disturb the morale of the army.
The news that Raiola came to Barcelona as a guest quickly spread.
Barcelona has never been short of attention from the outside world.
Laporta warmly entertained Raiola. In order to complete Guardiola's signing request, they need to communicate with Raiola in advance.
Even though FIFA expressly stipulates that the club's private contact with players is a violation.
But Raiola, as an agent, has many players under his umbrella.
As long as the content of his specific discussions with the club chairman is not confirmed by the outside world, then there will be no lawsuits.
For Barcelona, Raiola is very interested, because clubs like Barcelona tend to do everything in order to get good players.
Membership-based clubs, as long as you have money, you will not waste money!
Sometimes even if there is no money, even if you go to the bank to get money, you have to spend money to get good players, just to get the support of members.
Members do not expect dividends, and the board of directors earns salaries.
After all, the family business of the club does not belong to them, it belongs to all members.
All members want are grades and great games.
Laporta's temptation made Raiola a little dizzy.
In the end he had to cut to the chase.
"Do you want Zlatan or Shen Feng?"
Laporta talked about Ibrahimovic, and then talked about Shen Feng.
There seems to be no center of gravity.
Laporta was stunned for a moment and then said in a deep voice, "I want both!"
Raiola was in high spirits.
"Let's talk about Ibrahimovic first, what about Eto'o? It is impossible for Zlatan to compete for the main force in Barcelona. That is an insult to him."
Laporta said: "We will sell Eto'o, if Inter Milan is interested, we can add Eto'o to the transaction."
Raiola was slightly surprised.
I didn't expect Barcelona to be so decisive!
This shows that Guardiola made it clear that he no longer needs Eto'o.
Reminiscent of the past season, the most discordant voice from Barcelona is the conflict between Eto'o and Guardiola.
But he was able to sell the main center of the Triple Crown so simply and neatly.
The rich and powerful are indeed the most cold-blooded.
Raiola nodded and said: "That's no problem. I think Zlatan will be interested in playing in La Liga. Besides, Shen Feng, can you deal with Henry? Similarly, it is impossible for Shen Feng to return to Barcelona to compete for the main team. That's the same It's disrespectful to him, and given what you've done to him, I think his return requires you to give him convincing guarantees."
Laporta opened his mouth and came.
Henry can sell!
Guardiola admires Shen Feng very much!
He even said that Shen Feng is the last piece of the puzzle for Barcelona to dominate European football and establish an immortal dynasty.
Raiola also thought it was okay to listen.
After all, Henry is old. He was not at the best age when he joined Barcelona. Now that he has fulfilled his long-cherished wish to win the Champions League, it may be difficult to play the main role in Barcelona.
Although Shen Feng is still on the rise, he has already proved that he is in full swing through the Eredivisie and Bundesliga.
At the same time, Shen Feng also received youth training in La Masia.
His style of play and ability can fill the left side very well for the current Barcelona.
Raiola then tentatively asked about Shen Feng's contract treatment.
The answer Laporta gave him made Raiola stunned again.
2 million euros annual salary?
It was 500,000 euros more than Shen Feng's time in Hoffenheim.
However, this is definitely lower than Raiola's psychological expectations.
He didn't expect Shen Feng's salary to be higher, so that he could smoke more.
Instead, it is his job to grab benefits for players.
This aspect is to make the players not only satisfied, but pleasantly surprised!
Who wouldn't talk about transfers?
If Shen Feng didn't have an agent, he would have yelled out: I want to transfer.
European football wants his club chairman, CEO, general manager, sports director will line up to talk to him.
As long as he agrees, wouldn't the transfer be completed?
But how much money can be earned is the embodiment of the agent's ability.
Raiola replied indifferently: "I just went to Manchester not long ago, and Manchester City is willing to offer Shen Feng an annual salary of 4 million pounds, after tax."
This is his nonsense. The salary offered by Manchester City is 3 million pounds per year, but it does not prevent him from testing Barcelona's bottom line at this time.
There is another sentence that Raiola didn't say, because he didn't want to completely freeze the atmosphere.
Henry holds an annual salary of 7.5 million euros after tax in Barcelona!
Laporta was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and then began to chatter with Raiola.
In terms of feelings, Shen Feng also has a friendship with Barcelona that has been nurtured and grown.
Talking about the situation, he is only 20 years old. Joining Barcelona has a bigger stage, which is better for his growth. The salary will definitely rise slowly. Young people still have to value opportunities.
If Raiola hadn't been hung here because of Ibrahimovic's transfer, he would have left in a hurry.
The last thing he likes to hear is the theory that young players should not just think about money.
This ecstasy soup happens to be recognized by many people.
There are so many young players who come to Barcelona without money and can eat their fill. Why doesn't Laporta sign them?
In the final analysis, it is ability.
Being able to talk on this occasion today, even if Raiola doesn't completely trust Laporta's every word.
But at least if Shen Feng returns to Barcelona and enters the first team, Guardiola will definitely give him enough opportunities to compete for the main position.
Rather than a fledgling newcomer to make long-term investment.
"Let's talk about Ibrahimovic."
Raiola has more or less guessed that the main task of Barcelona's summer transfer operation is the center, not the winger.
Ibrahimovic is their number one target, and Shen Feng must be behind Ibrahimovic.
When Raiola left Barcelona, Laporta did not increase the contract treatment in the end to test Raiola's bottom line against Shen Feng.
This made Raiola more convinced of his judgment.
After returning to Italy, although there were many rumors about Shen Feng's transfer.
But all the attention of the outside world was shocked by Florentino's second entry into Real Madrid to build a brand new Galacticos, and Manchester City's rich and powerful Manchester City's four-sided attack and signings.
While Raiola watched Barcelona and Inter Milan start formal negotiations on Ibrahimovic's transfer, he was also thinking about Shen Feng's next stop.
In his communication with Shen Feng, Shen Feng's attitude was relatively open.
If there is a better place to go, he will go.
If not, staying in Hoffenheim is fine.
But Raiola knew that Hoffenheim couldn't keep Shen Feng, and that Hoffenheim actually had the desire to cash in on Shen Feng.
Because they knew that it would be difficult to meet Shen Feng's request for the next contract renewal.
If it is not sold this summer, by next summer, Shen Feng's contract will only have one and a half years left.
Then the initiative is completely out of Hoffenheim's hands.
Although the owner Hope is rich, Hoffenheim still operates rationally.
Not the kind of sugar daddy who burns money.
If it weren't for Ibisevic's serious injury, Shen Feng probably wouldn't have joined Hoffenheim in the middle of the season.
Hoffenheim's attitude was similar to Shen Feng's.
If you can get a good price, then sell it.
If the price is lowered, it is impossible to expect them to sell at a low price.
It's better to keep the guaranteed combat power.
Raiola has been building momentum for Shen Feng since the end of the season.
On the one hand, they proclaim how great he is. He is comparable to Gerd Müller at the age of 20, and the newly promoted Hoffenheim won the championship. Without Shen Feng, such a miracle would not have happened in a hundred years.
On the other hand, it also publicized that many clubs are interested in Shen Feng, and the potential next home includes many giants.
But the turning point in the transfer market that began to worry him was that Real Madrid did not buy Ribery!
Bayern Munich announced that Ribery will stay with the team and re-labeled him not for sale.
This means that it is impossible for Bayern Munich to launch a substantive offensive against Shen Feng after Van Gaal took over.
While Raiola was busy with Ibrahimovic's blockbuster transfer, he was also thinking about which team he should sell Shen Feng to.
In fact, based on his appetite and the treatment he wants to give Shen Feng, there are not many teams in European football that can afford it.
Those teams come and go.
Because there is still a transfer fee of at least no less than 25 million euros to be paid.
This is just Raiola's guess for Hoffenheim's bottom line.
Raiola finally couldn't sit still.
Departing from the company in Milan, he went to Rome to meet the high-profile female president of Italian football.
After the end of the season, Shen Feng had a very exhausting and happy life.
I rented a yacht and played with Anna in the Mediterranean Sea for three weeks, and even my skin was tanned.
She was so entangled with Anna that she didn't care about what happened outside.
After returning to Germany after the trip in the Mediterranean Sea, Shen Feng also appeared on a variety show with Anna to talk about their romantic journey and help Anna's career. He didn't feel burdened at all.
After that, Anna stayed in Germany to work, and he returned to Tianhai, China to visit his parents and engage in commercial endorsement activities.
Relatives and friends gathered together, Shen Feng talked with his parents about his experience abroad, he would still hide it in the past, after all, his life was not particularly good, now he doesn't need his parents to worry about his life abroad.
When Su Yufei brought the team to pick up Shen Feng, Shen Zhenghao smiled and said to Shen Feng: Don't forget the business.
Shen Feng smiled and nodded.
Playing football is the business.
His main business activity is to shoot commercials.
For commercial activities such as platforms, although the asking price is not low now, he does not have so much time to travel back and forth in major cities in China.
Su Yufei arranged for him in an orderly manner, including food, clothing, housing and transportation.
She still focused on Shen Feng with admiring eyes the whole time, and at the end she asked Shen Feng for a signed Hoffenheim jersey for her own collection.
Shen Feng laughed dumbfounded, and didn't think too much about it.
After all, signing jerseys is now his day job.
Seeing that commercial activities are almost done.
The company's revenue has nearly doubled compared to last year, which made him earn more than 50 million soft sister coins after returning to China in one summer.
This is already more than what he earns playing abroad.
The day before the farewell, the team had dinner.
Halfway through the meal, Shen Feng left the table to answer the phone.
After hanging up, he fell into a trance state.
Seems like a lot to think about.
Su Yufei came over and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Although Shen Feng hadn't cleared his mind yet, the general direction was a foregone conclusion.
He raised a smiling face and said to Su Yufei, "I'm leaving tonight."
"Back to Germany?"
"No, go to Italy."
"Milan?"
"The Eternal City, Rome."