Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 682 The Two People Who Arrived

For Pei Wei, Pai Vitteo's hints are enough. There are only a few teams that can be comparable to Newcastle in terms of financial resources and have higher prestige, and the one who is most likely to compete with him is probably an old man. acquaintance……

"It really is him!" Pei Wei shook a piece of information in his hand. Sure enough, the club that competed with Newcastle for Essien was Chelsea.

What Pei Wei thinks is either Chelsea or Real Madrid, but now Perez is still frantically buying offensive players and central defenders. Instead, he has not seen that it is the weak waist that makes the defense weak, so the most likely thing is still Chelsea.

"Raphael, do you really want to compete with me to the end? First you want to poach Ibrahimovic, and now you want to grab Essien..." Pei Wei smiled wryly: "But if I give up easily, it won't be too embarrassing for you ?"

Pei Wei decided to go to France immediately to discuss transfer matters with Jean Aulas. He didn't want to drive up prices with Chelsea, so it was necessary to show sincerity, and he also believed that Aulas was just posturing. Now Lyon is not yet able to retain its main players, it just depends on how much benefit it can get.

His advantage is that now that Benitez has just entered Chelsea, there is a lot of waste to be done, and there must be a lot of players to be introduced, so it is impossible for him to focus all his energy on the transfer of Essien, and Abramovich does not seem to be A chairman who will buy players by himself, as long as Abramovich and Benitez do not go out in person, Pei Wei believes that those people in Chelsea's transfer department are not his opponents.

This is not a question of level, but a question of identity. Pei Wei can directly talk to Jean Aulas, while the managers of Chelsea's transfer department can only talk to the managers of Lyon. Who will make the final decision?It was Jean Aulas.

No matter how lively the Chelsea managers talked, they still had to get the consent of Jean Aulas, but Pei Wei skipped this procedure directly, and he had an advantage in terms of time.

During the negotiation, Pei Wei had learned the power of Jean Aulas, the famous vampire, but to be precise, he is not a vampire, but an ambitious chairman, but at this time, even though Lyon is the triple crown of Ligue [-] Wang, but he is not considered a super giant in Europe. He has no way to keep the stars in the team, so he can only try his best to win more benefits for the team.

Pei Wei didn't know that in the history after his reincarnation, Aulas did not let go of the two talented French forwards Ben Arfa and Benzema in the formation, but kept them at a great price. down.

Negotiations were very difficult. Aulas clung to the transfer fee of 3000 million pounds at the beginning. Naturally, Pei Wei would not agree to this almost extortionate price. Although he knew that Essien would definitely be worth the price in the future, he also It doesn't mean he's going to be taken advantage of.

So Pei Wei kept emphasizing that Essien is only 21 years old. Although he is already a Ghanaian international, he has not shown his value... In a word, Essien is not worth 3000 million.

And Aulas is emphasizing that Essien was not sent to the door by them, but Newcastle asked to introduce him. This naturally shows that Essien has something that Newcastle values. In this case, as a chairman known for his generosity, What's the point of paying more?

"That's not the same. You must know that last season I bought Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Trabelsi from Ajax for only 2000 and [-] million. You have seen their performance. Can Essien be better than them? Are the two worth more?" Pei Wei retorted.

"We are not Ajax." Aulas said calmly: "They can't keep players, but we can keep them... Our economic situation is better than theirs."

Pei Wei looked at Aulas, and felt a little urge to beat this guy up. He finally knew what it was like when the owners of other domestic clubs wanted to poach someone from him. ...

The impulsiveness goes to the top, and the negotiation still needs to be discussed. After talking for such a long time, Pei Wei at least knows that Aulas is more willing to sell the player to himself than to the Russian. Abramovich was too crazy after entering the Premier League. Those who want to buy should buy it no matter what. Under the circumstances that the interests are similar, no matter who wants to see Abu suffer a little bit.

And Pei Wei also made sure that he personally came to negotiate with Aulas, which also gave Aulas enough face, which also made Aulas' emotional balance tilt a little towards him.

However, the tilt is tilted, and it is related to the interests. Pei Wei does not believe that he has such a big face to make Aulas make concessions in this regard.

So, the tough negotiations continued...

After two days of intense negotiations, when Pei Wei doubled his initial offer to £2000 million, Aulas finally let go - he agreed that Newcastle could make a deal with Michael Essien. Broker negotiations.

The next negotiation was relatively easy. Essien’s annual salary in Lyon was less than 100 million. Pei Wei offered a four-year contract with an annual salary of 270 million and a signing fee of 150 million. Essien agreed after discussing with his agent Pai Viteau. up.

Within three days, Newcastle quickly completed their first signing this summer, buying Lyon's Ghana midfielder Michael Essien for £2000 million.

Pei Wei is very satisfied that this transfer has not been turned into a soap opera. If it is delayed, it is likely to have long nights and dreams. Moreover, the transfer fee this time is nearly 500 million cheaper than Chelsea buying Essien one year later in history. , pretty good too.

He sees it this way, but other people don't see it that way. When the news of this transfer spread, many people thought that Newcastle was crazy.

2000 million pounds to buy an African player who has not yet proven his strength, and he is also a midfielder-is it not crazy?
Pei Wei ignored these comments at all. When he was a fan, he knew that these comments were basically bullshit. Although some were accurate, for the club, it was worth paying more for good players. Easy-to-use players don't need it for free.

At least Pei Wei knew that Essien definitely belonged to the category of useful players.

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Newcastle's introduction of Essien only caused a sensation for a few days. In the summer transfer period, even the transfer of big-name players cannot always attract attention, because there will always be changes of other big-name stars to distract the media and fans. Eyes are attracted.

Manchester United, which only won No.4 last season, announced the introduction of Alan Smith from the relegated Leeds United for £600 million, and then they introduced the Argentine left from Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 690 for £[-] million Defender Heinze, these two players are not too old, Ferguson's pace of rejuvenation has not stopped at all.

Arsenal continued their consistent saving strategy. Before the new stadium was built, it was really difficult for Wenger. He always could only use the least money to do the most things-this summer they gritted their teeth and squeezed out a lot of money. The transfer fee of 200 million pounds from Yunjiatianyu to buy out Adriano is obviously a bit small, but it is already the highest fee Arsenal can afford.

"I even gave up Robin van Persie!" Wenger complained on the phone: "Just to bring in Adriano..."

"Professor, I've given you enough face!" Pei Wei said bluntly: "I let you use Adriano for free for two seasons, do you plan to let him transfer freely after his contract expires? It's too much, and it's not like Van Persie has no chance. He doesn't want to stay in Eindhoven now, and Van Marwijk doesn't want to keep him. Don't you have a chance? What's more, Adriano Much better than Van Persie."

"Okay, Pei, I accept your favor..." Wenger laughed: "I thought you were going to take Adriano back by force."

Pei Wei said angrily: "I'm not that stingy! Forget it, I don't talk to my competitors. Be careful in this year's league."

After finishing speaking, Pei Wei hung up the phone, and Wenger looked at the phone and smiled.

In addition to Adriano, Arsenal's moves in the transfer market were pitifully small. In the next few days, they only spent 50 pounds to buy Spanish goalkeeper Amusia from Celta Vigo. Mann's substitute, and the introduction of free transfer striker Lupoli from Parma-Pei Wei really wanted to persuade the professor that this guy can't become a big player, but after thinking about it, he still didn't make this call.

However, Arsenal transferred a lot of players. Except for most of the free transfer young players, Arsenal terminated the contract with Wiltord, the highest transfer spender in history. The professor admitted that this transfer was a failure. In addition The veteran midfielder Parlor went to Middlesbrough with a transfer fee of 170 million, the young striker Jeffers went to Charlton for 260 million, and the shrewd professor bought the young French midfielder Flamini from Marseille , Although the transfer fee has not been disclosed, everyone on Earth knows that it will definitely not be too much.

On July [-]th, Newcastle announced their second transfer acquisition. They signed a two-year contract with the free transfer Swedish striker Larsson. many clubs within.

Different from the attitude towards Essien's transfer, the acquisition of Newcastle has been highly praised by many media. There is no doubt about Larson's strength. His arrival will definitely enrich the offensive methods of Newcastle's forward line. And the purchase without transfer fee is also a pretty beautiful operation.

Buying Essien and Larson, Newcastle made up for the lack of midfield and striker, but for Newcastle, the climax of this transfer period is far from coming.

(End of this chapter)