Football giants

Chapter 812 I'm talking about pounds!

"Is there usually so many people in your Glory Square?"

Sitting in the Lagonda Conquistador car dedicated to Southampton Club reception, Florentino was on the side of the Royal Tanker Terminal, overlooking the Plaza of Glory on the other side.

Although the league has ended, although there are no activities or festivals today, and it is only after three o'clock in the afternoon, there are already a steady stream of pedestrians on Glory Square.

On the side of the Royal Cruise Terminal, in the huge bus stop area, buses come and go, each stop will bring a lot of fans and guests, and judging from the bus stop signs, there are even intercity buses from surrounding cities such as Winchester, Eastleigh and Portsmouth.

Just now, Florentino went south from London and entered the urban area from the newly opened Municipal Avenue. Along the way, you can see that the entire old city renovation project of Southampton is already in full swing.

But now, he is undoubtedly very sure that Glory Square will be the busiest and busiest business district in Southampton after the renovation of the entire old city, and there is even a huge potential to be tapped here.

Accompanying Florentino to visit here, Southampton CEO Peter Kenyon laughed when he heard Lafayette's question, nodded and said, "Yes, it's usually like this. If it's night or on a match day, there will be more people."

Florentino couldn't help nodding. He is engaged in construction and real estate, so of course he knows what this means.

What really admired Florentino in Southampton was Yang Huan's courage.

He actually made up his mind to build this artificial island with an astonishing area and the dream-like underwater hotel on the sea surface of the Solent Strait from scratch. Huge sums of money were invested in these two projects alone.

But also because of the artificial island of the stadium and the submarine hotel, the vitality of the surrounding area has been driven.

With the backing of a well-funded Qatari consortium, and the Grosvenor Group, which is well-versed in politics and business in the UK, the transformation of the old city of Southampton is a natural thing.

But this feat, even Florentino, who is a real estate tycoon, has to admire and admire.

They were born abruptly on the entire south coast of England, and built a beautiful city with money!

This kind of thing is not new to local tyrants in the Middle East. It is the same in Dubai and Doha. They are used to it.

And Florentino also had a premonition that after this round of upsurge, more investors and consortia were bound to follow and flood into the city.

For example, Florentino knew that BAA, the largest airport operating company in the UK controlled by the Spanish Railways, had already considered the renovation and expansion of Southampton Airport. Obviously, they also realized the potential of the city.

It is entirely foreseeable that within a few years, Southampton will become the most dazzling new city on the south coast of England.

Oh no, it's supposed to be a revival!

"Come on, let's go to St. Mary's!" said Peter Kenyon, laughing.

Florentino had no objection either, so he nodded in agreement.

After the driver turned the car around, he went straight to St. Mary's Stadium.

Near the Royal Cruise Terminal, Peter Kenyon also specially introduced a construction site where the foundation has been laid and the first floor has been built. It will be the future administrative headquarters of Southampton.

Due to the new season, Southampton's home stadium will be officially moved to the Glory Stadium, so the St. Mary's Stadium is basically useless.

According to the original plan, St. Mary's Stadium should be demolished, but considering that Southampton's administrative office has not yet been moved, the demolition project has not been moved for the time being, but demolition has already begun around the stadium, and the movement is quite large.

But in the eyes of a real estate businessman like Florentino, the bigger the movement, the brighter the future.

This also reminded him involuntarily of Real Madrid's Bernabéu Stadium.

Why didn't he ever think about turning the Bernabéu into a business ecosystem like Southampton?
It's just that Real Madrid's internal interests are intertwined and very complicated, and many things are simply beyond his control as the chairman, so sometimes he can only think about it and envy him.

"Come, Florentino, inside!"

After Peter Kenyon got off the car, he politely invited Florentino into St. Mary's Stadium.

"Mr. Kenyon!" The front desk lady in the lobby stood up and greeted them as soon as she saw them coming in.

"Well, is Master Huan here?" asked Peter Kenyon.

"Come here 10 minutes ago." The front desk lady replied.

After hearing this, Florentino felt a little unhappy in his heart.

If you want to talk about this young master Huan, the spectrum is also a little bigger, right?

When he arrived at the Bernabéu, he went out to meet him in person, but when he came, he was clearly there, but he was hiding and seeing no one?
what is this?
But soon, he forgot to care about such trivial matters.

Peter Kenyon said: "You tell Master Huan that Mr. Perez is here."

"Oh, but Master Huan said just now that if Mr. Perez arrives, Mr. Kenyon will entertain you first. He has something to do at the moment, so..."

"What is it?" demanded Peter Kenyon.

"Manchester United are here!"

Manchester United?

Florentino was also taken aback, why did Manchester United come here?

"Why are Manchester United here at this time? Isn't it an appointment for tomorrow morning?" Peter Kenyon frowned.

Obviously, this was beyond his expectation.

"I don't know either. Mr. Ed Woodward leads the team."

"Well, all right, I know!" Peter Kenyon waved his hand, signaling her to go back to work.

Immediately afterwards, the Premier League bald man turned his head and smiled apologetically at Florentino, "I'm sorry, Florentino, let's sit inside first."

Florentino didn't make a sound, but nodded, and followed Peter Kenyon into the innermost conference room.

On the way, I passed a conference room outside, and I could vaguely hear the voices inside.

But the sound insulation effect is very good, and there is no way to know what is being talked about inside.

But Florentino felt somewhat heavy in his heart.

He knows better than anyone that Manchester United urgently needs to strengthen signings, but now the top European stars are extremely scarce. Even if Manchester United now has a large transfer budget, they just can't buy players.

After finally catching a James Rodriguez, Manchester United didn't try their best to pounce on it?

In fact, now Florentino would like Di Maria to refuse to be Modric's transfer addition, because in this case, Real Madrid can justifiably send the Argentine to the transfer market.

With the current worth of the Argentine, there is no way to escape more than 6000 million euros. Even with a little operation and some skills in the negotiation, it is possible to reach 7000 million.

Because Manchester United, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain must be crazy.

However, when Southampton decided to sell Modric, they put forward a condition that Real Madrid had to exchange Di Maria, and Florentino was eager to buy Modric and agreed.

Thinking about it now, it's still a loss!
But what can be done?

In Florentino's view, it is Real Madrid's loss to keep the promise, but if he breaks the promise, it is his personal reputation that will be lost.

It's just that James Rodriguez must be taken no matter what.

After all the hard work and hard work, the entire transfer market has been heated up. If in the end, at the critical moment, the biggest star is given the lead by other teams, wouldn't Real Madrid be empty-handed?
"Florentino, please sit down first, I'll go out for a while, and I'll be right back!"

After Peter Kenyon led them into the conference room, he hurried out.

Florentino didn't care about it anymore, but turned his head to look at the legal counsel who accompanied him and was in charge of the negotiation, and the latter knew by heart what he should prepare.

Then, he took out his cell phone and made a call.

"Help me find out how much money we can raise at most in the next month, including the loans promised to us by the two banks. Hurry up and send me a WeChat message!"

After hanging up the phone, Florentino simply closed his eyes and concentrated on thinking about things.

To deal with such a blockbuster transfer, there are too many things and details to consider.

Although all these were handled by his subordinates, the overall situation alone was enough for Florentino to worry about.

This is also what he wonders, why does Yang Huan look so relaxed and freehand when he is also the owner of the club and also a signing?
Could it be that he planned it early?

How is this possible?
How could he be so sure that James Rodriguez will be poached by so many teams after the World Cup?
Unless, he can predict the prophet!

But this kind of thing, Florentino found it funny even thinking about it, let alone believing it.

Sitting in the meeting room and waiting, the time flies by.

Club staff came in with hot coffee, and Peter Kenyon was never seen again.

Until, the door of the conference room was opened again, and Yang Huan's apologetic laughter came again.

"Sorry, Florentino, I'm so sorry!"

Florentino stood up and turned his head with a smile on his face, "It's okay, I know you are busy with your work!"

"Look, you are angry with me!" Yang Huan greeted him to sit down with a smile, "Well, don't go back tonight, stay in my submarine hotel, eat, live, play, I treat all of them, and I will apologize to you!"

Florentino chuckled and asked, "Can I refuse?"

"No!" Yang Huan replied seriously.

"Haha, well, I can only promise you!" Florentino smiled and nodded.

Only then did Yang Huan walk to the opposite side in satisfaction, and sat down face to face with Florentino.

"Okay, Florentino, now we can begin!"

Florentino nodded, "Master Huan, I believe you should be very clear about my reason for coming today, right?"

Yang Huan nodded leisurely.

Needless to say, it was definitely for James Rodriguez.

"Master Huan, we are very sincere and hope to introduce James Rodriguez. For this reason, we are willing to pay Southampton this amount!" Florentino gestured with his right index finger.

"One hundred million?" Yang Huan shook his head with a chuckle, "Florentino, I feel your sincerity, but just now, Manchester United's Ed Woodward proposed to me an offer of about one hundred million euros, but I still didn't immediately agree to him."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yang Huan finished speaking, Florentino waved his hand and said, "No, no, Master Huan, they are Euros, but what I'm talking about... are British Pounds!"

"[-] million pounds?" Yang Huan was a little moved.

"That's right, and I promise, a one-time payment in cash!" Florentino's face was ruthless.

It can be seen that this amount of money is already quite high for him.

Yang Huan stood up with a smile almost without thinking, and stretched out his hand, "Then... happy cooperation!"

People have already met your psychological price, so what else to consider?
Of course I agreed directly!

No matter from which point of view, James Rodriguez can buy [-] million pounds, that is quite an ideal price, isn't it?
(End of this chapter)