novelonline Chapter 865 Crazy Football
Chapter 865 Crazy Football
Chapter 865 Crazy Football
"Jorge, have you spent a lot of money buying news recently?"
In the manor in Sudong, Cheshire, Pepe asked with a joking smile when he saw Mendes who had come from Portugal.
There was a bit of resentment in Pepe's tone.
It's not what Mendes did to him, but to Su Dong.
Several Portuguese players have been overhyped recently. For example, Falcao, Cardoso, Hulk and Gaitan have all been fired by the Portuguese media in turn. Even Falcao's remarks about ending the Soviet and Eastern era came out.
As Su Dong's good brother, Pepe really wanted to find out those players and ask them, why should they?
"Misunderstood! Really misunderstood!" Mendes was a little embarrassed, and the water really rushed into the Dragon King Temple.
"To be honest, I did let some media hype Falcao. You know, the semi-finals of the Europa League, the fourth year, I must use the topic to play a wave, but I didn't expect it to become so outrageous. Also, the matter of Cardoso and Gaitan has nothing to do with me."
"Aren't Cardoso and Gaitan both your players?" Pepe looked like I doubted you.
Mendes clicked his tongue, "Look, I misunderstood again, right? I only own 20.00% of Cardoso's ownership, and the remaining 80.00% is in the hands of Benfica. It has nothing to do with me. I have already paid back my capital, and I will make money if I sell more or less. On the contrary, Benfica is the most worried about them."
What he said was somewhat sincere and reasonable, so Pepe really couldn't say anything more.
In fact, Su Dong was not worried that Mendes would use him to hype him. At his level, he was tied up and hyped by many people every day. It was nothing if Falcao and Cardoso were added. It would not harm Su Dong's interests at all, and it might not be a bad thing.
Besides, Mendes' business is indeed getting bigger and bigger, but it is also impossible for him to give up his interests on Su Dong's side. How could he be so stupid that players such as Falcao and Cardoso could harm Su Dong's interests?
Isn't this the same as cutting your own flesh?
Su Dong didn't believe from the beginning to the end that the shrewd Mendes would do such a thing, so he just stopped Pepe from continuing to talk, and signaled Mendes to rest assured that it was no big deal.
"Business is good recently?" Su Dong asked with a smile.
Su Dong knew the character of this guy Mendez.
Needless to say, he must have seen an opportunity to hype players so vigorously.
Mendes nodded with a smile, "In the past few years, European football has been called a depression. After the subprime mortgage crisis, there was the European debt crisis. Most of the teams were suffering and had to shrink their clothing and diet. Fortunately, Real Madrid's Florentino entered the palace for the second time, and Manchester City was acquired, which became a hot spot in the European transfer market."
"Right now, whether it's Real Madrid or Manchester City, they are relatively stable, and they are basically making up for individual positions, but this summer, there may be big moves in European football."
"What big move?" Marcelo became excited when he heard it.
This kid is a conscientious fan.
Mendes laughed at the Brazilian left back, "Remember, there was news not long ago that there was a Qatari consortium wanting to buy Manchester United?"
Su Dong and others all nodded in unison. This news was widely circulated in the Premier League at the time, and it is said that they had been contacted. However, the Glazer family behind Manchester United asked the price too high and scared the opponent away, so it failed.
"In fact, this consortium did not give up the idea of acquiring European clubs, but went to Ligue [-]."
When Mendes said something, Su Dong just remembered a piece of news that Wang Chuqing recommended to him not long ago, and blurted out: "Paris Saint-Germain!"
"Yes, the entire acquisition is close to completion. There are too many stakes behind it, including Ligue [-], French football, and even UEFA and the World Cup bid. Anyway, it is very complicated, and I only know a little about the details, but what is certain is that after Paris Saint-Germain is acquired, there will be another wave."
"So, the player's worth and annual salary can be raised again?" Marcelo became excited.
This is also human nature.
Playing football, although liking is very important, but in the final analysis, professional football still has to focus on interests.
From [-] to now, the value of players has really risen a wave.
Among other things, Pepe, Marcelo and David Silva, among others, have at least doubled their salaries since arriving at Manchester City from other teams, and if they perform well this season, everyone can get a handsome bonus.
It can be said that they are all beneficiaries of this wave.
Thinking about it this way, things became very clear.
Mendes saw the business opportunity and wanted to take this opportunity to drive up the value of the players in his hands and take the opportunity to make a fortune.
"In addition to the Qatari consortium wanting to acquire Paris Saint-Germain, I have also received reliable information that some rich men from Russia also want to acquire European football clubs, but they are still in the contact stage."
"A major shareholder of Arsenal?" Pepe asked.
One of Arsenal's major shareholders is a Russian billionaire who has always wanted to eat Arsenal, but has never been successful.
Back then, Wenger supported the sale of the club to this Russian billionaire. It is said that if it is successful, Arsenal will get a large transfer fee to renovate the team, but the acquisition failed. Wenger was forced to shrink and diet in recent years, and David Dunn, who supported him, also left the team in despair.
"It's not him, it's another one, but the financial resources are quite strong, and they are currently considering teams in the Premier League and Ligue [-]." Mendes said.
Britain, France, and Germany are big European countries with strong economic strength, but German clubs have clear regulations and restrictions, and it is basically impossible for them to be acquired by foreign capital, so naturally no one cares about them.
As for Spain and Italy, although they are also football powerhouses, their economies are relatively weak.
La Liga is because of the existence of the two heroes of the Western Super League. Any team that acquires a La Liga team has to survive in the shadow of the Western Super League duo.
"The economy outside is very depressed now, and the sports industry is a good safe haven, so a lot of hot money is pouring in. In addition, professional football has entered the era of globalization, and the advertising effect is very obvious, so it is very popular with investors."
Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about the Abu Dhabi consortium and Mansour. From the perspective of advertising effects, investing tens of millions of euros in advertising may not be able to cause much trouble. If you invest tens of millions of euros in buying a superstar, the whole world will know in an instant, and the media will even dig deep to dig out the details.
This is the power of football!
Today's European football is no longer pure football.
Or it should be said that since the professionalization and commercialization of football, it is no longer pure.
With the influx of hot money, the player's value and annual salary will increase again. This is not a bad thing for Su Dong, Pepe and others.
As practitioners, they can profit a lot from it, which is actually a good thing.
Of course, if you worry a little more, you should start caring about the development and future of the entire football industry.
In the final analysis, football transfer is still a relationship between supply and demand. With the supply basically unchanged, the addition of Paris Saint-Germain and other teams with strong demand breaks the original supply and demand balance, and the player's worth and annual salary will naturally increase.
After rising to a certain level, it began to reach a new balance of supply and demand.
However, in this way, it is likely to make the operation of some teams more difficult, or even go bankrupt.
But these are not things that Su Dong and others should worry about as players.
To put it bluntly, they are playing football.
As long as the ball is played well, are you afraid that there will be no place to play?
……
Mendes certainly wasn't in Cheshire to explain the hype.
In fact, he came to tell Su Dong that the American sports brand had agreed to their previous offer, and began to discuss with Mendes and Ma Dawei's team about Su Dong's lifetime contract.
This will be the biggest lifetime contract ever in global sports.
Su Dong knew that this was because the other party valued the Chinese and Asian markets in the next few years. His commercial value was valuable because he had an increasingly powerful motherland behind him, so he also very clearly told Mendez to check the terms of the contract.
Wang Chuqing will personally represent Su Dong in negotiating the details of the contract, and there is one item that Su Dong insists on, and it is absolutely impossible to give in.
That is, American sports brands must not engage in anything that harms China's national interests or hurts the feelings of the Chinese people. Otherwise, Su Dong has the right to pursue responsibility and terminate the contract without compensation.
For this article, Mendes is difficult to understand, but he respects it.
As Su Dong said, it is difficult for people from other countries to understand the recognition and love for the motherland deep in his heart.
It seems that many people can't understand Su Dong, why is he unwilling to represent other national teams in the World Cup?
If he represented a strong country in the World Cup, he would have every chance to win the World Cup and become the world champion, but Su Dong rejected Germany, Spain, Portugal and England, and everyone.
None of them could understand this, only Su Dong knew it.
He is a Chinese first and a player second.
He may not play football, but he will never betray his country, or do anything detrimental to his country's interests.
In the eyes of many foreigners, this should be regarded as quite stupid, but the family education that Su Dong has been obsessed with since he was a child requires him to do this.
Wang Chuqing understands him and agrees with his point of view, so she will personally check various business contracts for him.
……
After sending Mendes away, Su Dong sent Pepe and Marcelo away, and ran into the gym to train alone.
This season, Manchester City's frontcourt is supported by Su Dong, which makes him have a heavy game task, a lot of pressure, and a lot of consumption.
In the long run, it will not be a good thing for Su Dong's career, especially when it comes to maintaining his state after the age of 30.
Begiristain has promised that the team will introduce wingers and forwards to minimize the pressure on Sudong and strive to give him more rotation and rest time.
After all, Su Dong is the most important core force of this Manchester City team!
(End of this chapter)