Chapter 5 Bait

Chapter 5 Bait

However, this is not over yet, and Marchena also left. His next stop is his old club Valencia. Marchena played for Fiorentina for three seasons. His performance has always been an important player in the Spanish national team.

Although Valencia's situation in recent seasons is not good, it is Marchena's home team. In addition, Marchena is 31 years old and hopes to return to play in China. With 12 million, Fiorentina has made another fortune. But also lost an important midfielder.

Following on from Marchena's compatriot Arteta, his next stop will be Arsenal. After losing Cesc Fabregas, Wenger has been looking for a new midfield core, which he hoped to get It was Hamsik, but he was scared off by Florence's high price of 70 million, so he could only settle for the next best thing, and included Arteta in the account with a worth of 20 million euros.

The continuous sale of players, the Fiorentina fans were still protesting at first, but soon they became numb. Everyone knew that the collapse of the newly established Fiorentina dynasty was inevitable.

"From the time Degan announced that he would no longer negotiate with Fiorentina, it was already doomed. Viola, a dynasty built out of thin air, was in danger of collapsing at any time. After the World Cup, when people refocused on the summer During the transfer battle, everything happened as expected. Degan, Kompany, Thiago Silva, Frey, Marchena, Arteta, these former heroes of the Flacchi Stadium, one after another One by one, the main frame of Fiorentina has been completely broken. Perhaps this tide of leaving will not disappear. In the next period of time, more players will choose to leave. Now it seems that all this is It's inevitable!"

"The Viola, which has been extremely gorgeous and enchanting in the European arena in recent seasons, has finally withered with Degan's departure. No one can stop it. Perhaps Delaware and Pakinwa are also regretting it now. If they If Degan can be retained, all of this may not happen. Although the club has gained a lot of money from these transfers, in the future, when the dynasty collapses and Viola returns to normal, they will find out that What they have lost is far more than what they have gained now!"

That's right! The media is right!

Although Delaware has obtained a large amount of transfer income, it is obvious that what he lost was much more than what he gained. For example, when the series of sponsorship contracts for Florence were signed, those manufacturers stipulated that Digan must stay. team, the contract can continue. Now that Digan has left, those sponsors are of course not in the mood to be tied to a team that is doomed to collapse, and they have asked for the suspension of the contract. Modify the contract.

Adding up this amount alone, Fiorentina lost tens of millions of euros in revenue, and so far, the sales of Fiorentina season tickets are very unsatisfactory. Desperate fans are expressing their dissatisfaction in this way. Millions of losses.

In addition, in the future, after the team loses a large number of players, there is no way to guarantee the results. At that time, bonuses, broadcasting fee sharing, and all these things are added together. No matter how much they gain now, there is no way to offset future losses.

Delaware is now so worried that his hair is turning gray. As for Pakinwa, he is no longer the general manager of the club. Delaware vented all his anger on this loyal dog.

A week after Arteta's move, another wave of transfers hit Fiorentina, starting with De Sciglio's €17.5m move to Milan.

De Sciglio was originally a product of the Milan youth training camp. He came to Fiorentina as the transfer head of Antonini and Abate. After several seasons of training, he has now become the main player of Fiorentina's defense line. A rising star in Italian football.

Taking advantage of the fire is something that Galliani never tires of. First, he talked to De Sciglio, and then made an inquiry. Florence knew that there was no way to stop it, so he could only nod obediently. The worth of 17.5 million euros, for a man of less than 18 For a young player who is 10 years old, it is simply a sky-high price.

Although the Fiorentina fans were very dissatisfied with the sale of De Sciglio, there was nothing they could do about it. After all, De Sciglio was a product of Milan's youth training camp, and his feelings for Milan must have been extraordinary. Not unacceptable.

But the next transfer made the anger of Fiorentina fans completely explode. Modric moved to Tottenham Hotspur for 34 million euros.

Who is Modric?

That is Fiorentina team, in addition to Degan, the second idol of the fans, the core midfielder of the team, Pirlo of Fiorentina, originally after so many players left, Fiorentina fans also hoped that the team can play in Morocco. Under the leadership of Derich, the decline will not be too severe, but unexpectedly, the team sold their midfield core.

If it is sold to super giants like Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Manchester United, then why is it Tottenham Hotspur? Even if the collapse of the Florence dynasty is inevitable, it is not a small Tottenham Hotspur that can be compared. of.

Protest march!

The whole of Florence is in chaos!

Delaware came to hide at home and dare not come out. There are thousands of angry Fiorentina fans in front of the house. If the Florence City Hall hadn't dispatched a large number of police officers to maintain order in the first place, it is estimated that Delaware's home would have been a long time ago. Burned by angry fans.

"Do you know what happened in Florence?"

Degan, who was in South Korea, received a call from Zahavi. Recently, Degan has not been online, and he can't understand Korean TV programs. He doesn't know anything about what happened in Florence.

After listening to Zahavi's description, Degan was also silent. Kompany and others left. He knew that every teammate called him after completing the transfer. It was just that what happened in Florence was because he didn't Hope to see.

"Is it bad?"

Zahavi's tone was a little helpless, and a little gloating: "That's right! It's all messed up! Rhodes! You ignited a huge powder keg!"

Digan also smiled wryly: "Listen to you, it seems that I made everything up!"

Zahavi smiled: "Of course I don't mean that, but if you can stay in Florence, I think Florence will be as stable as before, isn't it?"

Zahavi is not considered a compliment. Degan does have such influence. In the past two seasons, Fiorentina has not had any players leave because of the support of Degan.

Not only in the past, but in the past few days, Digan called many of his teammates, hoping that they would not leave, such as Hamsik, there is no shortage of buyers for Slovak geniuses, but because of Digan's persuasion, he In the end, he decided to stay. After all, after Degan and Modric both left, his position in the team will become more stable.

There are also Ranocchia, Cristo, Bonucci and others, all persuaded by Degan, withdrew their transfer applications and announced to stay in the team.

This is the last thing Degan will do for Fiorentina fans!

For the collapse of the Viola dynasty, Digan was more saddened than anyone else. After all, this dynasty could be said to have been established by him himself, from scratch to the completion of its domination of Europe.

Violet is like Degan's child, this kind of relationship is hard to let go, but the decision to leave has been made, and it will never be changed again.

Digan doesn't dare to face Fiorentina fans now, that's right! Just dare not! Degan knew the fans' feelings for him. Even after deciding not to renew his contract with Fiorentina, no one wanted to move his bronze statue standing in the square in front of the Volacchi Stadium.

Fans are well aware of Degan's contribution to Fiorentina. Until now, the fans have not given up their expectation of Degan's change of heart. Although so many players have left, Fiorentina fans I believe that as long as Digan is around, the Viola dynasty will not collapse.

"Rods! At this time, you should make a decision, where to go, only you decide, everything will calm down!"

Regarding this question, Degan really has no way to answer it now. He has been hesitating these days. It is the first time for Degan to hesitate like this.

"This matter should be decided after I go back and discuss it! I will go back in early August at the latest, and we will meet in Florence!"

Although he doesn't want to face the Fiorentina fans, Degan still has a lot of things to deal with in Fiorentina. His house, his car, and some endorsement contracts all need to be handled by him personally.

Zahavi is also a little helpless. Now he has many contracts from wealthy teams. Looking at the numbers above, each of them makes Zahavi very excited.

Degan is not in a hurry to make a decision. Those teams that are eager to attract him to join are becoming less and less calm. In order to attract Degan, these teams have no way to carry out their summer transfer work, especially the forwards. In this position, all the rich teams in Europe, who are worthy of Degan's reputation and can afford the transfer fee, all regard Degan as their first choice for striker signings.

Rich people like Chelsea and Manchester City even sent the contract directly to Zahavi, leaving the annual salary column blank and letting Digan fill it in at will.

But the final result is that Digan is still considering it, and it is expected that there will be a result in early August!

England, London, in the private estate of Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea.

"Elan! My friend! Can't you use your energy to help Digan make this choice?"

The person who spoke was Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea, a legend from an orphan to the richest man, and a super tycoon with tens of billions of assets.

Although he is the richest man in Russia, Abramovich does not have the arrogance of a high-ranking person at all. On the contrary, he is very kind, with a modest smile on his face all the time, which makes people feel good.

When Abramovich first took charge of Chelsea, most people believed that the Chelsea club was just one of the many luxuries enjoyed by Abramovich. Like the 355-foot yacht he bought from Microsoft vice president Paul Allan for £10,000, or the Boeing 767 he owns. However, when he poached Manchester United with a high salary, people really realized that he really wanted to become a football tycoon in the UK.

Spending money is not Abramovich's original intention. His goal is very clear, to use his own financial resources to build Chelsea into a super club like Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, etc., so he wants the best in everything.

There are many rich clubs, but not many owners who can spend money. Abramovich employs experienced management and coaches, which is the key to his success. The Blues have a foundation for long-term development and progress. For fans, such a football layman will undoubtedly bring them more excitement.

He thought about it, he saw it, he conquered it.

From the moment he stepped off his private jet and stepped onto Stamford Bridge, Abramovich changed English football because, in his eyes, "English football is a highly competitive commercial investment".

In the past seven years, the football transfer market in Europe and the world has completely become a one-man show called Abramovich. Regardless of his hobbies, he spends money like water to buy the stars he wants, and with the "rubles" he has accumulated in Russia, he has built the former quasi-rich Chelsea into a formidable "blue battleship". With the original structure of English football, if you need a suitable word to describe him, then "upstart" may be more appropriate.

Acquiring the Blues and moving to London made Abramovich no longer belong to Russia, but to Europe. Football made this once crisis-ridden Russian rich man the new favorite of Europe.

Ranieri, who was in charge of Chelsea at the time, proudly told the media: "Abramovich once asked me, what do you need? I said, I need a certain player, and he replied, k, then you buy it."

As a result, a group of superstars such as Veron, Cresbo, and Mutu gathered under the banner of Chelsea, making this middle-strength team an aircraft carrier of the Premier League, and the limelight was close to Real Madrid, the football dream team.

Subsequently, Abramovich promised a record bounty of 1.2 million euros per person for Chelsea to win the league championship. In this regard, the British media joked that the property of the owner of Chelsea can do one thing: host an Olympic Games by itself , and then used the rest of the money to renovate London's famous Wembley Stadium nine more times.

From 2003 to 2004, for Chelsea, Abramovich was not just spending money. When Chelsea played, Abramovich must have appeared in the stands. He is the most prominent newcomer in international football. His The team has a world-class striker, a first-class midfielder, a first-class defender, a first-class goalkeeper and a first-class CEO. His goal is to use his own financial resources to build Chelsea into a team that can compete with Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Inter Milan. A top-notch football club.

What Abramovich enjoyed was the cheers from the fans that no owner in Chelsea's history has ever enjoyed. When Abramovich appeared confidently in Chelsea's home and away games, the fans affectionately called him "Abramovich".

Every home game, his fans would chant: "We have more fucking money."

There are different opinions about how much money Abramovich has. Forbes puts it at $5.7 billion, while European Economics magazine estimates it more cautiously, saying he has 3.3 billion euros. In fact, the two None of them underestimated his financial resources.

According to his position in the oil industry, the British "Financial Times" estimated his total assets at US$8 billion. This figure seems more accurate. One reason is that the two major Russian oil companies with total assets of US$42 billion combined For one, Abramovich owns 26% of the assets of the new company "Yuka Siberia Petroleum Company", and the owners of the two companies before the merger each received $1.5 billion in cash.

In addition, Abramovich also owns half of the assets of the "Russal Company" with total assets of 5 billion to 7 billion US dollars.

From this point of view, even with the most conservative estimate, Abramovich's total assets are about 9.5 billion to 10.5 billion US dollars. This statistic does not include some of his small money of millions or even tens of millions of dollars. Among the richest people in Europe, Abramovich ranks 19th.

With such a deep family background, Abramovich naturally did not hesitate to spend more than 200 million US dollars to buy the Chelsea club with a glorious tradition, but his explanation for his money-burning behavior was a bit cynical.

In an interview with the British media, he said: "If you have money, you have to spend it, especially when someone is jealous, you have to spend a lot of money."

Abramovich uses the identity of "Chelsea boss" as much as possible to downplay his oligarch and political identity. His appearance is a great blessing to football. For Chelsea fans, it may be the only lucky time in their life.

In the past, people always complained that British football was dominated by Manchester United and Arsenal. The emergence of Abramovich's Chelsea completely overturned this pattern. Chelsea's large-scale investment is a catalyst that will lead to investment in other clubs. Abramovich's investment in Chelsea has changed the monopoly of the Premier League and created more competition. This is obviously good for the development of the Premier League. .

Before Abramovich entered the football field, he was already a low-key, smooth and witty super rich, a Russian oligarch with a soft spot for football, and his football business seems to be following this monopoly His thoughts are advancing, and after he came into contact with football, this "monopoly" character was more intuitively magnified.

The involvement of Abramovich has brought about earth-shaking changes in Chelsea. The huge debt owed by former club chairman Betts in November 1997, which owed a huge debt of 75 million European loans, was paid off at once. The club used to buy players. Now Abramovich can throw out dollars and pounds to buy new players at any time.

In the seven years since he took over Chelsea in 2003, Abramovich has invested more than 600 million pounds in the club, and the annual investment of more than 100 million pounds is unprecedented.

Therefore, Chelsea has completely controlled the transfer market of the Premier League in just seven years and has become the new "overlord" in the Premier League, which makes other clubs in the Premier League can only look at "money".

The sudden rise of Chelsea has completely broken the routine of progressive development of football clubs from small to large, just like Abramovich's own fortune in Russia, which is beyond the routine, sudden and shocking.

More importantly, Abramovich's wealth has grown rapidly on the basis of harming the interests of others, and Chelsea's rapid growth has actually been suppressed or even damaged by other clubs. , which is also the natural means of Abramovich as a successful super oligarch.

There are many controversies about Abramovich. Some people say that he has made the Premier League more prosperous, while others say that his appearance has disrupted the laws of the market.

But in any case, a layman can suddenly turn a club that has been stagnant for 50 years into a big one, and it's not just about simple money.

"Our goal is to build the most successful football club in the world in the next ten years and beyond." This is Abramovich's rhetoric when he won the first Premier League title after entering Chelsea. It is still loud today.

Seven years have passed. During this period, Ranieri, Mourinho, Grant, Hiddink, Scolari, and now Ancelotti, Chelsea have experienced six coaches, bringing Four Premier League titles, as well as the FA Cup and the League Cup, but the European Champions Cup, which Abramovich most desires, is missing.

For Abramovich, who wants the best in everything, this is unacceptable. Although he has made Chelsea an important force that cannot be ignored in European football, his goal is obviously more than that.

"Tell me! My friend, how can we get Degan to come to Chelsea!" Abramovich's idea is very simple. If you want to make Chelsea the best football club in the world, you must have the best football club. Degan is clearly the best player in world football right now.

Zahavi, who was a guest of Abramovich, seemed a little embarrassed when he heard the words: "Roman! You know, this is not up to me. Rhodes has his own ideas and he will not be swayed by me, but I think I Would recommend Chelsea to the best of my ability!"

Zahavi's answer obviously did not satisfy Abramovich: "Elan! This is not what I want to hear. What does he want? A high annual salary, no problem, I can pay him fifteen million The annual salary in euros, or even more, all I ask is that he bring me the Champions League trophy, this is cooperation, this is business, as long as I pay enough to satisfy him, he should nod, right?"

Zahavi heard the words and could only respond with a wry smile: "Roman! If Rhodes heard these words, he might never consider playing at Chelsea in his life."

Abramovich frowned: "Why? Don't tell me, he doesn't like money!"

Zahavi said: "Yes! He likes money. In fact, no one in this world doesn't like money, but Rhodes' ideas are more unique. When his personal conditions are met, what he desires more is to be respected. Roman! Can you understand this?"

Abramovich smiled: "Of course, I can understand, and I am the same. I also hope that people will appreciate me more on the premise of paying attention to how much money I have in my pocket! Elan! This matter I think I want to entrust it to you, go to Asia, find Rhodes, have a good talk with him, I can give him everything he wants!"

Zahavi couldn't help smiling bitterly. He knew that as long as Abramovich liked it, he would get it, and he would pay any price for it, but would it really work in Digan?

In fact, these days Zahavi heard the most voices like this. Florenty, born in the 1980s, Shaolin abbot Luo Digan, who is dedicated to building a super galaxy battleship, is the biggest fish in the transfer market.

Some of these teams offered huge annual salaries, and some did not hesitate to stop their signings in order to wait for Degan's favor, in order to win Degan's favor.

Take Barcelona for example. Before the World Cup, what they wanted most was the Spanish striker Villa, and even the transfer negotiations with Valencia were almost done, but now for Degan, Barcelona urgently needs to rectify the striker. He actually gave up signings.

Although Chelsea is rich, there is a problem that cannot be ignored, that is, the coach of the Blue Army, Carlo Ancelotti. Everyone on the earth knows that when Degan was playing for Milan, he and Ancelotti were almost incompatible. In the end, the reason why he chose to leave was also because of Ancelotti.

Abramovich wants to take Degan into account, and it is inevitable to make a choice between Degan and Ancelotti.

And would Degan really want to come to Stamford Bridge?

Don't forget, there is a Terry here too!

The little shit that Terry tossed out at the beginning was exposed. From a certain point of view, Degan played the role of a fuse. Now it seems that "Friends Wife Gate" seems to follow Bridge The transfer to Manchester City is over, but Terry's reputation can be regarded as a stinking street. After so many years, some people still use this matter as an issue from time to time.

If Digan really transfers to Chelsea, it will be really exciting then!