Chapter 3: Simeone's First Choice

"One hundred and fifty thousand pounds?"

Li Qingshan looked at the Italian fat man sitting opposite him in astonishment, this agent who had never met several times in total. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info After he got off the plane at Manchester airport, Raiola came to pick him up at the airport.

When he heard Raiola's salary request for Manchester United, Li Qingshan underestimated. Is this fat man reliable? Although Li Qingshan is very confident in himself, he also knows that Manchester United will never give himself a higher salary than the team's main players as soon as he comes up.

"Yes, such a contract request is really outrageous, and of course I know Manchester United can't give you such a contract." Raiola said.

"Then you still .......," Li Qingshan wondered.

"I just wanted to see how much Moyes values you." Raiola smiled slyly.

Li Qingshan reacted, this is indeed the style of this cunning fat man.

'I put in an exaggerated contract request, and if David Moyes can seriously talk to me, even if it's to try to get the price back, it means that you have a place in his team.

'But when I said the price, Moyes didn't even return the price, which means that you probably don't have a lot of opportunities to play in his squad. He just sees you as a potential player who has moved from youth to first team. ”

Li Qingshan was silent. In his heart, of course he wants to stay at Manchester United. After all, it was Manchester United who signed him and gave him the opportunity to become a professional player.

And Manchester United itself is a super platform, one of the super giants that professional players aspire to the most. Being able to play in such a team is in itself an affirmation of the ability of a professional player.

However, if Sir Alex Ferguson had not retired, he might have been able to get a chance to play in the Premier League this season. However, the new manager, David Moyes, doesn't seem to be taking himself too seriously.

'So, if I stay at Manchester United, it's going to be very difficult to get a lot of chances.'

'David Moyes may not have thought about your place at all, you arrived in the first team and maybe just a young player who was left out of the 18-man squad. Raiola pouted.

"However, you don't have to worry about where you are going, there are already several big teams who are approaching me and are ready to take you away from Manchester United directly with a penalty of eight million." Raiola said with a frown.

"Oh, who are the teams?" Regarding his future, Li Qingshan is of course cautious.

Raiola opened his mouth and said, "At the moment the teams that are interested in you are mainly in Germany, because you beat Bayern Munich. Speaking of this, Raiola smiled and continued: "The more important teams include Bayer Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, and Borussia Dortmund. Eight million is just a small amount of money for them. ”

Li Qingshan thought about it, and it was also a good choice to go to the Bundesliga. The Bundesliga has been on the rise very rapidly over the years. Last season's Champions League final was the German derby. Two Bundesliga teams eventually reached the final.

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In the midst of all the uphea, Manchester United finally received an offer from their first team.

Atletico Madrid paid 8 million euros in liquidated damages, which means that United will not even have a chance to make a counteroffer, and he can leave as soon as the player wants to.

Since Li Qingshan still has a contract, Atletico Madrid cannot contact the player directly, and the club official must contact the player's club in writing before contacting the player.

'We've already started to talk to Manchester United. An Atletico Madrid official reports to his boss.

In the office at the moment, the president of Atletico Madrid, Cerezo, and the team's head coach Simeone were present at the same time.

On the screen on the other side, a video of Li Qingshan's game was playing.

"Diego, you seem to be very optimistic about this young man." Team President Cerezo asked. As president of Atletico Madrid, this Mr. Cerezo is not really involved in the affairs of the club. His main career is a film director.

Simeone pointed to his computer screen and said, "I've watched this player a few times in the past two days. ”

"I like him a lot." This is Simeone's style, straight to the point and not beating around the bush.

'He's strong enough, he's got a great header and he's got a long-range shot! And he's young enough. Most importantly, I admire his fighting spirit on the pitch. ”

'Villa is a good player, but where the age is, we have to plan ahead and find a replacement for him. And Costa ........" Simeone groaned, "He probably won't be on my team for long. ”

'That said, we need to add strikers now.' "And this Chinese guy is your first choice. ”

Simeone nodded: "That's right, especially if you only need eight million euros to take away a striker who has scored more than 50 goals in a season, such a good deal." ”

"It's just that we have a lot of competitors and this player won't necessarily choose us." Which official standing on the side reminded.

Simeone glanced at him, "Don't worry, I'll go and bring him back myself." ”

Cerezo looked at Simeone in surprise, the iron-blooded manager of Atletico Madrid rarely intervenes in transfer matters to such an extent. Simeone, at least, had never gone to any of the players personally. At most, he just handed over the list of players he needed to the team's manager, Marin.

It seems that he is really hungry for the Chinese player.

This is the first time Simeone has intervened in a specific transfer operation of the team. Because this time the situation is more special, the price of 8 million is not too high, and many teams can easily pay this money. This also means that in this transfer, the will of the players is the most important.

Simeone fears that if he doesn't make a move, the ideal centre-forward he thinks will be snatched away by other teams – if Atletico Madrid doesn't have much of an advantage over the team's financial strength.

Relative to their neighbor Real Madrid. The Madrid economy is a civilian team, they don't have a lot of money to bring in big stars, and even the players they produce are repeatedly bought by the big clubs.

From Torres, Falcao, Aguero. Atletico Madrid has core players leaving almost every year, and this is of course due to the economic factors of Atletico Madrid itself. Compared to other big clubs, they can afford a much lower level of player salaries.

Simeone is already anticipating that as Atletico Madrid's results rise this year, some of his team's main squad may be dismembered next year by wealthy clubs. Especially Diego Costa, the team's main center forward who broke out this season, has now been frequently rumored to have a big team in the Premier League and he secretly sent him.

Originally, he focused on Antoine Griezmann, who currently plays for Real Sociedad, and he was very optimistic about the player, but Griezmann is not a central striker.

If Diego Costa can't be retained, Simeone will have to find a new centre-forward for the team, and Li Qingshan is his first choice in all aspects.