"Whew!"

Fabio Licari sat at his desk in the editorial office of Milan Sport and exhaled a sigh of resentment.

He has just finished another front-page news item in the Milan sports newspaper tomorrow, with the headline that Inter Milan will sign Real Madrid's midfielder, Khedira!

This is the exact news he has just received from his Spanish counterpart, it is said that Inter Milan technical director Marco Blanca personally negotiated the contract and signed it, and this transfer will be announced to the public within a week!

Do the math, this is already the first transfer for Inter Milan in the past month?

From Darmian to Nainggolan, to Allan and Widmer, to Rugani, Dybala, Romagnoli and other players, there are both young stars and talented young rookies, and the age of players is generally controlled under the age of 25, such a signing strategy is undoubtedly quite shrewd.

What's more, Inter Milan's transfer is clearly completely different from before.

It's as if the Nerazzurri have worked hard to raise a sum of money to bring in a midfielder in the transfer market, and they have also taken a fancy to a player from Brazil, and the opposing club is willing to sell, and the player is eager to join a European team as soon as possible.

But the result?

Half a year later, the opposing club criticized Inter Milan's negotiating attitude, and even the players said that Inter Milan lacked sincerity and refused to continue negotiations, and the transfer was finally aborted, and the midfielder immediately performed well after switching to other teams.

At that time, many people said that Inter Milan had fallen to the point where they didn't even know how to spend their money!

It's just a spoof, and the Nerazzurri can't afford not to know how to spend their money, except that they don't know how to do it like the shrewd bald guy Galliani at AC Milan and run their money to the maximum.

It is this mentality of having no money on the one hand, and looking forward and backward when you have money on the other hand, thinking about how to spend less money, which eventually led to Inter Milan completely becoming a well-known sling team in Serie A in the past few years.

All football insiders are laughing, Inter Milan buys people, there is only one requirement, cheap!

Looking at the group of players in the team, how many of them can play the main team in the middle and upper reaches of Serie A?

But what no one expected was that just after a change of owner, Inter Milan's style has completely changed!

After the previous acquisition, the team's poor record and the fans immediately protested, Inter Milan was very crumbling, and the building was about to fall to the ground, but now, after the team won Udinese, it has won two consecutive games in a row, and the performance is good.

What's more, the Nerazzurri changed their hesitant style in the past, and signed more than a dozen powerful stars in one go, including the introduction of De Bruyne from Chelsea for a high price of 15 million euros, which is the most exciting for Inter Milan fans.

Mazzari even said in an interview that De Bruyne is extremely talented and has the opportunity to become a world-class star.

And now, the midfielder Khedira has been introduced!

That's 20 million euros, and it's done without saying a word!

No wonder a large number of Inter Milan fans left a message on the official WeChat, saying that they woke up laughing in the middle of the night!

Who is this Chinese investor?

Fabio Licari thought depressedly that he had not forgotten the scene when he was teased two months ago.

Normally, if it is an outside investor, there should be a period of adaptation after buying a team.

For example, they should first familiarize themselves with the internal affairs of Inter Milan and understand the situation of the Nerazzurri, such as the squad of the team, or the manager, or the personnel arrangement.

But this investor doesn't seem to need such a process at all, he seems to be quite familiar with and understand the world of professional football, and after taking over Inter Milan all of a sudden, he immediately promoted the reform of the power structure of Inter Milan's management, and supported Fasone, Blanca and Osirio, the three powerful bigwigs, and established a balance of power.

At the same time, more than a dozen players were signed in one go, many of whom were still very unfamiliar, if it weren't for the introduction of Inter Milan, they might not be able to pronounce their names, but when they got to know it, they found that the evaluation was quite good.

For example, De Vrij of Feyenoord in the Eredivisie, who has heard of it before?

But Fabio Licari went to check with his Dutch counterparts, only to find that they had a very high opinion of De Vrij, and even took the title of Stam II.

Who is Stam?

Who in the whole city of Milan would not give a thumbs up when they hear this name?

At that time, the central defender combination composed of Stam and Nesta was the best in Europe, and its strength was outrageous.

Can this De Vrij have the strength of Stam?

No, you don't need to have the strength of Stam, with his worth of only six million euros, he only needs to play half the strength of Stam, it is quite a bargain!

So, Fabio Licari can almost certainly conclude that the Chinese investor is either very familiar and knowledgeable about football, or he has someone in his team who has been immersed in European football for many years.

So who is it?

Fabio Licari certainly wouldn't believe it was the man surnamed Zhao who wore the title of club president.

Thinking of this, Fabio Licari immediately took out his mobile phone, entered the address book, found a name, and clicked on it.

After two beeps, the other party answered, and seemed to be in a hurry, panting.

"Hey, Paul, it's me, Fabio!"

Fabio Licari smiled and greeted Paolo Viganor on the other end of the phone.

"Hi Fabio, thank you, the front page of the last two weeks has been given to Inter Milan!"

Isn't Paolo Vigano, the head of public relations at Inter Milan?

"Hey, Paul, don't be so polite, you've made a lot of noise lately, if there is any other big news, please be sure to notify me as soon as possible!"

Paul Viganor immediately nodded in agreement, "You don't say, I haven't remembered yet, you will arrange the news of Khedira tomorrow, right?" ”

"Well, yes, I've already written the manuscript, and I'll print it in a few hours!"

"That's good, but I think you should consider adding something more?"

"What do you mean?" Fabio Licari was a little strange.

"Frankly, we gave three well-connected newspapers for Khedira's news, but I'll give you the exclusive following."

"Exclusive?" Fabio Licari's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" Paolo Vigano nodded, "I'm busy going to a meeting right now, I can't say much about specific things, I'll ask my assistant to send you a press release when I get back, we have brought in Morata in addition to Khedira from Real Madrid!" ”

"Morata?" Fabio Licari was taken aback.

"Hehe, scary enough, right? Let me tell you, Marco is finalized in Spain, and he will come to the team for joint training in the next few days, and I will arrange for you to come over and take some training photos at that time, believe me, there will definitely be surprises! ”

Fabio Licari was stunned.

Big brother, can you say the hot news in one breath?

You guys are bursting one by one, and we're holding back a lot of pain, okay?

However, if it is announced in one breath, I don't know if the hearts of those old Milan fans can withstand it, if one is not careful......

"By the way, Paul, I have one thing, you must tell me!" Fabio Licari immediately thought of the purpose of his call.

The addition of Morata is indeed very exciting, the Spanish center forward is very sought-after now, but compared with the behind-the-scenes boss of Inter Milan, is Morata inferior?

"Say it!"

"Who the hell is your boss?" Fabio Licari asked solemnly.

There was noticeable silence on the other end of the phone.

"Hey, man, I'm just curious, really, I promise, never publish it in the newspaper, we've been dating for so many years, you should trust me as a person, or ......"

"I'm sorry, Fabio, I believe in you, but frankly, there are many things I don't know, and I can't say it, the top is now very strict with every department, and I can't divulge company secrets."

Fabio Licari couldn't do anything about it, and sighed, "Okay, man, I won't force you anymore, but I didn't expect that you are still working overtime now?"

"Yes, the club has won the land for the new stadium, there are a lot of things, and the team is going to play in next year's International Champions Cup, and there is a business development plan, and there are a lot of other things, in short...... You get the idea! ”

"Understood, understood!"

At this moment, Fabio Licari faintly heard someone on the other side of the phone shouting the name of Paul Vigano, who immediately agreed.

"I'm sorry, Fabio, I have to go to a meeting, goodbye!"

Listening to the busy beep on the phone, Fabio Licari was helpless, so he could only lower his head in a nutshell.

On the other side of the phone, Paolo Viganor hung up the phone, immediately pushed open the door to the conference room, and walked in.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Fasone!" Paolo Vigano apologized to the club's chief executive, Marco Fasone, who nodded at him and motioned for him to take his seat.

After everyone was seated, Fasoone turned on the projector, showed the PPT he had made, and started the meeting.

The content of the meeting was not unexpected, and it had a lot to do with the recent reform of the club.

As we all know, there are only two ways for Inter Milan to get out of the current predicament, open source and throttling, preferably a two-pronged approach.

According to Fasone's ideas, the management team has been refined after the management reform, the reduction and consolidation of some departments, and the elimination of redundant personnel at the club, especially some employees who rely on the Moratti family to receive salaries for nothing at Inter Milan.

At the end of the season, the vast majority of players whose contracts expire will not be renewed.

If we consider selling or simply letting them go on a free transfer, after sending away a group of players, even if a dozen more players are introduced, the overall salary burden of Inter Milan will still drop by about 25 million euros.

That's about 50 million euros before tax!

In other words, after the change of players, the team is stronger, and the team has 50 million euros less to spend.

Of course, the main reason is that the high salaries of players including Zanetti, Cambiasso, Diego Milito, Samuel and Zivo have been cut, of which Diego Milito is up to 4.5 million euros after tax, Cambiaso is also up to 4 million euros after tax, and players such as Zanetti, Samuel, Pereira, Guarin and Zivo also have an annual salary of more than 2 million euros after tax.

Among the new players, in addition to Khedira's higher salary, 3 million euros after tax, a slight increase from when he was at Real Madrid, and De Bruyne's salary is only 2.5 million euros after tax.

Therefore, under the trade-off, Inter Milan will save about 50 million euros a year in terms of salary expenses!

When Fasoone said this, his heart was also full of excitement, and he couldn't believe the number.

Because if this is the case, then Young Master Huan's net investment is only one or two million euros, but the result is that the entire squad configuration of Inter Milan is completely new.

Of course, with such a large-scale restructuring, it is a big risk, no team will do it easily, and you have to come up with 130 million euros to operate.

But no matter which way you look at it, it's really a good deal!