312 Thinking about money is crazy
Those familiar with the Europa League know very well that the transfer market is a brutal killing battlefield!
If the league is a battle, then the transfer market is an arms race before this battle, bringing in the stars that the opponent desperately needs, both to be able to fight the opponent and at the same time to strengthen itself.
That's what the big guys are doing these days!
Who is Europe's hottest transfer superstar this summer?
Beckham, who was pushed out of the transfer market by Manchester United, was undisputedly elected!
The team most likely to get Beckham is undoubtedly Barcelona, Laporta followed Florentino's campaign strategy and used Beckham as campaign capital, and Manchester United chose to sign an agreement with Laporta, who has not yet been elected, in order to be able to promote the team's first star to the market, which has been criticized by many industry insiders and fans!
Then there is the Ronaldinho of Paris Saint-Saint-Holme, who has attracted the attention of teams including Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea, the Brazilian is destined to join the giants this summer, and the parent company behind Paris Saint-Holmine is in danger and cannot keep this great god at all, the only suspense is, where will he go?
Abramovich's arrival at Chelsea has brought with him a transfer fee of hundreds of millions, and they will undoubtedly be the focus of the most shining transfer market other than David Beckham and Ronaldinho.
Xiao Yu is undoubtedly the one who knows Abramovich's ambitions best, and he knows that Chelsea will have a big game this year, but history is different from his previous life.
The most obvious is Real Madrid, after renewing Makellele's contract, Real Madrid first renewed Hierro and Bosque, retained Morientes, and also targeted the recruitment of central defenders and playmaking midfielders.
As for bidding for Ronaldinho and Beckham, the former is undoubtedly a strategy of Florentino, and the latter has not been very clear to Xiao Yu so far.
There is no doubt that David Beckham can play in a playmaking midfield position, but his price is as high as 25 million pounds, which is not many teams in today's football can afford this money, Real Madrid can barely come up with it, but they must give up the backfield reinforcements, and at the same time have to sell a few stars.
Laporta took advantage of Beckham's fame and was quite up-and-coming in the election, but the Barcelona board of directors has announced that Barcelona has a debt of 98 million euros so far this season, and there is not so much money to bring in Beckham, and Cruyff also commented in the column that Beckham does not have the ability to play in Barcelona.
"Unless the Barcelona board wants the team to play the English style of long balls next season, it is difficult for me to understand the need to bring in David Beckham, and I think the most urgent need for the team next season is the defence, the midfielder and the wingers!"
In the column, Cruyff also named two Brazilians, Deco and Juninho Jr., who he believes have the ability to play at Barcelona, with the former excelling at Porto and the latter despite not playing in the top flight, but his ability is not inferior to Deco's, and he also has a mastery of set-pieces.
As for the wingers, Cruyff singled out Sporting Lisbon's Quearesma, believing that the Portuguese star would be the ideal successor to Figo, and that Barcelona should take advantage of the fact that he has not yet established a reputation.
While the European transfer market was bustling and noisy, Beckham and his wife were on vacation, and then they were going to Asia, Xiao Yu talked to him on the phone, but Beckham was obviously reluctant to talk about the transfer, but said that this matter would be handed over to the agent, so that Xiao Yu did not have to worry too much.
Although he said that, Xiao Yu still felt very unworthy for Beckham.
For this reason, he criticized Manchester United's expulsion of David Beckham in an interview with the media.
........................ "As I've been saying before, it's normal for players to move and it's understandable for a club to push a player into the transfer market for a lot of cash to make a signing, but I would like to ask the board of directors of Manchester United, why on earth did Laporta sign a transfer agreement with you? ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Yu suddenly laughed.
"Is he the president of Barça?"
The reporter shook his head.
"Oh, I remember, he's just one of the candidates for the chairmanship, if he signed an agreement with Beckham privately, then I can understand it, because it's normal, it happens almost every day, but what I didn't think was that this kind of thing would happen to Manchester United, can it be seen that Manchester United are worried that no one wants their players, so they can't wait to make a move?"
"It's a very stupid business practice, they're destroying the value of Beckham, now it's okay, Barcelona say they don't have the money, Cruyff says Barcelona don't need Beckham, the agreement that Laporta signed with Manchester United is less and less likely to work, so what is Manchester United going to do at this time?"
"Discounts, usually supermarkets do this for those items that can't be sold!" The reporter replied with a smile.
Two months ago, Beckham was worth 40 million pounds, and then hesitated at 30 million pounds, but now Manchester United has voluntarily offered a price of 25 million pounds, which is like a supermarket on sale.
"Clever!" Xiao Yu praised it, but his face quickly became serious, "But Beckham is not a commodity in the supermarket!" He's a person, a living person, he's a superstar that Manchester United has cultivated themselves, is this how Manchester United use it against the players they have cultivated? ”
"If yes, then I'm going to say, Manchester United, you're fucking crazy about money!"
…………………… Xiao Yu's interview appeared on the front page of many sports newspapers in England the next day, especially his scolding of Manchester United was even more concerned by Manchester United fans, some of whom scolded Xiao Yu, but more remained silent, and even some people supported Xiao Yu.
Did David Beckham make a mistake?
Manchester United officials said that the reason why the club decided to sell Beckham was that he put his loyalty to the club behind the national team and himself, ranking third, but many football commentators in England asked rhetorically, can you Manchester United come up with proof?
Obviously not, because the only evidence United have is that David Beckham was summoned by the Queen during his injury, but it was the whole England national team that was called up, and as captain, Beckham should have appeared.
What about other than that?
No!
David Beckham has not hooked up with other clubs for a transfer, nor has he publicly stated that he wants to leave Manchester United, let alone signed an agreement with a particular club.
He's had a raise, but who hasn't in the Manchester United squad?
He's also violated discipline, not to mention a big thorn like Keane, even if it's Andy from afar? Cole, Cantona and others, who have not violated Ferguson's discipline, but why did Ferguson forgive them?
All discerning people know that Manchester United need money, Ferguson needs to rebuild the team, they need a transfer fee, so they have to sell the most valuable star in the team, who?
There's no doubt about Beckham!
This is normal, Xiao Yu thinks, this is really normal, it is normal for the team to sell a star for money, but what is not normal is that Manchester United's brain show is funny, and he actually signed such an agreement with Laporta, which is what the giants should do?
But the most unbelievable thing is that they also took the initiative to announce the existence of this agreement!
Xiao Yu doesn't know if Abramovich has met Kenyon, and he doesn't know what kind of psychology Kenyon has in the matter of Beckham's transfer, but there is no doubt that he made the most fatal mistake.
It's right to sell Beckham, but it's wrong to use this clumsy trick to sell the star of the house cheaply!
After Xiao Yu's interview, Manchester United officially issued a statement admitting that the team had indeed received an offer from Spain, and the team was considering accepting the offer.
The ambiguous statement was tantamount to an indirect acknowledgment of the existence of the agreement, and at the same time allowed Laporta to hold high the banner of Beckham and build popularity for his own campaign.
When Sky TV's football show put these two scenes full of dark humour in the same TV frame, it was no surprise that United had completely lost their image as a giant and became Laporta's campaign tool.
What about other than that?
Once there are no giants who pay for Beckham, then they can only discount, and it is rumored that Florentino told his cronies that Manchester United could even sell Beckham for a super low price of £10 million if no one makes a move.
Because it's an imperative transfer!
Things have come to this point, if Beckham transfers, although Manchester United's reputation is damaged, but it can still be exchanged for some cash, but if Beckham does not transfer, then Manchester United will lose both fame and fortune, which is why the outside world has criticized Manchester United so thoroughly, and their tricks in this transfer are too clumsy.
Florentino has a great interest in the heartthrob, but he is still very patient to wait, he wants to wait to see the farce of Barcelona and Manchester United end, because he knows very well that Barcelona will not buy Beckham, Laporta is using Beckham to gain popularity for himself.
Barcelona really value Ronaldinho, but Florentino doesn't want Barcelona to get the star they want easily, so they are also interested in Ronaldinho, as well as Deco and Juninho Jr.
These two La Liga giants have a long tradition of battling in the transfer market, especially this year!
Beckham issued a clarification in the United States, saying that he would not transfer to Barcelona, all rumors about his transfer to Barcelona are fabricated, he has a contract with Manchester United!
Obviously, he was angry at Manchester United and Laporta's actions, as well as Cruyff's criticism of him, and he didn't think he was any good at moving to Barcelona, a team that couldn't accommodate his type of player, and the team behind him made it clear to him.
In this way, if you don't go to Barcelona, there are only two places for Beckham to go, and that is Real Madrid!
But Real Madrid is not in a hurry at all, Florentino began to look for a central defender in the transfer market after finalizing the contract extension of Makelele and others, and the team began to negotiate with Roma in the hope of getting Samel.
The Argentine's performance in Serie A is very coveted, and his introduction will greatly improve Real Madrid's defensive strength, but his price is very high, and Roma suddenly offered a sky-high price of 30 million euros, which is about the same as Beckham's current market price.
This made Florentino hesitate, as he had never offered such a high price for a centre-back, and he was faced with a choice, if he paid a sky-high price for Samel, it would mean that Real Madrid would not have the money to buy Beckham.
Samel or Beckham?
Florentino was in a quandary!
(To be continued)