Chapter 214: The Decision to Win (64/136)

Despite the referee's restrictions, Valencia drew 1-1 away at Racing Santander and did not lose the game.

Acting head coach Pep Guardiola, who attended the press conference after the game, criticised the referee's performance.

"It doesn't look like there's any obvious miscalculation, but the fools know they're targeting us. As long as we have physical contact with the other person and the other person falls to the ground, it must be our foul. And they turned a blind eye to the big moves of the Racing Santander players...... I don't want to say anything more because I don't want to go to the stands to be a spectator for a few rounds of the league. That's the end of the referee's business, I just want to say that we are not as fragile as some people think! ”

The reporters in the audience were shocked by the momentum exuded by Guardiola, but they didn't expect that Pep, who has always been low-key and mild-mannered, also had such murderous times, especially what he said, which was really domineering.

Unexpectedly, Guardiola quickly divulged: "The above is what I often say. ”

The reporters pouted in their hearts: After doing it for a long time, it is still a good win...... Pep Guardiola is now a mouthpiece. After each away game, he called Chang Sheng, and then Chang Sheng told him what he said, and he relayed it to the reporters.

It's really boring for an acting head coach like this......

Of course, Pep Guardiola doesn't think so.

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Although Valencia did not win the game, Ibrahimovic was outstanding and scored the only goal for Valencia in the game.

In fact, Ibrahimovic has performed very well during this time.

Last five games. He scored seven goals, six in the league and one in the Champions League.

Especially in the league, a hat-trick and a brace.

His league goals have also increased to nineteen.

This is a new career high.

He scored just eighteen league goals last season.

Twenty-two goals have been scored in all competitions throughout the season.

Now, his tally of goals in all competitions is 28, with a strong chance of surpassing 30.

With Ibrahimovic performing well and the end of the season approaching, all sorts of people are coming alive again.

Rumours of a transfer for Ibrahimovic began to appear in the media.

What Real Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Manchester United, Arsenal...... These big teams are all recovering from their dives.

Two seasons in a row have made Ibrahimovic a favourite in the transfer market.

Especially his performance in the Champions League. In the first Champions League, he ended up scoring nine goals.

At present, the Champions League is not over, and he is temporarily in second place, tied with Mackay, Crespo and other players.

Such an outstanding performance has aroused the interest of the giants, and it is normal.

But Chang Sheng knows that at this time, the transfer rumors about Ibrahimovic are exposed, and it is definitely not as simple as gossip.

So when a reporter came to him and asked him what he thought about Ibrahimovic's transfer rumours, he remained silent.

He's waiting for the Lord to appear.

Sure enough, a few days later, Ibrahimovic's Raiola came to the door.

The agent again asked for a salary increase.

And this time. He is no longer demanding a salary of 45,000 euros, he is asking Valencia to meet his demand of 60,000 euros a week.

"Sixty thousand?" Chang Sheng stared at the contract and asked Raiola.

Raiola nodded, "Yes." The team's top scorer for two consecutive seasons and the second highest scorer in the Champions League this season...... I think it's worth the price. ”

Chang Sheng didn't directly slam the contract on Raiola's face like before, but put it down gently, and then nodded: "Okay, we will study it carefully and consider it." ”

Raiola also knew he couldn't just say yes to Chang Sheng, and it would be a good step forward to get the nod of the nod from the nodly tough manager. At least the other party didn't throw the contract directly in his face, so there was still something to talk about.

He believes that such a good performance by Ibrahimovic this season has put pressure on him to win.

Especially the Champions League performance. This is the most critical. A striker who can only score goals in the league has a very limited impact, and when he is able to attack in the Champions League, the situation is completely different. He can easily attract the attention of the giants of other countries.

In such a situation, there is no way to win and not bow down.

So Raiola left satisfied.

The victories who remained were lost in thought.

Sixty thousand euros, this Raiola can really open his mouth.

60,000 euros is a full 20,000 euros more than Valencia's maximum weekly salary.

Although Changsheng used part of his transfer budget to raise his salary budget this season, it was not to raise the bar for the new level, but to give a salary increase to players whose salaries were not high in the first place.

If you want to agree on Ibrahimovic's salary. That is to disrupt the salary balance of the whole team. What if I let the other players know?

Ibrahimovic can be sixty thousand? We don't want 60,000, we want 50,000, right?

When the time comes, Vicente, Villa, Deco, Baraja, Albelda, Ayala ...... These players are all running to ask for a salary increase, what should they do?

Disagree? There will inevitably be a gap in the heart.

Agree with one, what about the second? And the third? Endless. Is there any end to it? Do you really have to raise the salary of the whole team?

Then even if you agree, Jaime. Ottie didn't say yes either.

So in fact, Changsheng doesn't need to be considered and studied at all, it's just an excuse for procrastination. When he saw Raiola's request, he knew that there was absolutely no way he would agree to it.

A season ago, he didn't agree to Raiola's terms, and he could have pressed Ibrahimovic to the bench and told Raiola that the team had the final say, and threatened him with less and less. He even went so far as to be ruthless, thinking that if you continue to do this against Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu will completely press your players to death in the B team, just like that one.

Now, a season later, Chang Sheng doesn't do that anymore. He had a better way than to do it.

Ibrahimovic has such an agent, which means that his side will never be at peace. In order to repay his innocence, Chang Sheng planned to sell Ibrahimovic.

Although Ibrahimovic was snatched from Ajax by name, this does not mean that Chang Sheng has to stay with Ibrahimovic for a lifetime, he is very aware of Ibrahimovic's urine, and he knows that he and Ibrahimovic will have conflicts sooner or later.

Because he is a man with a strong personality, Ibrahimovic is no different. When the Swedes were young and not yet famous, they could still hold him down. I'm afraid that there will be a constant quarrel in the future.

Rather than that. It's better to sell him now.

You can make a little more money.

But to make a little more money......

Is it to give Ibrahimovic a boost?

You have to advertise your products to sell things.

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Everwin ended up making two decisions, one to sell Ibrahimovic and one to reuse Ibrahimovic at the end of the season.

It sounds contradictory, but it's just an advertisement for Ibrahimovic.

Promote Ibrahimovic so that it is also convenient for him to raise the price in the future.

Since you want to sell, you must sell it at a good price, otherwise you will lose money?

To Raiola, the reply to the constant victory is. The club's hierarchy is still considering the price, which is more than the team's top salary of 20,000 euros. They can't be careless.

His opinion is that the race for the league title is now at a fever pitch, with six rounds left and his team only three points ahead of Real Sociedad. You can't afford to be distracted when it's time to win the league title, and neither can the players, so can we wait until the season is over?

Raiola also feels that Chang Sheng's statement makes sense, since the club's top management is discussing this issue, then he is not in a hurry, anyway, a season is almost over. Waiting six more rounds of the league is not a big deal.

In this way, the two sides reached a consensus and did not talk about Ibrahimovic's contract renewal for the time being until the end of the league.

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After Chang Sheng succeeded in convincing Raiola to calm down, he turned around and was busy pursuing Ronaldinho.

He left PSG dry for half a week, and he felt that it was almost there.

So this time the offer of 35 million euros for Ronaldinho.

When PSG finally got an offer from Valencia, it was impossible to say exactly how they felt.

They suddenly had some anticipation. But I also felt a headache.

That's 35 million euros, 5 million euros more than last time.

In this way, Valencia is very determined to fight for Ronaldinho......

Thirty-five million is already a very high price.

But......

Paris Saint-Germain still refused.

But when they refused this time, they were looking forward to it in their hearts. How much will Valencia make the next offer?

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It's like a game of guessing between Valencia and Paris Saint-Germain.

PSG doesn't know if the next time Valencia will come out with rock or paper, or scissors.

This time, Chang Sheng did not wait another half a week, but made a new offer the next day.

Thirty-six million euros.

When PSG received the offer, they were all stunned.

It was all five million and five million before, but I didn't expect it to shrink to one million all of a sudden.

Disappointed, Paris Saint-Germain rejected Valencia's offer.

Although 36 million is already very good, it is still a bit short of their psychological expectations.

They were looking forward to using this direct refusal to make Valencia understand that you had increased the price too little!

At this time, the people of Paris Saint-Germain didn't think about whether Ronaldinho was for sale or not.

In the process of constantly rejecting Valencia's offer and receiving new offers from Valencia, Ronaldinho's status in their minds is gradually decreasing.

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PSG cleanly rejected the €36 million offer, which they had expected Valencia to do again soon.

Unexpectedly, this time they waited for a week, and they didn't wait for a new offer.

It seems that Valencia should have given up.

It stands to reason that they have given up on pursuing Ronaldinho and should make PSG feel relaxed.

But why is PSG a little stunned?

It seems that the other party has given up, which is a very bad thing......