Chapter 8 Two Generals
Luis Suarez, didn't take the invitation of Atletico Madrid seriously at all!
Who is he?
He was the top scorer in the Eredivisie last season and the Dutch Footballer of the Year!
With last season's brilliance and his performances so far in the World Cup, everyone in the world knows that he Luis Suarez will be the big star of international football in the future.
So far, there have been a number of clubs that have won league games with Ajax and negotiated a transfer for him, including AC Milan, Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid...... What is Atletico Madrid in the middle of this?
As for Atletico Madrid coach Wan Sheng?
Suarez is not at all dismissive, believing that he can perform well in any team he is in and will be the best star in the team no matter which coach he plays for.
So even if he leaves Ajax, he will not consider Atletico Madrid at all and join a mid-tier team in La Liga, how can he directly join the giants!
Suarez's idea may be a bit extreme, but it is actually the common mentality of many young stars.
Compared with Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester United and other giants, Atletico Madrid is really nothing, especially for confident young stars, Wansheng is not very attractive, they are more eager to join the giants, get a bigger contract, and have a higher reputation.
Atletico Madrid, which will not be able to participate in next season's European competitions, can have any attraction at all.
Suarez's case also gave Wansheng a wake-up call.
Everything went so smoothly before.
In fact, even when he was at Manchester City, Manchester City won the Premier League title for two consecutive seasons in order to attract the attention of countless media and fans, and recently attract stars like Torres to join.
Atletico Madrid, also known as a mid-table La Liga team with a bit of money, is too difficult to attract top stars.
Even if Wansheng has appeal, the big stars who have nothing to do with him are very confident, and they also believe that they can succeed when they go to other giants.
So it's very difficult for a team to bring in big stars.
Just like Chelsea in 2003, the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was very generous, but he still couldn't help Chelsea to recruit real big stars, they could buy 'second-rate' stars, and the top stars at that time didn't look down on Chelsea at all.
It's the same with Atletico Madrid now.
This time in Suarez ate a closed door, but Wansheng still had a harvest.
Next, Wansheng paid close attention to the World Cup matches and looked at the performances of the players in each national team in order to find the players who fit Atletico Madrid.
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In the World Cup, there are too many strikers who have performed well.
German teenager Thomas Müller is the brightest one, and the 21-year-old Muller was promoted to Bayern Munich's first team last year, but is now Germany's top scorer.
Spanish striker David Villa is also impressive, having just signed for Barcelona in May for a €40 million blockbuster.
Other outstanding performances include Higuain, Suarez, Fabiano and many other players, and to Wansheng's delight, Diego Forlan, who played for Uruguay, has been quite eye-catching, and after the quarter-finals against Ghana, he has scored four goals and became the most goalscoring player in Uruguay and even in the World Cup.
Disappointingly, there are few players who have shown great performance above and there are few who have any hope of joining Atletico Madrid.
In the end, Wansheng could only settle for the next best thing and target the veteran.
Klose.
After watching Argentina's quarter-final match against Germany, Wan Sheng set his sights on Klose.
In this Argentina vs Germany match, Germany won very smoothly, all four goals in the game belonged to Germany, and Klose made a pass and a shot, and his performance was quite eye-catching.
Under the 'Eye of Strength Evaluation', Klose's comprehensive ability evaluation can be seen at a glance.
The comprehensive evaluation of '90 points' is not very strong for a striker, but Wansheng values Klose's rich game experience and stable mentality.
Klose had only three chances in the game, but he took two of them and made a good pass and a shot.
This ability to seize opportunities is something that many strikers with stronger strength evaluations do not have.
wanted to bring in Klose, Wan Sheng suddenly felt that he had thought badly before.
Perhaps influenced by the successful introduction of Fernando Torres before his last season in charge of Manchester City, Wan Sheng has been considering bringing in a strong talented striker since taking charge of Atletico Madrid.
But in fact, the team already has talented strikers.
Aguero is only 22 years old and scored 17 goals in 31 appearances for Atletico Madrid last season, an efficiency that is quite good for a young 22-year-old striker.
In addition to Sergio Aguero, the team also has an efficiency veteran like Diego Forlan.
In addition, the young player Wang Qiuming brought by himself, if he behaves normally, he is enough to act as a qualified substitute.
So there are three people in the front line.
One is the efficient Forlan, the other is the talented striker Sergio Aguero, and the other is a very young substitute, what is missing is not a talented striker at all, and Klose, as a very efficient veteran, is enough to fill the last remaining position.
There are four players in the front line, just right to balance.
If you add a talented striker like Suarez, there will be a conflict in positioning, and Aguero is also a genius, and the two are likely to have a conflict because of the appearance problem.
So Suarez's rejection of the transfer request is a good thing.
Wan Sheng figured it out.
After the decision was made, Wansheng quickly asked the club to contact Bayern Munich.
Compared to Suarez, Klose's transfer is much easier.
At just 24 years old, Suarez is about to enter the prime of his professional career, and his future performance is predictable, he is sure to become a top striker, and a lot of big clubs are hoping to get their hands on this talent.
Klose is the opposite.
Klose is 32 years old, no one can guarantee the status of a 32-year-old veteran, and in addition, he has only one year left on his contract with Bayern Munich, which Bayern Munich does not even plan to renew Klose's contract.
In this case, when it was learned that Atletico Madrid wanted Klose, Bayern Munich's senior management did not think much about it and opened negotiations with Atletico Madrid.
It only took two days, and the results of the negotiations were already in.
As long as Klose himself agrees, Atletico Madrid can take him away for a transfer fee of 4 million euros.
The next step is to get in touch with the players directly.
Wansheng has contacted Klose's agent, Hüt.
During the World Cup, it was not easy for players to go out alone, so Hütt came to meet Wan Sheng on behalf of Klose, and for the sake of the secrecy of the transfer work, the location was still in the hotel room.
"Thank you for taking a fancy to Milos!" Xu Te smiled and shook hands with Wan Sheng.
Schütte was delighted to learn that Atletico Madrid were interested in Klose and that an agreement had been reached with Bayern Munich soon.
Hutte is not a very successful agent, and Klose is the most valuable star under his command. There are also a few other young players who have not played well in Germany.
Even Klose has not left Germany for more than ten years, and has not performed well at Bayern Munich in the past two years.
In 2007, Klose was Germany's most valuable star, and many big clubs were interested in him at that time, and France Football estimated that he was worth 30 million euros.
But since coming to Bayern Munich, Klose has struggled to adapt to coach Louis van Gaal.
As a result, Klose did not perform well at the club, and last season, with the arrival of Gomez and the explosion of young player Muller, Klose had to be reduced to a substitute, and he only scored five goals for Bayern Munich in a single season.
Although Klose has performed quite well for the German national team, Bayern Munich has actually lost his place.
This is one of the reasons why Bayern Munich are eager to dispose of Klose.
Hütte originally thought that Klose would only be free to join other teams next year, but he did not expect Atletico Madrid to consider inviting him to join.
In fact, the biggest obstacle to Klose's signing is the high salary.
Klose is one of Germany's top stars, and his salary at Bayern Munich is 7 million euros before tax.
According to Germany's tax policy, high-income people with less than 10 million euros pay a tax rate of 44.76%, and Klose's annual salary after tax is about 3.8668 million euros.
This is also something that Atletico Madrid must take into account.
On behalf of Klose, Hütte put forward two 'demands' for Atletico Madrid to choose, one is to sign a (2+1) contract, which will be automatically renewed for one year for a signing fee of 2 million euros if the number of appearances is sufficient, and the other is to sign a guaranteed three-year contract.
The salary contract of the two options still needs to be discussed in detail, but even if Klose takes the initiative to talk about a salary cut, his salary will definitely not be low.
After thinking about it, Wan Sheng finally shook his head and asked Xu to negotiate with the transfer department of Atletico Madrid. He is the head coach of the team, not a professional salary contract.
But regardless of what Klose's salary will be in the end, Wansheng informed the club in advance that he would choose the latter.
If memory is correct, Klose has a long career ahead of him.
In the 2014 World Cup, he would also play for Germany and score goals, which shows that after four years, even if his fitness has declined, he is still in good shape, so signing a three-year contract is completely acceptable.
Wansheng doesn't care about these details.
While the contract was being negotiated with Klose, the England squad had already returned home and Morris had flown to Madrid, Spain.
Atletico Madrid soon signed Morris on a three-year contract through Tagorevan's agent.
In this way, Klose and Morris are two big players who are confirmed to join the team.
After that, the main squad is added, and there is only one target left, and that is David Silva or Mesut Ozil, and either of the two will be heavyweight transfers. (To be continued.) )