Football Giants

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Fabio Licari sat in front of the desk of the Gazzetta dello Sport editorial office, exhaling a bit of resentment in his heart.

He just finished another front page news of tomorrow's Gazzetta dello Sport, headlined that Inter Milan will sign Real Madrid's midfielder, Khedira!

This is the exact news he just got from his Spanish counterparts. It is said that Marco Blanca, the technical director of Inter Milan, personally negotiated the contract and signed it. This transfer will be announced within a week!

Do the math, this is the first few transfers Inter Milan has made in the past month?

From Damian to Nainggolan, to Alan and Widmer, to Rugani, Dybala, Romagnoli and other players, there are both star players and talented young rookies. And the age of players is generally controlled under the age of twenty-five, such a signing strategy is undoubtedly quite smart.

More importantly, Inter Milan's transfer is obviously completely different from before.

Just like before, the Nerazzurri had worked so hard to raise a sum of money. They wanted to introduce a midfielder to the transfer market. They also liked a player from Brazil. The opposing club was also willing to sell. Players are even more eager to join the European team quickly. Under normal circumstances, such a transfer should be a three-way deal and negotiated quickly.

But the result?

Half a year later, the opposing club criticized Inter Milan’s negotiating attitude. Even the players said that Inter Milan lacked sincerity and refused to continue the negotiations. This transfer was finally declared aborted, and the midfielder immediately performed after he switched to his team. Brilliant.

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

Such a statement is purely for spoofing. The Nerazzurri cannot fail to understand how to spend money. It can only be said that they do not know how to act like the shrewd bald tycoon Galliani in Milan and operate the funds in their hands to benefit. maximize.

It is this kind of mentality of having no money on the one hand and having money on the other hand, thinking about how to spend less money, and ultimately led to Inter Milan's degenerate into a well-known Serie A team in the past few years.

All the people in the football circle are laughing, Inter Milan buys, there is only one request, cheap!

Let's take a look at the group of players in the team, how many can be the main force in the upper and middle teams of Serie A?

But what no one thought was that Inter Milan's style has changed completely after just changing a boss!

After the previous acquisition, the team's record was poor, and the fans immediately protested. Inter Milan was very faltering and the building was about to rush, but now, the team has won two consecutive victories after taking Udinese. Well done.

More importantly, the Nerazzurri changed its past hesitant style and quickly signed more than a dozen talented players, including 15 million euros. The introduction of De Bruyne from Chelsea is most exciting to Inter Milan fans.

In an interview, Mazzari said in a high-profile manner that De Bruyne is talented and has the opportunity to become a world-class star.

And now, the midfielder Khedira has been introduced!

It'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 in the middle of the night!

Who is this Chinese investor anyway?

Fabio Licari thought very depressed. He hadn't forgotten the scene where he was played on two months ago.

Under normal circumstances, if you are an external investor, after acquiring a team, there should be a period of adaptation.

For example, they should first familiarize themselves with the internal affairs of Inter Milan and understand the situation of the Nerazzurri, such as the team lineup, or the head coach, or personnel arrangements.

But this investor does not seem to need such a process at all. He seems to be quite familiar with and understand the professional football world. After entering Inter Milan all of a sudden, he immediately promoted the reform of the power structure of the Inter Milan management and supported Faso Nei, Branca, and Osiri, the three real power leaders, have established a balance of power.

At the same time, a dozen players were signed in at one go, many of which are still very unfamiliar. If it weren't for the introduction of Inter Milan, they might not have pronounced their names, but after understanding, they found that the evaluation was quite good.

For example, DeVry in the Eredivisie match Feyenoord, who has heard of it before?

But Fabio Licari went to get to know his colleagues in the Netherlands, only to find that they had a very high evaluation of DeVry, and even named him Stam II.

Who is Stam?

Who in the whole city of Milan hears this name and does not give a thumbs up?

The central defender combination formed by Stam and Nesta that year was the best in Europe, and the strength was outrageous.

Can this DeVry have Stam's strength?

No, there is no need to have Stam's strength. With his worth of only 6 million euros, he only needs to play half of Stam's strength, which is quite a bargain!

Therefore, Fabio Licari can almost conclude that Chinese investors are either very familiar with and understand football, or there is a person in his team who has been immersed in European football for many years.

Who is it then?

Fabio Licari certainly wouldn't believe that it was the man named Zhao with the title of club chairman.

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

After two beeps, the other party answered, seeming to be on the way, panting.

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

Fabio Licari smiled and greeted Paul Vigano on the other side of the phone.

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

Isn't Paul Vegano on the phone the head of Inter Milan's public relations department?

"Hey, Paul, don't be so polite. You have been making a lot of noise recently. If there is any heavy news, please let me know as soon as possible!"

Paul Vigano immediately nodded and agreed, "Don't you tell me, I haven't remembered yet, will you arrange Khedira news tomorrow?"

"Well, yes, I have already written the manuscript and will print it in a few hours!"

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

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

"Frankly speaking, we have given Khedira news to three newspapers with good relations, but I will give you the exclusive next."

"Exclusive?" Fabio Licari suddenly lit up.

"Yes!" Paul Vigano nodded, "I am busy going to a meeting now, and I can't say more about specific things. I will ask my assistant to send you a press release later. In addition to introducing Khedira from Real Madrid, Morata was also introduced!"

"Morata?" Fabio Licari was taken aback.

"Hehe, scary enough? I tell you, Marco decided in Spain. He will come to the team for joint training in the next few days. I will arrange for you to come and take some training photos. Trust me, there must be surprises. of!"

Fabio Licari was almost stunned.

Brother, can you tell me the best news in one go?

You burst out like this one by one, we are holding back very hard, okay?

However, if it is announced in one breath, I don't know if the hearts of the old Milan fans can bear it, if it is accidental...

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

The joining of Morata is indeed very popular. The Spanish center is very popular now, but compared with the boss behind Inter Milan, Morata is inferior.

"Say it!"

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

There was obviously silence on the phone.

"Hey, man, I'm just curious, really, I promise, I will never publish it in the newspaper. We have been together for so many years, you should trust me as a human, or..."

"I'm sorry, Fabio, I believe you, but frankly, I don't know many things, and I can't tell them. The above requirements are very strict on every department. I cannot disclose company secrets."

Fabio Licari was helpless, and sighed, "Well, man, I won't force you anymore, but I didn't expect that you are all working overtime now?

"Yes, the club has taken the land of the new stadium. There are a lot of things, and the team intends to participate in the International Champions Cup next year. A business development plan has to be drawn up. There are also a lot of things. In short... you understand. !"

"understand!"

At this moment, Fabio Licari faintly heard that someone on the other side of the phone was calling Paul Vegano's name, and the latter immediately agreed.

"Sorry, Fabio, I have to go to a meeting, goodbye!"

Hearing the busy beep on the phone, Fabio Licari was helpless, and he could only droop his head down.

On the other side of the phone, after Paul Vegano hung up, he opened the door of the conference room and walked in.

"Sorry, Mr. Fasone!" Paul Vegano apologized to Marco Fasone, the chief executive of the club, who nodded towards him and motioned him to sit down quickly.

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

The content of the meeting is not surprising, and it has a lot to do with the club's reforms in the recent period.

As we all know, there are only two ways for Inter Milan to get out of the current predicament, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and it is best to do both.

According to Fasone’s ideas, management reforms, cuts and integrates some departments, eliminates redundant staff in the club, especially some relying on the Moratti family relationship. After Inter Milan’s unpaid employees, the team’s management team is refined. A lot.

After the team ends this season, most of the players whose contracts expire will not be renewed.

If you consider selling or simply let them transfer freely, after sending off 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 is about 50 million euros before tax!

In other words, after the team's players changed, the team became stronger and the team lost 50 million euros in expenditure.

Of course, the main reason is that the high salaries of players including Zanetti, Cambiasso, Diego Milito, Samuel and Chivo were cut off. Among them, Diego Milito was as high as 4.5 million after tax. Euro ~ www.readwn.com ~ Cambiasso is also as high as 4 million euros after tax, and players such as Zanetti, Samuel, Pereira, Guarin and Chivu also have more than 2 million euros. Annual salary after tax.

Among the newly joined players, in addition to Khedira’s higher salary, 3 million euros after tax, slightly higher than at Real Madrid, and De Bruyne’s salary is only 2.5 million after tax. EUR.

Therefore, under the balance of the other, Inter Milan will save about 50 million euros in salary expenditure a year!

When Fasone said this, his heart was full of excitement, and some couldn't believe this number.

Because if this is the case, then the net investment of Young Master Huan would be only ten or twenty million euros, but the result has made Inter Milan's entire lineup configuration completely new.

Of course, such a large-scale reorganization, running-in is a big risk, no team will do it easily, and you have to use 130 million euros of funds to operate.

But no matter from which point of view, it is really a bargain!

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