Chapter 306: Su Dong, what a treat!

Su Dong joins Barcelona!

This piece of news was suddenly published on the front page of Barcelona's mouthpieces, Daily Sports and Mundo Deportivo, and immediately caused a huge response throughout European football, especially in Spain.

The front page of Daily Sports read [Su Dong belongs to us!], and the cover photo was a picture of Su Dong’s back, with a Barcelona jersey photoshopped on it, and the number on the back was the number nine Su Dong wore when he played for Valencia.

This was originally Kluivert's jersey number, but after Kluivert transferred to Newcastle, he gave up his No. 9 jersey, and now it has been handed over to Su Dong.

This is also the jersey number Ronaldo wore when he played for Barcelona.

The news from Daily Sports is that Barcelona has officially reached an agreement with Valencia on Sudong's transfer. The three parties are just waiting to sign and confirm. Sudong can already be considered a Barcelona player.

This is regarded by Daily Sports as a major victory for Barcelona in the transfer battle!

"Signing Su Dong means signing the most talented rookie with the most potential in world football today. Barcelona has an advantage in the competition for future talent reserves. Su Dong can at least ensure that Barcelona's forward line will be safe for the next ten years."

Daily Sports also reported the whole process of how Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in the transfer battle and signed Su Dong.

Apart from concealing some of the transactions between Laporta and Rosell, the report described the entire process in a brilliant and suspenseful manner, making everyone think how thrilling it was for Barcelona to sign Su Dong this time.

Finally, Daily Sports also revealed that in order to sign Sudon, Barcelona will pay a sky-high transfer fee of 80 million euros to Valencia, which will break the transfer fee record when Zidane transferred from Juventus to Real Madrid.

Barcelona's mouthpiece described Su Dong's transfer as crazy, but also said that the deal was worth it because Su Dong was only 19 years old! "You know, when Ronaldo transferred to Inter Milan at the age of 20, he also broke the transfer fee record in the history of world football. Now, we have signed back the 'Ronaldo' of the new century!"

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Mundo Deportivo also reconfirmed the record-breaking price of 80 million euros, and said that Real Madrid had offered this price before, and even Florentino could add another player as a bonus, but was still rejected by Valencia.

"Roig once promised Valencia fans that during his tenure, he would never let any Valencia player transfer to Real Madrid. Now he has fulfilled his promise!"

Mundo Deportivo believes that Barcelona's signing of Sudong for a record-breaking price of 80 million euros was indeed a gamble, but the strength and potential that Sudong has shown for two consecutive seasons are worthy of this price.

"We have every reason to believe that he will become an even better star than Ronaldo did back then!"

Mundo Deportivo also revealed that Barcelona is not fighting alone.

The club's main sponsor Nike also made efforts behind the scenes to facilitate Su Dong's joining Barcelona instead of Real Madrid.

"Sudong's sponsor is Nike, the American sports brand that is also Valencia's sponsor. It was Nike that persuaded Valencia to sign Sudong. Now, they don't want Sudong to switch to Real Madrid, which is sponsored by Adidas, so they persuaded Barcelona to sign Sudong."

"To this end, Nike will increase its sponsorship of Barcelona and work with Barcelona to further explore the Far East, especially the Chinese market. This will be a very good opportunity for Barcelona."

Mundo Deportivo also revealed that Audi was also involved in this transfer. The main reason was that Su Dong was the spokesperson for BMW. However, in this transfer negotiation, Audi, as the main sponsor of Barcelona, ​​won part of Su Dong's image rights.

That is, when Audi borrows the image rights of the Barcelona team, it can "appropriately" use Su Dong's image rights for publicity and promotion.

The restriction is that Su Dong cannot leave the country alone and must appear in the form of a team.

Mundo Deportivo believes that although Su Dong has not yet joined Barcelona, ​​he has already triggered fanatical pursuit from Barcelona's sponsors.

"Club management is considering striking while the iron is hot and selling Barcelona's chest advertisement, which will bring extremely rich profits to the club."

But Mundo Deportivo also revealed that Barcelona's management is taking a cautious attitude towards this, because in Barcelona's more than 100-year history, there has never been a chest advertising sponsor. If Laporta rashly advertises on his chest, it will definitely arouse dissatisfaction and protests from many fans, especially die-hard members.

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With the confirmation of Barcelona’s two major mouthpieces, European media gradually got wind of the news.

Su Dong transferred to Barcelona for a record-breaking price of 80 million euros, which undoubtedly came as a bolt of thunder in the calm summer transfer market and also brought about a series of chain reactions.

After missing out on Sudon, Real Madrid immediately proposed a replacement plan and signed youngster Michael Owen from Liverpool for 12 million euros plus Nunez.

Since Owen had only one year left on his contract with Liverpool, Liverpool chose to sell him to Real Madrid at a low price as Owen was reluctant to renew his contract. This also allowed Real Madrid to once again fulfill its strategy of signing one superstar a year.

On the contrary, Benítez, who had just coached Liverpool, was very dissatisfied because Owen was in his plan.

It would be fine if they didn’t have the money to sign Su Dong, but now they even sold their star forward Irving. What’s going on?

Manchester United, which had been quietly waiting in the transfer market but never made a move, announced after the news of Su Dong's transfer to Barcelona came out that it had signed the English young player Rooney from Everton for a sky-high price of 44 million euros.

This is another shockingly high-priced transfer!

Who is Su Dong?

The super genius who won five Golden Boot awards in two seasons was hailed as a rising star in European football who had the chance to challenge for the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or.

Such a player is worth 80 million euros, which everyone thinks is very expensive.

But what about Rooney?

Apart from the goal he scored against Arsenal, which ended the Gunners' 30-game unbeaten streak, what else does Rooney have to show for it?

He made 40 appearances for Everton last season and scored only nine goals.

But what about Su Dong?

Seventeen goals in the Champions League are more than Rooney!

For example, after the Spanish media announced that Sudon had transferred to Barcelona for 80 million euros, media all over the world exclaimed that Barcelona had been ripped off and that Sudon was not worth such a high price. Then, after Rooney transferred to Manchester United for 44 million euros, all the media changed their tone.

Su Dong, it's really good! Spanish star Luis Suarez even supported Su Dong in an interview with the media, saying that if Rooney is worth 44 million euros, then Su Dong is worth at least 100 million!

But the Spanish star also said that after transferring to Barcelona for a record-breaking fee, the most important thing for Sudong is to deal with the pressure and burden brought by the sky-high transfer. He hopes that Barcelona fans can give him more time and patience to help him integrate into the team.

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In a very short period of time, the news of Su Dong's record transfer quickly spread to every corner of the earth.

Everyone noticed that La Liga once again set a record high price.

A 19-year-old boy worth 80 million euros, this is crazy!

Especially in China and Asia, it caused a frenzy among the media and fans.

All those who had once questioned Su Dong were speechless at this moment.

Barcelona's 80 million euro transfer fee is ironclad evidence! Most people are excited about Su Dong's sky-high transfer, because Asia has finally produced its own superstar!

The AFC even published the news in the most eye-catching way on its official website, stating that Su Dong's transfer to Barcelona has opened up a new era for Asian players and reached a new height!

Gradually, as media around the world rushed to report on the incident, more and more inside information was uncovered.

For example, AS revealed that Barcelona offered Sudon the same salary as Ronaldinho, which is 5 million euros after tax. This proves that in the minds of Barcelona management, the two players have equal status.

On the tactical level, who will lead Barcelona's goals has become a question for everyone.

In an interview with the media, Rijkaard said that there was no problem with the cooperation between Su Dong and Ronaldinho.

"They are both phenomenal talents and I believe they will have great chemistry on the court."

In addition, Valencia Daily quickly revealed more details of the transfer.

"According to an insider who wishes to remain anonymous, Barcelona will pay the transfer fee for Su Dong in installments. When the two parties signed the contract, Barcelona paid the first 40 million euros in transfer fees, and then paid 10 million euros every year."

The Valencia Daily also revealed that after receiving the down payment from Sudon, the Bats will use it to pay for players such as Di Vaio that the new coach Ranieri wants to get, hoping that they can fill Sudon's vacancy in the new season.

"Ranieri is ambitious and firmly believes that he can lead this team, which has just won the La Liga and Champions League double, to continue to achieve good results in the new season!"

The Valencia Daily also interviewed players of the Bats, including Vicente and Aimar. Many players expressed regret for Sudong's departure, but they could also understand the club and Sudong's choice.

“This is professional football!”

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Valencia's strength was hit hard by Su Dong's transfer, and with Benítez's transfer to Liverpool, the prospects of the Bats in the new season are worrying. All media basically believe that it will be difficult for Valencia to reproduce the glory of last season.

Barcelona's strength has greatly increased after signing many stars such as Sudon and Deco.

After signing players such as Samuel, Woodgate, Owen and Gravesen, Real Madrid's overall strength has improved significantly compared to before, especially on the defensive end.

Therefore, it is generally believed that the new season of La Liga will be a duel between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The only suspense is who will have the last laugh between Real Madrid and Barcelona? Can Su Dong, who made a record-breaking transfer, continue his outstanding performance last season? Or will he be overwhelmed by the pressure brought by the huge transfer?

And all this will have to wait until the new season of La Liga is announced!

(End of this chapter)