Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Force the Prince to Abdicate
After the European Cup, the scandal between Ronaldo and Real Madrid was rampant throughout the football world. Everyone knew that the two were in love. Many British media took photos of Mijatovic and Sanchez flying to Manchester to talk with Manchester United CEO David Gill.
When the news of Robinho's transfer to Manchester City was confirmed by both clubs, and Soldado was notified to leave the team next season, even though Real Madrid had not officially made an offer to Manchester United, countless people were very sure that the Portuguese was very close to Real Madrid.
Calderon has a lot of skills to have been able to stay in the position of Real Madrid president for so long and has not stepped down yet. He is not a person who puts all his eggs in one basket.
Although Leandri has already agreed to transfer and does not rule out going to Manchester United, he cannot pin all his hopes on it.
He sent Mijatovic to have a good talk with Mendes. The agent, who is increasingly dominant in Portugal, is also happy to see Ronaldo's transfer. Real Madrid, whose star power is gradually fading, needs a real superstar to carry the banner, and Ronaldo also needs to change place to challenge himself.
On the other hand, everyone knew that the biggest reason why Beckham left for the Bernabeu was his disagreement with Ferguson. Calderon decided to recreate the scene of that year and took the initiative to stir up the disagreement between the master and apprentice who were like father and son. AS, Marca and other well-known newspapers in other countries have challenged Manchester United and Ferguson's bottom line time and again.
"C Ronaldo is a slave of Manchester United"
"Ferguson made early plans, using emotional cards just to keep the Portuguese"
These reports that made Manchester United fans dizzy were all instructed by Calderon.
When did Manchester United ever enslave Ronaldo? When did Ferguson become so sinister? If this is really the case, will Ferguson send Van Nistelrooy away in order to ensure Ronaldo's core position in the team, and let the British star Rooney switch sides to make way? Manchester United’s current team system is built around Ronaldo.
The Portuguese wanted to challenge himself elsewhere, Glazer wanted to get enough transfer fee, the team also had the players they wanted, and Ferguson agreed after some hesitation. Since Ronaldo's father passed away, Queiroz and Ferguson have been acting as father figures in his life. Sir Alex Ferguson does not want this player who came to the UK alone from Madeira and has deep feelings for the team to end up parting ways with the club in an ugly way. How could he not know about Calderon's behavior? But he must consider the team and the players. No one can do whatever they want without restraint, especially Ferguson as the helmsman of Manchester United.
But all restraint came to an abrupt end when the three parties discussed the transfer of Ryan Deli.
Manchester United and Real Madrid have basically finalised the details of Ronaldo's transfer, and the announcement will be made once Leandri's transfer is finalised. Ferguson focused his attention on Leandri. Manchester United offered 5 million euros to Real Madrid and negotiations began in Manchester on the day the offer was made.
Only Mijatovic and the lawyer came from Real Madrid. Knowing that they couldn't keep it secret, Mijatovic explained the matters involving Ronaldo's transfer to Leandri's team before coming, and also promised to do everything possible to get better treatment for Leandri.
Leandri's team consists of agents and legal advisors. Karl Lagerfeld also put his personal assistant Manuel, who has been with him for more than ten years, into his youngest son's team.
On Manchester United's side are CEO David Gill, Ferguson and the staff in charge of transfers.
Before coming to the UK, Florentino reiterated to Leandri and his entire team individually that immediate interests are not permanent interests. As long as Leandri's future career is stable and excellent enough, suffering a loss or a lower salary now is not the most important thing.
But Leandri's entire team did not expect that this sincere loss would actually trample on the players' dignity in this way.
The contract with Manchester United is for 4 years, and the annual salary and various floating bonuses are above the average level of Premier League goalkeepers. Although there is still a gap from the salary of Cech and others, it is already a big contract for a player who has not yet proven himself in the top arena. At the same time, the team guarantees that Ryan Deli will have enough appearances at Manchester United. Ferguson outlined his vision for how he would nurture Leandri's growth. The plan was so detailed that everyone present could feel Sir Alex's love for Leandri and his sincere desire to nurture him for Manchester United's upcoming comeback.
All of this was satisfactory until agent Carvajal turned to the end of the contract and asked why the transfer fee on the contract was marked as 2 million.
"The offer was 5 million euros, why has it become 2 million euros now?"
David Gill frowned and looked towards Real Madrid, "Mr. Mijatovic, didn't you reach a consensus with the players?"
The Montenegrin was not worried at all and indicated that he would talk to the players first.
"Hey, Ryan, we do this to maximize your interests. A lower actual transfer fee can ensure that your salary is higher. Of course, you don't have to worry. When it is announced to the public, your transfer fee will be 5 million euros."
Mijatovic never thought that this was a big deal and that all problems could be solved with monetary compensation.
Manuel directly retorted, "What Leandri needs is respect, not money. We are not short of money!"
Mijatovic didn't expect the two to react so strongly. "Leandri's salary is already much higher than his peers in the same position. Isn't this respect?"
If the transfer fee is reduced, the player's personal contract can be increased. Many players in the football world will try every means to lower the transfer fee in order to improve their own treatment. Such operations are very normal in the football world and are even pursued by many people. Mijatovic didn't think this was a big deal at all, but it happened to explode here.
"Salary is a recognition of the players' abilities, isn't transfer fee the same? We don't need a shady contract. You didn't explain this to me and my players before we came here. If we had known this, we would never have agreed to it."
Carvajal never thought that they were so bold and made such a decision without informing them in advance. The Perez family is not short of money at all. If this contract is signed today and once it is exposed in the future, Leandri's personal image will definitely be halved, and even his professional career will be greatly affected. Mijatovic said he would try his best to fight for it. Is this the way he will fight for it?
"The team wasn't good enough for you, we even let you start in the last game instead of Casillas."
Leandri remained silent, but Mijatovic's words made him stand up from his seat. "What I want is to take over the starting position from Igor in an upright manner, not what you call charity."
Originally, Leandri couldn't figure out why Casillas was suddenly replaced by him as goalkeeper in that game, and Schuster's expression towards him was not friendly either. Today the truth came out.
Manchester United saw that Real Madrid suddenly started an internal conflict, with the management and the player team confronting each other. David Gill and Ferguson listened to the translator whispering their conversation into English. Before they could recover from the shock, they saw the player, who had most of his body in their Manchester United arms, stand up angrily.
"If you refuse, you won't have any chance to play in the team!" Mijatovic saw that Leandri was leaving and threatened him in front of everyone without thinking.
Leandri didn't want to pay any attention to him. He calmed down and looked at Ferguson to apologize in English. "I'm sorry, Mr. Ferguson. I didn't know there would be changes in the transfer fee before. No one informed me, and I couldn't accept such a contract."
Before Ferguson even plugged in the hair dryer, David Gill slammed the table and said, "Mijatovic, are you kidding us? You're arranging a contract negotiation with us without even knowing the players' situation?"
Manchester United management has long begun to observe Leandri's situation. His talent and physical fitness prove that it is only a matter of time before he replaces Van der Sar. Once a player has a brilliant performance on the field, he will be renewed and his salary will increase, but it will also be maintained in a relatively reasonable range. Therefore, Manchester United would like Leandri's transfer fee to be reduced. According to their speculation, Leandri's salary will increase soon, and now it is still considered to reduce costs.
Leandri's entire team stood up and prepared to leave, but Carvajal directly terminated the negotiations.
Mijatovic is as anxious as an ant on a hot pan at the moment. He will definitely persuade the players to apologize to David Gill immediately.
But everyone knows that the transfer has fallen through. The player involved has a wealthy family and is the son of the former chairman. How could he come to Manchester United after being tricked like this today?
Before Leandri's plane landed in Madrid, Ferguson's anger had spread to every corner of Europe.
Manchester United will not talk about the yin-yang contract. They will point the finger at Real Madrid for ignoring the player's personal wishes and demands when starting negotiations, and ultimately the parties parted ways unhappily.
Raul Guti and others immediately called the agent. Casillas had just been freed from a series of activities after winning the European Cup. Before he could spend two days leisurely on vacation, he found out that the little sweet potato he had been taking good care of was going to transfer, and it was a big deal. Carvajal was also busy with many things and had no time to explain more.
Florentino had previously swallowed his anger for the sake of his son's career, but it turned out that taking a step back would not bring about a broader future.
At the behest of his boss, Manuel began to expose a series of scandals involving Calderon on a large scale. In addition to Spain, Germany, Britain and France followed suit.
Calderon was previously exposed by Mundo Deportivo, AS and other media for suspected embezzlement and TSLS, but the news disappeared within two days. Today, those reporters came out to testify that Calderon used a large sum of money to keep his mouth shut, and also posted the transfer records at that time.
When asked why they kept silent for so long and came out again now, several reporters were indignant without blinking, saying that they were just waiting for an opportunity to make sure Calderon could never recover. The reporters did not even touch a penny of the hush money they had originally given. Many fans were moved by their professional ethics.
Few people would remain unmoved by such a large sum of money, unless there were greater benefits to be gained, and Manuel would have found these people long ago.
The transaction records of Calderón’s business card account suddenly appeared on the Internet, and the fans could see clearly that Calderón even required the club to pay for a cup of coffee. At the same time, Marca exposed the behavior of Real Madrid president secretly reselling tickets.
Before the Meilingers could carefully study how closely the IL company that resells tickets has ties with the chairman, Calderon was preparing to send out lawyer's letters everywhere, and Cristina, the former Real Madrid secretary who was contacted through Eric, reappeared in front of everyone.
This young lady, who was once in charge of Real Madrid player contracts, completely exposed the black money incident that the club's top management had tried every means to cover up.
Gago's actual transfer fee was 15 million euros, while the publicly announced fee was 20 million euros. Higuain transferred from River Plate to Real Madrid for 12 million euros, of which 5 million euros disappeared. Pepe's transfer fee was only 18 million euros, but Real Madrid's account was short of 30 million euros. The day before Van Nistelrooy signed the contract, the transfer commission was only 1.2 million euros, but it soared to 4.2 million euros a day later.
Everyone has heard about the black gold incident, and it was finally revealed today. However, this Real Madrid female secretary decided to celebrate the New Year today and talked about a lot of inside stories.
After Calderon was elected president of Real Madrid in 2006, he kindly arranged jobs for many of his relatives. Family members who did not understand finance played important roles in financial positions, while relatives who did not understand publicity had nothing to do in the publicity department and received pensions at a young age. They became Real Madrid officials without any assessment, received high salaries and even kept hindering the club.
What made Calderón's approval rating drop to freezing point in an instant was the incident in which Real Madrid board executive Bravo made matters worse. At such a turbulent time, he took the initiative to disclose the club's debt problems to the media. In just two years since Chairman Calderón took office, Real Madrid's debt has piled up to 230 million euros.
Calderon knew that all this was fueled by his competitors, and the biggest contributor was definitely Karl Lagerfeld.
When he was caught by a reporter from The Sun and asked about the transfer of Leandri to Real Madrid and Manchester United, he couldn't hold it in and threatened that Real Madrid would not give any players who did not consider the club any chance to play.
Redondo, who was still drinking yerba mate tea with Maradona and others in Argentina, suddenly announced his resignation from Castilla. Juan Mata and Arbeloa also stood up and said that they thought their transfer was a joint decision of the management and coaching staff, but in fact Redondo was not aware of it. There was also a Melinger who worked in Real Madrid who took the initiative to disclose that Redondo and his assistant had a conflict with Mijatovic at the door of the conference room that day.
Even Capello, who became the England coach, once again accused Mijatovic of a series of outrageous behaviors. The Italian was still upset about being fired by the team for the second time while on vacation in Xi'an last year.
The British media, who are good at "observing the slightest details", dug out some internal information about the transfer between Real Madrid and Manchester United from somewhere. The British media saw in the news that Mijatovic had taken the initiative to propose to David Gill to buy Ronaldo with Leandri plus a penalty. In other words, Real Madrid was actually preparing to give Leandri as a stepping stone to Manchester United. Later, Manchester United offered 5 million euros but it became 2 million during the actual contract negotiation. The news also broke out all at once. At the same time, Mijatovic's exaggerated remarks at the negotiating table threatened Leandri in public that if he did not transfer, all his playing opportunities in Real Madrid would be cut off, which made the fans break their defense.
Ferguson directly sued Real Madrid to FIFA, angrily saying that he would not sell even a virus to Real Madrid. Manchester United's top star Cristiano Ronaldo said that he would continue to stay at Manchester United this summer and continue to conquer cities for Ferguson.
The Meilingges' anxious hearts finally calmed down.
The major media and fans are enjoying eating the gossip about Real Madrid at the moment, but Leandri needs to resolve his contract issue immediately.
This time, it was Karl Lagerfeld who accompanied him personally. When they arrived at the door of Calderon's office, Florentino chose to stand at the door instead of going in. This was the result they had discussed before they came.
Leandri was going to force the prince to abdicate to complete his mission. The old man also agreed to let his son, who had suffered a great injustice, go in and take revenge first. Anyway, he would be the one to finish everything. The old man could defeat thousands of troops alone and escort the prince to take action.
"Mr. Calderon." Leandri looked at the chairman who had no time to take care of his appearance. He did not overstep the line and still stood in front of his desk as before.
Calderon's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the tall young man in front of him with hatred. In his heart, he always felt that if Leandri hadn't interfered, he wouldn't have to suffer this kind of suffering these days. "Why, have you decided to transfer now? The club won't let you go."
Leandri didn't care much, "I'm here to persuade you to resign. This position is not for you."
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"Who's coming? Your dad?" Calderon said sarcastically, "Even if it's a mess now, it doesn't matter. I won't fall down that easily!"
Calderon certainly had his ways, but it had come to this point, and Leandri really didn’t want to say anything more to the still struggling president, so he chose to get straight to the point, “You don’t think that’s all we can do to find Cristina and have her accuse you, do you?”
"Have you forgotten that you forged the ballot?"
Calderon directly threw the folder on the table over, but Leandri dodged it easily. Do you think you are Cristiano Ronaldo or Ibrahimovic? At most, you can be considered as the start of the round god!
Leandri turned sideways, but the sound of the folder falling heavily to the ground made the old man push the door open and come in. Behind him were his assistant Manuel, Real Madrid executive Bravo and others, and even Sanchez, the new sports manager who was highly regarded by Calderon.
"3,372 ballots were re-filled. You should not have become president in the 2006 election." Florentino, who had been watching the situation outside the door, delivered the last straw, leaving Calderon speechless.
"Cristina's one-sided statement doesn't mean anything." After a long while, Calderon squeezed out these words in his hoarse voice.
Bravo couldn't stand seeing Calderon's expression anymore and said, "Since we have the exact number, there must be no only one witness." When the evidences were placed in front of him one by one, Calderon finally faced the reality.
"Resign voluntarily, Calderon. The secret of the mail-in ballot case will be buried among us. Even if you and Mijatovic reveal the dirty money, we will not pursue you in court." Florentino's last words gave him the final word and sentenced him to death. Although he has been away from Real Madrid for more than two years, his shadow can be seen everywhere in Real Madrid after the reorganization.
Although there are rumors of vote fraud, Florentino, who has all the evidence, will never let the truth be made public. This will be a huge blow to Real Madrid's image, and it will not be good for anyone to force Calderon into a desperate situation and end up with a lose-lose situation.
Without even waiting for an answer, several people left one after another. At this point, Calderon had no other choice.
"Leandri is not your biological son, so are you going to use him to get yourself back on top?" But in the end, Calderon still wanted to disgust the old man. In his opinion, since Florentino had already begun to gradually infiltrate the management, he would naturally not be completely unaware of Leandri's transfer, but he still allowed things to develop to the present point. Calderon stubbornly believed that Florentino was using Leandri as an opportunity to find an opportunity to return to Real Madrid.
Calderon didn't understand, didn't understand how Florentino doted on his children. If he and Mijatovic had not been so obsessed with money and came up with a shady contract about the transfer fee, the old man would have sincerely agreed to let Leandri go to other clubs to train, and he would not care if the child was wronged now. And with Leandri’s transfer coming to this point, with even some of the details leaked, both father and son are somewhat embarrassed. But for a father who dotes on his children, long-term growth is what he wants to give them most. Ryan Deli has a long future ahead of him. Sooner or later, football will enter the era of money. Ryan will encounter more temptations and traps. This is a lesson for his growth, but it is just more profound. Florentino is not afraid of things being messed up, because he has everything covered.
Florentino didn't want to tell Calderondo, but Leandri didn't want to be provoked by him for nothing, "How do you know I'm not willing to work hard for my father?"
The old man rubbed Leandri's hair affectionately. The child had grown very tall, and he had to stretch his old arms and legs to pat his head.
On August 13, the farce in Real Madrid finally came to an end, with Calderon, Mijatovic and others announcing their resignations. Calderon admitted that he made some mistakes during his tenure, but they were all due to his limited ability. He denied everything else and hoped that his resignation would help the turbulent Real Madrid return to calm.
Florentino dealt with the Montenegrin and returned the money with interest, leaving him unable to even afford a flight back home. In addition, as agreed, he did not investigate Calderon further and let him go. But Eric, who knew his friend was humiliated, did not have such a good temper. Real Madrid's affairs should be resolved by Real Madrid. The little noble Alba found someone to hold Calderon against tsls and keep putting pressure on him. This is a serious crime everywhere, and Calderon's imprisonment is inevitable.
[Ding, the side quest "Forcing the Emperor to Abdicate" has been completed. ]
When Calderon became history, Vicente Boluda, who owned the largest fleet in Spain, took over as president. He also made it clear that he was a transitional president and would not participate in the December election. At the same time, the old man stood on the stage and claimed that he would bring Real Madrid back on the right track.
Real Madrid's summer performance was like a farce that made many people laugh at it, but the European summer transfer window was not suspended because of the melon-eating.
AC Milan spent 25 million euros to sign Ronaldinho, and Inter Milan brought in Mancini Jr. and Eto'o.
In the Premier League, Chelsea and Manchester United are still competing for Berbatov.
In the Bundesliga Bayern, Rensing finally got rid of Kahn and took over the No. 1 jersey of Bayern, but he made frequent mistakes in the German Cup and the first round of the league in August, conceding 5 goals in two games and losing the ball several times. In addition, he made many mistakes in the few appearances last season, which made Klinsmann have no trust in him. The team's second goalkeeper Butt was even more useless. The Bundesliga big brother quickly began to hook up with Adler from Leverkusen, but Bayer Leverkusen has no other goalkeeper who can stand up except Adler, and the two teams have not yet reached a conclusion on this deal.
Bayern's second goalkeeper Butt is a bit overwhelmed. He never competed with younger players when he was in Leverkusen. Now that he has gone to Bayern, he may have to start competing with young players again next season.
Dudek has returned to the team after recovering from his injury, and Leandri's agent is now looking at several offers in his hand and wondering which one to choose.
And Leandri was still trying to comfort the irritated Casillas with a headache on his face.
"Igor, you also know that Ryan needs competition training now." Raul said earnestly, his mouth almost dry.
"I'm going to beat up those two old thieves, Mijatovic and Calderon!"
Guti asked Leandri what he thought. There are many teams that want the prince of Real Madrid. Wenger has been trying to get an offer from Real Madrid and wants to bring the prince back to London.
Redondo, who had just returned from Argentina, was also reading the news and making careful plans for Leandri.
"I have discussed it with Gines and his father. There is a high probability that he will go to Leverkusen."
While Bayer Leverkusen fans were scolding Bayern for being unrefined and wanting to use an excavator again, Leverkusen's sports director Voller offered Real Madrid 7 million euros for Leandri.
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