the next day.
Li Shiguang, who had gone to bed after studying his new findings yesterday, woke up very early.
Without waking Shakira, who was still fast asleep, he tiptoed out of the room.
Before going to bed last night, Li Shiguang sent a message to Allen, asking him to come to his office this morning.
Li Shiguang decided to take a look at the offer emails Allen received yesterday.
If there are any issues that require price negotiation, it's best to start negotiating with the other party early on.
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"Boss, take a look. These are all the ones I've selected." After Li Shiguang sat down on the sofa, Allen neatly placed the printed price list on the coffee table in front of him before turning around and walking towards where Li Shiguang had put the tea leaves.
"Okay." Li Shiguang nodded, knowing that Allen was going to make him some tea, and quickly reminded him, "Make it a little stronger, I've been drinking too much alcohol these past few days, and I always feel a bit unwell when I wake up in the morning."
"OK."
Hearing Allen's response, Li Shiguang composed himself and picked up the stack of words in front of him, reading them page by page.
It's only seven or eight pages long, not many.
Allen rejected most of the offers yesterday.
The players he can get his hands on are either those he hasn't specifically told him not to sell, or those whose prices are too high for him to handle.
Unfortunately.
The offers in this stack of bids did not meet Li Shiguang's expectations.
Moreover, Li Shiguang has no intention of selling some of the players who have received offers, unless the players themselves make a request.
Earlier, he had already sold Toure and Pique, and Rivaldo was about to retire. In fact, Li Shiguang was still considering whether to strengthen the team's midfield and defense.
After all, Li Shiguang still has the Champions League to strive for next season.
Moreover, if the roster is complete and there are no injury problems, it's not impossible to lead these young men to compete for the treble!
I skimmed through it.
Of all the offers in the stack, the only one that Li Shiguang felt he could negotiate on was Sir Alex Ferguson's offer for Kasper Schmeichel.
Put down the order form in your hand.
Allen also brought over the brewed tea.
Li Shiguang took a sip, let out a comfortable groan, and leaned back on the sofa with his eyes closed.
Schmeichel can be sold!
This is the tone that Li Shiguang set for himself first.
Having been with Leeds United for so long, and with the help of his master coach and occasional substitute appearances, Neuer's overall rating has risen to B+. If all goes well, Neuer will officially reach A-level next season.
Although he's not quite up to par with Schmeichel, he's definitely good enough as the starting goalkeeper!
Moreover, in terms of talent and potential, the S-class Neuer is superior to the A+-class Schmeichel.
In the long run, Li Shiguang will definitely still prefer to use Neuer.
Regarding the backup goalkeeper, Ferguson's offer reminded Li Shiguang of someone.
If they sell Schmeichel, they can go to Atletico Madrid, who are currently struggling financially, and buy the 17-year-old De Gea as soon as possible. He would be more than enough as a backup goalkeeper.
Judging by the timeline, Li Shiguang felt that Ferguson was probably looking for a reliable successor for Van der Sar.
Li Shiguang had a memory of the Dutch goalkeeper.
Despite being 37 years old, Van der Sar is in excellent form. As a goalkeeper highly valued by Ferguson, he played the entire 2010-2011 season before officially announcing his retirement.
However, judging from Ferguson's offer to buy Schmeichel this time...
Perhaps Van der Sar's good form played a part, but another reason was that Ferguson had not yet found a perfect replacement for Van der Sar!
Ferguson's offer of 13 million euros was quite reasonable.
This price is comparable to the €500,000 Schmeichel paid when he joined Leeds United.
Li Shiguang has made a fortune.
Regardless of how well Schmeichel performs after leaving Leeds United.
Let's look at the comparison between these two prices.
Leeds United can truly be considered an absolute rip-off!
But when it comes to selling players, when has Li Shiguang ever been satisfied?
I could sell Howard, with his butterfingers, for 15 million euros. Now you want to take away the Premier League champion's starting goalkeeper for 13 million euros? Is that even possible?
Don't say Ferguson was no good!
Even if God came, it wouldn't work!
After making up his mind, Li Shiguang stealthily pulled out his phone from his pocket, found Ferguson's number, and dialed it without hesitation.
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"Li, instead of celebrating your championship, why do you have time to call me, your defeated opponent?"
Soon, Ferguson's voice came through the phone.
However, the tone and word choice sounded a bit sarcastic.
Li Shiguang isn't a Manchester United player, so he won't tolerate Ferguson's bad temper.
No sooner had Ferguson finished speaking than he retorted, "Alex, you said it yourself, so I'm going to tear up your quote and throw it in the trash."
I overheard the purpose of Li Shiguang's phone call.
Ferguson suddenly remembered that he had sent an offer email to Leeds United, and his tone softened immediately: "OK, I thought you were calling to brag about your Premier League title."
"What's there to brag about?" Li Shiguang said calmly, deliberately dividing his sentence into two parts. "Anyway, we'll win again next season!"
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Ferguson breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Li Shiguang was at least polite and knew that he was depressed because of losing the championship, so he didn't rub salt into the wound. But the second half of the sentence made Ferguson so angry that he almost threw his phone away!
Sensing the silence on the other end of the phone, Li Shiguang knew he couldn't provoke the old man any further on this issue, so he quickly steered the conversation back to the main topic.
"Alright, Alex, you still have a chance to win the FA Cup and the Champions League, so you probably don't care about my paltry sums. Let's get back to the main topic, Schmeichel, how much are you prepared to offer for him?"
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What do you mean by asking how much money I'm prepared to pay?
Didn't I already send you the money I was going to give you?
Li Shiguang's words caused Ferguson's already engorged brain to instantly shut down. He held his phone up to his face and stared intently at the screen, as if trying to see if Li Shiguang was really talking to him!
There was no sound from the other end of the phone for a long time.
This puzzled Li Shiguang. He also brought his phone to his eyes, saw that the call was still connected, and then brought it back to his ear, asking loudly.
"Hey! Hey! Alex? Are you still there?"
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