Wenger made the final decision after watching the Leeds United match last night.
Actually, he received Primorac's message in the morning that there was some new news from Leeds United, saying that they had accepted an offer from a certain club.
Upon hearing this, Wenger immediately instructed Arsenal staff to do everything possible to verify it.
In his heart, Adebayor was already his for the taking.
The reason I told Primorac not to be too hasty was...
On the one hand, as mentioned earlier, he felt it was too expensive.
While it wasn't unbearable, he still felt it was too risky to spend 29 million to buy a player who had only just begun to emerge this season.
On the other hand, even if he brings in Adebayor, it's only to strengthen his squad depth and allow Adebayor to rotate when Henry's physical reserves are insufficient.
To put it bluntly, in his plans, Adebayor is just a role player, at least for next season. Although Wenger is very optimistic about Adebayor's talent, he has not yet been tested in the Premier League.
Wenger originally planned to go to Leeds in person to talk to Adebayor after the season ended, as he didn't believe that a 21-year-old would refuse Arsenal's offer.
If Adebayor can put pressure on Leeds United himself and then make his own offer, he should be able to save a lot of money.
But Henry's injury completely disrupted his plans.
Especially after hearing the news brought by Primorac in the morning, he still sent someone to verify the authenticity of the news first.
But in his heart, the idea of immediately buying Adebayor had gradually taken over.
Adebayor's performance in the Leeds United match that evening completely solidified his decision.
After the match, he had his staff send an email to Leeds United, directly triggering Adebayor's release clause.
He wants to kill all possibilities tonight.
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Upon learning of Arsenal's offer, Li Shiguang immediately woke up from his drowsiness.
After a quick wash, I came to the club without even having a meal.
Most head coaches would refuse offers for their star striker, but Li Shiguang was eager for offers to come in as quickly as possible, the more the better.
Upon arriving at the club, Li Shiguang immediately issued instructions to Arsenal to finalize the matter and sign the preliminary agreement that day.
At 4 p.m., Li Shiguang breathed a sigh of relief when Arsenal's letter of intent arrived via fax.
Selling Howard in the first half of the season was a last-ditch effort, as Leeds United were struggling to make ends meet at that time.
He initially bought Howard to make a quick buck.
Secondly, it was to sabotage Bates, because he knew that if Leeds United turned around, Bates' acquisition plan would fall through, so Bates would definitely buy Howard to strike at Leeds United.
All of this was actually part of Li Shiguang's plan.
However, Li Shiguang, who is determined to build a brand of black market stores, will not allow every player he sells to be a bad product. Otherwise, who would keep coming to Leeds United to buy players?
Although Adebayor's talent redemption card will expire next season when he joins Arsenal, his rapidly improved attribute panel after training with Li Shiguang and his own A-level talent are still there. Even if he is not as explosive as he was during his time at Leeds United, he will not be much worse.
Moreover, Wenger's skill level is undeniable, and it's believed that Adebayor will steadily improve under his guidance.
The same applies to the other players he plans to sell; if he successfully sells them, they won't be too bad.
In this way, word of mouth will spread, and eventually the brand concept that Leeds United's products are always of high quality will be established.
Li Shiguang became more and more excited as he thought about it, and quickly opened his email again.
Allen had mentioned on the phone that several other quotes had been sent to his email, so he needed to check them out quickly.
Upon opening his email, Li Shiguang found seven emails. He opened them one by one and read them carefully.
The first two are Liverpool's and Sevilla's offers for Milner. Liverpool's offer is €12 million, while Sevilla's is €13.5 million. When Li Shiguang renewed Milner's contract, the release clause was set at €25 million. However, Li Shiguang also knew that it would be difficult to sell Milner, who is only 19 years old, for that price.
Milner's current transfer value on the system is only 20 million euros.
However, Li Shiguang was clear that Milner was not only a football evergreen, but also had the potential to be a versatile player on the football field. He could play all positions except center forward and goalkeeper!
Therefore, Li Shiguang's target price for Milner is between 18 million and 22 million euros.
Both offers were too low, so Li Shiguang glanced at them and immediately ignored them.
The next three offers were for Sneijder. Interestingly, the first one was an offer from Real Madrid, who were originally slated to buy Sneijder in 2007.
It has to be said that Real Madrid truly lived up to their reputation, offering 28 million euros. Keep in mind that Sneijder's release clause was only 29 million euros. Real Madrid's offer was a direct punch to Li Shiguang's throat.
Inter Milan and Barcelona were much more modest, offering around 20 million euros each, so Li Shiguang simply skipped them.
After a moment's thought, Li Shiguang decided to negotiate with Real Madrid. If they didn't agree to change their offer, he would let Sneijder go for 28 million euros.
After all, this is a big client who isn't short of money. Let's build a good relationship first, and maybe we can take advantage of these big spenders a few more times in the future!
The last two offers were quite interesting.
One club is Manchester United, and the other is West Bromwich Albion; they both want to buy Tevez.
Manchester United's offer was reasonable, at €25 million for the Argentine, not much different from Tevez's €28 million release clause.
But Bates, the old man, sent Li Shiguang a €16 million offer, which was something he never expected.
During this time, he would occasionally keep an eye on West Bromwich Albion's situation and knew that Bates was having a tough time, being thoroughly screwed over by Howard.
With four rounds of Premier League matches remaining, West Bromwich Albion are only four points ahead of Crystal Palace, who are third from bottom, putting Bates under immense pressure.
"Could it be that even now, Old Deng still wants to ruin Leeds United by poaching players? It doesn't make logical sense. He only spent 15 million euros to buy Howard. Bates shouldn't have much money left, right? How can he still come up with 21 million euros to buy Tevez?" Li Shiguang muttered to himself.
After saying that, an idea suddenly popped into Li Shiguang's mind, so he called Allen over and instructed him to arrange for someone to investigate whether West Bromwich Albion had any plans to sell any of its current players.
Li Shiguang wanted to confirm his own thoughts.
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