Chapter 233: Manchester City snatched Kroos for 50 million euros, shocking the entire football world!

"Mr. Walker, is Manchester City really willing to offer an annual salary of 8 million?"

In a mansion in Munich, Bayern's midfield star Kroos asked curiously.

He had tested Bayern's bottom line last year, and Bayern said that even if they renewed their contract with Kroos, their annual salary would not exceed 6.5 million euros.

But Manchester City is willing to offer 8 million, which is a quarter more than Bayern, which makes Kroos a little tempted.

His current annual salary is 4.5 million euros, which is not low in the Bundesliga, but it also depends on who you compare it with.

Compared to Muller's annual salary of only 3 million, it is indeed much higher.

But compared with the top two players in the team, they are far behind.

Before Bayern won the Champions League, Ribery's annual salary of 9 million was the highest in the Bayern team.

But last summer, after Bayern introduced Gotze, they offered him a salary of 12 million euros, the highest in the team! Then Bayern renewed Ribery's contract and raised Ribery's annual salary to 12 million euros.

Kroos has no objection to Ribery getting the highest salary in the team.

Ribery has played for Bayern for six or seven years. He has rich experience and outstanding strength, and is still the big brother of the team.

He deserves the highest salary! But why does Gotze deserve it?

Last summer, at almost the same time Bayern signed Gotze, Kroos asked the club for a contract extension and a salary increase.

He only wanted an annual salary of 6.5 million, but was rejected cleanly by Bayern.

Then Bayern gave Gotze an annual salary of 12 million, which made Kroos feel that he was not respected by Bayern.

After Guardiola came, Kroos was highly valued by Guardiola and his tactical position was even higher than that of Gotze.

However, when he thought about the fact that their annual salaries were almost three times different, Kroos inevitably felt unbalanced.

Therefore, at the beginning of the winter break, Kroos ignored Bayern's request for a contract extension.

Although the other party agreed to increase the salary to 6 million euros, this is still far from what Kroos asked for last summer, not to mention compared with Gotze's 12 million euros.

Kroos is well aware that doing so will cause dissatisfaction to Bayern and he is very likely to be sold by Bayern.

Therefore, when he made this decision, he was already prepared to leave the team.

As for where to go after leaving the team, Kroos already has his favorite team, which is Real Madrid! Real Madrid's lineup is strong and has the ability to win the championship. Joining Real Madrid can win various honors.

Moreover, Real Madrid is very rich. If he joins Real Madrid, his salary will definitely increase significantly.

There are not many teams in the entire football world that can both make money and win various honors, so the stars are flocking to Real Madrid, and many players have dreamed of playing for Real Madrid since they were young.

It's just that he is a little reluctant to leave Guardiola. Under Guardiola, Kroos learned a lot and grew a lot.

If he leaves Bayern, he will no longer receive Guardiola's guidance and training.

"Yes, this is not even the final offer. If we start negotiations with Manchester City, I am confident that I can help you get an annual salary of 9 million or even higher!"

Walker-Struth spoke eloquently. He said he was not bragging, but he had inquired about the annual salary within Manchester City.

As far as he knows, Manchester City's top star Lin Quan's weekly salary is 400,000 pounds, which is equivalent to an annual salary of about 25 million euros.

This is undoubtedly the highest salary in football, 8 million euros higher than the second-place Cristiano Ronaldo.

However, considering that Lin Quan went to Manchester City for zero transfer fee, this annual salary is not particularly exaggerated.

If Kroos goes to Manchester City, he will definitely not get such a high annual salary, but he should be able to get more than 9 million.

Among Manchester City's midfielders, Yaya Toure's annual salary is 12 million euros and David Silva's is 10 million euros.

Taking these two as reference, if Kroos joins Manchester City, his salary will not be lower than David Silva.

After listening to Walker's analysis, Cross became more and more excited.

The only problem that bothers him now is that he doesn't know how joining Manchester City will affect his career.

After all, he originally wanted to join Real Madrid this summer! "Do you think it's better for me to go to Real Madrid or Manchester City?"

Hearing Cross' question, Walker sat up straight.

He knew that this was the last and most crucial question.

As long as he can answer this question clearly, Cross can make up his mind.

"You have played against Manchester City before. What do you think of their strength?"

Instead of answering the question directly, Walker asked Cross a question in return.

"They are very strong, especially Lin. With him on the field, Manchester City's attacking threat is very big!"

Cross has played against Lin Quan for two seasons and has grown to admire him more and more.

Although many people outside still have doubts about whether Lin Quan can be ranked alongside Melo, in Kroos's view, this is something that does not need to be discussed. Lin Quan is undoubtedly a player of the same level as Melo.

"There are only three teams in the football world that have players of Lin's caliber: Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona. No matter which of these three teams you join, you have a chance to win the Champions League."

"But the financial strength of these three teams varies. Manchester City has the strongest financial strength and is the most generous, Real Madrid is second, and Barcelona is the weakest!"

"Therefore, under the same conditions of winning the championship, joining Manchester City can get higher personal treatment!"

"However, Manchester City is not a wealthy club, they are just an upstart without the foundation of a wealthy club. In addition, there are many games in the Premier League and the physical confrontation is very intense. In this case, it is easy for players to get injured."

Walker does not have many players under his management, and the only famous ones are Kroos and Reus.

Therefore, he will not delay the careers of two players just to make money.

In fact, when Reus returned to Dortmund, Volker was opposed to it.

He felt that with Dortmund's style of play, Reus' injury would be very serious.

The result he guessed turned out to be correct. After Reus went to Dortmund, he suffered serious injuries and minor injuries frequently.

But there was no way. Reus was a product of Dortmund's youth training and had deep feelings for his parent team. As long as Dortmund asked, he would not be able to refuse.

But Kroos does not have this problem. He is a very rational player. He will seriously weigh the pros and cons and find the most advantageous option for himself.

After listening to his agent's analysis, Cross thought for a while.

"Mr. Walker, please continue to negotiate with Manchester City to see how sincere they are. Also, you can try to contact Real Madrid!"

Last summer, after Ozil left the team, Real Madrid expressed their appreciation for Kroos and wanted to buy him to replace the aging Xabi Alonso.

But times have changed, and I don’t know if they are still interested in me now.

…

Guardiola was very angry. He had already rejected Manchester City's offer, so why was there still news that Kroos was about to join Manchester City? "Mr. Hoeness, Kroos is an indispensable and important part of the team. For the sake of the performance in the second half of the season, he cannot be sold easily!"

Guardiola seriously found the club manager Hoeness and once again expressed his attitude to him.

Hoeness said with a smile: "Don't get excited, Coach Pep, these are all spread by the tabloids. Don't be affected by these rumors."

Guardiola was skeptical about what Hoeness said. He felt that the other party did not seem to be telling the truth, but he had no evidence.

"It's better this way. If Kroos leaves the team, our strength will be seriously weakened. Not only will we not be able to go far in the Champions League, we may not even be able to win the league!"

In order to attract enough attention from the club, Guardiola even issued a threat.

It's just hard to say how effective his threats are.

After all, he is just the head coach of the team, not the manager of the team.

He has a say in team transfers, but does not have the final say.

Thinking of this, Guardiola remembered Manchester City's invitation to him before the season.

The Premier League seems to have adopted the football manager system. Coaches like Ferguson and Wenger are not only the head coaches of the team, but also the managers of the club.

Therefore, they have absolute decision-making power on player transfers!

I really wish I had this power!

…

Manchester City was just trying to catch rabbits while robbing straw, but they didn't expect Bayern's attitude to be so ambiguous.

This made Manchester City immediately understand that Kroos' transfer was possible.

"We have the opportunity to bring Kroos to the Etihad Stadium, but it may cost something. Coach Pellegrini, I need you to tell me now, if Kroos comes, can he help the team's strength and will not undermine the stability of the team's locker room?"

Sometimes, buying a top star may not be a good thing for a team. Instead, his arrival may undermine the stability and unity within the team.

For example, when Kroos comes, the main positions of these players in Manchester City's midfield will be threatened.

Therefore, they will definitely not welcome Kroos, and they may even feel insecure about the transfer and consider leaving.

"Kroos is very strong. If he can join the team, our tactical play will be richer and the depth of the bench will be deepened, so this is undoubtedly a reinforcement for the team!"

Pellegrini naturally would not refuse Kroos's joining. He has already thought about Manchester City's midfield configuration after Kroos comes to Manchester City: Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, De Bruyne and Kroos.

Among these four midfielders, there is one defensive midfielder, two all-around midfielders who are capable of both offense and defense, and one attacking midfielder.

Depending on the intensity of the game and the strength of your opponent, choose three of them to play.

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In this way, it is difficult for opponents to predict Manchester City's midfield configuration, but Manchester City can make personnel adjustments at any time according to the progress of the game.

He feels that he can come up with something new with just a few different combinations of midfielders.

As Manchester City's opponent, other teams must be having a headache!

"Since you said so, the club will go all out!"

After Fahim found out Pellegrini's attitude, he immediately sent someone to contact Kroos' agent and Bayern Club.

On the other hand, Walker went to Madrid and had contact with Real Madrid's president Florentino.

The old man is still very interested in Kroos and he expressed his willingness to make an offer to Bayern to buy Kroos this summer.

However, Real Madrid has no intention of making any personnel adjustments this winter! Real Madrid is now going all out to win the 10th Champions League trophy in its history. After half a year of adjustments by Ancelotti, the team's main framework and technical and tactical play have been determined.

So at this time Real Madrid does not want to bring in new players to cause changes within the team, resulting in fluctuations in their performance.

If they can win the Champions League this season, they would not mind making some personnel adjustments in the summer.

This summer, many Real Madrid players will participate in the World Cup, and after every major tournament like the World Cup, there will be very frequent transfers in the football world.

Therefore, after the World Cup, their main framework is likely to undergo major changes.

Buying Kroos at this time will not have such a big impact on Real Madrid.

After learning about Real Madrid's attitude, Walker immediately started negotiations with Manchester City.

Manchester City is very sincere. After some negotiations, they are willing to offer Kroos an annual salary of 11 million euros.

This is the second highest annual salary in Manchester City. Only Lin Quan, Aguero and Yaya Toure have higher salary than him.

These three people are either the core of the team or meritorious veterans, so it is normal that their salaries are higher than his.

In addition, Manchester City increased its offer for Bayern to 50 million euros.

This offer is one Bayern cannot refuse!

Therefore, Bayern will no longer set obstacles to the player's transfer. As long as Manchester City can convince the player himself, the transfer can be completed.

After Walker told Kroos the attitudes of Real Madrid and Manchester City, Kroos thought for a while.

"In that case, join Manchester City!"

After the transfer rumors broke out, Bayern fans who heard the news have started running to Kroos's home to try to keep him.

As the news spread, more and more fans came to persuade him to stay, and his door was blocked tightly, which had a serious impact on Kroos's private life! What's worse is that as he has not made a public statement, the attitude of these fans who wanted to keep him has begun to change. They seemed to be sure that Kroos would leave, so they were no longer polite to Kroos, and began to attack Kroos and insult him as a traitor to Bayern.

Some radical fans even tried to storm Kross's private residence, which made Kross feel that his personal safety was threatened.

After accepting Manchester City's offer, Bayern is no longer enthusiastic about renewing Kroos' contract, and it is even more impossible to offer him the same salary as Manchester City or Real Madrid.

So, Cross only had one option left: to leave.

On January 13, the day after De Bruyne transferred to Manchester City, Manchester City announced another major transfer.

Bayern's midfield core Toni Kroos officially transferred to Manchester City for 50 million euros. In the second half of the season, he will wear the No. 12 jersey to play for Manchester City.

Once this news was announced, it immediately shocked the entire football world! "Holy crap, is this true? Tony is actually going to Manchester City?"

"Manchester City has officially announced it, and today is not April Fools' Day, so this news is probably true!"

"Didn't Guardiola say Kroos was not for sale? How come he has become a Manchester City player in the blink of an eye?"

"There's nothing we can do, Manchester City gave us too much!"

"Indeed, 50 million euros to buy a midfielder with only one and a half years left on his contract is too extravagant. I am Bayern and I cannot refuse such an offer!"

"It still has to be you, Manchester City!"

“It feels so good to be rich!”

"To be on the other side of the coin, I think it's not a good thing for football that Manchester City keeps spending money like this.

This will seriously increase the value of players and the transfer bubble, making it more expensive for major teams to buy players.

In this way, small and medium-sized teams will have no qualifications to compete with the wealthy and powerful teams! "

"Although what you said is quite right, this shopping feeling is so great!"

"Indeed, I am a Manchester City fan and I feel great!"

…

There is still a lot of controversy in the football world regarding Manchester City's transfer.

Many people believe that since the Middle Eastern consortium took over Manchester City, the transfer market has been disrupted by them.

Before 2008, player transfer fees were not so outrageous.

However, ever since the Middle Eastern tycoons bought Manchester City, relying on their image as wealthy people, they have single-handedly raised the value of almost all the players.

Manchester City has nothing but money, so if they set their eyes on a player, they will compete for him at a higher price.

This means that any team that wants to compete with Manchester City must offer the same or even higher transfer fee as Manchester City.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for the club that holds the player to let him go. After all, whoever he sells doesn't matter. If they can earn a lot of money by selling him to Manchester City, why not do it?

Over the past few years, under Manchester City's financial offensive, the prices of players in the transfer market have risen rapidly.

They themselves certainly paid the highest price, but other wealthy families also suffered a lot of losses.

Especially a certain Galactico, who was cheated out of 100 million pounds to buy Bale. This price is not yet officially announced, and a role player must be found to share the transfer fee, otherwise he will not be able to explain to the team's boss Cristiano Ronaldo.

This makes the football giants really hate Manchester City, but they can't do anything about it.

The only way is to vent your anger by making big money from Manchester City when they take a fancy to your players.

After learning that Manchester City spent 50 million to buy Kroos, Barcelona regretted it so much!

Why don't you come and buy Fabregas for 50 million?

If the price is this, we will definitely sell it!

Lin Quan, who was attending the Golden Globe Awards ceremony at the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland, was stunned when he learned of Kroos' transfer.

Is this a butterfly effect brought about by himself? He remembered that Kroos transferred to Real Madrid and formed a ceremonial three-man midfield with Modric and Casemiro.

Why did he suddenly come to Manchester City? Guardiola, who was sitting next to him, was also stunned after hearing the news.

"Damn Hennes, how dare you lie to me!"

(End of this chapter)