Chapter 300: Paris Saint-Germain's official offer shocked the entire football world
This gossip disclosed by L'Equipe immediately caused an earthquake in the entire football world once it was announced.
"200 million euros? That's crazy, right?"
"I remember two years ago there was news in the UK that Manchester City had offered Messi to Barcelona for 200 million euros!"
"Well, that's what happened, and it was rejected by Barcelona!"
"If Messi was worth 200 million two years ago, then taking Manchester City's offer for Messi as a reference, plus inflation, Paris Saint-Germain's offer doesn't seem to be very high?!"
"Manchester City seems to have signed Lin Huang for free, right? If they really sell him to Paris Saint-Germain, wouldn't they be able to make a net profit of 200 million?"
"Manchester City doesn't need the money, right? If they really sell Lin Huang, where will they find a replacement?"
"How about buying James Rodriguez?"
"Haha, Barcelona has raised the offer to 88 million euros. Manchester City will have to spend at least 90 million euros to buy James Rodriguez. They sold Lin Huang for 200 million euros and then spent another 90 million euros to buy James Rodriguez. They are going to overturn the team's existing tactical system just to earn 110 million euros. Are they crazy?"
"Indeed, unless Manchester City is crazy, there is no way they will agree to this transfer. Besides, James Rodriguez can't replace Lin Huang!"
If ordinary fans can still discuss this transfer rumor calmly with a mentality of watching the fun.
When those Manchester City fans heard the news, they were all panicked.
"Is Emperor Lin not leaving?"
"He will definitely not leave. Lin Huang is not for sale at Blue Moon. You want to take him away for just 200 million? It's impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"But what if Emperor Lin wants to leave on his own?"
When this question came out, Manchester City fans panicked even more...
In order to retain Lin Quan, many Manchester City fans spontaneously went to Lin Quan's social media accounts and posted comments in groups to retain him, hoping that he would stay in Manchester City.
Some fans went to the club's official website and strongly demanded that the team keep Lin Quan.
"Lin has made great contributions to the team, the team should not sell him!"
"If the club dares to sell Lin for money, I will never step into the Etihad Stadium to watch a game again in my life!"
"Please, please come out and make a statement and dispel the rumors. Tell us quickly that Lin will stay in Manchester City next season!"
A large number of fans went to the official website to leave messages, and so many messages soon alarmed the club staff.
They were confused by the news. They had never heard that Lin Quan was going to be sold.
So they quickly refuted the rumor on their official website.
The fans breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the club come out to refute the rumors.
In addition to Manchester City fans who are terrified by this rumor, fans of two other clubs are also particularly concerned about this news.
One of them is naturally the fans of Paris Saint-Germain, and the other is the fans of Barcelona.
When the fans of Paris Saint-Germain heard the rumor, they were so excited that they wanted to set off fireworks to celebrate.
Although they already have a superstar like Ibrahimovic in their team, Ibrahimovic is too old and his strength is far from that of the real peerless duo.
But Lin Quan is different. Not only is he very young, his strength has also reached or even surpassed the level of the two greatest heroes.
If Paris Saint-Germain can buy such a top superstar, its strength will be further improved.
Paris Saint-Germain fans couldn't help but get excited when they thought about the strong combination of Ibrahimovic, Lin Quan and Cavani on their team's front line.
If they had this lineup in this year's Champions League knockout round, how could they have lost to Real Madrid?
Paris Saint-Germain fans who are eager to take revenge on Real Madrid can't wait to see Lin dressed in Paris Saint-Germain's uniform!
The fans of Paris Saint-Germain took it for granted. When they learned that the club was interested in buying Lin Quan, the team's top star Ibrahimovic immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to the club.
"If the club insists on bringing in that Spanish kid, I will leave Paris Saint-Germain!"
When Cavani transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, Ibrahimovic was able to subdue him and make him his wingman. That was because he felt that he was stronger than Cavani, and it was natural that he should be the core and the other party should be the foil.
However, facing Lin Quan, who is stronger and more famous, Ibrahimovic does not have such confidence.
Therefore, once Lin Quan joins, there is a high probability that Ibrahimovic will be forced to become a wingman to assist Lin Quan.
This is absolutely intolerable for Ibrahimovic, who is strong-willed by nature.
Just like he couldn't coexist with Messi in Barcelona, he didn't think he could coexist with Lin Quan in Paris Saint-Germain.
If the other party wants to come, then he can only choose to leave.
In response to Ibrahimovic's threat, Paris Saint-Germain naturally used kind words to persuade him and tried their best to keep him.
Of course, this does not mean that they will give up trying to bring in Lin Quan.
It's just leaving a way out in case the transfer fails. If Lin Quan is not bought and Ibrahimovic is angry and drives away, it would be a loss.
As for Barcelona, their fans are enjoying the fun, but at the same time they feel a little jealous.
"200 million euros, Qataris really are stupid and have a lot of money!"
There is absolutely no way that Barcelona can afford such a high transfer fee.
Barcelona fans feel that their team can continue to promote talents from youth training without wasting so much money on buying players from outside.
What's more, the people bought may not be suitable for Barcelona.
But they have very complicated feelings towards Lin Quan, the former Barcelona player.
There is no doubt that the opponent can perfectly integrate into Barcelona's tactical system, and his performance in the Spanish national team can prove everything.
However, it is too difficult to bring Lin Quan back to Camp Nou.
This time, Paris Saint-Germain’s offer can be seen as a rehearsal.
In the future, if Barcelona wants to bring their youth training gems back to Camp Nou, it will probably cost a similar or even higher price.
“Isn’t the transfer fee inflation in football too fast?”
"Yes, a few years ago, a transfer fee of tens of millions of Euros was considered a record high, but now it's in the hundreds of millions!"
"I thought that Ronaldo's transfer fee record of nearly 100 million euros a few years ago would last for many years, but I didn't expect it to be broken so soon, and it has increased exponentially. These damn oil guys are too good at spending money!"
When they thought about how many hundreds of millions they would have to spend to buy back Lin Quan, Barcelona fans began to hate the Middle Eastern consortium! It was all because of these oil guys. If it weren't for them, how could the transfer fees in football have swelled to this extent in just a few years? Behind Paris Saint-Germain stood the Qatari consortium, which has invested a lot in football over the years.
Therefore, the current skyrocketing transfer prices in football are really inseparable from them!
As for why the Qatari consortium is spending so much money, it is actually to build momentum for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Buying Paris Saint-Germain and entering the top five leagues is one of their major moves to build momentum for the World Cup!
In addition to buying Paris Saint-Germain to enter the top five leagues, they also purchased a large number of stars to expand their influence as much as possible.
Famous football stars such as Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Thiago Silva and others were all recruited by the Qatari consortium at high prices.
When Ibrahimovic joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2012, his annual salary was as high as 15 million euros, which was higher than Messi and Ronaldo at the time.
If the Abu Dhabi consortium's acquisition of Manchester City opened the precedent for money-driven football, then the Qatari consortium has undoubtedly further promoted money-driven football and caused the bubble in football to expand rapidly.
And unlike Mansour's Abu Dhabi consortium, the Abu Dhabi consortium has now begun to build their own football empire through the City Football Group.
They have long-term development plans in football-related fields.
What about the Qatari consortium? There is no long-term plan at present, and they seem to be playing around!
After spending a large amount of money to buy Paris Saint-Germain and a large number of players, Paris Saint-Germain won two Ligue 1 titles within three years.
This result is actually worthy of the investment of the Qatari consortium. In terms of publicity effect, their goal has actually been achieved.
But everything is afraid of comparison.
Although both are playing money-driven football, Manchester City is undoubtedly more successful than Paris Saint-Germain.
After all, Manchester City won the Champions League, but Paris Saint-Germain did not!
If Manchester City failed to win the championship last season, then Paris Saint-Germain's performance would not be unacceptable to the Qatari consortium.
But after Manchester City won the championship, the Qatari consortium, which had been fighting openly and secretly with the Abu Dhabi consortium, could no longer sit still! The French Ligue 1 ranks low among the top five leagues, and the competition is far less intense than that of the Premier League.
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This resulted in the two Ligue 1 titles they won being much less valuable than the Premier League, and they were firmly suppressed by the opponent in almost every aspect.
How can this be tolerated?
So, seeing Manchester City's core player Lin Quan shine in the World Cup, the Qatari consortium came up with an idea and simply offered to poach Manchester City's core player.
If Lin Quan can be brought to Paris Saint-Germain, then with this transfer alone, the team will be able to make its presence felt in front of fans all over the world.
The record-breaking transfer of 200 million euros created a far greater sensation than the original joining of Ibrahimovic, Cavani and others.
Moreover, once Lin Quan is poached, the tactical system that Manchester City has worked so hard to build will completely collapse.
Manchester City's performance will inevitably plummet next season, while Paris Saint-Germain may just take off.
Even if the transfer is not successful in the end, the gimmick of offering 200 million euros for Lin Quan can make them hype it up and attract attention from all parties.
Anyway, they are just trying to ride on the popularity, no matter they succeed or not, they will make money!
How could Paris Saint-Germain miss such a good thing? Therefore, the gossip disclosed by L'Equipe is not groundless.
Paris Saint-Germain has enough motivation to submit this offer, and they are not short of money at all.
As for whether it is worth spending 200 million euros to buy Lin Quan, this matter should be left to professional analysts to evaluate.
The professional organization hired by the Qatari consortium analyzed and concluded based on the collected data about Lin Quan: buying Lin Quan at this price is a sure win!
Even if we don't consider the huge publicity effect that this transfer will bring to the Qatari consortium, just bringing Lin Quan to the Parc des Princes is a very affordable price!
C Ronaldo, Messi and Lin Quan are the three players with the strongest individual strength in today's football world.
These three are the kind of superstars who are priceless and cannot be bought. It takes more than just money to buy them.
The Qatari consortium is not worried about spending money, what they are worried about is that Manchester City will reject their offer!
There is no doubt that Manchester City will not accept their offer! After Paris Saint-Germain sent the first offer, Manchester City was surprised and rejected it without even reading it.
Manchester City’s attitude is very firm: Lin Quan is not for sale in the team, no matter how much money is offered!
The Qataris seemed to have predicted this situation, and they were not discouraged. Since a direct offer didn't work, they sent someone to contact the player himself to see if they could persuade him.
So, the next day after this rumor came out, Lin Quan received a call from his agent Pere.
"So, the offer from Paris Saint-Germain is real?"
Lin Quan noticed this rumor on the Internet yesterday. He thought it was fake news, but after receiving a call from Pere, Lin Quan felt that things were not that simple.
"Yes, Paris Saint-Germain really submitted a 200 million euro offer!"
When answering this question, Pere felt a little unreal.
Before he knew it, Lin's total worth had soared to this level? This was 200 million euros!
This amount of money may have exceeded the entire team value of most ordinary teams in the top five leagues! For many teams, this amount of money is enough for them to form a very good lineup, but Paris Saint-Germain used it to buy one person!
It was really extravagant to the extreme! "Manchester City didn't agree, did they?"
Lin Quan asked, Manchester City is not short of money, they would most likely not agree to poaching unless they are crazy.
"Well, Manchester City rejected their offer!"
"So you called me because Paris Saint-Germain's direct offer didn't work, so they sent someone to contact you and offered you their conditions?"
Lin Quan immediately guessed the purpose of Perez's call. When a direct offer failed, he contacted the player privately and did some ideological work on the player himself. This kind of thing is nothing new in football.
For example, when Bale transferred to Real Madrid, in order to bargain with Tottenham, Real Madrid found Bale in advance, convinced him, and asked him to boycott games and training, in order to force Tottenham to release him.
But Tottenham's chairman Levy is also a ruthless man. He is determined not to give in and would rather not use Bale than lower the price.
Not only did Tottenham refuse to give in, but even after Real Madrid's other option Lin Quan was signed by Manchester City, they significantly increased their offer, making a huge profit from Real Madrid.
"It's like this, are you interested in hearing the conditions offered by Paris Saint-Germain?"
Perez was somewhat tempted by Paris Saint-Germain's offer, because according to the agent's commission rules, if the transfer was successful, he could get a commission of 10%, which is 20 million euros, from the transfer fee!
He had never seen so much money in his life!
With such a high commission rate, it is no wonder that many players' agents encourage their players to transfer.
"No interest. I have no intention of leaving Manchester City for the time being, and I don't want to go to Ligue 1!"
Lin Quan is satisfied with his current life in Manchester City. The team's lineup has been almost well-coordinated and the team is very competitive in both the league and the Champions League.
In addition, the club and the big owner Mansour are very good to him, and he is not the kind of ungrateful person who does not want to do something that betrays the team.
Besides, if I really want to transfer, it will only be back to La Liga.
What Lin Quan was most dissatisfied with in the UK was the weather.
The weather in Manchester is cold, wet and very changeable, and it can even rain several times a day.
The damp and cold weather was a little unbearable, especially for someone like Lin Quan who was used to the gentle sea breeze and warm sunshine of Catalonia.
Seeing that Lin Quan was not interested in understanding, Pere consciously did not continue the topic.
During the World Cup, he hopes to play football with peace of mind and does not want to be disturbed by the messy transfer news from the outside world.
Although Lin Quan had no plans to leave, Manchester City still felt very nervous.
Pellegrini, who was watching the World Cup in Brazil, was stunned after learning about Paris Saint-Germain's offer!
Oh my god, was his hometown stolen? Lin Quan was the most important player under him. If Lin Quan was poached, what would Manchester City do next season? He immediately called the club and was relieved after confirming that the club had rejected Paris Saint-Germain's offer.
However, the alarm could not be completely eliminated. What if Lin Quan was moved by the other party's sincerity and wanted to leave? So Pellegrini personally ran to the training base in Spain and visited Lin Quan.
(End of this chapter)