Courtois also rejected Southampton.

Gu Ran secretly made a note in his little notebook...

Of course, there is good news.

Little Pharaoh Salah was the first to respond to Southampton, saying that if he was given a rotation position as a first-team substitute and guaranteed a certain appearance rate, he would be willing to consider Southampton.

This requirement was so low that Gu Ran felt like it was pie in the sky.

In fact, Salah was only 19 years old at that time. He was a central defender in the youth training camp of the Egyptian League. It was not until he was 16 years old that he changed to play as a forward.

Salah officially debuted in the first team's professional games in 2010, making 25 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

This kind of transcript is not actually very good, not even up-and-coming. In addition, the Egyptian league is not competitive enough, so few scouts will pay attention to it.

But Gu Ran is a reborn person, and he knows very well that in another year, the whole world will know the name of Pharaoh Salah.

Therefore, buying Pharaoh to Southampton Club while he himself doesn't know that he is Pharaoh is definitely a very cost-effective big deal.

When Pharaoh becomes successful, he will inevitably leave the small temple of Southampton Club, but he will also bring very generous financial returns to the Southampton Club.

The reborn people who have access to information gaps can enjoy this kind of human trafficking so much.

When the little Pharaoh Salah received the invitation from Southampton, he was flattered.

He said that he is a fan of English football and is looking forward to playing in England, and is also looking forward to playing with Gu Ran, one of the most famous stars in England.

When Rice took the contract to negotiate with Salah's agent, Salah agreed without asking for any excessive conditions.

Old Rice followed Gu Ran's instructions and gave Salah a salary package far exceeding his salary in the Egyptian League club, and promised to register Salah for the Europa League and give him generous goal bonuses.

Of course, Gu Ran also asked Rice to increase Salah's minimum buyout clause to 100 million pounds, and the contract term is 5 years - without 100 million pounds, no one can take the Pharaoh away.

Even Salah himself was dumbfounded by such a high buyout clause.

Old Rice is the best at raising the minimum buyout clause. After some encouragement, Salah excitedly signed his name on the letter of intent.

Southampton club then entered into formal transfer negotiations with Salah.

Soon after, news came back from Toni Kroos and Kante that they also rejected Southampton's transfer invitation after some consideration.

This is normal. Toni Kroos has already attracted the attention of Real Madrid and naturally looks down on Southampton.

Kante has also attracted the attention of many top clubs such as Chelsea, so naturally he does not think highly of Southampton.

Gu Ran wrote it down in his little notebook.

The good news is that Mane and Van Dijk readily accepted Southampton's transfer invitation.

Mane and Van Dijk were destined to be Southampton players in the future, so they were very happy when Southampton found them.

Especially Mane - at that time, Mane was just a little-known striker with a very low salary, but Gu Ran directly offered him a first-team level weekly salary, which was like a timely help for Mane, who was determined to develop the infrastructure of his hometown.

Soon after, "High-kick" Rudiger also conditionally accepted Southampton's transfer invitation. As Rudiger might not even be a starter in Stuttgart's U19 youth team, his only requirement was that the first-team contract be signed for at least five years and the buyout clause be increased.

Rudiger was afraid that Southampton would break the contract, so he asked for a very high buyout fee.

This was exactly what Gu Ran wanted.

Although Rudiger's running posture is very strange, among the young generation of defenders, Rudiger is still young and capable. It would be great if he could be trained for a few years and then sold to Real Madrid at a high price.

Southampton club also immediately contacted Rudiger and the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

However, another future central defender star, Frenchman Varane, rejected Southampton's transfer invitation because Real Madrid had offered Varane a transfer contract of 10 million euros, so Varane would naturally choose Real Madrid.

However, with Rudiger and Van Dijk, Gu Ran no longer has to worry about Southampton's defense line.

If we can sign all these players, it will be like a magical transformation for Southampton, and Southampton's performance in the new season will definitely be shocking.

Gu Ran can’t wait to partner with these future stars in the new season.

Of course, in addition to purchasing a large number of these currently unknown players, Southampton has also begun its own preparation and cleaning.

First of all, Luke Shaw, a rising star who had been training with Southampton's first team, officially signed a first-team contract. At the age of 16, he was promoted to the first team and became the youngest left-back of Southampton.

Ward-Prowse also received a new first-team reserve contract due to his good performance at the end of last season.

The 34-year-old veteran central defender Walton retired without any regrets after the end of last season.

Striker Connolly, also 34, has also retired.

Another striker, Barnard, had no place in the team and asked for a transfer to an English League One team.

Midfielders Dixon, Gobboin and Pulis were all free transfers.

Defenders Sibernet and Tafazoli moved to English League Two teams.

The entire Southampton team has undergone a major change.

After all, Southampton is now a Championship team and has a place in the Europa League qualifiers.

On July 20, Chelsea's Sturridge and Henderson, who had just transferred from Sunderland to Liverpool, were loaned to Southampton.

On July 21, Salah, Mane, Van Dijk and Rudiger completed the review of their work permits and officially joined Southampton!

On July 30, Southampton Club entered the combat readiness training period ahead of schedule, and the players returned one after another.

New and old players gather together, and Southampton Club has a brand new look! The schedule for the new season has not yet been released, but Southampton will play the Community Shield match against the Premier League champion Manchester United at Wembley Stadium at 3 pm on Sunday, August 7! The Southampton team is full of enthusiasm!

Especially those unknown young players who have just joined Southampton, they all want to perform well in the highly anticipated Community Shield! ... (End of this chapter)