Chapter 491 I have no money, what should I do?
"Tell me, Jorge, what does it take for him to withdraw the lawsuit?"
"Su said he wanted to leave Barcelona."
"Sure, as long as you don't go to Real Madrid, you can find a team willing to pay the transfer fee and leave during the winter break. We can sign a secret agreement, so that we can withdraw the lawsuit first."
"We haven't found the right team yet, and it's unlikely that any team will be willing to pay the sky-high transfer fee you're asking for."
"Then stay. I promise to appease the fans as soon as possible and personally coordinate the locker room."
"I'm sorry, Sandro, I repeat, he must leave Barcelona."
"I've told you that you can go. Contact the team as soon as possible. There's no problem on my end."
"We were looking for him. You were the ones who called me back in such a hurry."
"How about this, Jorge, just drop the lawsuit first, okay?"
"Su said he wanted to leave Barcelona. Only in this case would he withdraw the lawsuit."
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When Rosell returned to the chairman's office, his mind was still lingering on the conversation he had with Mendes over the past two hours.
Yes, it is entangled.
He felt like Mendes was just going in circles.
On the one hand, in order for Sudong to withdraw the lawsuit, he would have to leave Barcelona. Rosell agreed and even said that he could make appropriate concessions on the transfer fee. But on the other hand, Sudong has not yet found a team willing to pay his transfer fee.
In other words, this is a dead end.
How can he leave Barcelona if he doesn't find a team to pay the transfer fee?
How can he be willing to withdraw the lawsuit if he doesn't leave Barcelona?
If the lawsuit is not withdrawn, will Rosell and Bartomeu be able to clear themselves of charges in court?
He is expected to become the president with the shortest tenure in Barcelona's 100-year history! More importantly, his future will be completely ruined because of this lawsuit.
He is only in his early forties and has a bright future ahead of him.
"I regret it now. Why the hell did I think of doing this in the first place?" Bartomeu felt that he must have lost his mind to do such a thing that violated laws and disciplines. Now that he was caught, what should he do? He was only in his early 40s, the vice president of Barcelona, and his future was limitless!
"We didn't know at first that that damn Su Dong would be so troublesome. If we had known, we would never touch him!" Russell was a little exasperated. He didn't have much time left to solve the problem.
Once the matter goes to court, it often cannot be covered up. By then, Laporta's people will surely cause trouble in the board of directors, and we will have no choice but to continue the thorough investigation. If we really do investigate, no one knows what the consequences will be.
Russell always prided himself on being calm and rational, but he now felt like a desperate gambler. He had no choice, and couldn't even think about the long-term future. He could only find a way to solve the current troubles.
Let’s talk about the future later. If the current troubles are not solved, there will be no future.
"I think that Mendes, this cunning guy, has been unwilling to speak and has been hiding something. In fact, there is another way." Bartomeu's brain suddenly worked better, mainly because he remembered some conversations he had with Mendes before, which seemed to contain hints.
"What do you mean?" Russell asked anxiously.
"We negotiated with him to buy out his contract," Bartomeu said.
"Where does he get so much money?" Rosell asked, and then saw Bartomeu's eyes and suddenly understood.
The focus is not on Su Dong buying out his contract, but on Barcelona's private negotiations with Su Dong.
The reason why those players were asked to pay liquidated damages was mainly because the club was unwilling to let them go, but if the club was willing to let them go, the amount of the buyout contract could be negotiated.
For example, when some teams let go of veteran players, they often directly terminate their contracts and allow them to leave as free agents.
But that is relative to veterans or substitutes who have little value. Su Dong is only 22 years old and at the peak of his career. If he is put on the transfer market, perhaps no one can afford 200 million euros, but 150 million euros is a normal price. Even if Su Dong makes a lot of trouble, no matter how big the trouble is, a transfer fee of 100 million euros will be needed, right?
I don’t know how many people are vying for it.
"This is impossible, Josep, this is an astronomical figure." Roselle was trembling a little and could only sit back on the sofa.
Bartomeu looked at Rosell deeply and reminded him: "No matter how much money you have, it is not yours or mine. But if we really go to court..."
Rosell understood what Bartomeu meant.
As a membership club, the chairman and management are actually asset managers.
Even though they are in charge of hundreds of millions of euros in revenue for Barcelona every year, in fact, none of this money belongs to them.
The membership system requires that the club cannot make a profit, so every year teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid have to try every possible way to reasonably avoid taxes.
More importantly, as a membership system, Barcelona is like a big cake. After Rosell's successful election, a lot of people around him are climbing on it, wanting to get a piece of this big cake.
Some people hold empty titles and receive high salaries; some people enrich themselves through player transfers; some people profit from Barcelona with high-priced and low-quality products; some people get agency fees through the transfer of players...
These are all very low-end. The real mid-to-high-end way to play is to authorize and invest outside in the name of Barcelona.
In recent years, everyone knows the importance of portrait rights, and brand value is also extraordinary. The last kind of gameplay is the one that really makes the most amazing profits, and it can even be said to be a very profitable business.
Why did Rosell and Bartomeu come out to choose? Isn't it because of these things?
Not only them, but also the people around them are the same.
To some extent, Bartomeu is absolutely right.
Barcelona's money is not theirs, but they have the final say on how to spend it. As long as the accounts are balanced and the financial audit by the board of directors is passed, what's the problem? Rosell was once the head of the leading sports brand in South America. He plays this game better than anyone else.
After about ten minutes of silence, Russell sighed deeply.
"Go get Ferran now... No, that won't work. Soriano is not our man and cannot be trusted. Go find a reliable person in the Finance Department and have him come over. Let's discuss it and come up with a plan as soon as possible."
Russell sighed again with mixed feelings. "Let Su Dong pay a sum of money to buy out his contract. We will then try to balance it out internally. We will tell the public that Su Dong found someone to buy out his contract. The amount will not be disclosed."
"What if something happens in the Soviet Union..." Bartomeu asked.
"Sign a confidentiality agreement!" But even Russell himself found it ridiculous when he said this.
Wasn't it because he violated the confidentiality agreement that Su Dong caught him and pursued him relentlessly? But in the end, he still had to rely on the confidentiality agreement.
It’s funny just thinking about it! …………
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Stimulated by the outside world, Su Dong has been in very good shape in recent times.
In the eighth round of La Liga, in the match between Barcelona and newly promoted Recreativo at home, Su Dong received a cross from Messi on the right and shot from the middle in the 22nd minute to score the first goal for Barcelona.
Later, Ronaldinho scored a penalty kick, giving Barcelona another goal, 2-0.
After the start of the second half, Barcelona launched a wave of fierce attacks. Su Dong first received a cross from Sylvinho on the left and scored with a header. Then Belletti on the right also added icing on the cake and sent a cross, and Su Dong scored with a header again.
Another hat trick!
The entire Camp Nou stadium once again presented an extremely awkward and weird atmosphere.
Didn’t Su Dong perform well?
No, good, very good.
He has scored 17 goals in eight league games, which is his best start since joining Barcelona.
But when he was scoring goals like crazy, the Camp Nou didn't even give him a lick of applause.
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After the game, Mendes and Ma Dawei, who had just taken the opportunity to meet with Rosell and Bartomeu, appeared again in Su Dong's villa to discuss the latest progress.
"They compromised and agreed to negotiate with us, and we paid to buy out the contract," Mendes said with a smile.
He felt that this was what Su Dong wanted.
"How much?" Su Dong and Wang Chuqing looked at each other and asked with a smile.
"50 million euros, they announced internally that it was 100 million euros, and they figured out the rest themselves."
Su Dong laughed immediately, "That's a difference of 50 million Euros, can they handle it?"
"There must be a way, otherwise they wouldn't dare to say that." Mendes said with a smile.
The specific method and operation are Rosell and Bartomeu's own secrets, and Mendes does not need to ask more.
"If they play like this, Soriano will find out sooner or later, and something bad will happen sooner or later. We must do enough work in advance and not get ourselves into trouble." Su Dong reminded.
He is actually a very conservative person, and he always considers failure before he considers victory.
It's impossible for me to leave now and feel relieved. If something happens to them later, I will be implicated. What if the next Barcelona president sues me, saying that I illegally occupied Barcelona assets together with Rosell and Bartomeu, or even sues me for extortion? Then I will never be able to clear myself even if I jump into the Yellow River.
Wang Chuqing also realized the importance of this issue, and immediately nodded solemnly and said, "I will contact the two lawyers immediately and study the plan as soon as possible to prevent this kind of trouble."
Su Dong nodded at her. He was still very confident in the abilities of Wang Chuqing and the other lawyers.
"What else do they want?" Su Dong looked at Mendes and asked again.
"You can't go to Real Madrid. There's a confidentiality agreement."
"Do they believe this?" Su Dong asked with a smile.
Isn't this too funny? Wang Chuqing and the others couldn't help but smile. It was indeed quite funny.
"Tell them that my parents have used all my money to buy a house, and I can't come up with 50 million euros. Ask them what I should do if I have no money?" Su Dong smiled coldly after he finished speaking.
Mendes suddenly realized that Su Dong was so cruel! With his current worth, he could definitely come up with 50 million euros, and if he could buy out his contract with 50 million euros, Su Dong would definitely make a fortune, but he didn't even want to pay this money.
However, I like being loyal to friends and cruel to enemies!
Mendes immediately laughed out loud, "This is really too cruel for them!"
"They are not kind to me either, it's just a matter of reciprocity." Su Dongman said indifferently.
Besides, how much has he earned for Barcelona in the past two or three years? In comparison, this is nothing.
(End of this chapter)
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