Chapter 493 has come to an end!
When the whole world was eagerly waiting for Su Dong to go to court with Barcelona, Barcelona president Rosell held a press conference the day before the trial and officially announced the news that Su Dong had withdrawn the lawsuit.
Rosell explained at the press conference that the various misunderstandings between Barcelona and Sudong led to today's embarrassing situation, which was not what both sides wanted to see.
On behalf of Barcelona, Rosell thanked Sudong for his outstanding contributions to Barcelona over the past two years and believed that Sudong was one of the most successful signings in Barcelona's history. After the management's desperate attempts to retain him, Sudong still decided to leave, so Barcelona decided to negotiate with Sudong in a friendly manner and terminate the current contract by paying a buyout fee.
According to the agreement between the two parties, Su Dong will officially regain his freedom from January 1, 2007.
Rosell gave a heartfelt speech, expressing his gratitude to Sudong and hoping that he would achieve outstanding results in the future. He also promised all Barcelona fans that the club would not have any problems because of the loss of Sudong.
"We will bring in better players to fill the vacancy left by Su Dong."
Russell's words caused an explosion on the spot.
Although all the media had received some news early on, they were still extremely shocked.
Su Dong actually paid the termination fee to redeem his freedom. So how much did he pay?
In response to questions from the media, Roselle said seriously that this involved confidential information and would not be made public.
For a time, the media had different opinions.
Mundo Deportivo stated that Su Dong paid a buyout fee of 150 million euros, a large part of which came from a mysterious Chinese consortium and part of which came from Su Dong's own pocket.
But soon, AS revealed a piece of news that Sudon's buyout clause was not as high as Mundo Deportivo said. In fact, it was 100 million euros, and Barcelona waived most of the buyout clause, on the condition that Sudon must withdraw the lawsuit against Barcelona.
Marca also revealed that the specific termination amount was between 80 million euros and 100 million euros, but no exact figure was obtained.
But the Daily Sports assured that Su Dong's buyout clause exceeded 100 million euros.
There is a lot of discussion outside, but the people in the world who know the specific termination amount are no more than five people in the Barcelona management, all of whom are Rosell's core backbones. There are also no more than five people on Su Dong's side, all of whom are core members of the agency team. There is also the La Liga Alliance. These people have either signed a confidentiality agreement or will not disclose a word to the outside world.
Laporta, an opponent of the Barcelona board of directors, blasted Rosell in the media, believing that he was the murderer who forced Sudong to leave.
"I've always known that he just wants to force Su Dong to leave. He won't consider the team's performance at all!"
Laporta was also dissatisfied with Rosell's deliberate concealment of Sudon's termination fee, and said that he would make trouble at the board meeting, demanding Rosell to give an explanation and disclose the specific termination amount.
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Su Dong still did not show up, but his agent Mendes came forward on behalf of Su Dong and accepted interviews from the media.
Mendes also did not disclose the specific termination amount, only saying that it was a satisfactory result.
But Mendes also said that Sudon felt regretful and sorry about leaving Barcelona.
"He was very happy playing here. He had hoped to play here for longer, or even retire, because there were a group of very good teammates here and they worked very well together. But unfortunately, some off-field factors forced him to leave."
When the media reporters asked which team paid the buyout fee for Su Dong, Mendes smiled and shook his head to say that no team paid the buyout fee for Su Dong.
"This money was paid out of Su Dong's own pocket!"
Once again, the media was shocked.
We know that Su Dong is the most profitable star in world football, but we never knew that his ability to make money is so terrifying that he paid over 100 million yuan in termination fees out of his own pocket?
This is simply unbelievable! Especially as the media dug deeper, they found that Su Dong didn’t even sell his villa in the western suburbs of Barcelona. How rich must he be? …………
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Although he had already decided to leave Barcelona during the winter break, Su Dong still found head coach Rijkaard and told him clearly that as long as Barcelona needed him, he would still fight for Barcelona in every game before leaving.
Rijkaard praised his attitude but also promised to continue to let him play.
To put it bluntly, Gudjohnson's goal-scoring ability is not good, and Barcelona still needs Su Dong very much.
Afterwards, Su Dong communicated with Puyol, Ronaldinho, and other teammates in the locker room, announced the news that he would leave the team during the winter break, and promised that he would still try his best to play.
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This weekend, in the tenth round of La Liga, Barcelona will face Zaragoza at home.
Influenced by Su Dong's impending departure, the Barcelona fans at the scene once again launched a fierce "attack" on Su Dong, but Su Dong remained unmoved and still scored a goal in the game and assisted Ronaldinho to score a goal.
In the end, Barcelona defeated Zaragoza 3-1 at home.
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A week later, in the 11th round of La Liga, Barcelona challenged Mallorca away.
Su Dong scored two goals for Barcelona before the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half, helping Barcelona to beat Real Mallorca 4-1 away and win three points again.
It is worth mentioning that the goal for Real Mallorca was scored by Cameroonian striker Eto'o, who has also been linked with Barcelona recently. There are reports that he will transfer to Barcelona during the winter break to replace Sudon.
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In the middle of the week, in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Barcelona will challenge Levski Sofia away.
Sudong scored twice to help Barcelona beat their Bulgarian opponents 2-0 away from home and qualify as the group leader.
Three days later, returning to Barcelona, they faced Villarreal at home. Sudong made two assists and one goal, and Barcelona defeated Villarreal 4-0.
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After the twelfth round of La Liga, the European Golden Ball Award was selected.
After all, it was the World Cup year, and Su Dong ultimately failed to overtake Cannavaro in the selection.
The Italian captain finally won the Golden Ball and prevented Su Dong from winning three consecutive championships.
However, this is understandable. After all, in the years of major tournaments, especially the World Cup years, performance in the World Cup is often taken into consideration.
It is understandable that Su Dong failed to participate in the World Cup and lost the Golden Ball Award.
Cannavaro, on the other hand, performed well at Juventus but was average at Real Madrid, which made everyone think that he should receive the Golden Ball more as a captain representing the Italian team rather than an individual award.
Su Dong came in second and Zidane came in third. Neither of them won the World Cup title.
However, due to the uproar over the termination of his contract with Barcelona, Su Dong missed the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
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This weekend, in the 13th round of La Liga, Barcelona will challenge Levante away.
Rijkaard's team has clearly reached a low point in form and has performed very poorly away from home.
In the end, it was Sudong who assisted Messi to score a goal, but Barcelona still drew 1-1 with Levante away.
Three days later, in the sixth round of the Champions League group stage, Sudong started again, scored twice with his head and feet, and helped Barcelona beat Werder Bremen 2-0.
After returning to La Liga, Barcelona will face Real Sociedad at home in the 14th round this weekend.
In the first seventy minutes, Barcelona failed to score until Su Dong came on as a substitute and scored a goal in the final stage of the game, helping Barcelona to a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad at home.
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In the 15th round of La Liga, it was Su Dong's goal again that helped Barcelona draw 1-1 with Real Betis away from home.
Barcelona's decline has become very obvious, and the entire team is now struggling to survive entirely on Su Dong's goals.
Ronaldinho has been involved in several nightclub scandals this season, with Deco and other Brazilian players also involved, which has made it clear to everyone why the Brazilian superstar's form has declined.
Especially the recent downturn has made people very worried. Can Ronaldinho take up the burden left by Su Dong after his departure? Daily Sports and Mundo Deportivo have published comments asking whether it is possible to keep Su Dong until the end of the season? However, this call has not received any response from the club or Su Dong.
On the contrary, Su Dong's agent Mendes has frequently contacted other European top teams, which makes everyone believe that Su Dong's departure is inevitable.
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In the 16th round of La Liga, Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid at home.
Since Su Dong has decided to leave the team during the winter break, he does not need to follow the team to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup.
Therefore, this match against Atletico Madrid will be Sudong's last game in Barcelona.
As a Virgo man with a perfectionist complex, Su Dong also hopes that his Barcelona career will have a beginning and an end.
In the 19th minute of the first half, Ronaldinho made a diagonal pass to the right side of the penalty area, Messi made a half-high cross, Su Dong rushed up and headed the ball from close range, scoring the first goal for Barcelona.
Before the end of the first half, Ronaldinho made a wonderful pass and Su Dong shot from near the penalty spot and scored again.
2-0! Although Atletico Madrid launched waves of attacks in the second half and scored a goal, Barcelona still relied on Su Dong's two goals to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1, ending all the games in Camp Nou in 2006.
After this game, Barcelona will set off for Japan to participate in the Club World Cup.
And Su Dong will continue to stay in Barcelona.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Su Dong walked silently towards his teammates.
He hugged his teammates one by one and thanked them, then he slowly walked to the four stands of the Camp Nou Stadium, bowed to all the Barcelona fans in front of the stands, and finally he came to the coaching seat, hugged Rijkaard and others, and thanked Rijkaard for his support and trust in him.
Everyone in the audience knew that he was saying goodbye!
Even the radical fans who had booed him crazily before could not hate him at this moment, and many Barcelona fans even covered their faces and cried.
Perhaps, each of them would ask themselves in their hearts, what was the reason that forced Su Dong to leave Barcelona?
This is a difficult question to answer.
But no matter what, Su Dong has decided to leave.
After hugging the coaching staff and teammates on the bench, Su Dong stood at the entrance of the player tunnel, faced the audience again, and bowed deeply to express his gratitude.
Then he walked into the player tunnel without looking back.
His Barcelona era has come to an end!
(End of this chapter)
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