Chapter 638 Times have changed!
Manchester City's official website officially announced that the club has terminated negotiations to acquire Kaka.
Soon, Manchester City's technical director Begiristain said in an interview with the media that Manchester City was once very close to Kaka, and the two sides had even basically reached an agreement, but Kaka ultimately chose the latter between transferring to Manchester City and staying in Milan.
"We are very sorry about this, but we can only respect it," Begiristain said regretfully.
Subsequently, The Sun revealed the entire process of the transfer. Manchester City's offer has been approved by AC Milan, the Rossoneri have agreed to sell Kaka, and Kaka's agent and father also agreed to the personal treatment contract offered by Manchester City.
In other words, the entire transfer is just missing Kaka's personal opinion and signature.
But in the end, Kaka overturned all previous achievements and chose to stay in AC Milan.
Berlusconi believes this is a victory for values.
"Kaka would rather stay. He doesn't think he missed an opportunity to get a higher salary. He would rather be the flag bearer of Milan. In the past two days, he felt the love from the fans, so he chose to stay!"
The entire city of Milan, and even Milan fans all over the world, are cheering for Kaka's choice.
He gave up the temptation of high salary and resolutely stayed in Milan.
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Su Dong, who had just returned to Munich from Donaueschingen, was surprised to hear this result.
Everyone can see that AC Milan's prospects are not ideal.
Not only the Rossoneri, but the entire Serie A league is on a rapid downward spiral.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just say that after the Calciopoli incident, Juventus was relegated and suffered a serious loss of players. Teams such as Inter Milan and Roma benefited greatly from this, but they did not take over Juventus’s job and their performance in the Champions League has always been lukewarm.
Facts have proved that in terms of club management, the entire Serie A, yes, including AC Milan's Galliani and others, are far from Juventus.
With the devastating defeat of the Calciopoli scandal and the sluggish youth training in Serie A, what will Serie A teams use to compete with the Premier League, La Liga, and even the Bundesliga in the next few years?
At least, there is no such hope for teams like AC Milan, Inter Milan and Roma.
Juventus has suffered a heavy blow and its management has undergone a major reorganization, but there is no sign of improvement for the time being.
Under this general environment, Su Dong does not think that Kaka will give up Manchester City's high salary and choose to stay in AC Milan.
The only explanation is just as the Spanish media speculated, Florentino took action.
The former Real Madrid president, whose voice is growing louder and louder, has been keeping a low profile until now and has been unwilling to announce his candidacy. He has just left it to the media and fans to guess, which has also made his voice grow louder and louder.
The poor performance of Calderon and Mijatovic made everyone clearly feel Florentino's level, especially the existence of such a bad management like Barcelona, which made Florentino's wisdom stand out.
There is a saying that goes, there is no harm without comparison.
If Florentino wants to return to Real Madrid and bring back a superstar, Kaka is undoubtedly the easiest to achieve.
Su Dong had just returned to Munich from Donaueschingen and to his home in Grunwald when Ma Dawei came to his house and told him about this incident. He also told him another explosive piece of news that had not yet been exposed by the media.
After missing Kaka, Manchester City turned their guns and attacked Barcelona midfielder Iniesta.
"Begiristain has officially informed the Barcelona management that Manchester City is willing to pay 100 million euros to acquire Iniesta." Ma Dawei was a little surprised, and his voice was trembling when he said these words.
That's 100 million euros! Converted into RMB, that's 1 billion!
This is simply an astronomical figure.
Su Dong was not as surprised as Ma Dawei, because he now has an annual contract with Bayern, and the signing fee is 30 million euros. In total, the signing fee he received from Bayern is almost 100 million euros, but he just paid it in installments.
In fact, to some extent, Su Dong is more advantageous because he has always been a free agent.
If he really wants to transfer and is willing to sign a long-term contract, how much signing fee should he give?
"Has Barcelona responded?" Su Dong asked.
"Not yet, but he shouldn't refuse, right?" Ma Dawei guessed.
Given Barcelona's current financial situation, selling Iniesta and getting a large transfer fee in return is definitely a good deal.
reject?
Is this possible?
"For a membership system like Barcelona, money has never been an issue. The key lies in votes," Su Dong analyzed.
Why did Rosell and Bartomeu do everything they could, even at the cost of embezzling public funds, to allow Su Dong to transfer freely? From a financial perspective, Barcelona suffered a great loss.
But it was Barcelona who suffered the loss, as Rosell and Bartomeu stopped the loss in time.
Even now, they have not officially announced the true process of Su Dong's transfer. They only revealed that Su Dong paid money to buy out his contract, but how much he paid and how he paid it were all kept secret.
In fact, only a very small number of people like Su Dong knew that he had never paid a penny.
So where did the money come from? You have to ask Rosell and Bartomeu.
Oppositionist Laporta repeatedly asked for the disclosure of accounts, but did anyone pay attention to him? Now, Barcelona is unstoppable and has taken the lead in the standings. The fans are happy, so who cares about these things? "Do you think Iniesta is worth 100 million?" Ma Dawei asked with concern.
Su Dong nodded, "It's worth it, and it's more than worth it."
"Then according to what you said, Barcelona will definitely not sell it."
"No, Barcelona may not recognize Iniesta's value. I guess Guardiola should also be more inclined to get Iniesta instead of Kaka. It's just that are Barcelona fans willing to sell Iniesta?"
Xavi and Iniesta are both Barcelona's local youth training, which can be said to be a legitimate source for the Catalan fans who have always been xenophobic. Can this be bought with money?
In fact, if Iniesta cannot be bought, Su Dong thinks that Valencia's David Silva is also quite good, but I don't know if Guardiola and Manchester City have noticed it.
David Silva used to be Su Dong's follower. Su Dong was very familiar with him and knew the kid's strength and potential. Moreover, he has basically reached his level now. It's just that due to the platform of Valencia, he is not as eye-catching as Iniesta and Xavi. If we really talk about strength, David Silva is definitely world-class.
Of course, Su Dong would not recommend David Silva to Manchester City. He just vaguely noticed some signs.
If Abramovich's entry into Chelsea was just the beginning, then now, with more and more foreign capital entering the market, especially with wealthy Middle Eastern tycoons taking over Manchester City, the landscape of European football will also undergo earth-shaking changes.
Of course, this change is more for the club, and will test the club's operational capabilities and level of recruitment.
But for the players, it may not be a bad thing.
How many people in professional football are really seeking glory? To put it bluntly, it is a job to support the family.
As a worker, even if he is already the best among workers, Su Dong still has no intention of considering these for the club.
He just cares about what he wants.
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Su Dong’s guess was indeed correct.
The news that Manchester City offered 100 million euros to acquire Iniesta immediately caused an uproar in Catalonia after it was revealed by the media.
Although Iniesta is not a native Catalan, he is a direct product of Barcelona's youth training and is regarded as one of their own.
Barcelona fans are not willing to sell their youth training for money, and are even calling on the club to buy back youth players, such as Gerard Pique who has returned, and Fabregas who plays for Arsenal.
In this case, how could Barcelona be willing to sell Iniesta? Even the fans turned around and bombarded Soriano and Begiristain, saying that these two former Barcelona executives started to dig into Barcelona's players after going to Manchester City, which could be said to be traitors.
Barcelona quickly responded to the protests from the media and fans, and immediately held a press conference to say that the club had rejected the poaching attempt from Manchester City and announced that Iniesta was not for sale.
Both of Manchester City's earthquake-level signings were aborted, but the earthquake they caused is still continuing in European football.
Everyone clearly felt that with the entry of Manchester City, the rules of the game were quietly changing.
Times have changed!
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As the winter transfer window draws to a close, the second half of the Bundesliga has reignited the battle.
The first to start is the third knockout round of the German Cup.
Bayern will challenge Stuttgart away.
Stuttgart has performed very poorly this season. After the first half of the season, it was only ranked tenth in the Bundesliga. Head coach Amin Fei was fired due to poor results and was replaced by assistant coach Markus Babel.
During the winter break, Stuttgart made two purchases and two sales, and not only did they not spend any money, but they actually earned nearly one million euros. This made it clear that the team did not have much ambition, and there were also signs that they were somewhat giving up on the cup competition and focusing on the league.
Therefore, in the third round of the German Cup, when Bayern's main players played against Stuttgart away, the home team was suppressed very badly. Just fourteen minutes into the game, Su Dong planned an attack in the frontcourt and Robben scored a goal for Bayern.
Two minutes later, Su Dong personally assisted Ribery to score a goal.
Afterwards, Bayern launched a fierce attack on Stuttgart, with Sudon, Robben and Schweinsteiger scoring goals consecutively.
In the end, Bayern beat Stuttgart 5-0 away and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
It can be said that the success of this game far exceeded the expectations of everyone in Bayern. Stuttgart had obviously given up the German Cup strategically.
And because Bayern sent all their main players to the German Cup, they had to rotate their players in the 18th round of the Bundesliga at the weekend.
In the match going north to Hamburg to challenge the northern king of the Bundesliga, Bayern firmly took the initiative, but was never able to break Hamburg's goal. Instead, they lost 0-1 away from home after the opponent scored a sneak goal in the first half stoppage time.
This is also Bayern's first defeat in the Bundesliga this season.
The entire German football world breathed a sigh of relief.
Bayern, who had won 17 consecutive games, finally lost!
(End of this chapter)
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