Chapter 708: Buying Bones with a Thousand Gold
After returning to Munich from Basel, the team had a day off.
The players have been away for training for half a month, and it is rare for them to have time at home to spend time with their families.
But Su Dong did not have such time.
On the morning of the holiday, Mendes and Ma Dawei both came to Su Dong's home, accompanied by two members of Su Dong's agency team, who are usually responsible for Su Dong's sponsorship business.
Gather the agency team together, and add Wang Chuqing, and with such a lineup, there will be no problem in discussing the transfer directly.
As early as two or three months ago, Su Dong had asked Mendes to conduct an evaluation, mainly about how much impact it would have on Bayern and on himself if he left Bayern?
There are many complex contract terms involved here, which all need to be treated with caution.
Mendes came here this time to report the progress of the matter to Su Dong.
The result is that there will be certain impacts, but they are within a controllable range.
This relieved Su Dong's worries.
As long as it was within an acceptable range, he had nothing to worry about.
But this is just the beginning. The actual transfer is still a long way to go.
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Not only Su Dong was sitting down and preparing in advance, but Bayern was doing the same.
"I received news that Bayern is also studying alternative options for the forward, including Gomez, Dzeko, Kiessling, and even Ibisevic. They are all within Bayern's consideration. Obviously, they are also making preparations." Mendes said.
Ibisevic's performance this season is not as good as last season, but after all, he played with confidence last season and his strength is still good.
As for the other three, they are all the best center forwards in the Bundesliga.
Bayern itself also has a center forward like Klose. If Su Dong really transfers, it is estimated that introducing one of these people will be able to ensure that Bayern's overall strength will not decline too much, but the team's operating costs can be greatly reduced.
Su Dong can indeed bring goals and championships, and even bring huge commercial benefits to the club off the field, but his annual salary and bonuses are also quite astonishing, and not every team can afford it.
"They are already making preparations, so we should also get started quickly," Ma Dawei suggested.
Since you are not going to renew the contract, you should start contacting other teams.
Mendes also agrees, "Real Madrid and Manchester City are the two teams that are in contact with us most frequently, especially Manchester City."
Mendes' reaction was somewhat different when it came to this wealthy team.
Not only him, almost all European football practitioners have a rather special attitude towards Manchester City.
How to say it?
It's a mixture of love and hate.
Most people think that Manchester City is a nouveau riche.
This situation is a bit like the public opinion environment that Abramovich faced when he first took over Chelsea. At that time, everyone thought that Chelsea was a nouveau riche.
But in recent years, with Chelsea's stable performance and Abramovich's continuous investment, Chelsea has always been the strongest contender in the Premier League. At the same time, its performance in the Champions League is also very good. This has made more and more fans begin to accept the fact that Chelsea is a Premier League powerhouse.
There may still be some controversy about calling them wealthy families, but there is probably no objection to calling them powerful families.
The same is true for Manchester City today.
"Kaka didn't want to go to Manchester City. Many stars didn't want to go to Manchester City. Robinho went there but couldn't wait to escape. To be honest, it's all because they lack confidence in Manchester City. This is also the biggest problem for Manchester City in recruiting players."
It’s not that Manchester City doesn’t have money, but that they can’t find the players they want.
Looking at the players Manchester City has recruited, who are the truly top players?
The biggest name is David Silva, but we were able to poach him thanks to the fact that he was in debt-ridden Valencia.
"Soriano said that if you are willing to go to Manchester City, they will increase their efforts to recruit players. I believe the progress will be even more gratifying. At that time, Manchester City will be able to improve its performance in a short period of time and become competitive in the European arena." Mendes relayed.
In the final analysis, this is like buying bones with gold.
Su Dong is the biggest star in the world of football today. If he transfers to Manchester City, what will the players in Manchester City think? What will those stars who have received invitations from Manchester City and are hesitant about whether to go think? The answer is self-evident. Even Su Dong is going, so what are they hesitating about? This will surely open up a smooth road for Manchester City's transfers.
Not to mention anything else, just by waving the banner of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, you can deceive a few people.
"Have you ever evaluated the impact on our commercial value if we transfer to Manchester City?" Wang Chuqing suddenly asked.
She is not only Su Dong's representative lawyer, but also his fiancée.
"There will be some impact, but Manchester City said they will try to make up for it, for example through sponsorship from the Middle East. In addition, they have also shown considerable sincerity in terms of salary, with an annual salary of 50 million euros after tax."
When Wang Chuqing, Ma Dawei and others heard the number from Mendes, they were also a little surprised.
Especially Ma Dawei, he never knew that playing football could make so much money.
The annual salary after tax is 50 million euros, which is about 500 million yuan in RMB.
What does this mean? Previously, a domestic media reported that the boss of a listed company hired someone to kill someone in order to get more than 100 million yuan of shares.
This is an astronomical figure that an ordinary person would find difficult to achieve in their lifetime, and Su Dong's annual salary is 500 million.
This is just the annual salary. Taking into account bonuses, commercial sponsorship income, etc., Su Dong is like a money printing machine, printing money all the time every day.
"In addition, Soriano revealed that if we are willing to sign for five years, we can get a signing fee of 50 million euros every year. That is to say, after joining Manchester City, the actual annual income is 100 million euros."
If Mendes' words just now only surprised Ma Dawei, then now, the look he gave Su Dong was like seeing a mountain of gold and silver. His bright eyes were filled with two words: promise them! That's 100 million euros!
With such a large sum of money, it would be no problem for me to retire directly. Why would I need a bicycle?
Su Dong ignored Ma Dawei's instigating look, and laughed and scolded this guy in his heart for being more and more obsessed with money, but he had already made up his mind.
"We can contact them for now and talk, but it has to be kept confidential. I don't want any news to come out before the end of the season."
Mendes understood what Su Dong meant and immediately nodded in agreement.
Spreading the word is an essential part of European transfer negotiations.
Just like some players’ contract renewals and transfers, they always cause a lot of noise, these are routine operations.
But Sudong is obviously unwilling to let his transfer affect Bayern's games. He still wants to focus on this season's games, especially the Champions League. Mendes and others cannot understand this, but they must respect it.
Su Dong is the only decision maker for this transfer.
In fact, Mendes was also happy because Manchester City promised to give him a large commission as long as Su Dong's transfer was successful.
"Then I will talk to Manchester City first, and discuss this with the sponsors."
Su Dong nodded. He was still very confident in Mendes' abilities.
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After seeing off Mendes and Ma Dawei, Su Dong and Wang Chuqing held another small meeting.
Wang Chuqing is now Su Dong's lawyer. No matter what Mendes and Ma Dawei want to do, they must go through her.
It can be said that she is now Su Dong’s housekeeper.
Others may not know, but she knows very well that Su Dong has made a decision.
"I'll find some time to visit England in a few days?" Wang Chuqing suggested with a smile.
The two of them understood each other and had a sympathetic connection, and Su Dong immediately understood what she meant.
"Ronnie has a house in Cheshire. If we really go to Manchester City, we can stay there temporarily."
Ronnie bought two luxury homes during his time in Manchester.
The first one was located in Woodford, Cheshire, but during the 2006 World Cup, because of the incident between him and Rooney, the house was damaged by fans. So he sold the house and bought a more luxurious mansion in Cheshire, spending a total of nearly four million pounds.
After transferring to Real Madrid, the house has never been sold.
Just a few days ago, he mentioned to Su Dong that if Su Dong really wanted to transfer to Manchester City, he could live directly in his house.
"It's okay to temporarily borrow it, but with your personality, I don't think you'll be comfortable living there."
Wang Chuqing's words immediately made Su Dong laugh awkwardly.
He is a Virgo and is really picky.
Although they were best friends, it was okay for him to stay in the house where Ronnie had lived temporarily, but he would definitely feel uncomfortable if he had to stay there for a long time.
"I heard that there are still a lot of idle land and dilapidated manors in the Golden Triangle area of Cheshire. What do you think if we buy a piece, find a designer, and build it ourselves?"
Not to mention, Wang Chuqing's suggestion hit Su Dong's heart exactly.
It would be absolutely great if you could really buy the land and build it yourself.
Su Dong had visited Messi’s house in Barcelona before. This guy originally lived next door to Su Dong, but later he bought Su Dong’s house, connected the two houses, and demolished the mansion to rebuild it. It was so cool.
You have to know that most of the luxury homes in Europe are decades old, and some are even over a hundred years old, old and dilapidated. No matter how they are renovated, the foundation is still there, and the living experience is actually not that good.
After Su Dong came to Munich and bought this house in Grunwald, he found it extremely comfortable to live in.
If he were really asked to go back and live in that old and dilapidated renovated house, he would probably feel very uncomfortable, so it would be better for him to just buy land and build his own.
"If you want a designer, just go find Alexander Brenner. This guy won't dare to refuse me." Su Dong said with a smile.
Alexander Brenner is an architect who has become famous in Germany in recent years. He is also the designer of Su Dong's current house in Grünwald. He met Su Dong because of the renovation and the two developed a good relationship. Stuttgart and Munich are close, so they often visit each other.
Whether he will transfer to Manchester City is another matter, but if he can really buy a large piece of land and let Brenner design it according to Su Dong’s actual needs, it would be something very exciting.
Especially for a Virgo man like Su Dong, is there anything more perfect than this?
(End of this chapter)
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