Chapter 801: The Game of Snatching People
When Mendes arrived at Su Dong, it was already dark.
He was sitting in Su Dong's manor in Wilmslow. He vaguely heard some noise outside the door. Then he saw Su Dong kicking a training bag and coming in from the small door beside the gate. He had a very strange feeling.
In the parking lot not far from him, there were several luxury cars parked. The worst one was the BMW 7 Series, and there was also Wang Chuqing's favorite Audi R8. Not long ago, Su Dong gave each member of the private coaching team a BMW X5.
Strictly speaking, Su Dong has no shortage of luxury cars, but he has not yet learned how to drive.
When his fiancée was around, she was the one who picked her up and dropped her off. Now that she goes to study in Oxford, Su Dong has hired a driver to pick her up and drop her off.
Being a driver for Su Dong is also a very comfortable job, because he basically stays in the training base.
At this moment, seeing Su Dong coming in, Mendes felt really strange.
Do all geniuses have some quirks?
It's like Su Dong can't drive.
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Su Dong saw Mendes when he entered the door. He waved at Mendes from a distance and walked to the gate of the villa.
The servant had come out and helped him bring the training bag in. Su Dong asked her to cut some fruit and squeeze some juice before walking towards Mendes.
"You didn't even tell me you were coming, and you called me in such a hurry." Su Dong complained.
Mendes chuckled, "If I hadn't called you, you would have come home even later, right?"
Su Dong did not deny it either.
In fact, his current training volume has been reduced a lot, mainly because he is 26 years old and his body is at its peak. The most important thing next is not to improve, but to maintain.
You need to increase the amount when improving, but you need to control it when maintaining.
Nuno Cruz will take care of all these aspects, and Su Dong only needs to follow their professional training plan. After all, after so many years of cooperation, Su Dong still has great confidence in their abilities.
The servants quickly brought cut fruits and freshly squeezed juice and placed them in front of Su Dong and Mendes respectively.
Whether it's fruit or juice, they are different.
Su Dong's diet must strictly follow the recipes of nutrition expert Professor Paul Lacasco, but Mendes does not need to do so, so his portion looks more delicious.
"Have you seen Begiristain at the stadium?" Su Dong picked up the fruit and asked while eating.
"Yes." Mendes did not hide it. He has always been open with Su Dong. "In addition to discussing how to cooperate in the operation of the Ballon d'Or, I also talked to them about David Luiz."
Su Dong was a little surprised, "David Luiz is related to you too?"
In Su Dong's impression, David Luiz's agent is not Mendes.
But Mendes gave a shrewd smile and nodded: "I own one-quarter of him."
"Fuck, you're going to make a killing this time." Su Dong praised.
Judging from the current competition between Manchester City and Chelsea, David Luiz's transfer fee is at least 25 million euros, which is already very high for a central defender who has never proven himself in the four major leagues.
"I didn't make much money, actually." After a pause, Mendes explained, "I only bought a quarter of his ownership in 2009. At that time, Benfica was in financial crisis and urgently needed funds. I spent 4.5 million euros to buy this part of the rights. From the current point of view, I haven't made much money."
"More than one million euros, isn't that enough?" Su Dong shook his head repeatedly. Ferguson was right, this guy was a vampire.
Of course, to Su Dong, Mendes is a lovable vampire.
"Remember Falcao I mentioned to you last time?" Mendes asked.
Su Dong nodded. When Mendes wanted to set up a third-party ownership company for players, he asked Su Dong if he was interested in participating. However, Su Dong was concerned about his own reputation and did not intend to participate.
Now, Mendes' two investment companies in Gibraltar and Jersey are doing booming business in this area. David Luiz is one of them, as is Falcao.
"He has performed well in Porto and many teams are interested in him. I plan to find a team to cooperate with and transfer him to the four major leagues. After packaging and operation, I will sell him at a higher price."
Su Dong looked at Mendes in surprise. "If I remember correctly, Falcao's current market value is more than 30 million euros, right? Are you still not satisfied?"
The Colombian center scored 25 goals in 28 rounds in the Portuguese Super League last season. Many people compared him with Su Dong of the year. Although he is older and has different technical characteristics, it does not hinder the hype from the outside world at all.
Even Su Dong's agent Mendes is one of the masterminds behind the scenes.
Don't think that players don't need hype.
For example, Rooney is now creating hype and using public opinion to force Manchester United to make concessions and give him a sky-high contract.
If nothing unexpected happens, Manchester United will definitely compromise, and this time Rooney will definitely have a sky-high contract, which may even exceed that of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, except for Suarez.
The same is true for player transfers, as well as the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.
Mendes is obviously very good at this and it also meets the needs of many teams, such as Benfica and Porto.
Su Dong also had to admit that the current Mendes is no longer the Mendes who was controlled by Jose Vega and struggled to support himself.
Of course, he has not changed much. After all, he also needs superstars like Su Dong and Cristiano Ronaldo to build good relationships with various clubs and maintain friendly cooperation.
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"I heard that Manchester City is going to sign a goalkeeper?" Mendes asked with concern.
"Do you have a candidate?" Su Dong nodded. This was not a secret.
"How about De Gea from Atletico Madrid? I have cooperation with Atletico and can help negotiate with them."
Su Dong shook his head. "De Gea performed very well in Atletico Madrid. He is Spanish. Begiristain is very optimistic about him and the technical team also recognizes him. But in the meeting a few days ago, Guardiola rejected him."
"Rejected? Why?" Mendes was surprised.
De Gea is the hottest young goalkeeper in European football right now, and he is Spanish. Isn't this enough to attract Guardiola? "He thinks De Gea is a typical goalkeeper who controls the ball on the goal line, with a small control range. His advantages are his height, long arms, super reaction speed, and excellent save skills, but his disadvantages are also very obvious. High balls are fatal, and his prediction and attacking skills are also relatively poor, which is far from what Guardiola requires."
Mendes was depressed when he heard this. He had originally planned to pull Manchester City together to find Atletico Madrid to do a big deal, but now it seems that the plan has fallen through.
In addition, he also has a selfish motive, which is that he does not want other agents to intervene too much in Manchester City.
The whole world knows that Manchester City is rich and powerful, so he wants to take advantage of his relationship with Su Dong and his friendship with Begiristain and Soriano to get this business.
"What type of goalkeeper does he want?" Mendes asked with concern.
Su Dong smiled and said, "Neuer, if you have the ability to convince Bayern, you can offer anything below 50 million euros!"
Mendes almost fell over.
Damn, you just want the best!
Neuer is the goalkeeper for both Bayern and the German national team. Can such a player be poached?
Bayern is short of your 50 million euros?
Really!
In terms of wealth, Bayern Munich is no less powerful now! Besides, why did Neuer come to Manchester City?
Given his current situation and status, especially after experiencing the baptism of the World Cup, the safest way for him now is to develop steadily in Bayern, and his future achievements will surely not be bad.
Going abroad?
If he suffers a Waterloo like Hildebrand, not only will his career be sacrificed, but the future of the national team will also be affected. He will regret it then.
"Come on, you know, this is basically impossible!" Mendes waved his hands repeatedly.
Su Dong has a good relationship with Neuer, and Mendes also has a certain friendship with him, so he naturally knows some of Neuer's situation.
Su Dong looked at his agent with a smile, thought for a moment, and asked, "Do you have any connections in Belgium?"
Mendes' eyes lit up immediately, "You mean..."
This is actually not a secret. Manchester City will definitely contact them through an agent. If Mendes can really get it done in advance, there will be a lot of trouble left, and Manchester City will be very happy to see it happen.
Su Dong was still sure about this.
As the captain of the team, he can get more information and naturally knows the priorities of things. He knows exactly what can be said and what cannot be said.
"Genk has performed well this season and has two young players, midfielder Kevin De Bruyne and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who have both been spotted by Manchester City's technical team."
"I've heard of De Bruyne, Hazard from Lille, and Lukaku from Anderlecht. They are all young players who are highly regarded at the moment. Lukaku, in particular, is already a famous talent in European football, but Courtois is not well-known. The only thing that impressed me was the third round of the Europa League qualifiers, when we lost 0-3 to Porto at home. He was a starter but was taken off by the head coach after the game. He didn't even play in the second round, and Genk was directly eliminated."
Both players are targets of investigation by Manchester City's technical team. Guardiola is quite optimistic about De Bruyne and is also a little interested in Courtois. The latter is said to be a left-back and has good footwork. Guardiola believes that he can be transformed.
The most important thing is that it is young and cheap, so it doesn’t matter even if the transformation fails.
It is reported that Kompany's agent and some other Belgian agents are strongly recommending them to Premier League teams, including Chelsea, which are very interested in them.
Young, with potential and worth training, this deal is not a loss-making one and all Premier League teams are very interested in it.
Manchester City, like Chelsea, is now scouring the world for young players to fill its own youth training and first-team bench. Naturally, they are also paying close attention to Belgium, which is only separated from them by the English Channel.
Su Dong revealed this news to Mendes, naturally hoping that he could help Manchester City with the operation.
It would be best if we could snatch players from top teams like Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United.
This is also what Manchester City would like to see.
(End of this chapter)
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