Chapter 41 I Don't Buy It

"Welcome, Mr. Russell."

When a black Audi A8 slowly stopped at the hotel entrance, the waiter opened the door and greeted Sandro Rosell with a smile. The Barcelona president got out of the car with a serious face, buttoning his suit with one hand.

This action made him look very gentlemanly.

It's just that he looks a little bit ugly.

Barcelona's first vice president and Rosell's top assistant, Josep Maria Bartomeu, quickly walked around the rear of the Audi and came to Rosell's side.

"We are more than an hour late," Bartomeu reminded.

Russell looked around to make sure he was not being followed by any reporters before he walked into the hotel.

"If you're late, then you're late. Just say it's a traffic jam. What are you afraid of?" There was some arrogance in his words.

As the president of Barcelona, ​​he is a hot figure in this city, even in the whole of Spain and even in European football. Especially with the strong rise of Barcelona in recent years, UEFA President Platini has to be polite when he sees him. He has a significant influence in world football.

How could he take a nouveau riche from China seriously?

The two walked into the hotel lobby, and under the guidance of the waiter, took the elevator upstairs and soon arrived outside the agreed room.

Bartomeu knocked gently a few times and Pimenta came over to open the door.

"Why did you come just now?" Pimenta was a little dissatisfied when he saw the two of them.

Rosell didn't take Pimenta seriously at all. As long as Ibrahimovic was sent away, this person would have nothing to do with Barcelona. He even didn't plan to continue dealing with Raiola in the future.

"Sorry, there's a traffic jam." Russell walked in with a smile and made up an excuse casually.

Raiola is helpless too, because Barcelona is now the most powerful club in the football world.

He could even conclude that Russell did it on purpose. He wanted everyone to wait for him, not only to show off his power, but also for negotiation purposes.

"This should be the new boss of Southampton, Mr. Yang Huan, right?" Rosell didn't even look at Raiola, walked towards Yang Huan and stretched out his hand from a distance.

Yang Huan stood up from the sofa, but did not extend his hand. He laughed and said, "I, who flew here from Southampton, arrived on time, but Mr. Rosell, who came from Camp Nou, was late. It seems that the city of Barcelona is really congested, or Mr. Rosell's car is too big."

Russell stretched out his hand halfway, but when he saw that Yang Huan had no intention of shaking hands with him, he smiled awkwardly and could only retract his hand. Yang Huan's words "the car is too big" sounded to Russell like he was criticizing him for being too arrogant.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I..."

Yang Huan didn't intend to give Russell a chance to explain. You made me wait for you here for more than an hour. It's obvious that you are just showing off. Do you really think I don't have a temper? Or do you think that because you are a wealthy family, you have the right to be arrogant?

"I'm not interested in continuing the conversation here. I make hundreds of thousands per minute, and you made me wait for you here for more than an hour. Calculate for yourself, how much I have lost?" Yang Huan further emphasized his tone.

Following his words, Zhang Ning also stood up, and Long Wu, who had been playing games with his head down, quickly stood up as well.

"Now, I can only give you 25 million euros at most. You either agree to it immediately or forget it. If you still want to sell, come to Southampton and talk to me."

At this point, Yang Huan chuckled, "However, although the traffic in Southampton is not as congested as in Barcelona, ​​I don't know when I will be free. I'll call and make an appointment when the time comes."

When Yang Huan said this, Rosell and Bartomeu were both panicked.

It is well known that Barcelona wants to sell Ibrahimovic. Guardiola has clearly told the team that they must sell the Swedish center in this summer transfer window. The two teams closest to Ibrahimovic at present are AC Milan, but Galliani clearly wants to get something for nothing.

AC Milan's offer was a free loan for one year, and 25 million euros after one year, and Barcelona also had to help AC Milan bear part of Ibrahimovic's salary.

Relatively speaking, Southampton seems to be more sincere. They are willing to buy out Ibrahimovic in one go and pay cash, while also bearing his salary themselves. The biggest problem with the Saints is that they are a League One team.

Originally, Barcelona was worried that Ibrahimovic would not want to go to Southampton, but now the Swedish center has agreed. This is a good thing for Barcelona. But if Yang Huan is angered now and the transfer falls through, how can Barcelona send Ibrahimovic away?

"Mr. Yang Huan, don't be anxious, don't be angry, maybe it's just a misunderstanding!"

Raiola was also a smart guy. When he saw Yang Huan trying to leave, he immediately stood up to stop him.

"Misunderstanding?" Yang Huan sneered, "No misunderstanding, I'm not interested in negotiating with this kind of person. Either agree to my terms immediately, or forget it. Anyway, I have plenty of money, so why should I worry about not being able to buy a star player?"

Although superstars are scarce in the transfer market, it depends on the situation.

As for the current situation of Ibrahimovic and Barcelona, ​​the buyers are definitely in the driver's seat.

Especially considering that the transfer period is getting closer and closer, if we let go of Southampton, the big money sponsor, we will only have the choice of AC Milan, and we will definitely be slaughtered by them.

The reason why Yang Huan has this courage is because he knows very well that Barcelona must sell Ibrahimovic. If they don't sell him and keep him, the salary alone will be enough, and there are other expenses such as bonuses. After a year, not only will the player's value further depreciate, but Barcelona will also have to pay 10 or 20 million in potential expenses.

So from Barcelona's point of view, it is undoubtedly the most cost-effective to sell it now.

"Yes, there are indeed many stars in the transfer market, but there are really not many stars of Ibrahimovic's level. Besides, I believe that Barcelona is also very sincere, right, Mr. Rosell?" Raiola turned the topic to Rosell.

The Barcelona president knows in his heart that he has been too pretentious and his current situation does not allow him to do so.

In fact, if it was Galliani of AC Milan who was negotiating now, Rosell would not dare to be so arrogant. On the contrary, he would even arrive earlier. But he had already assumed that Southampton was a team from a low-level league, and that Yang Huan was a novice and a nouveau riche.

But he didn't expect that in the end he would pick up a brick and hit his own foot.

"Okay!" Rosell turned around and shouted, "Twenty-five million euros, deal, but I want cash, and we will not pay Ibrahimovic even a penny in severance pay."

According to the rules of European teams, if Barcelona wants to sell Ibrahimovic, it will have to pay at least hundreds of thousands of euros in severance pay, but now Rosell wants to save that money.

When Raiola heard this, he felt a little pain in the ass for hundreds of thousands of euros, but Yang Huan promised to give him a commission of 10 million euros.

"Okay, I agree on behalf of Zlatan!"

Finally, everyone present looked at Yang Huan. With just one word from him, the transfer was done.

But Yang Huan shook his head and laughed, "I won't buy it!"

Everyone present was dumbfounded. Raiola almost wanted to kneel down on the spot and beg the young master. This was Barcelona's reserve price. Being able to negotiate from 70 million euros to 25 million euros, what an amazing achievement!

But you still refuse?

Russell was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood on the spot. He was already clearing out his inventory and having a sale, but you were still acting so arrogant?

Do you want me to beg you?

"Mr. Yang Huan, you..."

Yang Huan didn't wait for Raiola to finish speaking, and nodded: "Yes, I won't buy it."

"Why?"

"I'm in a bad mood now!" Yang Huan explained as a matter of course.

Everyone present wanted to vomit blood. The transfer negotiations that had been carefully prepared for a long time were to be terminated at any time just because of a bad mood?

When Zhang Ning heard his reason, he couldn't help but laugh inwardly. This young master's mood was always unpredictable.

When is good and when is bad is just a matter of one sentence.

"You guys are fine. You made a deal. You came late and put on a show. You saved hundreds of thousands of euros in severance pay. But what about me? I've been waiting for you here for more than an hour. I make hundreds of thousands per minute. How much is an hour? Who should I ask for compensation for my losses?"

Faced with Yang Huan's questioning, Rosell was furious, but reason told him that he could not fail in the negotiations with Southampton at this time.

If the talks fail, Barcelona will fall into a more passive situation.

"In a word, 20 million euros, cash. If you want it, I'll buy it. If not, forget it."

Roselle was so angry that he wanted to explode on the spot. He just said 25 million euros, and now it's 5 million less all of a sudden?

Bartomeu was also anxious and winked at Rosell, asking if this kind of transfer deal could be done?

But Russell had his own thoughts in mind.

Ibrahimovic is a player introduced by former chairman Laporta. It is rare that Guardiola gave up on his own initiative. He took the opportunity to clean up Laporta's mark. No matter how much Ibrahimovic is sold for, everyone will point the finger at Laporta, or even Guardiola.

After all, everyone is well aware of what happened in the past year.

Besides, Barcelona is a membership-based team. As the team's chairman, no matter how much loss or loss there is in this transfer deal, it will not be a big loss for Rosell.

But he now needs 20 million euros to pay David Villa and improve the team's financial situation.

"Okay, 20 million euros, deal!" Roselle gritted his teeth in anger, but shouted word by word.

Yang Huan laughed again, and this laugh startled everyone present.

Raiola almost cried in his heart.

Young master, just stop making trouble. You have made a fortune with 20 million euros. Just quit while you are ahead!

Fortunately, Yang Huan just smiled and extended his hand, "Congratulations, Mr. Russell. I feel your sincerity and I agree!"

Russell was in no mood to shake hands, but was worried about angering Yang Huan again, so he could only reach out his hand and shake hands with him.

“This is the worst deal I’ve ever made in my life!”

Yang Huan laughed and was in a very good mood. "I am just the opposite. I think this is the best transfer deal I have ever made. No one should deny this!"

Yang Huan's deal was indeed worth it as he brought in Ibrahimovic for 20 million euros.

However, this is only a membership-based team like Barcelona. If it were a team with other private owners, it would not be easy.

This deal was doomed to fail from the beginning. It can only be said that Barcelona brought its own destruction upon itself.

What they have done over the past period of time has put them in a very unfavorable position in transfer negotiations. Coupled with Guardiola's statement, Barcelona has no bargaining chips at all.

Zhang Ning had been watching coldly from the side, and she suddenly realized that Yang Huan had deliberately stayed to wait for Roselle.

Could it be that he had already anticipated the direction of the entire negotiation?

Is he that smart?

This discovery made Zhang Ning look at Yang Huan somewhat differently, even with admiration.

Even just a little bit.

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