Chapter 814: Use Money to Pry His Mouth Open

"Southampton, why Southampton again?"

In a mansion in West London, Abramovich slammed a newspaper in his hand heavily onto the table.

He was in a good mood after getting up early in the morning, but the weather suddenly changed from sunny to cloudy, and he even felt like a rainstorm was coming.

"Why are these reporters staring at Southampton? What benefits did the Saints give them?"

Abramovich has never been able to figure this out.

Logically speaking, the transfer market is so lively and there is too much material to report, so why do people keep reporting on Southampton?

I’m not sure about the others, but at least in the past period of time, Southampton has occupied almost all of the front-page headlines of major newspapers in the UK and even in Europe. Do they have that influence?

Granovskia sat aside trembling, not daring to say anything more.

In fact, she is clear about this issue.

At the end of the day, Southampton is all about hype.

In fact, the Saints were not afraid to tell reporters that they just wanted to create hype.

And what about the reporters?

For the sake of sales and to stimulate fans, they are happy to see it and even actively cooperate with Southampton in the hype.

Azpilicueta joins Tottenham Hotspur!

Saints sign Tottenham Hotspur youth team striker Harry Kane!

Ibrahimovic lands at Paris Saint-Germain!

Fabregas returns to the Premier League and joins Saints!

Javi Martinez sets Bayern Munich transfer record and lands in the Bundesliga!

Southampton makes another move, Monaco's talented striker Martial joins the Saints!

James Rodriguez joins Real Madrid for a huge price!

For each and every transfer, from the early release of clues to the reporters who were alerted and conducted in-depth investigations, to the official announcement by the club, the truth was revealed and the entire transfer process was in order.

Who would believe that this was not a deliberate arrangement?

Do you really think that the industry elites in Southampton’s news department are all vegetarians?

At least in terms of news publicity, Chelsea is far inferior to Southampton. Even in terms of relationships and networks in the British media, Chelsea is far behind the Saints.

They are so professional in this area!

Therefore, the Saints have been able to dominate the important pages of major British media and even major European media for a long time.

James Rodriguez joined Real Madrid for a whopping 100 million pounds, which completely set off the entire European football scene.

Almost everyone couldn't believe it and thought it was crazy, but it happened.

While the whole world was shocked by this, the Saints' first team quietly set off for training in China.

Then some reporters began to notice that Modric's name was not on the training list at all.

This means that the soap opera of Croatian midfielder transfer is coming to an end!

As a professional manager, Granovskia has heard about the Saints many times.

Almost all people in the industry, whether friendly or hostile, when mentioning the Saints, basically will not deny that the Saints are the most professional and efficient football club in European football, without a doubt.

Just as Marca revealed, Real Madrid decided to introduce James Rodriguez. It took less than twelve hours from Florentino personally going to Southampton to negotiate with Yang Huan to the final signing of the contract.

If it were Chelsea, it would be impossible to do this.

Therefore, Granovskia is well aware of how Southampton is treated in the newspapers and he really can’t envy it!

Abramovich has a strange personality. When he gets angry, no one pays attention to him, but he calms down after a while.

"Marina, how is the progress of bringing in Stones?" asked the Russian.

This summer, Chelsea's recruitment in the transfer market has been very unfavorable.

Among the several preferred targets identified previously, the only one who still has hope is Stones.

This young English player has just started to show his potential. He is a rare technical central defender with extraordinary potential.

Chelsea’s current central defenders are also a hole, so it is imperative to introduce Stones.

It can even be said that at all costs!

"I called Robert Elstone several times, but he never gave his nod on Stones' transfer. As for the player, he is still changing agents and we are unable to get in touch with him directly at the moment."

Abramovich closed his eyes and exhaled heavily, "How much did we offer him?"

"Fifteen million pounds."

Fifteen million pounds?

For a 20-year-old central defender who has only played one season in the Premier League, this is a pretty good price.

You know, in January 2013, when Everton introduced Stones from Barnsley in the Championship League, it only cost 3 million pounds. In just one and a half years, the price has increased fivefold. Isn't that enough?

"Originally, we were planning to use Lukaku's transfer to talk to Everton, but we had an agreement with Everton at the beginning, and Everton didn't want to entangle Lukaku with Stones, so..."

Abramovich said nothing, but just let out another long breath.

"Forget it, if Everton is still holding on tight, you can add more money and give me money to pry open his mouth. I must get Stones no matter what!"

"clear!"

"Also, how are the transfers to Italy and Hamburg going?" Abramovich asked with concern.

This summer, Abramovich completely entrusted Chelsea's restructuring plan to Granovskaia and Mendes, with each of them responsible for a part. Among them, Mendes was responsible for the Italian transfers and Hamburg's Calhanoglu.

"I don't know. I'll call Mendes later!"

"Yeah!" Abramovich nodded, but soon looked at Granovskaia again.

"Marina, call him now and I'll talk to him!"

"good!"

Granovskia quickly took out his cell phone, found Mendes' number, and called him directly.

After two beeps, the call was connected.

"Hello, Marina, is there anything you need from me?" Mendes asked on the other end of the phone.

"The boss wants to talk to you!"

After Granovskia finished speaking, he immediately handed the phone to Abramovich.

"Hey, Jorge, it's me!"

"Hello, Roman!"

"Now that the team has started training, I want to know how things are going on your side?"

There was some movement on the other end of the line, and it was obvious that Mendes wanted to find a quieter place to talk.

"Roman, I've already contacted them. Cuadrado from Fiorentina shouldn't be a problem. Rakitic from Sevilla has also been basically dealt with. But the situation with Inter Milan and Hamburg is a bit troublesome. They just won't give in."

Abramovich closed his eyes and showed an impatient expression. "Jorge, then you have to find a way to make them relax. We don't have much time now. Jose keeps urging us. We have to complete the transfer as soon as possible."

After thinking about it, Abramovich gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, you can appropriately increase the offer for the transfer of several players. The most important thing now is to bring in players. Do you understand what I mean?"

"clear!"

"I heard that Arsenal and Manchester United are now also interested in Ranocchia and Icardi. You must act as soon as possible, otherwise it will take a long time to get entangled with them!"

"Okay!" Mendes nodded in agreement.

"Oh, by the way, Roman, I'm in Asia recently to deal with some things. Regarding the transfers of Cuadrado and Rakitic, you can ask Marina to send someone to follow up. Basically, everything has been negotiated. It's just some details and terms. It's not a big problem."

"Okay, let's talk about it when you return to Europe!"

After saying that, Abramovich hung up the phone.

With the introduction of the Italian Serie A winger and the Spanish La Liga midfielder, Chelsea's strength has been strengthened, and Abramovich can relax a lot more.

At least I won’t be accused of being mediocre again, right?

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Jorge Mendes hung up the phone with Abramovich and suddenly felt overwhelmed.

If he could handle the transfers of Cuadrado and Rakitic with ease, then Icardi, Ranocchia and Calhanoglu made Mendes a little hesitant.

When Yang Huan had just acquired Atletico Madrid, he immediately took drastic measures against him and cut off his hand in Atletico Madrid. Even now, this incident has left an extremely deep impression on him.

There is no doubt that Yang Huan is capable of great things.

At least, in the past few years, he has been invincible in Europe and has quickly established his own football empire. For this ability, Mendes has to admire him from the bottom of his heart.

Both are wealthy people and both are bosses, but Abramovich is far inferior to Yang Huan in this respect.

Mendes had already suggested that Abramovich take this path, so many Chelsea players were sent to Eindhoven and Portuguese Super League teams to play games and gain experience.

But in the end, Abramovich chose to give up halfway.

But judging from the current situation, Yang Huan’s choice is undoubtedly wiser.

As a football agent, he knew very well that even if he couldn't make friends with someone like Master Huan, he must not offend him.

This is also why he resolutely chose to withdraw from Atletico Madrid to give face to Young Master Huan.

But now, do I really have to offend Master Huan for Chelsea?

If it was a month ago, Mendes might have had this idea, but now, he doesn't!

After hanging up the phone with Abramovich, the Portuguese agent took a deep breath, forced a smile, and walked back to the meeting room he had just walked out of.

As he told Abramovich on the phone, he was in Asia.

And it was in Longhai, China.

This is the meeting room of Southampton's China office.

The person sitting inside was Yang Huan.

"I'm sorry, Master Huan, there are so many trivial things. I'm really sorry!"

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter, I'm not in a hurry anyway."

Mendes smiled apologetically and immediately asked his negotiators to continue negotiating the specific terms and details of the player salary contract offered by Southampton.

After a few days of consideration, Di Maria decided to join Southampton after Bielsa personally called him!

Because Southampton's training camp was arranged in China and all the important figures of the club came to China, Mendes had to come to Longhai in person from Europe to discuss the players' personal treatment.

It was only after arriving in Longhai that Mendes was surprised to hear that Southampton had signed three more sponsorship contracts.

After the team successfully defended the Premier League title and won the Champions League, the Saints successively re-signed sky-high sponsorship contracts with major sponsors such as Nike and Qatar Airways, and the commercial value is quite astonishing.

But what surprised Mendes even more was that the Chinese market was so huge and so amazing.

These three contracts alone can bring Southampton tens of millions of dollars in revenue a year.

It is also said that many large financial groups are vying to cooperate with the Saints, which is really shocking.

"Jorge!"

Yang Huan suddenly stood up.

"Ah? Master Huan, what instructions do you have?" Mendes also quickly stood up.

"Let them handle this kind of trivial matter. Let's go out for a walk!"

Mendes looked at his assistant, who seemed to think there was no problem, so he nodded.

"Yes, Master Huan, please!"