Chapter 148 Not for Sale
The league is not over yet, and the media are speculating on where these Lazio players will go next season.
It seems that everyone is used to Chang Sheng's rhythm of selling players every time he wins the championship.
And with Lazio's current financial situation, selling players is also the fastest way to work.
So everyone understands.
So the media is full of rumors about the transfer of certain Lazio players.
What Juventus, who has successfully upgraded, has taken a fancy to Melo, what Real Madrid wants to get Benzema, what Wenger said David Silva is his dream player, what Abramovich plans to pack half Lazio... something like that.
It was dizzying to watch, and I felt that Lazio would be divided up by the European powers when I woke up.
Some media also put price tags on the players in the Lazio team one by one.
Rocky 10 million, David Silva 35 million, Benzema 25 million, Modric 30 million, Melo 30 million, Khedira 15 million, Inle 10 million, Ledesma 8 million, Cazorla 8 million, Jose Passarella 21 million, Pavon 10 million, Balzaretti 1 kilowatt, Lixishi Tyner ten million...blah blah blah.
Even the media is not just out of some psychology, maybe it's like ridicule always wins. They changed a special issue called "Lazio Supermarket Shopping Guide", which introduced in detail the performance of each Lazio player last season, and gave several criteria for scoring.
By scoring to tell everyone whether this player is worth buying for tens of thousands of euros.
Among them, David Silva is currently the most valuable player in the Lazio team.
The press didn't agree on his stock price either.
Some media said that he is worth 35 million, some media think that 40 million may be enough to take him away, and some media think that 28 million is enough.
Huan was hyped in the media, but Chang Sheng was uncharacteristically this time.
In an interview with reporters, he said that every Lazio player is not for sale.
"We will not sell our players, these players are very good, they are the cornerstone of Lazio's success. No manager will sell the meritorious players of the team!"
What Chang Sheng said in the camera lens was just and righteous.
Those who don't know will definitely be moved by Chang Sheng's love for the players, give a thumbs up and say hello.
But it's a pity that most people know who Chang Sheng is.
Hearing him say that, the reporters collectively booed him in their hearts.
**! Is it your twin brother who used to play jumping off buildings after every season? !
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In short, no matter how the media reporters complain in their hearts.
Chang Sheng never let go. He insisted that his players are not for sale and will not be sold.
And the attitude is extremely firm.
This attitude makes everyone very strange.
Is Lazio's financial problem solved?
But obviously not!
How could it not be sold?
Selling players is their main source of income. If they don't sell players, how can they pay off their debts? How to maintain the normal operation of the club?
There is one round left before the end of the league, but it is not heard that Chang Sheng has finalized the transfer of any player.
You know, in the past, Chang Sheng was always aggressive in the transfer market. It seemed that he didn't need to investigate at all, just called the names and bought people.
The seller is also so decisive. He seems to know how much he should quote, and he can accurately grasp the buyer's maximum tolerance. The transfer will not be shaken because the asking price is too high.
In fact, what Chang Sheng said is only half right. In his team, most of the players are not for sale, not all of them.
He is waiting for Juventus.
Of course he will not take the initiative to sell players like before.
Now Lazio is performing well, and Lazio's players have confidence.
We are not trash players that no one wants. If you want my players, you just wave your checks. Let's see who bids the most!
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The season is not over yet, but Juventus' signings have already begun.
They have to reserve combat power for the team to compete in the First Division in the new season.
The entire team almost had to be torn down and rebuilt.
So they have to buy a lot of players.
Although Moji and Giraudo committed a lot of crimes, they played very disgraceful roles in the Phonegate incident and the GEA incident.
But I have to admit that their vision of seeing people is quite accurate.
Juventus has bought players for so many years, and it is rare for them to miss.
But now, things are different.
Juventus, without Moggi and Giraudo, hired a bunch of outsiders to do the work of their predecessors.
Blanco is the current general manager of the team, in charge of all operations of the club, just like Giraudo at the time. Of course, because of insufficient manpower, he also has to serve as the sports director, which is the position of Moji before.
But Blanco is a beginner in football. His forte is running and managing clubs and negotiating with sponsors on such business activities.
The specific player signings are sports activities.
This requires a high degree of expertise, because if you are not professional, you may be deceived...
Just like what happened to Juventus in the next few years.
From the signings of Juventus after their promotion, everyone can see how amateur their team is.
As for Seko, who has been scolded a lot, he is not interested in the club's board of directors at all, and he is not on the list of management members of the club. Although some media said that what he took over was Moggi's debt, what is the sports director. But in fact, he is more like a salesman running errands, specializing in negotiation work. It's a bit similar to Martin Llorente when Changsheng was in Valencia.
He doesn't care about other jobs at all, and he has no right to decide who to buy or not to buy. To put it bluntly, he is a bit like a certain department manager under Moji.
Although Blanco will take on Moggi's work concurrently, in terms of position, the position of sports director is currently vacant. Juventus also know that Blanco is not a professional in this field, so they have to find the right person.
In fact, just after Moggi's accident, the Juventus club contacted the Roma club manager Baldini.
However, after the two sides talked a few times, they did not reach an agreement, and the matter eventually fell through.
But there is another saying that the reason for this matter is that a high-level person in the Juventus club objected to Baldini's entry into the host. Because in dealing with Chang Sheng, Baldini showed his amateurism...
Being able to let go of such an excellent head coach as Chang Sheng is enough to prove how poor his level is.
Anyway, Juventus is now managed by a group of beginners and laymen in terms of sports affairs.
This is particularly evident in transfer signings.
In the past, Juventus's transfer and signings were very poisonous.
now...
Otherwise, how could they have been cheated so many times?
Chang Sheng does not intend to save Juventus, on the contrary, he wants to cheat Juventus.
Historically, Felipe Melo moved from Racing Santander to Almeria in the summer of 2007.
Played there for a season and performed well, and was valued by Fiorentina in 2008.
Another season in Fiorentina, the performance is still outstanding. Twenty-nine appearances, two goals.
Then he was spotted by Juventus.
I don't know whether Juventus took the initiative to find him, or his agent promoted him to Juventus.
Anyway, Melo eventually moved to Juventus for 25 million euros. He was the king of transfer bids for Juventus that year.
The results of it?
He was later named Juventus' most failed signing, a big parallel importer. He also picked up that year's Serie A Golden Trash Award - an award given to players whose performances have been disappointing.
Chang Sheng didn't know if Melo would perform so badly when he went to Juventus. But at least selling Melo can make a lot of money for himself.
As for whether Melo and Juventus can get along happily, Chang Sheng has nothing to do with it.
He is now waiting for a call from Juventus.
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Juventus did not make Chang Sheng wait too long.
Before the start of the last round of the league, Chang Sheng received a call from Juventus' new club general manager Blanco.
On the phone, Blanco called for Melo as soon as he came up.
"We are interested in Felipe Melo," said the other party.
Chang Sheng now really doubts whether it is in this time and space or in that time and space, it is Melo's agent who is the middle contact.
Otherwise, why are there two worlds, and Juventus is still so tireless towards Melo? The time has changed, the situation has changed, but their love for Mello has not changed.
Chang Sheng will not let Juventus know that he is willing to sell Melo.
So he simply rejected Blanco.
"Melo is the main midfielder of Lazio, the absolute core. We will not sell such an important player."
He is not afraid that Juventus will die down.
If this is really Melo's agent helping to contact behind the scenes... Juventus will always find it again.
Moreover, even if Juventus is not interested, there will always be other teams who will come to be the receiver.
As long as the price is right, who is not to be cheated... Ah, no, who is it sold to or not?
As for him clearly wanting to sell Melo, but wanting to say that Lazio cannot play without him, why?
Because he wants Juventus to know how good Melo is and how important he is to Lazio. So such an important and outstanding player will make Juventus even more excited.
Moreover, poaching Lazio's midfield core can also serve the purpose of attacking Lazio and weakening Lazio's strength.
It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Therefore, the more Chang Sheng values Melo, the more Juventus will poach Melo, no matter what the price is.
It is useless for Chang Sheng to regard Melo as his own son.
In order to successfully sell Melo at a high price, Chang Sheng naturally has to vigorously promote the role of Melo.
Of course, just talking to Juventus general manager Blanco is useless.
He also needs more people to say that Melo is good and form the influence of public opinion.
Then Hanblanco outside the door will be more determined not to want Melo, no matter how much money he pays, he will dig Melo!
Because he will be convinced that Felipe Melo is the cornerstone of Juventus' revival and the most important piece of Juventus' future dynasty puzzle! (to be continued)