Restricted Superstar

When Gao Xiaodong and La Bourta met, Mendes had just met with Galeries Lafayette Florentino in a hotel in Madrid.

This meeting was mainly to finalize the details of Mourinho's contract, and at the same time to communicate on Real Madrid's future lineup structure, mainly to negotiate Gao Xiaodong's transfer to Real Madrid.

Although Real Madrid and Mourinho have basically reached a coaching agreement and the annual salary has been negotiated, there are still two key issues that have not been fully resolved.

One is that Mourinho hopes that Florentino can give himself enough autonomy. In terms of the team's tactical arrangements and personnel selection, what he said is the final decision.

This is because in the last year of Chelsea and the second year of Inter Milan, both clubs gave Mourinho a lot of resistance in the transfer. Mourinho believes that the reason for the poor performance is too much autonomy. Small, too much constrained by the manager.

In fact, Mourinho hopes that Florentino will reduce the rights of General Manager Valdano and Athletic Director Padza, so that he can directly contact Florentino instead of dealing with Valdano.

In today's Real Madrid, Valdano is the club's No. 2 player, who directly controls the club's transfer power. The current Real Madrid coach Pellegrini has the most dealings with Valdano. In addition, it is worth mentioning that in the selection of the coach, Valdano voted against Mourinho, because he knows that Mourinho has always required himself to control the transfer decision. If Mourinho really joins Real Madrid, then the importance of Valdano will be greatly reduced.

Florentino is very cautious about this issue. He is not stupid. Of course he knows the relationship between Mourinho and Mendes, and he is worried that Mourinho will take the opportunity to get Mendes’ people to Real Madrid.

But after Inter Milan easily defeated Barcelona 6:1, Florentino compromised and he agreed to Mourinho's request.

In the lineup structure, Mourinho first asked Real Madrid to poach Gao Xiaodong from Inter Milan. Secondly, he needs Maicon in the right-back position, and Real Madrid will also dig Maicon from Inter Milan.

Fortunately, Maicon said, even the best right back in the world, after all, is already a 29-year-old veteran. If you can exchange a lot of cash, Inter Milan will not necessarily stay strong, and the annual salary will not be too high, but it is high.

Gao Xiaodong not only has huge potential now, that is, his combat power is not much worse than Messi Ronaldo, Inter Milan will definitely stay, so even if Gao Xiaodong is willing to come to Real Madrid, Real Madrid may need to activate 80 million euros in liquidated damages.

80 million euros are worth buying Gao Xiaodong. After all, Ibrahimovic is worth 66 million, but what about the annual salary? How to resolve Gao Xiaodong's position in Real Madrid?

In Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo has an annual salary of 13 million, and is the well-deserved first person and core; Kaka has an annual salary of 9.6 million and is the second player of the team; if Real Madrid gives Gao Xiaodong 9 million, Gao Xiaodong may not be willing to come, because Inter Milan is giving Gao Xiaodong also gave almost this annual salary when he proposed to renew his contract.

If the annual salary for Gao Xiaodong exceeds 10 million, what would Kaka think? After all, he was the former World Footballer, and he was in his prime, but Real Madrid would be reluctant to give Kaka a raise because Kaka and Ronaldo did not perform well last season, the Champions League round of 16 and La Liga was also defeated by Barcelona. Suppress, if you don't play well, you will have to raise your salary. What will Real Madrid members think?

Mendes discussed Gao Xiaodong’s issue with Florentino for a long time, and Florentino could not promise Gao Xiaodong an annual salary higher than Kaka but lower than Ronaldo, because this actually means Gao Xiaodong. In the second position of Real Madrid, Florentino had to act cautiously.

In this regard, Mendes did not insist. After all, Gao Xiaodong is still only a Serie A champion. If Gao Xiaodong wins the Champions League, Mendes believes Florentino will change his mind.

But Mendes’ troubles are not all in Real Madrid. What makes Mendes a headache is that there are too many teams competing for Gao Xiaodong.

Before Mendes and Florentino met, Manchester City's CEO Cook had just called him, hoping that Gao Xiaodong would move to Manchester City next season.

The local tyrants in the Middle East are wealthy, saying that they do not need to contact Inter Milan and directly activate the 80 million euros of liquidated damages, as long as Gao Xiaodong agrees.

Last time Manchester City prepared to offer Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 8 million euros, but Gao Xiaodong finally did not agree, but transferred to Inter Milan, which offered him an annual salary of 6 million euros.

Although 6 million euros is 2 million euros less than 8 million euros, Inter Milan is a giant and can play in the Champions League. The head coach is Mourinho. Of course, this advantage is far more than the gap of 2 million euros. Gao Xiaodong chooses international Milan is normal.

At that time, Manchester City did not regret it. A young Porto star with a transfer fee of 50 million and an annual salary of 8 million euros was already against the sky. How much more could be given, but they did not expect Gao Xiaodong to play so well at Inter Milan. He is currently the top scorer in Serie A and the Champions League. He also brought Inter Milan to the finals and is very likely to win the first treble in Serie A.

Manchester City now regrets it very much. Last season they did not score in the top four of the Premier League and missed the Champions League. This season they are still ranked fifth and the possibility of reaching the top four is very small. If of course the bid is higher, they will win Gao Xiaodong. Maybe he has reached the semifinals now.

In order to make up for the conservative mistakes made last season, Manchester City directly offered Gao Xiaodong an annual salary of 13.5 million, which is higher than Cristiano Ronaldo's first annual salary of 500,000 euros in the world.

And Cook promised that as long as Gao Xiaodong agrees to move to Manchester City, the boss Mansour will give Gao Xiaodong 10 million euros in signing fees. In addition, Cook also vaguely stated that Mendes will also get a sum. Expensive benefit fee.

Is Gao Xiaodong really worth that much money? Mendes scratched his head. Even when Ronaldo transferred, Gao Xiaodong was not as popular as Ronaldo. Of course, it is not that Gao Xiaodong is stronger than Ronaldo, but that Gao Xiaodong is younger and the penalty is still low. As long as Gao Xiaodong agrees, who Can grab it, isn't this just a piece of Tang Seng meat.

Mendes has a big business now, so he doesn't care about the expensive benefits, but doesn't Gao Xiaodong care about the annual salary of 13 million yuan? This is more than double the current annual salary of Gao Xiaodong, not to mention that there is a signature fee of 10 million euros. With Gao Xiaodong's greedy character, he is likely to be tempted.

But the key is that now Mourinho must take Gao Xiaodong to Real Madrid. Mourinho is one of the cornerstones of Mendes’ business empire. Where Mourinho coaches, Mendes’ players can be sold. In addition, Mourinho's contacts should not be underestimated, Mendes never wants to offend Mourinho.

"There are too many geniuses and a headache!"

Mendes pinched his temples and looked tired. He wanted to ignore everything and lay on the bed for a good night's sleep.

But the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind continued, Mendes remembered the idea of ​​sleeping, and Inter Milan chairman Moratti called.

"Massimo, hello." Mendes forced a smile and greeted Moratti kindly.

"Mr. Mendes, I hope you will give me an accurate answer now. When will Gao Xiaodong's contract renewal negotiations start?" Moratti said without a smile. To an old man who is kind to others, Moratti has this attitude. Obviously very upset.

Mendes continued to laugh strongly: "Isn't it said that after the Champions League final? Massimo, don't worry, Xiaodong is now an Inter Milan player, his first choice is to stay at Inter Milan."

Moratti said coldly: "Mourinho is also the coach of Inter Milan, but now the media regard him as the head coach of Real Madrid next season."

Mendes wiped the cold sweat on his head, "How could it be, the media likes to catch the wind, at least for this season, Mourinho is still Inter Milan's coach."

Moratti is not a fool either. Obviously he also knows the news of Mourinho’s contact with Real Madrid. He even knew that they may have initialed the agreement. He coldly said: "Mr. Mendes, coach Mourinho, I don’t care. , But I will never sell Xiaodong. I hope to start renewal negotiations immediately."

Mendes said: "I think it's better to wait after the Champions League final, so as not to change."

Moratti gritted his teeth and said: "No, I will renew Gao Xiaodong according to the standards of the Champions League, with an annual salary of 10 million. If you still don't want to talk about it, then I will go directly to Gao Xiaodong."

Mendes did not expect Moratti, who had always been indecisive, to be so decisive, and quickly said: "Massimo, let me think about it again."

"Okay, I will give you three days to finish the Coppa Italia final. You must give me an answer."

After speaking, Moratti hung up the phone directly.

Mendes had an even more headache. He paced back and forth in the hotel like a beast. After ten minutes, he finally dialed Mourinho's phone. 8)