Jose fell silent. He slowly turned the wine glass with one hand, while the other hand was slowly rubbing his chin - this was his habitual movement. When the beard stubble was pricked on the skin of his hand, it could make him concentrate more on thinking.

"I dare not say how much I can afford to buy Etoo, but I can only say that the final number will definitely satisfy you, as long as it is not too much." Laporta added: "And to be honest, Etoo will not have too many buyers. With his value, other league teams can buy him not many, and they may not be interested in buying him. Barcelona needs a new striker. Saviola is very good, but he does not meet the requirements of Barcelona now. If you are interested, we can even use Saviola as a bonus."

"Haha." Jose laughed: "Mr. Laporta, you look down on us so much. We can't afford Saviola's annual salary of 3.6 million."

Jose is telling the truth. If he is willing to pay Saviola an annual salary of 3.6 million euros, he will definitely pay Etoo a yearly salary of 4 million euros. In his opinion, Etoo is much more useful than Saviola...

And even if Etoo leaves, Mallorca still has Torres, a natural substitute, so there is no need to invest a lot of money in Saviola.

Laporta smiled awkwardly. He knew that it was not that good. Mallorca has always been unwilling to pay high salaries for the team's stars. This is also why he was able to poach Ronaldo and wanted to poach Etoo. It is also why Laporta is not afraid that Barcelona gave Mallorca too much money to make them grow and grow - a club without funds to satisfy the appetite of players, no matter how good the results are, it can only be a flash in the pan. Perhaps Mallorca will have sufficient financial resources to raise the players after the smooth operation of the new stadium, but that will happen a few years later.

Now Barcelona is going to have a good player revival, Mallorca needs a lot of funds to lay the foundation, and both sides are getting what they need.

After thinking for a long time, Jose finally spoke.

"Mr. Laporta, I cannot promise you anything right now."

This is the first sentence of Jose. Laporta was stunned at first, and then smiled - it was obvious that "now" could not promise anything, but what about the future?

"I can tell you this way that if you want Etoo, you must first have a price that can impress me, and secondly, you must let the players agree to join. Otherwise, you cannot want Etoo, and Mallorca will not push Etoo to the transfer market without hesitation. After all, Etoo is the first player I have introduced after becoming the head coach of Mallorca. He is of great value to Mallorca and is not just a player... If Etooo had not agreed to join Barcelona, ​​Mallorca Club would never have agreed to transfer the meeting."

Jose said this sentence firmly, Laporta's face changed slightly, and then he calmed down: "No problem, if Etoo himself agreed to join Barcelona, ​​then we would not blame you at all."

While saying that, Laporta laughed in his heart, Jose wanted to be like that and set up that. He wanted to make a profit by selling players and retain the club's good reputation - it's okay, isn't it easy to impress Etoo? Money, glory, status, these are all conditions that can impress the other party. Mallorca only gave Etoo an annual salary of less than two million, and Barcelona could give three million and four million - no one would be unable to overcome the money.

"Since you agree, I can give you a promise - under the same conditions, we will give priority to selling people to Barcelona. What do you think?" Jose said at last.

Laporta laughed and then reached out to Jose: "Happy cooperation... Since you have made such a promise, we will not take the initiative to contact Etoo before the end of the season... You see, I neither posted news in the newspaper to disrupt Mallorca's morale nor contacted you before the game with Mallorca. I am a righteous person and don't like to make some tricks behind my back."

Jose laughed: "I like collaborators like this... I hate those who make small moves behind my back. After all, I have a debt to break the contract, so I'm not afraid of anything, do you think?"

Laporta laughed too.

Barcelona is now at a trough and heading towards the peak. Since winning the La Liga championship in 1998-99, it has been nearly five years since it won the La Liga championship! This is simply unimaginable for a giant. Laporta became the chairman of Barcelona with the promise of "buying Beckham", but it was not fulfilled in the end. In the end, Ronaldo and Franco, who bought Mallorca, calmed down the dissatisfaction of the fans. Surprisingly, Ronaldo's performance was extremely exciting, allowing people to see the signs of Barcelona's revival. In this case, Barcelona will naturally not be stingy with any money anymore. If it is to waste, they have wasted more money in the Gaspart era...

Besides, Mallorca is trustworthy. Although it seems that Franco has failed now, Ronaldo's alone is enough to prove the value of the players Mallorca has produced!

Now is the time for Barcelona to spend money, so they naturally would not be as stingy as they were later on. Not only did they pay less money, but they also asked the players to pay for the redemption fee themselves. Why is there this difference? It is nothing more than that they urgently need people now. Etoo, a top striker, is necessary for them, so they naturally don't take the money seriously. In the future, there will be Xavi in ​​front and Iniesta in the back. They do not need Fabregas to join. They also know that Fabregas wants to come back, so they will naturally slowly grind it. It is a little bit to save.

In fact, every team is like this, and there is no certain rule for changing player value. Players' value changes according to market demand. If you don't want to sell or force yourself to dig, you can often get a sky-high price. If you want to sell on the one hand, it may not be a special need. Players' value often seems to be lower than your real value.

Jose has always paid great attention to this point. Anyway, if you want to poach people, you have to pay a lot of money. No one begs you to buy it. If you don’t buy my players, I can keep it myself. Opening a black store requires such a style, otherwise you will only be slaughtered by others.

This is also why Jose does the first thing he does after the end of each season is to extend their contracts based on the performance of the players, so that when someone comes to poach people, he will not be in a passive situation.

"Barcelona really took a fancy to Etoo... Will he leave? If he doesn't want to leave, then I will keep him. After all, Mallorca is different from the Mallorca in history... His feelings for Mallorca are still trustworthy. But he needs a lot of money, and now I can't satisfy him. Money, money... Samuel is a very rational person who will increase his interests to the maximum. Maybe it will be the same as in history. Barcelona is the place to work, Mallorca is the home..."

"Damn, why don't Real Madrid take the initiative to grab it? That might be able to sell at a higher price. Is Florentino really a racist and look down on black people? Well, maybe it's because Etoo was sold from him, and I feel unhappy when I buy it back now... Cambiaso's contract seems to be about to expire. I don't know if it can be obtained? It seems that there is something missing in the position of the back midfielder. But he would prefer to go to Inter Milan. After Mancini went to Inter Milan next season, he is a back midfielder and has accumulated a large number of back midfielders."

"Now I'm afraid I have to prepare for Etoo's departure. Although Torres is just enough to make up for it, he can't rely on two forwards to conquer the world. Gu Isa is only qualified as a substitute. This guy's peak period is after he was twenty-five years old. Negredo is still young now. Let's talk about it first in the second team. I still have to buy a suitable substitute forward. Who should I find someone to come? I have to worry about it again..."

Thinking all the way, Jose returned to the hotel. After thinking about it, he called the club.

"Mr. Piri? Oh, hello, I have nothing to do here... but I want to ask you to check what kind of strikers are there next season. I want to prepare early. I may not be a player in La Liga. It is also possible outside of La Liga. I may want all the information for the forwards who transfer. Yes, just general information is enough. I will watch it after I come back from London. OK, thank you, I am really lucky to have you by my side."

After hanging up the phone, Jose's expression did not relax. He believed that Piri would pile up all the forward information that could be transferred to him. As long as he returned to Mallorca, there would definitely be a large stack of information in front of him. However, it is not easy to find a suitable forward. You should not be too old, be willing to play as a substitute, and not make a mess in the locker room. It is best to have potential and train you to be the main player in a few years... The most important thing is that your current value cannot be too high. If it exceeds 6 million euros, he might as well spend a few million more to buy Villa and transplant the future striker of Torres Gavila of the Spanish national team to Mallorca in advance - but in that case, he will have a headache about who can play the three forwards who can play the main player...

"Oh, this matter is really one after another. Let's pay attention to the next game first... This trip to London will not be too easy..."

Jose sighed, then turned on the video recorder in the room and began to watch Arsenal's recent game video. Although Mallorca beat Arsenal four-2 at home in the first round, Jose knew that this was also a factor of luck. Cameni's outbreak due to injury was a variable that no one expected. It was this variable that made Mallorca's offense even more worrying, and that overwhelmed his opponent in the goal!

There may not be such a variable in this game in Highbury, and the opponent has scored two away goals after all.

ps: After dinner, I have to help my wife and girl buy a train ticket in Qingdao... Damn it's ten days left, and I'll be gone. Summer is really the peak tourist season...


Chapter completed!