An hour later, Chu Zheng arrived at the Sheraton Hotel where Mario was staying.
"Chu, something happened!" Mario said anxiously when he saw Chu Zheng as soon as he entered the hotel room.
Chu Zheng frowned and said, "What's wrong, Mario, has something happened?"
Having known Mario for so long, this was the first time he saw the fat man showing such a panic expression.
Chu Zheng realized the seriousness of the matter.
After sitting down on the sofa in the living room, Mario suppressed his irritability and began to tell Chu Zheng what he had encountered during this period.
Since Chu Zheng returned to China, Mario has been busy in Europe with Chu Zheng's transfer.
During this time, Mario has been in contact with clubs such as Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Juventus.
These clubs are very interested in Chu Zheng.
But just a few days ago, these clubs informed him one after another that after careful consideration, they were planning to terminate their recruitment plan for Chu Zheng.
As a result, Mario was confused by the continuous bad news, which also exposed the shortcomings of this rookie agent who was not stable and mature enough.
For this reason, Mario directly called his father Mino Raiola for help.
The two father and son had a long video conversation, and through the analysis of the experienced Raiola, Mario suddenly realized that the problem was Chu Zheng's premium price and Wolfsburg's unrealistic asking price.
After Chu Zheng won the double championship with the team, the German Transfer Network estimated Chu Zheng's worth at 45 million, which is already a premium.
But Wolfsburg was still not satisfied and asked for 60 million euros.
Although the football transfer market is full of asking prices and repay the money on the spot, Wolfsburg's price still scares away many clubs.
With so much money, they can buy a mature player who has proven himself in major leagues and various tactical systems. Why do they have to buy a young player like Chu Zheng with extremely high investment risks?
Although Chu Zheng is hailed as a supernova player in the Bundesliga by the European media, no one can guarantee that Chu Zheng will not be the next Nani or the next Pato.
"That is to say, no club has made an offer for me during this period?" Chu Zheng asked with a smile after listening to Mario's story.
"What about Manchester City? Didn't they want to buy me? They gave up too?"
"There is no news from Manchester City. I contacted their sporting director and his reply was that they are in discussions!"
"Then I will stay at Wolfsburg next season. It seems good. I can play in the Champions League!" Chu Zheng grinned and joked.
"Hey! Chu, I'm talking to you about a very serious matter!" Mario said a little angry.
"Calm down! Mario! Worrying can't solve the problems we encounter!" Chu Zheng waved his hand, still wearing a calm smile on his face.
"First of all, we need to figure out why Wolfsburg must have 60 million."
Chu Zheng's words woke up the dreamer. Mario was stunned when he heard the words. After a while, he suddenly spoke and cursed: "Damn it! So that's how it is!"
At this moment, Mario really figured it out.
The Volkswagen Group has always wanted Chu Zheng's image rights and used Chu Zheng's identity as a Chinese player to help them increase their share of the Chinese automobile market.
But Mario did not relent during the negotiations at the time, forcing Wolfsburg to compromise in order to stabilize the team's performance.
Now Wolfsburg has obviously calculated Chu Zheng's potential commercial value into his net worth, hoping to make more money.
…
Wolfsburg club.
At this time, Alofs, who had just attended a high-level meeting of the board of directors, sat in the office and frowned.
Things developed as he expected.
During this period, no club made an offer for Chu Zheng.
For a Bundesliga supernova player, no one cares about him, which makes Alofs feel a bit ridiculous.
At the meeting, Allofs clearly told every Wolfsburg director that if they continued to bite the asking price of 60 million euros, Chu Zheng might fall into their hands.
Next season, De Bruyne, Honte, Perisic and others will all leave.
It can be said that Wolfsburg's performance will decline.
Therefore, Chu Zheng's value may decline next season.
By then, they may not be able to get even 40 million, let alone 60 million.
Allofs's analysis was so meaningful that many boards of directors nodded in agreement.
But the final decision of the meeting was to wait and see.
This made Alofs feel very helpless, and now he just hoped that things would not develop as he expected.
…
England, Leicester City, Leicester City Training Base.
The Leicester City chairman's office, club owner Vichai, incoming Leicester coach Ranieri and Leicester City sporting director and chief scout Steve Walsh are having a small meeting.
[Name: Chu Zheng]
[Nationality: Chinese]
[Positions of expertise: center back, full back, defensive midfielder]
【……】
[Personal honors: Bundesliga champion, German Cup champion, Bundesliga season's best rookie, Europa League assists leader, Bundesliga season's best defender...]
[Net worth: 45 million]
Vichai silently looked at Chu Zheng's personal information that Walsh handed to him in his hand.
In the end, Vichai's eyes stopped at Chu Zheng's net worth and he frowned.
After a long time, Vichai put down the folder in his hand, glanced at Ranieri and Steve Walsh opposite each other, and said: "Are you sure you can buy this player for 45 million euros?"
After hearing that Vichai did not immediately reject the signing, Ranieri and Walsh quickly looked at each other and saw each other's happiness.
With confidence on his face, Steve Walsh said: "Boss, as long as you agree to our signing plan and increase the transfer budget, maybe I can bring this player back to the club without 45 million." .”
After hearing Steve Walsh's words, Vichai said nothing, lowered his head and continued to burn the cigar in his hand.
This made Steve Walsh and Ranieri nervous again.
"I can increase the transfer budget!" After a long time, Vichai spoke, but his sharp eyes looked directly at Ranieri, "But I need to know what I can bring to the club and myself by paying 45 million?"
"Champion!" Ranieri almost blurted out.
Steve Walsh, who was standing by, had a toothache on his face when he heard these words.
Leicester City has 38 Premier League games this season, with 11 wins, 8 draws and 19 losses, accumulating 38 points and ranking 14th in the Premier League standings.
Steve Walsh is really curious about where Ranieri got the confidence to say this.
"Sir, I believe in my vision. This player is the same type of player as Cristiano and Leo Messi. They are all super talents!"
"And now, we at Leicester City also have the opportunity to have this kind of super talent!" Raniere said with a somewhat excited tone.
Ranieri dared to directly tell Vichai to win the Premier League championship, but he actually did so after careful consideration.
Since negotiating the coaching contract with Leicester City, he immediately conducted a comprehensive analysis of all Leicester City first-team players.
Through this analysis, Ranieri really discovered some hidden gold in the first team.
For example, forward Vardy has top speed, first-class shooting skills, and has the potential of a first-class forward.
On the defense line, Morgan is a player he feels is no worse than Wolfsburg's Naldo. He is also a tank-type central defender.
Winger Mahrez has exquisite skills, broad vision and strong assist ability.
Midfielder Drinkwater is also a competent midfielder, not inferior to Wolfsburg's Gustavo and Guilavoji.
Coupled with the fact that he and Steve Wolff have finalized the signing of several young players with low prices but great potential, he feels that he can completely replicate Wolfsburg's success.
Of course, the last piece of the puzzle to this success is Chu Zheng.
What Ranieri values most about Chu Zheng is not his superb defensive ability as a central defender.
It's Chu Zheng's terrifying vision from the midfielder position and his crazy and aggressive offensive talent.
Although Chu Zheng still has shortcomings, he is confident that he can successfully transform this young super genius.
Once he succeeds, perhaps the Premier League title will not be a distant dream for him and Leicester City Club.
There is another point that Ranieri has never said to anyone.
That is because he has noticed that the dominance of the major Premier League clubs has gradually weakened in recent years.
This is related to the fact that the major stars in these giant teams are getting older and their competitive status has declined.
Therefore, these two years are the best time for other Premier League clubs to break the dominance of the Premier League BIG6 and win the Premier League championship.
Once this opportunity is missed and these giant clubs complete the replacement, the Premier League will once again enter a cycle of being dominated by the major giants in turn.
