Juventus, who was hit by Calciopoli, began their journey of recovery, and AC Milan, who was also punished by Calciopoli, was in urgent need of replenishing the team's strength.
Although the media once rumored that AC Milan would be relegated along with Juventus, people who really understand know that that is impossible.
Galliani is the president of the professional federation, and Berlusconi is the Prime Minister of the Italian government.
With such a big backing, how could AC Milan be relegated?
Not to mention that Berlusconi publicly threatened the Italian Football Association that if AC Milan is really relegated, his TV stations will no longer purchase the broadcast rights of Serie A.
With dual political and economic pressure, it is definitely impossible for AC Milan to be relegated.
But although they will not be relegated, they will start the new season with a negative score.
If you want to catch up, you need additional reinforcements.
Odo is naturally a player that AC Milan is interested in.
His outstanding performance at Lazio last season made AC Milan excited.
Cafu is older. The team can no longer rely on Cafu alone at the right back position and must strengthen its strength.
Otto is a good choice.
First of all, he has excellent strength, and secondly, he is a player trained by the AC Milan youth academy. He has always been eager to return to AC Milan.
In addition, there is another reason why AC Milan is keen on Odo.
That is...
Poaching people from Lazio and poaching their main right back will not only enhance their own strength, but also weaken the strength of Lazio, their main competitor.
Although they have not communicated with Juventus, they believe that Juventus must have had this idea in mind when they traded Balzaretti plus 3 million euros for Marchisio from Lazio.
It not only attacks the opponent but also strengthens oneself. This is really a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
They know why Lazio sold off their main players like this, because they need to pay off their debts.
They don't sympathize with Lazio at all. Instead, they want to take advantage of the situation. Because the two northern teams have long disliked the two strong teams in Rome. As long as they can attack these two teams, they are willing to do anything.
But Chang Sheng is tougher than they thought.
"We do not accept any form of installment payment. You must give cash. If the transaction is successful once, there will be no discussion."
This is his answer to AC Milan.
AC Milan wanted to buy Otto in installments, but Chang Sheng simply refused to accept it.
When AC Milan bought Nesta from Lazio, they chose to pay in installments. This move made Lazio miserable. The installment payment, just the first payment, was not enough for Lazio to repay the debt.
When Chang Sheng is playing games, he can only use this trick of installment payment on others, and he can never use it on himself.
If AC Milan wants to do the same thing to Lazio again, let's see who is in charge of Lazio now!
He is not afraid of scaring away AC Milan. He has no interest in Odo at all.
Because he knows that AC Milan really needs a right back.
Cafu is old, Zambrotta has gone to Barcelona, and the only right back AC Milan can like in the transfer market is Odo.
So they have to buy Otto.
This is the condition that makes Chang Sheng confident.
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Chang Sheng was as expected, and AC Milan soon gave in.
Now that the Calciopoli incident has made AC Milan very embarrassed, they have no time to play any tricks in the transfer market. They hope to finalize a few valuable transfers as soon as possible to appease the fans.
Otto is undoubtedly a good choice.
They agreed to make a one-time payment, but in this case, Otto's net worth would not be higher.
It doesn't matter if you always win.
He put a price tag on Odo of 10 million euros and one more player.
Ten million to buy a right back is indeed a bit expensive. It's just that AC Milan has no choice now.
They must bear these ten million.
But when they heard that Chang Sheng wanted someone else, AC Milan was confused.
What if the opponent calls for an important player?
Fortunately, Chang Sheng didn't seem to want to embarrass AC Milan.
Chang Sheng has hired a player who is not valued in AC Milan, right midfielder Ignazio Abate.
Although in the 2003-2004 season, the seventeen-year-old Abate got the opportunity to play in the AC Milan first team, and also broke the record of AC Milan's youngest player to play, held by Maldini.
But then Abate was loaned out everywhere, and there was no place for Abate in AC Milan's first team.
Loaning out is a good way for young players to train themselves and improve themselves. Teams often have high hopes for such players.
It's a pity that Abate, who was still playing as a right midfielder at this time, performed mediocrely on loan and was unable to impress AC Milan.
He played half a season in Serie A with Sampdoria, but did not play a single game. He was sent back after the loan expired. He was then loaned to Piacenza in the second division.
This time I finally got thirteen opportunities to play.
But his performance failed to satisfy AC Milan.
In the right midfielder position, Abate cannot shake Gattuso's position. Although Gattuso is a defensive midfielder, he is actually on the right midfielder.
Similarly, there are also Rui Costa, Ambrosini and other good players on the bench.
And Abate's performance was far less impressive than his performance in the reserve team and youth team.
AC Milan gradually lost interest and confidence in him.
If no team wants to take over, they will definitely continue to rent him. But AC Milan does not have much hope and expectation for Abate.
Unexpectedly, Lazio asked Abate by name...
A victorious vision...
Is Abate really talented?
But scouts and coaches have watched his games at right midfield many times, and everyone thinks he doesn't have much room for growth...
And compared with Odo, Abate is obviously not worth mentioning.
In the end, although AC Milan expressed doubts about Chang Sheng's motives for asking Abate, they finally chose to agree due to their eagerness to get Odo.
Just like that, 10 million euros plus Ignazio Abate made Odo go from Lazio to AC Milan.
He can finally return to his "hometown" that he has always dreamed of...
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Many people don't understand Otto's transfer deal.
It's normal for Otto to be sold for 10 million euros. But what about the extra Abate?
Everyone can see that Abate's performance at the right midfielder position is very average. Moreover, judging from Chang Sheng's tactics, there is no room for the right midfielder... Chang Sheng played 433 at Lazio, and there was no full midfielder setup.
All three midfielders are central midfielders.
If the wing attack is left to the full backs and wingers, where are the wing midfielders?
Abate cannot play as a right winger, he does not have the ability.
Is it the right back?
But his defensive ability is also very average...
Everyone couldn't understand why Chang Sheng wouldn't explain to them that Abate would be the main right back of AC Milan and the right back of the Italian national team in the future.
At the full-back position, he still has many players to buy.
Odo and Zauri were gone, De Silvestri was on loan, and Pasquale was on loan. Now that the loan expired, Changsheng did not intend to buy him out. So he returned to Inter Milan.
With only one Balzaretti, Lazio has almost no full-backs.
Balzaretti can play as the main left midfielder.
But who will be the main right midfielder?
Of course Abate wants to play right back, and regular wins will make him switch to right back, but now he cannot meet the requirements to be the main player.
As for the main right back, Chang Sheng values Swiss international Stefan Lichtsteiner who later played for Lazio and Juventus.
This full-back with fierce defense and excellent assist ability is still relatively unknown.
Playing for French Ligue 1 team Lille.
Lazio shouldn't have to spend much money to buy him, but it won't be too cheap either. One million euros is always needed.
Because he has just joined Lille for one season. It would be difficult to let him go at this time.
Later, after he played for Lille for three years, Lazio bought him for 1.2 million euros.
Chang Sheng picked up the phone and made an offer to Lille.
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In addition to Lichtsteiner, Chang Sheng also plans to grab Kolarov, Coentrao and Azpilicueta to his account in advance.
These three players are also very suitable whether they play for Lazio or are sold for money in the future.
Kolarov later moved from Lazio to Manchester City for 19 million pounds. And now he is still hanging around in Serbia. It doesn’t cost much to get him. Even if he played in the 2007 World Youth Championship
After becoming famous, Lazio also acquired him for only 800,000 euros. Now that Chang Sheng wants to buy him, it is even cheaper.
Changsheng intends to purchase Kolarov for half a million euros.
Of course, Kolarov is an Eastern European player. He is not counted as an EU player, so he will occupy a non-EU quota.
Therefore, Chang Sheng plans to negotiate with OFK Belgrade, the team Kolarov plays for, and they will pay to buy Kolarov, but the transfer transaction will be postponed until next summer. This way Lazio will have a non-EU quota.
This season, let Kolarov continue to play for OFK Belgrade. It is equivalent to a loan.
Coentra is also very cheap right now.
He plays for the Portuguese club Avi River, which was relegated at the end of last season and can only play in Portugal's second tier league this season, which is the Portuguese Serie A.
Coentrao only had four appearances in the first two seasons and scored one goal. He is obviously not valued and is too young.
His breakout season would be the 2006-2007 season, when he played the main role for Avi in the First Division. Then he went to Benfica for one million euros.
Chang Sheng now wants to cut off Hu in advance and bring Coentrao to Lazio at a lower price to serve as a substitute for Balzaretti. At this time, Coentrao is still a midfielder. After arriving at Lazio, Chang Sheng wants to bring him to Lazio.
Developed into a left back.
Finally, Cesar Azpilicueta, who later became the main right back of the French giants Marseille, later joined Chelsea. Like Coentrao and Abate, he played as a midfielder when he debuted and later became a midfielder.
Excellent full back.
It is easier to get Azpilicueta. You don't even need to pay a transfer fee, you only need to give Osasuna a small amount of symbolic compensation.
Because Azpilicueta, who was born on August 28, 1989, was not yet seventeen years old at this time.
According to Spanish law, players under the age of 18 cannot sign professional contracts.
So now Azpilicueta is not bound by a contract, and any team can sign him and take him away from Osasuna.
It's just that at this time, not many people can clearly know his future value.
But Chang Sheng knew.
About eight million euros!
This is a really good deal...
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