Chapter 259 Transfer Cooperation
Atletico Madrid's victory over Real Madrid is no longer big news.?
When Mourinho entered the Bernabeu Stadium and Wan Sheng coached Atletico Madrid, the two sides continued to fight. Real Madrid were used to failure. Even their support media and fans, although they were not satisfied with the team's loss to their arch-enemy enemies in the city, were not surprised by the result, but they were even more dissatisfied with the club and head coach Mourinho.
Media reports also made Mourinho the focus, but because of his failure, he became the focus of "negative". Many people are speculating when Mourinho left Real Madrid.
Atletico Madrid was unanimously praised.
With only 5 rounds left in the league, the advantage of 4 points means they have a good chance of winning the league championship.
Atletico Madrid was the league champion last season, and this season was equivalent to completing the defending title, which is also a huge honor. What makes Atletico Madrid fans even more happy is that the team is still unbeaten in the league so far, and the number of unbeaten games has increased to 71 times.
This is a terrifying number!
The unbeaten honor of the 71st round of the La Liga is even more exciting than the league championship.
Among the numerous reports, Wan Sheng told all players to keep a normal mind and continue to prepare for the next game. "Going the championship is the end, and it's just the beginning. Forget the unbeaten 71 rounds and forgetting the first place in the league. We have to stick to the last game. Before that, I don't want to see any slack!"
Atletico Madrid is preparing carefully, but the club still has many things by the end of the season, such as the renewal of some players, such as the transfer work that is about to begin.
Players are the focus.
Two weeks ago, the club had completed the contract renewal with Raul Garcia and J Rodriguez. The contract renewal of these two players was quite successful. The two had a certain degree of salary increase, and both signed a four-year contract. The club successfully retained the core midfielder.
Last week, Atletico Madrid also completed a contract renewal with Diego Costa, who received a new contract and his annual salary increased to 40,000 euros.
Diego Costa officially entered the ranks of high-paying professional players.
The contract renewal work in other locations is not going smoothly, and the focus of the outside world is still on Falcao and Isco.
Currently, among the most valuable players in Atletico Madrid, Falcao and Isco are among the most valuable players.
Isco is still a young player, just turned 20 years old, and played for two seasons at the top level. He is still just a "first-garde" but his fame is already quite good, especially after Christmas, Ozil was injured and unable to play. Isco was reused and often played, showing a stable and outstanding state, and his value also increased significantly.
"French Football"'s value assessment of Isco has reached 2.2oo million euros.
For a player who is so valuable by French Football, the annual salary of 140,000 euros is a bit low.
If you want to keep Isco, you must renew your contract with him.
Another player who is being paid attention to is Falcao. Falcao has a four-year contract with Atletico Madrid and does not need to be re-signed for the time being, but his performance is quite outstanding and has reached the top level in the world. The biggest impact on him is definitely Diego Costa's contract renewal. The two are direct competitors. After Diego Costa renews his contract, he will definitely stay in the club next season. So where should he go?
The club has one way to stabilize Falcao, which is to renew the contract with Falcao.
Atletico Madrid club has also discussed this, but the team has more than 20 players, and it is not the turn of Falcao to raise the salary for the time being. If you want to raise the salary for Falcao, you will definitely have to exceed 60,000 euros or even 80,000 euros. Such a high-paying contract renewal will definitely cause dissatisfaction with Diego Costa in the same position.
Falcao's agent Mendes once came to the club to discuss. He heard about Diego Costa's renewal and hoped to win a new contract for Falcao.
Of course, the result is that it ends up in an unhappy way.
In fact, Wansheng has considered selling Falcao.
Falcao and Diego Costa can only retain one, otherwise the salary ratio occupied by the team's forward line will be too high, which will become a major problem that will drag the team's finances. In comparison, Diego Costa's performance is stable and outstanding, and his salary after renewal is not as high as Falcao now, so he must stay in the club.
Then Falcao had to leave.
"Marca" has always been "concerned" very much at Atletico Madrid.
This concern is because of the rise of Atletico Madrid. They hope to use reports to influence Atletico Madrid, which can help Real Madrid in the near future.
Many reporters from "Marca" are very eager to collect negative news from Atletico Madrid. They will bribe the inside through private money transactions and inquire about the latest news about Atletico Madrid and the team, and then make reports and analysis.
This is called 'gossip'.
Corina Paco's job is to collect "good news". He has a certain amount of funds every month to prepare funds for collecting information.
From an Atletico Madrid staff member, Corina Paco found out about the team's contract renewal, and then he noticed Falcao.
Atletico Madrid's core executives, Falcao's agent Mendes, and Falcao himself, are well aware of Falcao's situation - because of his high-paying contract, his competition with Diego Costa is at a disadvantage.
In the summer, Atletico Madrid is likely to choose one of two. Diego Costa, who has just renewed his contract, stays in the team, and Falcao is very likely to leave. Of course, Falcao can also choose not to leave. Then next season, he will need to compete with Diego Costa as he is now.
In fact, both of them have played a lot. At Atletico Madrid, such a team with the strength to win the championship in the third line can still be "compatible".
Whether Falcao leaves depends on his own choice.
These are things that only the senior executives of Atletico Madrid Club, as well as "insiders" such as Falcao himself and his agents, and ordinary staff don't know. They just simply know that Falcao's agents came to the club, and then the contact between the two sides ended unhappily.
What exactly did you give birth to?
Corina Paco feels he needs to dig deeper.
From Christmas, that is, the end of the Champions League group stage, Falcao's performance has attracted a lot of attention as the second place in the Champions League scorer. Atletico Madrid has a strong forward strength, but if Falcao leaves, it will definitely be a huge blow to Atletico Madrid.
In terms of influence, fans will definitely ask the club why they don’t renew their contract with Falcao, who performed so well; in terms of strength, a single Diego Costa will definitely not guarantee the efficiency of the frontcourt. If Costa is injured or other problems occur, Atletico Madrid’s forward will have big problems.
In fact, this is the so-called "Real Madrid Thought".
In the eyes of Real Madrid supporters, the more big brands a team, the better. The best team positions, including substitutes, are the biggest cards and the best players to ensure results. Real Madrid is indeed the same. For example, Benzema's performance is very unstable, but it doesn't matter. Atletico Madrid has many players who can replace him.
Atletico Madrid is not Real Madrid!
At least in recent years, Atletico Madrid has been difficult to compare with Real Madrid in terms of income. Naturally, it is necessary to consider the salary level of players in the team to achieve at least no deficit in revenue and expenditure.
Using the 'Real Madrid idea' to consider Atletico Madrid... It's really a bit too proud!
When Corina Paco 'digged deeper' insider news, he would never have thought that Atletico Madrid had reached an agreement with Falcao's agent Mendes on Falcao's affairs, and they would join forces to buy Falcao at a good price.
Both sides know what Falcao’s problems are.
Under normal circumstances, whether Falcao leaves is still his own choice, but Atletico Madrid is "not lacking" Falcao is true. Since this is the case, Falcao is best able to leave. As Falcao's agent, Mendes definitely hopes Falcao leaves. Every football agent hopes that the players signed will continue to transfer, so that they can make a big profit. Moreover, the players who transfer at high prices can also enhance the reputation of an agent, which shows that his vision of the players is very accurate, and his status in the football agent industry is also rising.
Mendes does not reject cooperation with Atletico Madrid.
Those who are interested in Falcao and are very sincere are four clubs - Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Monaco. Among them, the most sincere in money is Real Madrid and Monaco.
"Monaco? Is it still in French Ligue 2?"
Wan Sheng smiled.
After Christmas, the biggest news from French football is Monaco. They replaced their new boss - Rebonovlev, a Russian oligarch who is the same as Abramovich, with a net worth of nearly 10 billion US dollars. The outside world knows that Rebonovlev is very rich, but he doesn't know what actions he will do after acquiring Monaco. It seems that the Russian oligarch's actions are about to begin.
Such a Russian oligarch...will be slaughtered if it should be slaughtered!
Soon the media received all kinds of 'good news', and teams such as Real Madrid, Manchester United, Monaco were interested in Falcao. At the same time, Atletico Madrid also notified Falcao, "If you choose to stay, the club will accept it, but there will be no salary increase. If you choose to leave, the club will not stop you."
This news did not surprise Falcao, he had already learned the news from his agent.
Later, Wan Sheng also found Falcao and made it clear, "No matter whether you want to leave or not, you must perform well. If you leave, you need to fight for the future and choose to stay. Of course, if you perform poorly, someone will take over you."
Falcao is no longer a young player. He knows the rules of professional football, just like his transfer from Porto to Atletico Madrid for greater fame and higher salary.
The same is true for the current choice.
Staying at Atletico Madrid can only continue the contract and compete with Diego Costa. If you leave, you can get a bigger contract and you may gain a higher reputation. The only thing is, will you still win the championship if you leave and join other teams?
Falcao is uncertain about this.
But for a South American player, the most important thing about playing football in Europe is to make money. It is definitely the best to have a high-paying contract. They have no loyalty to any European club, and the same is true for Falcao. He is a Colombian player and has only been to Atletico Madrid for one season. It is strange that he can have any loyalty.
All he considers is his own interests.
Although Falcao was still hesitating, there was already a result in his heart.
Atletico Madrid club teamed up with Falcao agent Mendes to hype Falcao, hoping to sell Falcao for a big price, Atletico Madrid continued to compete in the league.
After the match against Real Madrid, many media analyzed that Atletico Madrid would definitely be the league champion, but Wan Sheng told the players not to take it lightly.
A week later, Atletico Madrid challenged Vallecano away.
For the newly promoted Vallecano, Atletico Madrid is their pain. In the first half of the year, the two teams played against Calderon. Atletico Madrid scored 7 goals in the whole game, allowing Vallecano to appreciate the style of the "La Liga powerhouse".
This time the fight was at Vallecas Stadium.
Vallecano is at home and hopes to get points under Atletico Madrid.
If Vallecano is not willing to fight against top teams under normal circumstances, it will be more of a loss for them. The consequences of fighting hard may be that they lose and lose. But now it is a special moment. At the end of the league, every point is concerned about whether they can relegate. They are more fighting spirit and determination than the championship team.
Experienced head coaches know that relegation teams are not easy to deal with.
Wan Sheng also knows it.
Before the game, his requirements for the players were, "play seriously! Don't get hurt easily!", and did not put the team in the pressure to win.
In the game, Atletico Madrid performed well overall. Vallecano's fight was very fierce. They seemed to have fought completely. However, Atletico Madrid kept passing and receiving the ball, and no players fought hard with the opponent, making Vallecano players feel that they have strength and have no place to do it. Even if they are determined and have high fighting spirit, they can't hit an opponent who has not received the ball, right?
That was not a normal game, but a intentional foul.
The players of Vallecano were all very depressed, and Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and shouted, directing the players to pass more balls, don’t take the risk of dribbling the ball alone, and do not give the opponent a chance to reinstall a foul, and minimize the possibility of injury.
This is also a procrastination tactic.
It is not about delaying the game, but about delaying the opponent's fighting spirit.
Vallecano is very fighting spirit and fighting fiercely, but they cannot do this throughout the game. It seems that many people think that no team can continue to attack for 90 minutes. Fierce fighting consumes much more physical energy and energy than fast-paced attack.
They were just showing off their courage for a while, and it would have been fine for a while. (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!