Chapter 166: Sweeping the Netherlands (2)
Galliani's sudden visit made Moratti, who had just decided on Canu, not have time to celebrate this, so he hurried to go to Cruyvit to discuss the conditions for joining Inter Milan.
And naturally, it is not only Serie A team that targets the Netherlands' fertile football ground.
On the day Galliani arrived in Amsterdam, the English teams, who had been eager to regain their voice in European football, also began their own actions. However, they did not target those big clubs, because they knew that the attractiveness of Premier League teams could not keep up with those Serie A teams, so the Premier League head coaches focused their attention on the second and third-rate clubs in the Dutch League.
This time, the Premier League club, which was fighting in the form of a legion, launched a crazy acquisition in the Netherlands, a European football park. On July 23 alone, more than a dozen players who played football in clubs other than the three giants in the Eredivisie League were thrown into the arms of the Premier League in a free transfer. However, such losses seemed to be barely endured by these small balls. After all, in front of them, there was also the most unlucky big brother Ajax...
However, all of this has nothing to do with Zhuang Mingge. After resting in the local hotel in Eindhoven for a night, the energetic Zhuang Mingge met with Frank Aneson, the general manager of Eindhoven Club in his hotel room the next morning.
Although Aneson, who was less than 39 years old at this time, has become the general manager of the Eredivisie giant Eindhoven club, he is obviously far from the "domineering" he used to do anything to poach a player in the future, and his tone is still very gentle. Of course, this may also be related to Zhuang Mingge's identity.
"Chairman Corleone, I called Ronaldo yesterday. He is still on vacation in Brazil. However, he is very happy to be able to join a club like Florence with a bright future. Therefore, as long as the work contract you gave in the end can satisfy him and we can reach an agreement on the transfer fee, the transaction will be passed."
"Does Ronaldo know that there are Batistuta and Inzagi in our first team in Fiorentina?" After the "Sidov incident", Zhuang Mingge did not have any hope for introducing Ronaldo. This time he came to Eindhoven with a purely try attitude. Unexpectedly, Ronaldo himself was quite enthusiastic about joining Fiorentina.
"Of course he knows Ronnie (Ronaldo's nickname) Fiorentina is a big shot this year, how could it not be noticed?" Aneson smiled disconcertedly and said, "It is not something that ordinary teams can do when they win the double championships of the league and the European Cup of Winners as a Serie A promotion."
"Battistuta, Inzagi, and Montera, who have broken the 30-goal spell of Serie A, are both excellent strikers with great strength, and Robert Baggio, whom you have already confirmed... I think that after Ronnie goes to Fiorentina, the competitive pressure he will face will be very great." Aneson took a sip of coffee and continued, "I personally think that Ronnie is very confident that he can find a place in the first team in Fiorentina, so he doesn't care who his competitor is."
Zhuang Mingge thinks Aneson's analysis is very reliable. Thinking about the later generations of Inter Milan, the Nerazzurri's forward line was also overcrowded: Vieri, Recoba, Baggio, Zamorano... But as long as Ronaldo is allowed to play, he will definitely play in the game. No matter how big a player is, he cannot take his position away.
Perhaps it is precisely because Ronaldo is extremely confident in his ability that he has no objection to joining the fiercely competitive Florence.
After solving the questions about Ronaldo, the next step is naturally the time for both sides to bargain.
"8 million US dollars, pay it in one lump sum." Zhuang Mingge still did not change his nature and wanted to take advantage of it.
"We cannot accept this offer, Chairman Corleon." Aneson also entered the negotiation state. "Ronaldo scored thirty goals in the Eredivisie last season. Only Basten has achieved this result in the last decade in the Netherlands. Do you understand what I mean?"
"But don't forget that Italy and the Netherlands' defense are not on the same level at all. Moreover, the last Dutch Eredivisie top scorer Borgkamp who came to Italy was not very good at Serie A," Zhuang Mingge immediately raised an objection.
"We all know what Dennis (Borgkamp) is capable of doing well. Just look at his performance in the World Cup last year, he knows that he is definitely not a parallel person. The reason why he performed poorly in Serie A is that Inter Milan has completely wrongly positioned him, with a US$20 million."
"But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that Borgkamp did not adapt to Serie A. Morati sold him to Arsenal almost at a bargain price last month. Similarly, we, Florence, have to take such a risk, $10 million."
"Ajax sold Basten to AC Milan for $3 million, and many years later, Ajax was the laughing stock of the entire European football world." Aneson also quoted the classics and refused to give in. "Florence can take Ronnie with 18 million US dollars."
In this way, after the bargaining process between the two sides was over, we finally reached an agreement on the transfer fee: Fiorentina will introduce Ronaldo for a club record price of US$17.5 million, and the deal can be reached only when the Brazilian striker signs his name on the contract.
To be honest, it is very correct to introduce Ronaldo at this time when Zhuang Mingge chose to introduce Ronaldo, because at this time, most of the giants who wanted to introduce strikers were chasing the Champions League finals to Cruyvert of European overlord AC Milan, as well as Liberian striker George Wea, who performed well in the Champions League, and the Premier League club is paying attention to local center Alan Shearer. They can't even interfere in the battle for strikers of this level.
Zhuang Mingge also wants to thank Milan here. If it weren't for their strength and dominance in various competitions in recent years, Ajax's unceremonious overturn of Milan this time would not have brought them such high popularity and attention, making Ronaldo, the best scorer in the Eredivisie, completely covered up by Ajax.
Chapter completed!