Chapter 941: The Eve of the European Cup
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Finally, after two hours of bargaining, Zhuang Mingge and Francesca reached an agreement on Buffon's transfer issue.
Fiorentina will introduce its main goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon from Parma for $50 million, of which Desanctis will be sent to Parma as part of the transfer to offset the transfer fee of about $5 million.
Zhuang Mingge is very satisfied with being able to win Buffon. After winning this Italian number one national goal, Fiorentina will no longer have to worry about the goalkeeper position in the next twelve years. After all, Buffon in his previous life has proved with practical actions that he is not the kind of player who loses the motivation to play after winning a lot of honors.
As for who will fill the vacancy left by De Sanctis after he left, Zhuang Mingge has already made a draft and has figured out a few good candidates. For example, De Huye, who plays for Chelsea, has been snatched from the main position by Kudicini this season, and Chelsea also intends to clean him out to save a lot of expenses. Therefore, if Fiorentina extends an olive branch to De Huye, the Dutchman, who is about to turn 34, may agree to Zi Lily as Buffon's substitute for a pension and championship honor.
In addition, Lazio's main goalkeeper Macegiani and Vicenza goalkeeper Balotta are also on the list of recruitment listed by Zhuang Mingge. Although the former is the absolute main force of the Blue Eagles' league championship this season, Cranioti is negotiating with Inter Milan for the introduction of Peruzi, so it is only a matter of time before Macegiani, who has neither ability nor age, is demoted to be a substitute; the latter, who is already thirty-six years old, hopes to decorate his honor book with several championship trophies in the last few years of his career. It is also not very difficult for Fiorentina to introduce this veteran.
As the only young player on the shortlist, although Ivan Perizoli, who is only 19 years old, does not have as much experience as the first three, his goalkeeper talent has been recognized by the Fiorentine scouting department and is therefore included in this list.
Although it is best for many people to select veterans who are experienced and have low playing time when introducing a substitute goalkeeper, Zhuang Mingge obviously does not attach great importance to this tradition. In his opinion, young people with vitality and motivation are also capable of playing this role. Besides, don’t forget that the second team of Fiorentina, who is currently in the process of forming, still lacks a starting goalkeeper. Last season, Pellizoli, who played the main player in Trieste in the second league, could not gain a foothold in the first team, and even if he could not gain a foothold in the first team, it would be a good choice to transfer him to the second team to receive training.
Francesca is also satisfied with being able to negotiate such a big deal, because in this way, Parma not only earned a full $45 million in cash through Buffon's transfer, eased its own financial pressure, but also obtained Desanctis, a young goalkeeper with good potential, to minimize his losses and no longer needed to find a replacement for Buffon in the goalkeeper position.
No matter what era it is, 50 million US dollars can be regarded as a huge sum, even if the transfer fees in European football have been rising steadily in the past two years. Moreover, although there are many teams who are willing to spend a lot of money on their favorite players, it is probably only Fiorentina who is willing to pay $50 million in transfer fees for a goalkeeper.
Buffon, who was packing his luggage at home and preparing to go on vacation, was silent for a while after receiving the notice from Parma, and then took his agent to the headquarters of Parma to have a meeting with Zhuang Mingge who was waiting there on his personal wishes and treatment.
After all, in this era of Boseman's Act, if you want to complete a transfer, you must get the recognition of the players themselves. Otherwise, no matter how well the two teams negotiate, it will be useless. This is also what Zhuang Mingge is most worried about. He is afraid that when Buffon is angry, he wants to learn from seniors like Maldini and Baresi and stay in Parma as a loyal minister, then Zhuang Mingge will be in tears.
Fortunately, the facts prove that Zhuang Mingge's concerns are unnecessary. Buffon, who has been in the industry for more than four years but has not won any heavyweight honors, also has plans to change the environment. For example, Fiorentina, a top giant that has been the most popular in recent years and has won the championship, is exactly what he most hopes to join. Therefore, when Buffon saw that the team had reached an agreement with Fiorentina on the transfer fee issue, and the price of 50 million US dollars is enough to reflect his status in Fiorentina, he immediately nodded to agree to the deal!
After negotiating with Zhuang Mingge about his personal status and treatment, Buffon quickly expressed his willingness to join Florence, and signed his name on a five-year contract with an annual salary of US$3 million!
This means that as long as Parma can settle the contract issue of De Sanctis next, when the summer transfer door opens, Fiorentina and Parma report the deal to the Italian Football Association for filing, Buffon can play next season's game as a member of Florence!
By the way, at Zhuang Mingge's request, the news of Buffon's transfer to Fiorentina was not immediately announced, but was concealed for the time being. After all, for Fiorentina, if other teams knew that Buffon had been taken down by them, they would be in a passive position in the negotiations when they sold Tordo! Because these clubs who are interested in Tordo also know in their hearts that in order to maintain the stability of the team's locker room, Fiorentina, who has signed Buffon, must clean up Tordo, who will not accept the bench position as soon as possible!
In this way, no matter how strong Tordo is, his performance is amazing, Florence may not be able to sell it for a good price.
In this football circle, no one is a fool. Even those actions that are silly in the eyes of outsiders actually have the reason for it. Therefore, in order to ensure that Florence can maximize its benefits in Tordo's transfer, Zhuang Mingge must conceal the news that Buffon joined Florence!
After learning that Buffon had confirmed to join Fiorentina, Tordo did not immediately jump out and release the news that he planned to leave Fiorentina, but kept silent very cleverly - he planned to produce a convincing report card in the upcoming European Cup, so as to attract more teams to join in the competition for himself, and to win better treatment for himself in the subsequent contract negotiations.
Chapter completed!