Extraordinary coach

"Messi."

Sun Yi didn't lie, it was really Messi who called him.

This is why he froze after answering the phone.

Damn it, Messi also wants to join me, right?

Sun Yi couldn't help but be shocked by his own charm. He didn't even know when he had become so arrogant that he would attract two of the most beautiful girls, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, to come and seek refuge with him.

However, when the call ended, Sun Yi realized that he had thought too much.

Messi is not coming to take refuge with him. Instead, he asked him if he was willing to coach the Argentina team.

Sun Yi even rejected the Brazilian team before, so it is naturally impossible for him to accept the Argentine team, which has been disappointing for many years. This is true even if Messi is in the team.

Sun Yi thought that was it, but Messi unexpectedly asked him if he was interested in Barcelona.

Coaching Barcelona?

This surprised Sun Yi.

At club level, Barcelona means something much different. To be honest, whether it is for players or coaches, Barcelona is still very attractive.

Sun Yi thought Messi was just joking. But unexpectedly, Messi said that this was what the Barcelona team's top management asked him to ask.

After confirming that it was not a joke, Sun Yi really had to think about it for a few seconds.

After thinking for a few seconds, Sun Yi refused.

After refusing, Sun Yi asked Messi in turn if he was interested in joining the Southampton team, which happened to be a partner with Ronaldo.

Of course Messi declined politely.

After hanging up the phone, Juanjuan asked excitedly: "How about it? Does Messi want to join your team too?"

"He's not coming. He called me to ask if I was interested in joining Barcelona."

"Are you going then? I heard someone say before that Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world. Better than your Southampton team."

"No. Barcelona is indeed one of the best teams in the world, but I would rather make Southampton the best team in the world with my own hands. A better team than Barcelona!"

Build Southampton into the best team in the world and become the dominant team in Europe!

This is Sun Yi's ambition. This is also the main reason why he decided not to take over any national team after winning the World Cup and prepared to concentrate on the club.

And this is why he is willing to buy Ronaldo.

Compared with Ronaldo's initiative to surrender, Messi's phone call can only be regarded as a minor episode.

To be honest, if Messi also expressed his intention to join the team, Sun Yi would definitely be frightened and start to wonder if he was suffering from delusion. Or perhaps he had acquired some Eight Kings Qi skill without even realizing it.

Ronaldo would want to join Sun Yi because there is no room for him in Real Madrid. News has long been revealed that Real Madrid's Florentino Lafayette does not match his salary at the same level as Messi and intends to force him away.

It can be said that Ronaldo has fallen out of favor at Real Madrid. It was no surprise that he wanted to leave.

But Messi is different. He is Barcelona's biggest favorite. A treasure of Catalonia. Barcelona will never let go.

Messi's call to Sun Yi was as if it never happened. Sun Yi would not tell anyone outside, and no news was revealed from Messi's side.

No one outside knows that Barcelona has had the idea of ​​using Sun Yi to replace Valverde.

After Messi's episode passed, Sun Yi quickly received news from Real Madrid.

Florentino was willing to let Ronaldo go, but he demanded a transfer fee of 150 million euros.

"Nima, why don't you go and grab it?"

150 million euros, this is an exaggeration. Sun Yi would have to at least clear out and sell off several key players to make up the money.

Sun Yi currently has a total transfer budget of 80 million pounds, which is only 900 million pounds when converted into euros, which is still 600 million short of it.

Sun Yi's psychological price is about 100 million euros. In that case, he can get it together by selling captain Davis and clearing out a few substitute players with less potential.

Sun Yi wanted to refuse immediately and ask the person responsible for this matter to come back.

But the temptation of having Ronaldo is still too great. After thinking for a while, Sun Yi was ready to continue trying. After all, when it comes to business, you have to ask for a high price and pay back when you get there. Everything about price is negotiable.

"Continue to talk to them. Our bottom line has been set here, and we will find ways to cut costs."

"By the way, go find Cristiano Ronaldo's agent Mendes. If you want to transfer to Southampton, their people must also work hard."

Sun Yi was right to ask people from the club to find Mendes to work together to promote this matter.

Mendez is a giant among economic people, with hands and eyes as wide as the sky. He has facilitated many amazing transfers. And if his players want to come to Southampton, he has to do his part.

If Mendes takes action, I believe the transfer fee should be reduced a lot.

Later, when Mendes really took action, Real Madrid's asking price was also slashed. However, there is still some distance from Sun Yi's bottom line. So Sun Yi asked them to continue talking to Real Madrid. Anyway, it’s still early before the start of the new season, so we can talk slowly.

Sun Yi believes that with Mendes taking action, the chance of success in running Cristiano Ronaldo to the Southampton team has been assured. He believes that in the end there will be a price that everyone is satisfied with.

Unexpectedly, before the transfer fee was discussed, Mendes turned around again and started talking to the Southampton team about Ronaldo's personal treatment, signing fee, and agent's financing.

After seeing the conditions proposed by Mendes, Sun Yi immediately had a headache.

"Nah, matching Messi's salary level? That's fatal."

Only then did Sun Yi truly realize how difficult it is to operate a long-established superstar.

Matching Messi's salary level is a big problem.

You know, it is now revealed that Messi's salary is 80 million pounds per year before tax, which is about 500,000 pounds per week.

Southampton's current transfer budget is just that much. And the new water budget is not so much.

This is a treatment that cannot be afforded at all.

However, Sun Yi did not reject it outright. Like the transfer fee, this can also be negotiated.

So, he instructed the team to slowly talk to Mendes. Anyway, this is what Ronaldo wants from Southampton.

Southampton does not have to buy Ronaldo.

As for the treatment, Sun Yi also understands that it will not be a short time to get the result. So, he did not get entangled and waited for the negotiation results to come out slowly.

However, the outside world soon learned that Southampton was negotiating with Real Madrid about Ronaldo's transfer. At the same time, there was news that Juventus from Serie A was also interested in Ronaldo.

Juventus's joining the competition was very unfavorable news for Southampton's negotiations.

As a result, the negotiations, which had been going smoothly, began to reach a deadlock.