Extraordinary coach

"Paulinho?"

This is a transfer that many people did not expect.

The outside world's attention is almost all attracted by Ronaldo's transfer. Many people thought that the first player to join Southampton this time would most likely be Ronaldo.

Unexpectedly, Paulinho was suddenly bought.

To be honest, Sun Yi's original target was not Paulinho.

He has a system that can check the talent and potential of players, and he never likes to buy players whose potential has been exhausted, unless the player is very cheap or free.

But when he contacted those high-potential players he liked, he was scared by the offer of other clubs.

One by one, they asked for transfer fees far exceeding the player's value. It was not a price that was slightly higher than the market status, but started at twice the price.

And even more exaggerated, there was even a team that directly bid 100 million euros.

Damn, these people are all money-minded.

"You are crazy about money, why don't you go and rob it?"

This is Sun Yi's first reaction after hearing the offer from these teams.

Sun Yi really couldn't understand, how could a player with a market value of 20 million euros have the courage to price 100 million euros?

Later, Sun Yi figured it out.

Because almost all of his previous signings were successful. And he made a lot of money. This made all the teams realize one thing, that is, Sun Yi's vision is extraordinary, and any player he likes is definitely a real genius.

So, whenever Sun Yi asked for the price, people knew that their player was a big treasure.

It's okay to be a treasure, but those offers are too much.

As a treasure-hunting expert with a golden finger, it is a shame to spend a transfer fee that is several times more than the current value of the player.

After figuring this out, Sun Yi gave up the idea of ​​picking up treasures, no, he gave up the idea of ​​being treated as a fool.

Instead, he set his sights on those powerful players who are at their peak. Especially those powerful players who are not valued much in the giants.

At this time, Sun Yi heard that Evergrande was negotiating with Barcelona to buy Paulinho back.

So Sun Yi decided to turn his recruitment target to Paulinho.

Coincidentally, Paulinho was one of the players who led the Brazilian team to win the World Cup. Sun Yi knows his characteristics very well.

And Paulinho's characteristics are very much liked by Sun Yi.

B2B type midfielders are not only super defensive, but also very strong in attack. But the key is that the coverage range will bring huge benefits to Southampton.

Maybe Paulinho is a little weak in organizational ability, but Southampton already has a front midfielder responsible for offensive organization, so Paulinho's ability is not needed. In this way, Paulinho is indeed very suitable for Southampton.

In addition, Kaka and others are Paulinho's fellow countrymen, so there will be no problem of integration when he comes.

However, the problem of buying Paulinho is that Evergrande is caught in the middle.

Evergrande, as we all know, is the first giant in the Chinese Super League and is rich and powerful. Southampton can't compete with them in terms of money.

And Evergrande is also willing to spend a lot of money for good players. In terms of snatching players, I'm afraid Barcelona will prefer Evergrande. Because they can sell at a higher price.

After thinking about it, Sun Yi did not go to Barcelona first, but went to Evergrande himself.

When Sun Yi personally went to Evergrande to express his desire for Paulinho, the other party was still very respectful.

Just considering Evergrande's own difficulties. Sun Yi decided to give Southampton's former captain Davis to Evergrande at an extremely low cost.

In addition, he also loaned Redmond to Evergrande.

Evergrande was quite satisfied with getting the main players and main rotations of two Premier League champions at almost no cost.

Therefore, after reaching this agreement, they announced to the public that they would no longer pursue Paulinho.

Originally, Barcelona was waiting to slaughter Evergrande. This time, they were stunned.

After Evergrande gave up Paulinho, Sun Yi called Paulinho first.

After revealing that he wanted him to come to Southampton, Paulinho immediately agreed excitedly.

To be honest, Paulinho's performance since joining Barcelona is still very outstanding. But he has never been able to integrate into the Barcelona team and has never been able to get a starting position.

This is not because of his lack of strength, but because his style and technical characteristics are always somewhat incompatible with Barcelona.

Barcelona is a very proud team. Players like Paulinho will not be reused even if they perform well.

It can be said that Paulinho has no feelings for Barcelona after a season that was not valued.

With Paulinho's willingness, Sun Yi asked someone to submit a purchase intention to Barcelona.

Barcelona was originally depressed because Evergrande gave up the purchase of Paulinho, and they immediately agreed to Southampton's purchase.

Because there was no competition from Evergrande, Barcelona knew they couldn't sell for a higher price, so they agreed to sell Paulinho to Southampton at the same price they paid him.

At that time, Barcelona used the buyout clause to buy Paulinho, spending 40 million euros. This price was originally a bit high. However, after winning the World Cup, this price became reasonable.

In the end, Southampton bought Paulinho from Barcelona for a transfer fee of 40 million euros.

Buying Paulinho was a very unexpected thing.

Some people began to suspect that Southampton was not going to have Ronaldo.

While Sun Yi immediately welcomed Paulinho in a high-profile manner, he also announced that he would continue to introduce a superstar to the team. And he was determined to get him.

At this level of superstar, everyone was naturally referring to who.

So, everyone was exclaiming that Southampton now had a mine at home. After spending 40 million euros, they were still determined to get Ronaldo.

I don’t know whether Southampton’s attitude of not lacking money scared Juventus, or Ronaldo’s influence on Sun Yi’s approaching goodwill made them start to back off.

In the end, Juventus actually announced that they would give up their pursuit of Ronaldo two days after Sun Yi bought Paulinho.

Juventus' withdrawal gave Southampton an advantage in the transfer negotiations for Ronaldo.

However, Real Madrid still insisted on the transfer fee. Although it was somewhat loose, the price was still a bit high.

At this time, Ronaldo saw an advertisement and said to the outside world: "I just want to be a player under Coach Sun. Apart from that, I don't want to go anywhere else!"