Football King Bale

Chapter 109 Ferguson's Courage

On July 1, 2010, when the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa was approaching, one thing temporarily attracted people's attention to England.

Premier League overlord Manchester United announced a transfer message on its official website: the club has signed Welsh young international Gareth Bale!

Although Manchester United did not officially announce how much it cost to sign Bale, the English media, which has great powers, quickly exposed it: the transfer fee was 60 million pounds, and Bell will also get a contract with a weekly salary of 150,000 pounds. , the contract period is five years.

The news was like a blockbuster, instantly shocking the football world.

Although this year is the year of the World Cup, under normal circumstances, there will definitely be many super-weight transfers, but this year is not an ordinary situation.

Because international football has produced too many super heavy transfers last summer, consuming a lot of buying potential, and the economic crisis has not yet left Europe. Under the economic crisis, the purchasing power in Europe has dropped a lot, which is bound to further affect the willingness to buy and the ability to pay for major clubs.

Therefore, anyone who really understands the market has a hunch that this summer's European transfer market will never be as crazy as last summer.

Even if there are some blockbuster transfers, it will be ten days later, after the dust settles on the World Cup in South Africa.

However, no one expected that Manchester United would drop such a blockbuster as soon as the summer transfer window opened!

Such a transfer, even last summer, would be a major event that shocked the world of football.

60 million pounds, this is already the highest price for a player transferred to a Premier League team. Even if it is placed in world football, this is also a transfer price that can be ranked among the top three in history. The £80 million that Cristiano Ronaldo transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid last year, and the £64 million that Zidane transferred from Juventus to Real Madrid nine years ago, were higher than this price.

And Bell's weekly salary of 150,000 pounds is definitely the top salary in the Premier League.

It is hard for people to believe that this will be done by Manchester United. You must know that it is the old and cunning Ferguson and David Gill who really control the affairs of this club!

People can only speculate that this season's all four players have given Manchester United too much incentive to make such a crazy decision.

This will also be a big gamble!

It's just that Ferguson and David Gill are betting on Bell, a young player who is only a few days away from turning 21. Is it really good?

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In fact, the two decision makers of this incident were also a little apprehensive at this time.

Manchester, Ferguson's home, David Gill came to visit.

"Alex, have you read all the media reports?" David Gill asked.

Ferguson nodded and said, "I've seen it all...David, do you think my decision is really correct?"

David Gill was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect that before he asked, Ferguson spoke first, and he said with a wry smile: "Alex, your current performance makes me believe that this decision was made three days ago The person is you!"

Ferguson smiled wryly.

David Gill also smiled wryly, and asked, "Alex, what did that kid tell you alone that day? Did you get drunk by him?"

Ferguson heard that,

I couldn't help but think of what happened in London three days ago.

Before the time was about to reach the deadline given by Bell, Ferguson still failed to make a final decision. So, he went to London and personally asked Bell to meet him in a coffee shop in London.

Although it is not allowed to contact players of other teams in private, such things do not happen uncommonly.

Ferguson's original intention was to personally do Bell's ideological work, hoping that he could help Manchester United persuade Tottenham to lower the conditions, just like Berbatov did two years ago.

But Bell is not Berbatov, although the first two letters of their surnames are the same. Bell made it clear that he will not threaten the team that has favored him by means of strike training, let alone fly to Manchester before transferring. If the treatment offered by Manchester United is too different from other teams, he can only choose to go to other teams.

This attitude made Ferguson a little annoyed.

Just when he was about to get up and leave, Bell's few words made him change his decision.

Back in Manchester, Ferguson immediately found the team CEO David Gill, asking him to make an offer to Tottenham, matching the price of 60 million pounds offered by Manchester City, and at the same time raising Bale's personal treatment to 150,000 pounds.

Although David Gill had some opinions on Ferguson's decision, he still didn't mean to disobey Ferguson.

In the end, on July 1, the first time the summer transfer window opened, Manchester United officially proposed a £60 million offer to Tottenham.

Then, the transfer was completed quickly. Because Manchester City did not raise the offer again, the 60 million pounds has also reached their psychological bottom line.

Although the rich Arabs are not short of money, their money is not blown by the wind. It is impossible for them to go shopping with Manchester United for Bell and benefit Tottenham.

As for Real Madrid, they have already withdrawn from the competition before this. When Manchester City raised the transfer offer to 55 million pounds, which is about 65 million euros, they stopped raising the offer.

In Florentino's view, although Bell has performed superbly this season, he has only played well for one season and has not proven himself in the Champions League. Therefore, his worth must not exceed that of the former Golden Ball Mr Kaka.

The price of Kaka's transfer to Real Madrid last summer was only 65 million euros.

Now, with regard to David Gill's question, Ferguson, just like three days ago, did not disclose the specific content of his conversation with Bell, because it was too shocking. I believe that David Gill will say after hearing this: "You two are really crazy!"

So, he could only say: "David, that kid did impress me with some words, but it's not some ecstasy soup. And now that the transfer has been completed, we can't break the contract, so let's do it like this."

David Gill nodded. As Ferguson said, the transfer has been completed. With Manchester United's status in world football, it is impossible for them to go back on their word.

But he said: "Alex, this matter can only be left as it is, but we have another trouble."

Ferguson looked at David Gill and didn't speak.

David Gill smiled bitterly: "Paul called and Wayne will not sign the contract extension unless the team raises his personal treatment to £160,000."

Ferguson knew that the Paul David Gill was referring to was not Paul Scholes, but Rooney's agent Paul Streford.

He immediately jumped up and said loudly, "This is impossible!"

David Gill signaled Ferguson not to get excited, he said: "I told Paul the same, but he said it was Wayne."

Ferguson was silent for a while, and said: "You talk to Wayne again, and I will find an opportunity to communicate with him."

David Gill nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to Wayne again when he comes back. But I think it's very unlikely to make him regress."

England had lost 1:4 to rival Germany in the quarter-finals five days ago, and the team has returned to the UK. But Rooney has not yet returned to Manchester.

Ferguson pondered for a while, and said: "If he really doesn't quit at all, then we have no choice but to agree to his transfer."

David Gill hesitated and asked, "Alex, are you serious?"

Ferguson nodded.

David Gill asked again: "Just because of that kid Bell?"

"That's right!" Ferguson said without hesitation, "David, I know it's hard for you to believe, but in him, I see a shadow similar to Chris (C Ronaldo), and even some of his traits, but also Far more than Chris."