Football: Take away half of Boss Mei's skills at the beginning

December 28, 2017.

Parma played against Spezia at home.

This was the last game of the first half of the Serie B League and the last game before the winter break.

There was nothing special about this game itself, because there was still a certain gap in the strength of the two sides.

Parma lived up to expectations and defeated the opponent 3-1 at home.

And they ended the journey of the first half of the league.

After the 21st round of the league, they ranked first with 18 wins, two draws and one loss, leading the second place Empoli by eight points.

This result is enough to satisfy the most demanding Parma fans.

And Apolloni also gave the players a ten-day holiday to let them have a good rest.

However, Alessandro could not rest because he still had a lot of club matters to deal with.

The most troublesome thing for him was the interest of the major clubs in their players.

This time, they not only called to inquire, but also had people come to the scene directly.

They are Roma's director Monchi and supervisor Totti.

Last summer, Totti reluctantly retired and joined the management of Roma. He was also arranged to learn with Monchi.

Roma's top management also wanted him to learn more under the eagle-eyed sports director and let him take over the position of sports director in the future.

The player they were interested in was the team's central defender, Federico Gatti.

The two of them came directly to Parma after a simple telephone conversation with the Parma club. In addition to negotiating with them, they also wanted to send a signal to the outside world that they were going to buy players from Parma.

The media who smelled the wind and grass could easily understand their real goals through some channels, and this was also their means of putting pressure on Parma through the media.

As long as the news that Roma came to buy finally reached the player himself, the initiative of the matter might not be on Parma's side.

Sure enough, on the day they arrived in Parma, all kinds of rumors appeared on the Internet, saying that Roma was interested in Parma's central defender Gatti.

And this was what Alessandro was most worried about.

As long as the player wants to transfer after hearing the news, it is impossible for them to keep him.

So he immediately called Gatti: "Federico, have you heard the rumors on the Internet?"

Gatti did not hide: "Mr. Lucarelli, I heard it."

Alessandro asked: "What do you think?"

Gatti hesitated for a moment, and finally did not choose to hide: "Mr. Lucarelli, although I love Parma, I also want to develop in a big club."

Alessandro's heart sank, but he still said: "Thank you for your honesty. But I hope you can stay until the end of the season, then you can choose to transfer."

Gatti said: "Mr. Lucarelli, I don't want to miss this opportunity. But if Roma agrees that I stay in Parma for half a season, I am very willing to help the team upgrade."

Alessandro said he understood: "Okay, I will try to talk to them."

After hanging up the call with Gatti, Alessandro and Scala could only go to negotiate with Roma.

The players all wanted to leave, so he gave up the idea of ​​keeping them, so his next goal was to ask Roma for more money.

Soon, Alessandro and Scala sat at the negotiation table with Monchi and Totti.

It must be said that although Monchi was the leader of the negotiation, Totti next to him was more bossy. It must be said that the domineering attitude cultivated by twenty years of football dominance is indeed unmatched.

They understood each other's thoughts, so there was no empty talk between them. Monchi went straight to the point: "Mr. Lucarelli, Mr. Scala, you must have understood our intentions. We are very interested in Federico Gatti of your team and hope to buy him into our team."

Alessandro and Scala looked at each other, and Scala said directly: "Gatti is the treasure of our team, we don't want to sell him..."

Monchi didn't say anything, but looked like he was watching your performance.

Scala saw him like this, and he didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

They were all fairies who had practiced for decades, so they certainly couldn't lose out in this aspect.

Finally, Monchi said, "Mr. Scala, you can listen to our offer first."

Scala looked at him, "Mr. Monchi, please speak."

Monchi said, "We are willing to offer 5 million euros for Gatti."

Scala couldn't help but glance at Alessandro.

The valuation they had given Gatti before wasIt is 6 million euros, which is very close to their psychological price.

So he said directly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Monchi, our psychological price for Gatti is 7 million euros."

Monchi smiled: "Aren't our offers very close?"

Skala said: "Then you need to raise the price."

Monchi said: "5.5 million euros."

Skala said: "6.5 million euros."

Monchi said: "This is our psychological price."

Just then, Alessandro on the side said: "Mr. Monchi, Mr. Totti, since we are getting closer and closer, why don't we each make another concession, 6 million euros!"

Monchi looked at Alessandro carefully and suddenly laughed: "Okay, then I will give Mr. Lucarelli a face, 6 million euros!"

Alessandro De Luo smiled: "Mr. Monchi, I have a small condition before the deal."

Monchi looked at Alessandro and frowned slightly: "What condition?"

Alessandro said: "We still need Gatti to go to the first division, so I want to keep him for another half a season and arrange for his official transfer after the season."

Monchi suddenly laughed: "Then we need to deduct part of the transfer fee."

Scala frowned: "Mr. Monchi, this is unnecessary, right?"

Monchi said: "If the transfer is delayed until the end of the season, then we must bear additional risks, right? And this is equivalent to us renting Gatti to you. Isn't it normal for you to pay some rental fees?"

Scala cursed the profiteer in his heart.

Alessandro said: "Then we pay a rental fee of 200,000, how about it?"

Monchi nodded with satisfaction: "Deal!"

The two sides reached an agreement on this. Gatti joined Roma on July 1, 2018, with a transfer fee of 5.8 million euros!

Just when the two sides finished the negotiation, Alessandro suddenly said to Totti a little embarrassedly: "Mr. Totti, I have a small request. My son is your fan, can I take a photo with him later?"