The Strongest Demon Front

November 22.

Madrid, Spain.

Negative.

The lead cloud was dense, the sun was completely obscured, there was wind, no rain, and the temperature was eight degrees lower than yesterday.

Valdebebas.

The training base of the Real Madrid first team.

The Clasico ended yesterday, but the first-team players didn't have a holiday. Benitez frowned and communicated with the assistant coach. The players were training listlessly, mainly jogging and recovering their physical fitness.

The entire training base was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.

Administration Building.

Florentino walked all the way with a very gloomy expression, and wherever he went, everyone was as silent as a cicada, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

Soon, he came to an office.

Knocking on the door, Florentino pushed in.

"Mr.president."

Seeing Florentino come in, Real Madrid's general manager Jose Sanchez quickly stood up.

"It just so happens that I have something to call you."

After Mr. Chairman took his seat, Sanchez began to report.

"Inter Milan recently made an offer of 10 million euros to cancel the buyout clause of the Huaxia player we transferred in the summer. This offer is very close to our psychological price. Our psychological price is Between fifteen million and eighteen million."

"If they raise their offer to 15 million, and the 17 million they paid last summer, it's 32 million."

"The marketing department and the technical department did some calculations. Considering the uncertainty of the development of young players and the relatively sufficient personnel reserves in the relevant positions of the first team, we feel that such an offer is basically in line with the market positioning."

"Considering their cooperative attitude in the transfer of Kovacic last summer, in order to maintain a good relationship between the two teams, I am personally more willing to accept Inter Milan's offer."

"I wonder if Mr. Chairman has any opinion?"

Sanchez looked at Florentino,

Waiting for the chairman's reply.

Florentino pondered for a while.

"I seem to have a little impression of the person you mentioned. He was the main member of the youth team that won the Youth Champions League last year. Right?"

Sanchez nodded, "Yes, Mr. Chairman."

"He moved to Inter Milan, right. Inter Milan wants to cancel the buyback so much, why, is he doing well this year?"

Florentino was a little interested.

Sanchez nodded again, "This season's Italian Serie A has already played 12 rounds. At present, he has scored 12 goals, with an average of one goal per round. He has performed very well and was selected for this year's European gold medal. Children's Prize."

"Oh?" Florentino was a little more excited, "That's pretty good."

"Well. Otherwise, Inter Milan wouldn't want to cancel his buyback."

"Their finances, you know."

"The Indonesian asked Inter Milan to be responsible for its own profits and losses, and he also signed a settlement agreement with UEFA. According to the agreement, Inter Milan is under great financial pressure every season. If these two seasons, he will find If there are no new investors, or the financial situation of the club does not improve, maybe they will face a fine from UEFA, or even a ban on European competition."

"The fact that they can still make an offer of 10 million euros under these circumstances is a testament to the importance they place on that young player and how well that player has performed so far," Sanchez said.

"If that's the case, why should we promise them? Good players are not over the age of 33, so we can keep them for ourselves."

Florentino pouted.

The relationship between Real Madrid and Inter Milan is good, but football is still a business after all.

No matter how good the relationship is, so what?

When it comes to the interests of real money, Florentino is still steadfast.

Sanchez smiled a little embarrassedly, "The problem is that that player overlaps with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. In the next two years, my colleagues in the technical department and I are not optimistic that he can replace him. Cristiano Ronaldo or Bale. And you know, Bale's agent has always been dissatisfied with the position of his agent in the team."

"If we buy back Chu, the young player, we may have to pay at least 40 million euros."

"Forty million euros to buy as a substitute is a bit extravagant. And, importantly, such a transaction may also cause dissatisfaction with Bell's agent, which will have an impact on the team's locker room."

"What's more, in his position, we still have Jesse, Vazquez, and Asensio."

"Jesse also needs to play, and Asensio, who is on loan to Espanyol, has performed very well this season. In a La Liga game not long ago, Asensio scored a hat-trick of assists, which was 98- The first Spanish player to score a hat-trick in La Liga since the 1999 season."

"Our technical department has a very high opinion of Asensio, and Asensio will end his loan contract with the Spanish next season and return to Real Madrid. We need to give him a place in the first team."

"Besides, both Jose and Asensio are Spaniards."

"Considering it all, we feel that there is no need to invest 40 million euros in a duplicate position."

"The development of young people is inherently uncertain, and the style of Serie A is different from La Liga, so if Inter Milan's offer can reach our psychological price, we think it is acceptable."

"If Chu really performs at a superstar level in the future, we can also buy him back when Cristiano Ronaldo is about to retire. You know the situation of Inter Milan, their Indonesian president regards the club as Arsenal. The model is working and it's not difficult to buy people from them. Like we bought Kovacic last year."

Sanchez patiently analyzed it to the chairman.

Florentino nodded as he listened.

"By the way, we went to Asia this summer and bought a new Chinese player in China, right." He asked suddenly.

"Yeah." Sanchez nodded, "It's called Liangmin Lin, and he's currently in the U19 youth team of La Fabrica."

"Maybe, we can sell him another 20 million to Inter Milan next year, haha." Florentino laughed.

Sanchez smiled, "I hope so. However, Lin's talent is still worse than Chu's. Of course, he has not been on the team for a long time, and it will take some time to observe."

"Don't talk about it. You can handle this matter, you don't need to ask me." Florentino waved his hand, his face suddenly became a little sad, "Yesterday's game, you watch it."

The smile gradually disappeared.

Sanchez's face also became solemn.

He nodded, "Of course."

Yesterday's game was the Spanish derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and it was also the national derby in the Bernabeu. As the general manager of the club, how could Sanchez not watch it.

"Shame! Shame!"

At the mention of this game, Florentino shivered with anger.

Sanchez smiled wryly and nodded in agreement.

Barcelona won by four goals at home.

The Bernabeu fell.

This is a one-sided game rarely seen in the history of the national derby.

Losing four goals is depressing enough.

What's even more depressing is that in the game, Barcelona completely suppressed Real Madrid. Benitez's team did not behave like Real Madrid at all, or even a strong team.

Barcelona let a Messi (he was injured for a long time and did not start), and also sent a little Munir (at least two must-goal opportunities wasted), and even put Real Madrid with a full BBC and a full lineup. Punch in the quagmire.

At the last moment of the game, even their central defender Pique rushed into Real Madrid's penalty area and stabbed at random in the hinterland of Real Madrid's penalty area.

The Bernabeu applauded Iniesta.

At the same time, they also booed Real Madrid.

Even quite a few fans were using signs and shouting slogans to get Florentino out of the way.

After the game, Barcelona fans named Benitez as Barcelona's "best player", while Real Madrid fans named Munir judge Real Madrid "best".

A rookie coach, a coach (Enrique) who proved himself average in Roma, without Messi's help, bloodbathed the Bernabeu, disgraced Real Madrid, and disgraced Florentino.

"Le Monde" said after the game: "Barcelona humiliated Benitez's Real Madrid, an undisputed 4-0 victory, and the Bernabeu resounded with the call of'Florentino resignation'."

The loss of this game made Florentino very excited.

"I didn't like Benitez's conservative way of playing. Also, in the dressing room, the players didn't stand by him. If it wasn't for the fact that he was hired by me, I would have fired him long ago. !"

Florentino said angrily.

Uh……

Sanchez was not surprised at all by the chairman's remarks.

Ancelotti's performance last season was okay, and even the Italian coach brought Real Madrid a tenth Champions League trophy last season, but Florentino still fired him.

Why?

The answer is actually quite simple.

It was Barcelona that was too beautiful last season, while Real Madrid was empty.

Barcelona last season were La Liga champions, Copa del Rey champions, and Champions League champions.

They once again achieved the greatness of the Triple Crown.

People call them the dreamy Barcelona.

Comparing the Grand Slam Barcelona with Real Madrid, who are all empty, although Ancelotti's performance is not too bad, Florentino still can't stand it.

He almost single-mindedly fired Ancelotti and brought in Benitez.

Florentino just wanted Benitez against Barcelona.

Unfortunately, the wish is not good, but the reality is cruel. At the Bernabeu, Benitez was beaten 4-0 by Enrique's Barcelona.

A complete loss.

Complete failure from scene to score.

This game completely shook Florentino's confidence in Benitez.

Looking at the furious Florentino, Sanchez thought: "I'm afraid Benitez won't survive this season."

"But... in the middle of the season, who can take over Real Madrid? Famous coaches have jobs. I can't go to Mourinho anymore, although he seems to be about to leave get out of class, but his relationship with Mr. President It's not a good relationship..."

Sanchez started to stand up with a headache.

The chairman is responsible for firing coaches, and he is responsible for cleaning up the mess.

However, if Benitez is really fired, how will this mess be cleaned up?

Sang Chuan couldn't think of an answer for a while.

Just when Sanchez felt a little overwhelmed, Florentino suddenly quieted down.

He stared at Sanchez and said a word without end.

"José, what do you think of Zinedine?"

ah?

You can't be serious, can you?

Sang Duan widened his eyes, looked at Mr. Chairman, and was speechless for a while.