Chapter 4 Not for Sale
As Zidane said, in the following days, the wealthy clubs made offers to Hoffenheim as if they had agreed.
For a moment, the media were so happy that there were so many things that could be hyped during this period that they didn’t even know which club’s offer to make the front page headlines.
Zidane is not a charlatan who predicts it in the future. The reason why he predicts so accurately is that he did not hide his whereabouts and purpose of flying to Germany at all. He knew that those giant teams knew who Zidane from Real Madrid suddenly went to Germany.
Apart from looking for Chu Zhongtian, who else can I find?
So Zidane appeared in Germany, which means Real Madrid is going to attack Chu Zhongtian.
In today's world football, if there is any team that can cause bloody storms in the transfer market and scare everyone, it is Real Madrid. Figo was the captain and spiritual leader of Barcelona, but after Florentino came on stage, he said he could dig. After that, as long as Real Madrid made up their minds to want, there were almost no one they could not buy, Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Kaka and C. Ronaldo. These are all figures who were considered impossible to transfer before success, and they all defected to Real Madrid, a century-old giant.
If Real Madrid intends to take action, they will take the lead, so as not to be snatched away by Real Madrid.
So during this period, the media have exposed the offers from major clubs to Chu Zhongtian.
"...Manchester United's head coach Ferguson has admitted that they have made a offer to Hoffenheim. However, the specific numbers are kept confidential. Some experts have analyzed and speculated that Manchester United's offer should be around 40 million euros..."
"Zidane, chairman consultant of Real Madrid Club and technical director of the team, arrived in Sinsheim the day before yesterday. Some media took a photo of him and Chu meeting at Frankfurt Airport. Then Zidane got into Chu's car and the two drove away... I believe Real Madrid has started to contact Chu..."
"Ancelotti said in an interview with reporters that he had been interested in Chu for a long time, but he denied that Chelsea had just made a offer to Hoffenheim... But it is reported that Chelsea did make an offer, and the offer will not be less than 35 million euros!"
"...Alegri is looking for a successor for Pirlo. Is there anyone more suitable than Chu? Last season, Hoffenheim and AC Milan met twice in the group stage. Hoffenheim led by Chu defeated AC Milan twice. Allegri personally experienced Chu's strength... Everything Chu needs can be satisfied here, but the only problem lies with Berlusconi. I don't know if Prime Minister Berlusconi, who has been in a hurry recently, still has the energy to manage the team's affairs, and whether he has the money to compete with a large group of giant clubs..."
"Manchester City clubs are not short of money, so they launched a fierce offensive against Chu Zhongtian! It is said that Mancini has decided to pay 60 million euros to introduce Chu Zhongtian! If this news is true, this will be the highest value for Asian players!"
"Bayern Munich decided to make up for the regret they missed three years ago, and they plan to introduce Chu!"
"... Guardiola must not forget the scene when his team lost to Hoffenheim in the Champions League final. That failure was a heavy blow to Barcelona, and their triple crown master's career ended. The next triple crown master doesn't know when they will go... So now they stretched out their hand to Chu. It is said that Guardiola admires Chu very much and asks the club to win Chu at all costs..."
...The result of these news is that every day there will be a large number of Chinese fans from these wealthy families on the Internet. Today is AC Milan Carnival Day, and tomorrow it will become Barcelona fans shouting "Camp Nou welcomes Lin Danda". The day after tomorrow, it may be Real Madrid fans who mocked Barcelona fans for being happy... Reports about Chu Zhongtian in Chinese online media are endless. Almost all the wealthy clubs you can think of are related to Chu Zhongtian.
Someone even made a list to facilitate everyone's yy.ac Milan's estimated price, Real Madrid's estimated price, Barcelona's estimated price, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City... What are the prices of Premier League teams... Unlike the situations that were always criticized as "nonsense rumors" before, no one will doubt the authenticity of the matter this time. Because in an interview with Chinese reporters, General Manager Rothhouse also admitted that the team has indeed received many quotations from clubs at present, but he did not say which clubs are specific.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't say it. The media have long exposed those shining names.
※※※Hoffenheim's manager, Young Shendelmaize, has been very busy recently, and is even a little overwhelmed.
He has to answer countless calls every day, from other clubs, from news media, and from agents.
All kinds of people are asking a question - is Chu Zhongtian still not a product? If not, what is the price?
Manchester United offered Chu Zhongtian 35 million euros, which had been rejected by Shindermaize. But soon their second offer came again, this time it was 35 million euros plus Brazilian midfielder Anderson... It can be seen that Manchester United is very determined this time and is bound to win.
The first time Shendelmaize handled so many transfer invitations for so many giant teams who were interested in a person, he was a little busy and didn't know what to do.
Whether Chu Zhongtian can sell it is not the only thing that the manager says. Head coach Rangnick firmly opposes the sale of Chu Zhongtian, but the news I heard from club chairman Hoffman doesn't seem to be firm... What do the superiors think? Can it be sold? Or can't be sold before a certain price reaches it?
He didn't know. He had asked Mr. Hoffman about this question, and Mr. Hoffman's answer made him wonder.
“Wait a little longer.”
What does it mean to wait? What should I wait? Wait for more people to quote? Or wait for the club’s senior management to develop a countermeasure?
Now is a regular press conference, and the reporters in the audience are waiting for his answer. The question is "Will Chu Zhongtian leave Hoffenheim?"
Among the journalists are East Asian faces, in the East Asian race, there are Chinese, Japanese and Koreans, as well as journalists from Spain, Italy, Britain, France, and even the United States and the Arab world... Of course, local German journalists are also indispensable.
These people only care about Chu Zhongtian's problem.
Shindermaize shook his head: "Yes, there are indeed many teams who offer us a quote. But we will not let Chu go! He has three years of contract with the team, and he will continue to play for the team. He is the share of Hoffenheim!"
Hearing him say this, it was obvious that someone among the reporters looked gloomy and was disappointed with the result.
Shendelmaize breathed a sigh of relief.
But his torture is far from over, and another Chinese reporter immediately raised his hand to ask: "It is said that Real Madrid has officially made a offer to Hoffenheim. Is this true?"
Shendelmaize did not hesitate this time: "No! No! There is absolutely no! Maybe they are indeed interested in Chu, but we have not received any faxes or emails from the Bernabeu, and they have not made any offer to Chu."
The reason he did not hesitate was that he was telling the truth. There were more rumors that Real Madrid made a offer to Hoffenheim for Chu Zhongtian. Some media said that Real Madrid was preparing to buy Chu Zhongtian for 40 million euros, and some people said that Real Madrid planned to exchange 25 million euros for Benzema, or Ras Diarra for Chu Zhongtian. But these are not true. The fact is that Real Madrid did not make any offer except sending Zidane to contact Chu Zhongtian privately.
※※After Zidane returned to Madrid, he reported his trip to Sinsheim to Florentino, and he passed on Chu Zhongtian's promise to Florentino.
Florentino was satisfied with Zidane's work and first obtained a player's promise so that he could mobilize various resources to acquire the player.
When he decided to turn his purchase target to this Chinese, he consulted many people around him who knew football, and the answers they gave him were the same - buying him is definitely a good deal!
However, Real Madrid did not make an rush to Hoffenheim, but waited for the change.
They want to see Hoffenheim's attitude.
Soon Hoffenheim's official statement came out.
"... Chu is one of our most important players. He is the core, captain, and spiritual leader of the team. The most important thing is that he and we still have three seasons of contract. He is the priceless treasure of the team. Hoffenheim will never sell his captain!"
It seems to be unconventional.
And soon some media revealed that Hoffenheim rejected all the news of Chu Zhongtian's purchase offer.
It seems that they are determined to keep Chu Zhongtian.
Of course, Zidane also saw these news, and he was a little anxious, afraid that Hoffenheim's attitude would make Florentino give up.
At that time, Florentino seemed leisurely and contented.
Things have entered the area where he is best at.
For the cunning Florentino, Hoffenheim is not refusing at all, but raising the price - if you want to buy my core, captain and flag, you have to show enough sincerity. Is this a small price to send beggars?
Although he was pissed in the media, he has insider information. The highest cash offer so far is only 35 million euros for Manchester United... Hoffenheim spent 30 million yuan to buy Chu Zhongtian. Now he has led the team to win a league championship and a Champions League championship. Has it only increased by 5 million euros?
No wonder Hoffenheim thinks it is low.
※※※ Chu Zhongtian is also watching the changes.
These days when you go to training, you can always see fans outside the training base who try to keep him, but the number is not large. After these seasons of such dramas, Hoffenheim fans may all think that Chu Zhongtian will not leave the team.
If there were no accidents, Chu Zhongtian was indeed unwilling to leave the team. But he had to look at the club's attitude.
So far, the club has talked to him once, and it was Rangnick who wanted to hear what he meant. Chu Zhongtian told Rangnick that he did not want to leave the team, but if the team wanted to sell him, he would not force him to stay.
Faced with this person who almost devoted his youthful time to the team and helped the team win a league championship and a Champions League champion, Rangnick couldn't blame Chu Zhongtian for despising the poor and loving the rich... Rangnick gave Chu Zhongtian a promise at that time: "The team will definitely keep you at all costs, Chu! This season, next season, next season, next season, we will all be together."
Then he went to find someone who could speak.
He did not look for club general manager Haus Rotter, nor did he go to club chairman Hoffman. He went directly to the club's behind the club's boss Dietma Hope.
Dietma Hope has an office without any sign at the new training base, but he has only been here once after the new season, and he rarely came to the training base last season. He seems to be deliberately weakening his influence in the middle of this club. Hoffenheim rushed into his first season of the Bundesliga. He frequently appeared in the media, accepted interviews from various media, and talked about the "Hocun Miracle". For this reason, he was once posed various death threats by fans of his mortal enemy teams.
But in the last season, he rarely acts so high-profile.
So in many away stands, there were no signs that attacked him, except for Westphalia Stadium in Dortmund... So Rangnick did not go to Hope in the office of the training base, but called Hope directly.
"Mr. Hope, I think we should have a good talk about the future of the team."
Hope replied, "Yes, I mean it, Ralph."
On the phone, Hope expressed his confidence in Hoffenheim and his determination to keep Chu Zhongtian at all costs.
But Rangnick always felt that Hope's tone revealed some hesitation.
In addition, Hope told Rangnick that this summer, the team will not increase its investment to buy people in the transfer market. Because this team has won the European championship, the staff structure is very reasonable and the players are strong, so there is no need to buy any players. If Rangnick wants to strengthen the team's strength, Hope hopes that he can tap potential from his youth training camp. You must know that Hoffenheim's youth training system is still very excellent.
Hope also vaguely told Rangnick that not only did not buy people, the team might also have to sell people to balance the income and expenditure of some teams. Therefore, the Champions League championship allowed the team to get a lot of bonuses, but also paid a lot of expenses. In order for the team to develop healthyly in the next few seasons, it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that some players' value has increased.
Both sides are indeed talking about the team's future, but for Rangnick, the team's future is Chu Zhongtian, but Hope believes that the team's future is equal to more.
After the phone call, Rangnick did not feel relieved, but was even more worried...※※※ Chu Zhongtian was still watching the changes. After that conversation, Rangnick never came to find him. He knew that Rangnick must have gone to Hope, and did not come to him to explain that the result of the conversation with Hope was not so satisfactory.
It seems that Hope's analysis is correct, and UEFA's new policy is a blow to Hoffenheim, which relies on Hope's personal investment.
In fact, after winning the Champions League this time, many criticisms about Hoffenheim came from this aspect.
UEFA's new policy stipulates that the funds used by teams to purchase players must all come from the profits generated by the club's own operations in the future, and no foreign capital is allowed to intervene, including individual, consortium investment and bank loans. The original decision was formulated to avoid football becoming a game for rich people, and the entire European football world became a stage for large consortiums to show off their financial resources.
As a result, Hoffenheim, who relied on his own investment and quickly rose in 20 years, won the European Champions League last season and defeated the powerful Barcelona in the final. Those critics believe that this is why UEFA is committed to promoting the new policy. If European football will always rise up and become famous in this way with rich bosses in the future, then what is the glory and dignity of European football? What is the guarantee of the fairness of football? Hoffenheim's championship is definitely not a good publicity direction, because it means that as long as you have money, the team can win the championship, which will give Manchester City, Chelsea and others a very bad example.
When Hoffenheim just appeared in the Bundesliga, the Germans had such concerns at the beginning. Now this concern has expanded to the entire Europe and even the world.
There are even Catalonian media that are full of sourness that Platini should advance the implementation of the new policy from the 2011-12 season to the 2010-11 season, so that Hoffenheim will not be able to win the Champions League. However, they don’t think about it. Hoffenheim owned Chu Zhongtian in the 2008-09 season, and UEFA’s new policy may have to be two seasons ahead of schedule to prevent Hoffenheim from winning the Champions League’s biggest hero, Chu Zhongtian.
Now that the new season begins, UEFA's new policy will be officially implemented, and the finances of all European football clubs will be subject to very strict scrutiny. Clubs that do not meet the requirements may lose some rights, such as qualifications to participate in European games, such as being required to be relegated, and being banned from transfers... As the new Champions League champion, Hoffenheim is undoubtedly a pioneer who has made a show of the limelight and should be careful of being retaliated. No wonder Hope also told Rangnick that this summer, Hoffenheim will not buy anyone alone, and if he wants to buy, he will only buy people who don't have to spend money.
Hope's monetary policy also had unscrupulous difficulties.
But Chu Zhongtian still watched the changes.
In fact, this is all he can do.
He refused to answer any rumors about his possible transfer and departure, saying that he had a three-year contract with Hoffenheim. As for what that means, leave it to others to think about it.
Of course he hopes to stay in Hoffenheim, but if the club intends to sell him, he will not stay here with a stern face. He has brought a league championship and a Champions League championship to this team that has no honors. He doesn't owe anything to Hoffenheim. Even if he leaves, he will leave with a clear conscience and steadily.
Chapter completed!