Hoffenheim's rejection of all clubs surprised many people. They did not expect that this small team would be so tough.

But for those wealthy families who were determined to take Chu Zhongtian away, this was not a rejection at all, it was a desire to refuse but welcome.

Only one day later, the quotations from various clubs arrived in Hoffenheim.

This time, many teams slightly raised their quotations, and some clubs did not raise their quotations, but they also added the terms of personnel exchange, but in fact they still raised the price.

At this moment, Real Madrid took action.

※※Shendermaize handles transfer requests routinely.

Manchester United bid for 40 million. The price has increased again? It seems that Ferguson is quite sincere... Bayern Munich bid 30 million... only 30 million? We spent 30 million to buy Chu. Three seasons have passed. Has his net worth not increased by a penny?

AC Milan offers 20 million...20 million! It looks down on people too much! Don’t make any decisions if you don’t have money!

Barcelona bid 30 million. Hey! Barcelona... He just watched it one by one and made his own evaluation of these quotes in his heart.

It was not until a offer appeared in front of him that he suddenly held his breath.

Real Madrid, 70 million.

Seventy million...70 million?

Seventy million!

He thought he had read it wrong, so he quickly rubbed his eyes and looked at it again - 70 million euros! He counted zeros, yes, it was tens of millions.

He suddenly grabbed the phone at hand, and in panic, he also touched the quotation list that had just been sorted out. The quotation lists of each club fell to the ground. He didn't bother to pick it up, but took the portion from Real Madrid and dialed the phone number of the club's general manager Rothouse with his slightly trembling fingers.

"John, John! Big thing! Big thing..."

※※※Joheng A. Rothouse, general manager of Hoffenheim Club, immediately called the club chairman Peter Hoffman after receiving a call from manager Shendelmaize.

After Hoffman was on the phone with Rothhouse, he pondered for a while in the office, then picked up the phone and dialed Ditma Hope's number.

※※※When the phone was being passed between several club seniors, Rangnick was leading the team to train at Leogan, Austria. He knew nothing about what had happened and was about to happen.

Chu Zhongtian also knew nothing.

Hoffenheim will come here to train for training before every season. The training here allows them to win a league championship and a Champions League championship. This place has been regarded as a blessed land for Hoffenheim.

In order to prepare for the new season, Hoffenheim's training intensity is quite high. After one day of training, everyone was exhausted and didn't want to move. Only Chu Zhongtian still has the energy to practice and shoot more. He was able to score so many goals last season, all thanks to his own extra training.

After the training, Chu Zhongtian was still shooting and practicing on the field. The other players greeted him and left the training ground and went to the locker room.

Rangnick and other coaches have packed up the training facilities and are planning to leave.

At this moment, he saw the club chairman Peter Hoffman walking in from outside.

The club's chairman was not as powerful as Dietmar. Hope was great. Many people think that Mr. Hope was the chairman of the club. But in fact, since the team entered the first league, Hope has no longer the chairman of the team, Hoffman is. In the past two seasons, Hope has deliberately reduced the number of appearances in public, and Hoffman gradually surfaced... Hoffman was in a hurry, and it was obvious that something was wrong. Rangnick signaled the others to leave first, and he stopped himself. He knew that Hoffman must be looking for him.

"Good afternoon, Ralph." Hoffman greeted Rangnick from a distance.

"Hello, Mr. Hoffman. Did you fly over from Germany?"

Hoffman walked up to Rangnick and nodded: "Yes, I just arrived."

"It is obvious that there is something important when flying over in such a hurry." Rangnick said. He had actually guessed something about what is important, and it must be related to Chu Zhongtian.

"Well, it's related to Chu." Hoffman nodded. He noticed that behind Rangnick, there was a man practicing shooting on the training ground, and that was Chu Zhongtian.

Rangnick saw Hoffman paying attention to him, and he also turned around to look at Chu Zhongtian: "He has to practice more after training every day. He is such an excellent professional player."

Hoffman said "yeah."

"That's right, Ralph..." Hoffman was considering the words, afraid that he would stimulate the head coach who looked very gentle and kind, but was actually very persistent.

"Well, we received a new offer today, related to Chu..."

Rangnick nodded. There were many quotes about Chu Zhongtian some time ago, which made him very worried. However, the team then rejected all quotes, which made him very pleased. It seems that Hope said it is right, and he really wants to keep Chu Zhongtian at all costs.

He also knew that the teams that were coveting Chu Zhongtian did not give up so easily, so they would quickly make a new offer. As he envisioned, the team would continue to reject them until the transfer window closed.

"Real Madrid bid 70 million euros to buy Chu."

When Hoffman said this number, Rangnick gasped when he heard it.

Seventy million! What is this concept?

When Real Madrid was interested in Ribery in the past, Rummenigge said that unless you get 60 million, we will not be able to talk. Later, Real Madrid fell in love with Schweinsteigge again, and Rummenigge said again that if there is no 60 million euros, you can't take the "pig" away. Now this offer is actually 10 million higher than Ribery and Schweinsteigge's worth!

The highest transfer fee in the world is currently C. Ronaldo's transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid. The second place is Ibrahimovic, who transferred from Inter Milan to Barcelona. At that time, Barcelona paid 40 million euros in cash and an Etoo. It is said that the total price reached an astonishing 80 million euros, but this has not been confirmed, and it is more speculation from the media.

The third highest was Zidane. Real Madrid spent 76 million euros to bring the midfielder from Turin to Madrid. The fourth was Kaka's transfer from AC Milan to Real Madrid. The fifth was Spanish striker Torres, who just transferred from Liverpool to Chelsea in January this year. The transfer fee was 50 million pounds, which was about 58 million euros based on the exchange rate of the day. (Note: I ranked this list myself according to the transfer fee mentioned in the transfer news of each player, because online

The currency units used in the data are different, so the rankings and numbers on the list are also different. For convenience, I can only use my own. In addition, Torres' transfer fee is 50 million pounds, and the euro number is calculated by myself based on the exchange rate of the euro to the pound on January 31st. If it is not accurate, please forgive me.) If Chu Zhongtian's transfer transaction can be realized, he will replace Kaka and become the fourth highest transfer value in world football history. If Ibrahimovic's value is inaccurate, he may still escalate into the top three, only behind C. Ronaldo and Zidane.

In addition, four of the top ten transfer fee rankings in the world football are created by Real Madrid. If Chu Zhongtian joins, there will be five. With such terrifying strength, it is no wonder that many teams are afraid of Real Madrid's gold and dollar offensive in the transfer market. With such a big move, only Real Madrid has such courage and qualifications... Rangnick was scared by this number, and few people could still remain calm before this number.

There are many news about Chu Zhongtian's transfers during this period, and Rangnick knows all kinds of quotes, but the highest is only 40 million Manchester United paid. Now that the economic environment is deteriorating, the global economy has not yet recovered from the previous financial storm. Many football clubs have tightened their belts to live, so the transfer fees of players have been reduced, and only a few teams that are not short of money can create miracles.

What does 70 million mean for Hoffenheim? They won the Champions League last season, but they only earned 30.7 million euros in prize money, 70 million is twice the prize money.

Moreover, if Chu Zhongtian is left in the team, Hoffenheim must invest at least 20 million euros in the transfer market every summer, and the remaining three seasons will be 60 million. What about Chu Zhongtian leaving? Not only can you get 70 million euros, but you can also save these 60 million fixed transfer expenses... Once in and out, this is 130 million euros, which is not the salary and various bonuses given to Chu Zhongtian for the remaining three seasons.

When he heard this number, Rangnick suddenly realized that he might not be able to keep Chu Zhongtian... He, as the head coach, can't calculate this, but can't Hope, a businessman, count it?

Seventy million, this number is too tempting, too tempting... "Ralph, the club decided to accept it, we cannot refuse this offer..." Hoffman finally expressed his purpose.

Rangnick's heart skipped a beat, and the worry that he had been worried finally came. He was worried about this. He was not worried about Chu Zhongtian's loyalty. What he was worried about was that the club could not resist the sky-high prices offered by other wealthy clubs.

70 million, 70 million, if it succeeds, it will be the highest price in Bundesliga history. Not to mention Hoffenheim, even Bayern Munich cannot resist it.

"Seventy million..." Rangnick did not answer Hoffman, but muttered about the transfer fee in this transfer.

"We need this money, Mr. Ralph Hope has decided to reduce his investment in the club. We need ourselves in the future. If we sell Chu, we will get 70 million euros. You can use this money to buy any player you want to buy." Hoffman continued to persuade. He knew that Rangnick was the most staunch opponent of Chu Zhongtian's transfer.

Rangnick finally reacted: "No, Mr. Hoffman. Chu brought us more than 30 million Champions League prizes. With him in the championship, there is a guarantee, and we have a long-term and stable source of funds..."

"But you can't guarantee that we can defend the Champions League title in the new season. In fact, no team can guarantee that they can do this." Hoffman shook his head.

Rangnick really can't guarantee that he will earn more than 10 million euros if he reaches the top 16. "Even if he reaches the top 16, we can get more than 10 million euros in prize money. At the same time, if Chu Zai, I can guarantee that he will score in the Champions League every season, even if he only participates in the group stage, he will have more than 7 million euros in prize money. If Chu is gone..."

"You can buy any player you want to buy for 70 million. Although we have lost Chu, we have other excellent players, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Sana and Quaresma are all very good, and we can continue to strengthen our strength because we have money."

Hoffman's philosophy is to lose a Chu Zhongtian, but we have more excellent players. He admits that Chu Zhongtian is unique and has a very high level, so his idea is to use quantity to make up for the quality shortcomings. If Chu Zhongtian is 100 points, then isn't it enough for us to buy five players from 80 to 85 points to come in to offset the impact of Chu Zhongtian's departure?

But Rangnick knew that football was not such a simple math problem. He continued to shake his head and objected: "No, this is completely different, Mr. Hoffman. Chu is our core, and the entire team is built around him. If he leaves, many people's performance will be greatly reduced. Some people will even become unacceptable to the team and almost rebuild a team. This is not enough to buy a few people. Chu must not leave the team!"

He is resisting stubbornly.

"To be honest, Ralph. The team is under great financial pressure. If we continue to stay Chu, we will have to pay 20 million euros to buy people every summer, but we can no longer afford more money. You are unwilling to let the team take debt, right?" Hoffman used his killer move. "This is what Mr. Hope means. He hopes you can understand the team's difficulties."

Rangnick was silent.

Hope reduced his investment in Hoffenheim, which means that the team's competitiveness will be reduced. If Chu Zhongtian is sold, he can't imagine where this team will go. Has it gone from a team that competes for league championships every season to a team that strives to relegation?

He smiled bitterly: "I remember Mr. Hope said before that he wanted to make the team a new giant in five years..."

Hoffman shrugged: "The situation has changed, Ralph. If we can still have Mr. Hope's funds, it's not a problem, but now we don't have it."

Rannick looked at Chu Zhongtian's back. He was absolutely reluctant to let him give up Chu Zhongtian. He trained him into a free man, and then watched him leave?

"I know you don't want to, Ralph. But the club has made a decision, I'm afraid you must lose him..." Hoffman patted Rangnick's shoulder. "We believe that under your leadership, Hoffenheim can still achieve good results even without Chu."

"If you mean to score in the Champions League every year... I really can't guarantee..." Rangnick spread his hands.

Hoffman smiled, "Hoffenheim is not Chu's team alone." After that, he turned around and left.

Rangnick looked at his back and turned to look at Chu Zhongtian.

What you have always been worried about has become reality, how should you face it?

※※※Rannick did not tell Chu Zhongtian that the club decided to accept the Real Madrid offer. He heard it from his amazing James Merry, and Zidane also called him.

When he heard that his value was 70 million, he was also shocked.

It seems that Real Madrid is really sincere. They spent all the money they originally planned to buy Fabregas on themselves.

Seventy million euros, this is the highest offer for itself so far.

Hoffenheim accepted it.

He smiled at the other end of the phone, knowing that it was time for him to leave.

Seventy million, not letting go is a fool. Club chairman Rothhouse is not a fool, and Ditma Hope is not a fool.

My cycle in Hoffenheim is also over.

※※※In Madrid Sports City, Valdano is reporting the latest developments to Florentino.

"The Hoffenheim Club's reply, they have accepted this offer. We can discuss personal contracts with Chu."

Florentino sat on his boss' chair, pointing his left hand to his chin and putting it on the armrest of the seat.

"After this season, we should also go to China, Jorge?" Florentino asked.

Bardano knew that the helmsman of the Galaxy battleship began to look forward to making money in China again. It should be said that spending so much money to buy a Chinese player requires courage, but Florentino paid 70 million so generously, which shows that he has confidence in recovering the cost.

Chu Zhongtian is now the most popular sports star in China, and his status in China is unmatched.

Florentino could already imagine what kind of treatment he would enjoy after leading the team to China... The scene in the summer of 2003 would often come to his mind. It was a really exciting trip to China... "Very good, let our people go and discuss contracts with his agent." Florentino came back to his senses from his memories and nodded.

Bardano still thinks it is too risky to spend 70 million to buy such a player...70 million, this is not a small amount.

He still remembers how Florentino explained at the meeting when he decided to pay 70 million to buy Chu Zhongtian: "In four years, he can help us earn this money back."

If you just go to China to engage in business competitions, you will earn less than 70 million every season... Bardano, who left Florentino's office, met Zidane in the corridor. The French smiled at him, and Bardano nodded and greeted him.

This Frenchman has been committed to promoting Chu Zhongtian's joining Real Madrid, but don't be happy too early. Mourinho's attitude towards Chu Zhongtian seems to be lukewarm. If this Chinese cannot play his level at Hoffenheim after coming to Real Madrid, the pressure he faces can be imagined.

The title of "Mr. Seventy Million" will be crushed to death by then.

I hope he has good luck in Bernabeu...
Chapter completed!