novelraw Chapter 399 - 115: The Summer Transfer Window Opens, Light of Asia (Part 3)
Chapter 399 - 115: The Summer Transfer Window Opens, Light of Asia (Part 3)
This news shook the entire European Football world.
Forty-seven million euros, the highest transfer fee in World Football to date!
Moreover, Gutierrez and Inter Milan only had one year left on their contract, yet they sold for such a high price!
Chelsea has gone crazy!
They’re practically inflating the prices!
In an instant, all top players gained a clearer understanding of their worth.
Turns out...we’re really this valuable!
Chelsea’s offer is almost a thirty to forty percent premium.
Gutierrez’s original valuation was around 35 million, but now it’s soared to nearly Fifty million.
At the same time, a journalist disclosed in detail the luxurious contract Chelsea offered to Gutierrez.
The basic salary column is a terrifying Eight million euros!
With various bonuses and awards, under normal circumstances, Gutierrez could earn a Ten million annual salary!
Before this, his annual salary was only Four to Five Million euros!
The Premier League’s way of waving a check is so enticing, the world football’s slowly rising prices have suddenly skyrocketed due to this wave of signings.
Suddenly, all major teams began renewing contracts with their core players.
Because if you don’t renew this year, who knows how much they’ll rise next year.
AC Milan approached Izalelt’s agent, expressing a desire to renew the contract.
But Izalelt’s agent used the Champions League final loss as an excuse, saying under such circumstances Izalelt is unwilling to renew the contract, claiming he hasn’t put in the effort and doesn’t deserve what he’s getting, as he’s not someone who reaps without sowing.
AC Milan’s sporting director cheerfully sent off Izalelt’s agent, then turned around and smashed his ashtray.
MMP!
Reaping without sowing my ass!
You’re clearly looking down on this contract I have with a Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand euro annual salary!
From this moment, AC Milan’s insiders roughly knew their story with Izalelt might only have one or two years left.
But they can’t tell the fans this.
They even have to praise Izalelt’s unwillingness to "reap without sowing" and renew as a commendable spirit.
Partly to stabilize fan emotions and prevent them from questioning why Izalelt’s contract wasn’t renewed, and partly to put Izalelt on the moral high ground.
Who knows, this might help them keep Izalelt in the future.
But the hope is slim.
Because it’s difficult to match the salaries offered by other teams to Izalelt.
Izalelt is currently the highest-paid in Serie A, Five Million or Five Hundred Fifty Thousand?
Anyway, the difference is negligible.
However, how much is Gutierrez, who’s half a level below Izalelt?
On paper Eight million, in reality Ten million!
Nearly double!
Such a salary, even if AC Milan sold themselves, they couldn’t offer it!
And Izalelt is unlikely to lower his salary significantly for AC Milan.
Six Hundred Fifty Thousand is what AC Milan considers a reasonable price.
But perhaps...Eight million is Izalelt’s compromise bottom line.
The gap between them is not ordinary.
Because Izalelt’s salary, to some extent, will also affect the salaries of other AC Milan players. It’s not a matter of One Hundred Fifty Thousand euros, it might involve an annual salary of over Ten Million euros.
If not careful, the team’s salary system could collapse as a result.
AC Milan clearly hasn’t prepared for a massive salary increase.
Inter Milan, with nearly Fifty million euros in hand, instantly became the rich club in Serie A.
Do they urgently need a new star in the frontline?
Very well.
Twelve million euros, Inter Milan offers Rome’s substitute central forward Savio!
Ten million euros, Inter Milan offers San Remo’s right winger Becher’s!
Fifteen million, Inter Milan offers Chievo’s main central forward Talista!
Don’t ask why they’re so arrogant, just one word, rich!
One Gutierrez is enough to strengthen Inter Milan with three Serie A level or even star level players, Inter Milan thinks this transaction is worth it.
Besides, they’ve dumped Gutierrez’s high salary.
Don’t doubt, if Inter Milan really bought these three players, their combined salaries certainly wouldn’t be higher than Gutierrez.
It’s not that it’s more than Ten Million euros, but it won’t be higher than Gutierrez’s previous salary, which means not exceeding Five Million euros.
This is called living within means.
This act immediately angered Rome.
Is being rich so impressive?
Making random offers!
You need a central forward, why offer for a right winger?
Too much money burning a hole in your pocket?
We’ve been following Becher’s for several seasons, why do you want to buy it for my sake!
Rome strikes back with a Twelve million offer to San Remo, the final price, are you selling or not!
At the same time, Rome’s vice team captain Drake dialed Sotu’s phone, reminiscing about the glorious past when battling alongside Sotu in the national team.
When Drake entered the Italy National Team, it was the peak of Sotu and Maniero, happily following the two big players to lay down a World Cup.
But afterward, Drake’s redemption began, as the big players gradually withdrew from the national team due to age, status, and other reasons. Drake carried Italy while getting hammered on the international stage day in day out, year after year.
In recent years, Drake also transitioned from the mainstay to the bench in the national team, mainly serving as a locker room leader.
No matter how you see him during the game, he’s a substitute. But at this stage, in terms of having a say in the Italy National Team, Drake definitely counts.
So...
"Boss Sotu, you know Xiaodezi well! In the future, if Morici and Lu Yang ever make it to the national team, I guarantee they won’t face any grievances!" Drake hits the nail on the head, why else would he be the locker room leader?