bayedsolid Chapter 694 What a bargain
Chapter 694 What a bargain
Chapter 694 What a bargain
"call!"
Sitting in front of the desk in the editorial department of Gazzetta dello Sport, Fabio Licari exhaled forcefully the resentment in his heart.
He has just completed another front-page news in Gazzetta dello Sport tomorrow. The headline is that Inter Milan will sign Real Madrid's midfielder, Khedira!
This is the exact news he just got from his counterpart in Spain. It is said that Marco Branca, the technical director of Inter Milan, negotiated the contract and signed it in person. This transfer will be announced within a week!
Do the math, how many transfers have Inter Milan made in the past month?
From Damian to Nainggolan, to Alan and Widmer, to Rugani, Dybala, Romagnoli and other players, there are not only young stars in their playing years, but also talented young rookies, and the age of the players is generally controlled under the age of 25. Such a signing strategy is undoubtedly quite shrewd.
More importantly, Inter Milan's transfer is obviously completely different from before.
It was as if before, the Nerazzurri worked hard to raise a sum of money. They wanted to introduce a midfielder in the transfer market, and they also took a fancy to a player from Brazil.
But the result?
Half a year later, the opposing club criticized Inter Milan's negotiating attitude. Even the players said that Inter Milan lacked sincerity and refused to continue the negotiation.
At that time, many people said that Inter Milan had fallen so low that they didn't even know how to spend money!
This kind of statement is purely for spoofing. It is impossible for the Nerazzurri to know how to spend money. It can only be said that they do not know how to operate the funds in their hands to maximize their benefits like the shrewd bald man Galliani of AC Milan.
It is this mentality of having no money on the one hand, and looking forward and backward when having money on the other hand, thinking about how to spend less money, which eventually led to Inter Milan being completely reduced to the well-known hanging silk team in Serie A in the past few years.
Everyone in the football circle is laughing. There is only one requirement for Inter Milan to buy people, cheap!
Look at the group of players in the team, how many of them can play the main force in the middle and upper reaches of Serie A?
But what no one expected was that just now, with a new boss, Inter Milan's style of work has completely changed!
After the previous acquisition, the team's record was not good, and the fans immediately protested. Inter Milan seemed to be crumbling, and the building was about to fall. But now, after the team won Udinese, they won two consecutive victories and performed well.
More importantly, the Nerazzurri changed their hesitant style in the past and signed a dozen powerful stars in one go with lightning speed. Among them, De Bruyne was introduced from Chelsea at a high price of 500 million euros, which most excited Inter Milan fans.
In an interview, Mazari even stated in a high-profile manner that De Bruyne has outstanding talent and has the opportunity to become a world-class star.
And now, the midfielder Khedira has been introduced!
A full 2000 million euros, it will be done without saying a word!
No wonder a large number of Inter Milan fans left messages on the official WeChat, saying that they woke up laughing in the middle of the night!
Who is this Chinese investor?
Fabio Licari thought very depressed, he has not forgotten the scene where he was teased two months ago.
Normally, if it is a foreign investor, after acquiring a team, there should be a period of adaptation.
For example, they should first familiarize themselves with the internal affairs of Inter Milan and the situation of the Nerazzurri, such as the team lineup, or the head coach, or personnel arrangements.
But this investor doesn’t seem to need such a process at all. He seems to be quite familiar with and understands professional football. After entering Inter Milan, he immediately promoted the reform of the power structure of Inter Milan’s management, supported the three powerful leaders of Fassone, Branca and Osirio, and established a balance of power.
At the same time, more than a dozen players were signed in at one go, many of whom are still very unfamiliar. If it weren't for the introduction of Inter Milan, they might not be able to pronounce their names, but once they got to know them, they found that the evaluation was quite good.
For example, De Vry of Feyenoord in the Eredivisie, who has heard of it before?
But Fabio Licari went to get to know his counterparts in the Netherlands, but found that they had a very high opinion of De Vrij, and even named him Stam II.
Who is Stam?
Who in the whole city of Milan will not give a thumbs up when they hear this name?
Back then, Stam and Nesta's central defender combination was the best in Europe, and its strength was outrageous.
Can this de Vry have the strength of Stam?
No, you don't need to have Stam's strength. With his worth of only 600 million euros, you only need to play half of Stam's strength, which is quite a deal!
Therefore, Fabio Licari can almost conclude that Chinese investors are either very familiar with and understand football, or there is someone in his team who has been immersed in European football for many years.
Who is it?
Of course Fabio Licari would not believe that it was the man surnamed Zhao who bore the title of club chairman.
Thinking of this, Fabio Licari immediately took out his mobile phone, entered the address book, found a name, and clicked in.
After beeping twice, the other party picked up the phone, as if he was on his way, out of breath.
"Hey, Paul, it's me, Fabio!"
Fabio Licari greeted Paolo Vigano on the phone with a smile.
"Hi Fabio, thank you for giving us Inter Milan the front page for the last two weeks!"
Isn't Paul Vigano on the phone the head of Inter Milan's public relations department?
"Hey, Paul, don't be so polite. You guys have made a lot of noise recently. If there is any big news, please let me know as soon as possible!"
Paul Vigano immediately nodded and agreed, "Don't tell me, I haven't remembered yet, you will arrange Khedira's news tomorrow, right?"
"Well, yes, I have already written the manuscript, and it will be printed in a few hours!"
"That's good, but I think you should consider adding something?"
"What do you mean?" Fabio Licari was a little strange.
"Frankly speaking, we gave the news about Khedira to three well-connected newspapers, but then I will give you an exclusive."
"Exclusive?" Fabio Licari's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yes!" Paolo Vigano nodded, "I'm busy going to a meeting now, so I can't say much about the specifics. I'll ask my assistant to send you a press release later. In addition to Khedira from Real Madrid, we also brought in Morata!"
"Morata?" Fabio Licari was taken aback.
"Hehe, scary enough? Let me tell you, Marco made the decision in Spain. He will come to the team to participate in the joint training in the next few days. Then I will arrange for you to come over and take some training photos. Believe me, there must be surprises!"
Fabio Licari was almost stunned.
Brother, can you tell the breaking news in one breath?
We can't bear it when you explode one by one, okay?
However, if it is announced in one breath, I don't know if the hearts of those old Milan fans can bear it. If one is not careful...
"By the way, Paul, I have something, you must tell me!" Fabio Licari immediately thought of his purpose for making this call.
The joining of Morata is indeed very exciting. This Spanish center is very popular now, but compared with the boss behind Inter Milan, Morata is inferior, isn't he?
"Speak!"
"Who is your boss?" Fabio Licari asked solemnly.
There was a noticeable silence on the phone.
"Hey, buddy, I'm just curious, really, I promise, it will never be published in the newspapers, we have been dating for so many years, you should trust me as a person, or..."
"I'm sorry, Fabio, I believe you, but frankly speaking, I don't know many things, and I can't tell them. The higher-ups are now very strict with every department, and I can't disclose company secrets."
Fabio Licari was powerless, and sighed, "Well, buddy, I won't force you, but I didn't expect that you are still working overtime now?"
"Yeah, the club has won the land for the new stadium. There are a lot of things to do, and the team plans to participate in the International Champions Cup next year. It also needs to draw up a business development plan, and there are a lot of other things. In short...you understand!"
"understand!"
At this moment, Fabio Licari vaguely heard someone calling the name of Paolo Vigano on the other side of the phone, and the latter immediately agreed.
"Sorry, Fabio, I have to go to a meeting, bye!"
Listening to the beeping and busy tone coming from the phone, Fabio Licari was helpless, and could only lower his head.
On the other side of the phone, after Paulo Vigano hung up the phone, he immediately pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in.
"Excuse me, Mr. Fassone!" Paolo Vigano apologized to Marco Fassone, the club's chief executive who was in the first place, and the latter nodded towards him, signaling him to sit down quickly.
After everyone was seated, Fasone turned on the projector, showed the PPT he had made, and started the meeting.
The content of the meeting was not unexpected, and it has a lot to do with the club's recent reforms.
As we all know, if Inter Milan wants to get out of the current predicament, there are only two ways, increasing income and reducing expenditure, preferably a two-pronged approach.
According to Fassone's ideas, the management reform, the reduction and integration of some departments, and the elimination of redundant staff in the club, especially some employees who relied on the relationship of the Moratti family and paid their salaries at Inter Milan, made the team's management team more refined.
After the team ends this season, most of the players whose contracts expire will not renew their contracts.
If they consider selling or simply allowing them to transfer freely, after sending away a group of players, even if they introduce a dozen more players, the overall salary burden of Inter Milan will still drop by about 500 million euros.
That is about 5000 million euros before tax!
In other words, after the team changed a group of players, their strength became stronger, and the team also lost 5000 million euros in expenditure.
Of course, the main reason is that the high salaries of players including Zanetti, Cambiasso, Diego Milito, Samuel and Chivu were cut. Among them, Diego Milito’s post-tax salary was as high as 450 million euros, and Cambiasso’s post-tax salary was as high as 400 million euros, while Zanetti, Samuel, Pereira, Guarin and Chivu also had an annual post-tax salary of more than 200 million euros.
Among the newly joined players, in addition to Khedira's higher salary, the after-tax salary is 300 million euros, which is slightly higher than when he was in Real Madrid, and De Bruyne's salary is only 250 million euros after tax.
Therefore, under the ebb and flow, Inter Milan will save about 5000 million euros a year in terms of salary expenditure!
When Fasone said this, his heart was also full of excitement, and he couldn't believe the number.
Because if this is the case, then Master Huan's net investment is only 2000 million euros, but the result is that the entire lineup configuration of Inter Milan is completely renewed.
Of course, for such a large-scale reorganization, running-in is a big risk, and no team will do it easily, and you have to use 3000 million euros of funds to operate it.
But no matter from which angle you look at it, it's really a bargain!
(End of this chapter)