On the evening of August 22.
The offices at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid are still as bright as day.
Angel Sanchez, the chief executive of the club, is still busy working overtime in the office, and the staff of other departments are also staying at their posts, ready to deal with all kinds of emergencies.
Tonight, in the senior conference room at the Bernabeu stadium, a big decision will be made.
Does Hames Rodriguez buy it or not?
Sanchez sat in his office chair, with his back to his desk, staring out of the window at the Bernabeu stadium, dazed.
He also clearly remembers that when he came to the Bernabeu, the president of the club, Florentino, who was in the first term, was very high spirited and threatened to bring the best stars in the world to the Bernabeu, build a galaxy warship with unprecedented stars, and make this Real Madrid a legend.
In fact, Florentino did.
At the peak of the galaxy battleship phase I, Zidane, FIGO, Raul, David, Ronaldo, Owen, Casillas, Robert Carlos are all stars in almost every position.
However, such a team has encountered an unprecedented crisis. After Bosque's graduation in 2003, the team's performance has been declining all the way. Not to mention the fact that it has not won the championship for many years, even the Champions League, which the club is proud of, has stopped in the top 16 for many years, and it was not broken until last season.
The second term of Florentino's first term is a profound summary and reflection. He has drawn up the criteria for the introduction of superstars. One of the criteria is that the age of a superstar must not be too high to play in Real Madrid for a long time.
But who would have thought that in recent years, two super capital giants, Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain, have emerged one after another in European football. With the help of the strong attraction of the cold, they have swallowed many European superstar players in one breath, which has led to a strong talent crisis in European football, even Carroll and Paris Saint Germain Newbies like Neymar and Hames Rodriguez can sell at a high price.
Real Madrid's business operation is quite good in recent years, and its financial revenue is also rising. If they are able to operate stars with higher prices, do they really need to invest 80 million euros for players like Hames Rodriguez?
Sanchez thought it was absurd.
But this is the status quo of the European transfer market, the seller's market, as the buyer of Real Madrid and not much initiative.
No, it's been nearly two months of talking and one month of in-depth contact. Chinatown has been sticking to it. The day before yesterday, Amando Marcos, the general manager of Chinatown, even called Sanchez and gave him an ultimatum.
"We will hold a press conference on the morning of the 23rd to announce the squad. If no agreement can be reached before that, then Hames Rodriguez will appear in the Champions League on the evening of the 23rd."
Amando Marcos's tone is very gentle, but with an unquestionable meaning.
China city has also suffered a lot from this transfer recently, and the players are also reluctant to make a statement, which makes Real Madrid very passive. The main reason is that the head coach does not want Hames Rodriguez. So far, the Portuguese has never even made a statement on the transfer of Hames Rodriguez, let alone make a phone call to the players.
Presumably, Mendes, who has a good eye, is also very clear about the attitude of Mourinho towards Hames Rodriguez.
With the status quo of the Colombian, can Real Madrid be reused?
Sanchez breathed heavily and shook his head helplessly.
Now the European transfer, especially this kind of heavy transfer, is more and more difficult to operate.
Just when Sanchez's headache was about to crack, the mobile phone on the desk suddenly vibrated. He turned around, took the mobile phone and looked at it. The caller ID was Jorge Mendes.
That made Real Madrid's chief executive frown and resist.
"Hello, Jorge." Sanchez finally got through.
"Angel, it's ten o'clock now. What's your final opinion?" Mendes asked on the phone.
"Mr. Peres is in a meeting with several directors. You know, we are a membership team. Such a heavy transfer is not a decision that Mr. Peres can make by himself. The board of directors must participate in it. In a word, I promise to let you know as soon as there is news, OK?"
Mendez on the other side of the phone sighed, "well, I'll wait for your message."
"Good." Sanchez said helplessly, "by the way, are you with Hames now?"
"No, I'm at home. He's staying at the Training Center tonight. He said he's going to prepare for tomorrow night's game."
Sanchez heard a move in his heart. Even at this time, Hames Rodriguez didn't mean to betray Chinatown at all. This cold team has nothing else to say, but it is very successful in terms of club culture.
Of course, it has a lot to do with Gao's background as head coach.
"Well, anyway, I'll let you know as soon as possible."
"Good."
After Mendes hung up, Sanchez breathed heavily again.
Mendes is a very friendly partner. He has a close relationship with alpine, but business belongs to business. It's reassuring that he can do things. This is also the reason why he can quickly rise in European football in a few years and become the number one agent in the world. In contrast, Jose Vega, the agent of mussio, is far behind.
Thinking of this, Sanchez got up from his seat and walked out of the office.
At the sound of his opening the door, the other staff in the office rose reflexively. When they saw that it was Sanchez, they were disappointed and sat back.
Sanchez was able to understand their feelings. He looked back and saw that the door of the high-level meeting room was still closed. He also shook his head and sighed helplessly. How long will it be open?
Just as Sanchez turned to walk back to the office, the door of the conference room was opened with a click.
All at once looked over, only to see Florentino and the five directors coming out of it.
"Don't worry, it's all up to me."
"We believe you, Florentino."
Florentino watched the five directors leave the office, stood next to Sanchez, rubbed the corners of his eyes and shook his head. "Angel, call Mendes and Amando Marcos right away and say..."
The Real Madrid president took a deep breath after a pause, as if the decision had been quite difficult for him.
Everyone's eyes on the scene are focused on him, waiting for him to finish.
"Just say, Hames Rodriguez, 80 million euros, we'll buy it!" Florentino finished in one breath.
"Yes?" Sanchez reconfirmed.
Florentino hesitated for a moment, and nodded heavily, "yes
With that, he turned and walked back to his office.
When Sanchez heard the news, his eyes, which had been a little dull, suddenly became wonderful again, clapping his hands hard.
"Everybody, do you hear me? Act now!"
With his greeting, the staff of all departments in the office began to operate step by step.
There are too many things involved in the 80 million euro transfer.
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"I'm sorry that Hames Rodriguez didn't get the permission from the medical team, so we can't arrange for him to take part in this game tonight, but we are still full of confidence that we can win odens at home."
This is the early morning of the next day. At the press conference of Chinatown training center, after coach bochettino announced the team's 18 people's Congress list, reporters found that there was still no Hames Rodriguez, and they raised questions one after another.
But no one will believe bochettino's words, because last night, it was leaked from Real Madrid that the Galactic warship was finally unable to hold up in the tug of war, agreed to the request of China City, and decided to pay the termination fee for Hames Rodriguez, up to 80 million euros.
This will set a new sky high price in the world football transfer market this summer. Hames Rodriguez will surpass Neymar and become the new standard in the transfer market this summer.
But regarding the media's question, pochetino said that he had not heard any news in this respect and refused to give an answer.
The coach of Chinese city just stressed again and again that he is full of confidence in beating odens at home.
Even without Hames Rodriguez, the team will win.
Facts have proved that bochetino's resounding assurance is very reliable.
In the second leg of the fourth round of the Champions League qualification match at Bullock stadium that night, odens came to Madrid with the determination to defend himself. From the beginning of the game, he strictly prevented defending in front of the restricted area and did not give Chinatown the slightest chance.
In the first half, the two sides were still 0-0, and Chinatown had an overwhelming advantage, but it was just that they failed to break the goal of odens, which made the fans nervous. The team was still one goal behind in the total score.
But after half-time, bochettino adjusted, and center Pele was very active after the second half, and finally played a role in the 50th minute.
Azar took the ball from the left and cut it in and passed it to erera, who went straight to Pele's feet.
The Italian centre forward leaned against the opponent's centre back at the front of the penalty area and skillfully passed the ball behind him. Obamayan quickly stepped in, calmly grasped the opportunity and scored a single goal, 1-0!
After scoring a goal, Chinatown is in a state of great momentum, while odens has a crack in defense with the decline of his physical fitness.
In the sixty sixth minute, left back Alba quickly put in the edge and formed a cooperation with Azar. The Belgians blocked the ball in the front of the restricted area and entered the restricted area. Pelle put in the back and scored again, 2-0!
After the reversal, the morale of odens was disrupted. Midfield cadry fouled in a defense and got the second yellow card of the game. He was expelled from the field by a red card. China city continued to keep the pressure and went to the next city in the 82nd minute. This time, it was a corner scored by center half Miranda.
In the end, China City won odens 3-0 in the main match and successfully advanced to the group stage of the Champions League with a total score of 3-1.
This victory has finally ushered in a breathing opportunity for Chinatown, and the new center pelai has also emerged with a pass and a shot, which has gradually changed everyone's doubts about him.
Coupled with the progress of Azar and obameyang, people also realize that the strength of China city this season is still good.
On the day after China City beat odens, Paris Saint Germain also beat Luxembourg's divdag 3-0 at home to advance to the match with a score of 7-0.
After the promotion of Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid and China city announced at the same time that Hames Rodriguez officially transferred to Real Madrid. The price of Colombia's talent is as high as 80 million euros, once again setting a new summer transfer record and becoming a new standard.