Chapter 166： No middlemen make the difference

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Once upon a time, it was a near-monopoly business for South American players to play in Europe.

For example, Ferger, the godfather of Brazilian football, as an agent, he controls almost all the channels and channels for Brazilian players to study abroad, and he recruits partners in various European countries.

The most famous of these is Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes, who started out running errands for Figer.

But gradually, the teams in the Euroleague have gradually realized that there are huge flaws in this model.

To put it simply, the middleman earns too much of the difference.

The wealthy teams don’t pay much attention to these. As long as the strength of the players they provide meets their requirements, they don’t mind letting people draw an agency fee, because they don’t care about money, they care about talents.

But the middle and lower reaches of the five major league teams, as well as some second-tier league teams, have gradually realized this piece of fat.

In fact, they have a natural advantage over middlemen like Ferger.

For example, teams such as Sevilla in La Liga, Udinese in Serie A, and Porto in the Portuguese Super League were the first to excavate this piece of fat in South America, so they swarmed in and grabbed good prices directly from the place of origin. Inexpensive player.

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Those selected by them are sent directly to their teams or satellite teams to train and play.

For example, people like Alves and Baptista in La Liga, who were not famous before, but after the game in Sevilla, they all played their own strength and won the favor of the giants.

Now, Alves is Sevilla's most favored star, how many giants stare eagerly.

Players who have been verified by teams such as Porto, Sevilla and Udinese have been proved to be suitable for the Europa League, and their strength has also been verified by the Europa League, and even the UEFA Cup and the Champions League. The possibility of parallel imports is very low. .

Therefore, the giant teams are more inclined to sign from these teams.

As a result, more and more European teams have begun to expand their scouting networks into South America and Africa.

Agent predators like Figer gradually lost their market, their business shrunk rapidly, and gradually disappeared from the fans' field of vision, replaced by teams such as Porto, Sevilla and Udinese, the model of the black shop model. .

Among them, Ajax is a pioneer in actively developing the African market, but unfortunately, they did not go through this road, which also led to the sinking of Ajax from the beginning of the two years to the next few years.

De Laurentiis of Naples is a very shrewd boss. He can see the operation mechanism of Udinese's model at a glance, and he also understands that with his financial resources, it is actually difficult to stay in Serie A and the top three in the north for a long time. contend.

So, right after he restructured Napoli, he poached technical director Pierpaolo Marino from Udinese.

After the founder of the Udinese scouting network came to Naples, he is also actively developing overseas talent markets for Naples.

When Gao Shen and Lucas both came to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Roman Dias, who received them, was Marino's partner in Argentina.

Before Gao Shen flew to Argentina, he had already faxed Romain Dias a copy of the list of players he wanted, and asked him to explore the situation in advance. The results were good and bad.

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"I just got your fax and immediately got in touch with the Uruguayan team, but unfortunately they have sold Luis Suarez to Groningen in the Eredivisie, your news is a few days late. ."

At the hotel where Gao Shen and Lucas stayed, Roman Dias came to report on his latest progress.

Gao Shen frowned. He had long known that Suarez would transfer to the Eredivisie this summer, and contacted Roman Dias immediately, but he was still a step behind.

No way, this is life!

"What about the others?" Gao asked with concern.

"The Independence team is in Buenos Aires. I first contacted them. At that time, there were also some agents who were actively operating the players of the Independencia team to study abroad. You know, their team's Aguero just paid 20 million euros. The move to Atlético de Madrid, the agent made crazy money from it."

I have also heard of this transfer, and it is really shocking.

Of course, from the perspective of 2021, Aguero's deal is quite worth it, but in 2006, he offered a transfer fee of 20 million euros for a 19-year-old teenager , which is simply sky-high.

"What about Lucas Biglia?" Gao Shen asked with concern.

This player is also the focus of his circle.

Many people know Biglia from the World Cup in Brazil, but in fact, he is a direct descendant of the Argentine national brand with roots and roots, and he is the main force of the national youth team at all levels, such as the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. It was Messi's only world championship, and Biglia was the main midfielder.

But sometimes, choices can change a person's life.

Instead of playing in the top European leagues, Biglia went to Anderlecht in Belgium.

Although he has always been the main core of this team, his reputation is not obvious. He was not noticed until the World Cup in Brazil, and then he was able to join Lazio in Serie A, and his strength was recognized.

Moreover, this player is both offensive and defensive, with superior strength.

"I've asked, and there are agents operating. If you are sure you want, I'll talk about it right away. It must be fast." Roman Dias said with some urgency. He also took a commission to make this deal.

It's just that compared to those scouts who work directly with European clubs, the draw is less, and more is to facilitate negotiations between the two clubs. As for the transfer fee, it is up to the two sides to negotiate.

Each type of agent has its own different survival mode, and Roman Dias lives by this.

"How much do you think it will cost?" Gao Shen asked.

After thinking about it, Roman Dias said, "Between 1.5 million and 2 million euros."

Gao Shen knew it, "Tell me about other people."

"Di Maria is in Rosario, not far north of Buenos Aires, and is currently a substitute for the first team of Rosario Central. He didn't have a good performance, but he was only eighteen years old. I guess, The transfer should be about the same as Biglia."

Gao Shen nodded again and again, which was much lower than he expected.

This should be the advantage that there is no middleman to make the difference.

If he remembered correctly, Di Maria performed well in Rosario Central in the following year. After being transferred to Benfica by his agent, he was worth more than seven million euros. is very cost-effective.

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, and Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, are separated by a bay and are very close.

Uruguay's Danubio is in Montevideo, and center Edinson Cavani is currently playing for this team. In the just-concluded league, he scored four goals in ten games, five Scored three goals in the cup game and performed well.

Suarez of the Uruguay National Team has scored ten goals in 29 games and one goal in three cup games. His overall performance is slightly better than Cavani's. The fee for the move to Groningen is 800,000 euros.

Of course, it was a smack because a year later, Groningen sold Suarez to Ajax for ten times the price.

As for Cavani, Roman Dias believes that the price is at most about the same as Suarez.

After all, the euro is too valuable.

Coupled with the fact that there is no middleman to make the difference, European teams buy people in South America, which is almost a harvest.

Gao Shen realized that he had made a mistake.

He originally planned to spend millions of euros to take away these three future stars, but now it seems that he does not need to.

Now, he is increasingly aware of a sentence: the essence of business is poor information.

A player who sells only a few hundred thousand, one or two million euros in South America, after arriving in Europe, after negotiation and operation of the agent, they can sell a high price of several million, or even over ten million, what a huge profit. Business!

Just like Aguero, aside from the perspective of the transmigrator, what achievements does he have now, and it is worth 20 million euros from Atletico Madrid?

The most valuable thing is that he played in the Argentine League at the age of 15. He is the youngest player in history. At the same time, he scored 18 goals in 36 games last season. There is no doubt about his strength and potential.

But is it worth 20 million euros?

His agent is Jose Segui, one of the most powerful agents in Spain and is affiliated with the world-famous IMG company.

In fact, everything behind this, to put it bluntly, is hyping up a story.

And Atletico was willing to pay for the story.

Of course, this does not mean that Aguero has no strength or potential.

No, on the contrary, Aguero's strength and potential need not be doubted.

But 20 million euros is outrageous!

Another classic case is the transfer farce between Neymar and Barcelona and Real Madrid This is actually a very typical case of how a middleman operates and packs a player. The difference is that Neymar simply Let your dad become the biggest middleman.

The South American football market is so chaotic, if there is no familiar professional like Roman Dias to lead, let alone advanced, it is estimated that Marino personally came, it is difficult to figure out the way.

And Gao Shen is also very fortunate that in the contract he signed with Naples, there are players who share the difference in the transfer price.

Facts have proved that this decision was too smart.

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After making some adjustments, Gao Shen let Roman Dias take him to run the club.

First, I went to the Independence Team to discuss the transfer of Biglia. The Argentine National Youth Team player also has Italian nationality. After negotiation, Gao Shen bought it directly for 1.8 million euros.

In Roman Diaz's words, it can be even lower if we talk patiently.

After that, he went north to Rosario, negotiated with Rosario Central for Di Maria, signed the Angel Wing for 1.2 million euros, and then crossed the bay without stopping to go directly to the capital of Uruguay. .

This time was the most successful. The other party heard that there was a European team that wanted to buy Edinson Cavani. He almost didn't bargain, 800,000 euros, and took it away directly, just like Suarez's transfer.

Gao Shen did not expect that his trip to South America would be so smooth.

And Roman Dias also received more news one after another.

In addition to Di Maria, Cavani and Biglia, Gao Shen also wants three South American players.