Chapter 634： buy 1 get 1 free

In the player list submitted by Gao Shen before, there is another name that is very unfamiliar to everyone in Manchester City.

Kevin De Bruyne, a nineteen-year-old midfielder who plays for Genk in Belgium.

This player was the main midfielder of the Genk team last season, but his performance was mediocre. He only scored one goal. Genk only ranked 12th in the Bundesliga last season, and his performance was not outstanding.

After receiving high-level advice, Gary Cook, Brian Kidd and others flew across the English Channel to go to Belgium to make contact with the Genk team. As a result, the other side performed more actively than Manchester City themselves.

Why?

The whole world knows that Manchester City has money!

As a Belgian team, Genk is not well-off at all. It is not too cost-effective for them to be able to sell their players in exchange for a sum of money.

After all, Belgium's youth training talents are blowing out, coupled with the influx of young players from Africa, they have no shortage of talents at all.

Gary Cook and Brian Kidd and others found in their contacts with Genk chairman Herbert Hobben that the other party did not want to take the opportunity to kill Manchester City. On the contrary, he also took the initiative to recommend it to Manchester City. young players in the team.

For example, the Brazilian central defender Joao Carlos, who has been the main force for two consecutive seasons, is said to be favored by the Russian team An Zhi, but if Manchester City is willing to make an offer, Genk will definitely sell it to Manchester City first.

The market value of the central defender is 3.6 million euros, and Genk's asking price is basically this amount.

There is also the young goalkeeper Courtois. He only entered the first team in the second half of last season, but the players of the Belgian national youth team have unlimited potential and are very optimistic about many people, and the price is not high. The current asking price is one million euros.

As for De Bruyne, Genk's asking price is not expensive.

The player's market assessment price is 2 million euros, and Genk's asking price is 3 million euros, which is slightly higher.

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"You all bought it?"

In the meeting room at the Etihad Stadium, Gao Shen had just arrived and was surprised after listening to Brian Kidd's report.

He originally wanted a De Bruyne, but he didn't expect a Courtois.

If he remembers correctly, it seems that these two players also joined Chelsea later.

"We didn't buy Joao Carlos because we already signed Jerome Boateng, but we got De Bruyne and Courtois." Brian Kidd laughed .

When talking about De Bruyne at a high level, he also talked about Courtois, which gave Brian Kidd no reason to give up this young player.

Everyone knows that high-quality products must be high-quality products.

Gao Shen was a little embarrassed.

Neuer's main position is very solid. If Courtois is introduced, it will be difficult for him to shake Neuer's position for the time being.

If Courtois sits on the bench for a long time, can he still be the future Belgian goalkeeper?

"The Genk team also made demands on us." Brian Kidd looked at Gao Shen and said.

"any request?"

"They want to rent these two teenagers back to Genk to play." After Brian Kidd finished speaking, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Gao Shen let out a secret cry, what the hell, it turned out to be such an abacus.

The player was sold to Manchester City, and Manchester City still pays for the salary, but they will use it.

Not to mention, many small teams make deals with big teams, just like this.

Maybe someone will say, that big team is not stupid, can they agree?

Many agreed.

The main reason is that the two sides have different priorities.

For the big teams, the interests that the small teams want are nothing more than trivial matters of sesame and mung beans.

Just like Manchester City, what they want is the future development of De Bruyne and Courtois, and their future will be locked in advance. As for the lease back to Genk, this is irrelevant to Manchester City.

Of course, when Gao Shen wanted to introduce De Bruyne, he didn't want to rent him back.

It's Courtois...

"Then tell Genk that De Bruyne will stay in our team. Courtois will follow the team for pre-season training. After the season starts, he will be rented back to Genk to play." Gao Shen made a decisive decision.

These two or three million euros transactions are really nothing to Manchester City today.

If it weren't for the future of De Bruyne and Courtois, Gao Shen would not have thought about it for more than a minute.

Separating the two, I wonder if the grievances between the two in the previous life will happen again?

As for De Bruyne, Gao Shen really intends to use him as a substitute and a rotation player.

It's really a pity that this kid went to Chelsea in his previous life under Mourinho's command.

Gao Shen has always said that Mourinho is not good at using this type of midfielder. This is not a prejudice, but a fact.

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On the left back, Gao Shen chose Leighton Baines, who played for Everton, out of consideration of various aspects, especially the number of local players in the team.

This player is not tall, but he is very fast, with excellent foot skills, strong attacking power and excellent assisting ability. He is a rare local player. As early as last season, Gao Shen had been eyeing him. For some reason it didn't work.

Now, there is news that Bayern Munich has also taken a fancy to this player, and Gao Shen has no reason not to take action.

"Leighton Baines is currently worth 8 million euros. When he moved from Wigan Athletic to Everton in 2007, the transfer fee was 6.75 million euros, but we raised the offer to 10 million euros. , but Everton refused to negotiate."

Gao Shen listened silently and nodded towards Brian Kidd, which was an affirmation of his work.

"How did Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Bayern react?" Gao Shen asked.

The most important thing for Gao Shen is to worry about someone intervening. If he really grabs it, the player's worth will not be so simple.

"Manchester United now has Evra, Arsenal have Clichy, Chelsea have Ashley Cole, although they all have some interest in Baines, but they are not willing to participate, Bayern has some movement, Rummenigge publicly It was said in the media that the way Bynes played reminded him of Lizarazu."

"Have you made an offer?" Gao Shen asked.

Brian Kidd shook his head, "There is no news on this for the time being."

In fact, among the top teams in the Premier League right now, the one that lacks the most left-back is Liverpool.

Because Suya has left the team, Liverpool really has no left-back candidates now, and Aurelio is often injured, so Benitez has no choice but to target Dosena of Serie A Naples.

But Gao Shen is not worried about Liverpool at all, because Liverpool and Everton are rivals in the same city.

Everton will sell players to no one to Liverpool.

"Then it will rise again, one million to one million, up to 15 million euros." Gao Shen ordered.

Judging from the current situation, as long as other giants don't take action, Everton will definitely let go between 12 million and 15 million euros.

Brian Kidd understood the profound meaning.

It's not that, when it reaches 15 million euros, Everton will not sell it, and Manchester City will not buy it, but the authorization given to him by Gao Shen will reach 15 million euros.

To put it simply, before 15 million euros, there is no need to ask for advanced opinions.

"Understood." Brian Kidd agreed.

According to Gao Shen's plan, Gareth Bell will appear more in the form of an attacker, and the position is not fixed. It may be a full-back, a full-back or even a winger, and Felipe alone is not enough on the left, so Gao Shen Want to bring in Leighton Bynes again.

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De Jong, Bridge and Mika Richards have all been put on the transfer market by Gao Shen, and there are many teams interested in these players. For example, De Jong has a sense of a team like AC Milan. interest.

When I bought it, I was a strong digger, and the transfer fee was high, but if I want to sell it now, I will definitely lose a lot.

But this is also something that can't be helped. After all, when Mark Hughes was in charge, Manchester City really belonged to the type of stupid people.

If Mika Richards is sold, there will be only one Zabaleta left on the right.

Gao Shen wanted to introduce a player to compete with Zabaleta, and he chose Lichtsteiner, his favorite in Naples.

Due to sensitivity, Gao Shen did not participate in the negotiations, but the negotiations between Gary Cook and Brian Kidd, De Laurentiis and Marino were not smooth at all.

The reason is very simple, the other lion opened his mouth.

"We offered Lichtsteiner's offer to 25 million euros, but De Laurentiis still refused, he said..." Gary Cook smiled wryly, and couldn't continue.

Both Gao Shen and Mubarak looked at him, which forced the Manchester City CEO to continue.

"He said it was enough to buy one of Lichsteiner's legs."

Gao Shen snorted and couldn't help laughing.

Yes, this is De Laurentiis.

He didn't say anything about the hair on other parts, it's already a lot of face.

Mubarak was a little embarrassed.

Lichtsteiner is one of the most valued signings by Gao Shen, but he did not expect it to happen like this. UU reading

"Gao, why don't you talk to yourself?" Gary Cook suggested.

Brian Kidd agrees.

Everyone knows that Gao Shen has a close relationship with De Laurentiis and Marino, and it must have been a lot smoother when he came forward to talk.

"Forget it. Let's continue to talk. Given the scarcity of full-backs in the current transfer market, our offer is really not high. If you think it is unacceptable, then we will change our target."

Lazio's left defender Kolarov can call out a high price of 25 million euros. It is conceivable that the transfer market has really started to rise, especially for the scarce defenders.

De Laurentiis knows that Manchester City is short of people and wants to take the opportunity to make a fortune, which is normal.

But Gao Shen didn't want to teach others.

"Gao, we have also studied it carefully. Whether in terms of immediate combat power or the team as a whole, Lichtsteiner is a very good candidate, and we are also optimistic about him coming to Manchester City. Performance."

Speaking of this, Gary Cook also understood what Gao Shen was taboo about, and immediately turned his head to look at Mubarak, "I think Gao should be asked to talk with us on behalf of us and convince Naples to sign this player."

Mubarak pondered for a while, and agreed to let Gao Shen talk.

Gao Shen still refused, but he couldn't resist everyone's persuasion, so in the end he could only reluctantly agree to make a phone call.

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