Chapter 33: Battle of Barcelona
Watching Chen Ran talk eloquently, he nodded repeatedly to Laporta's words, and then returned to the negotiation table with great pride.
The little fat boy Lewis had a serious expression and followed closely beside Chen Ran.
His whole body was just tense and slightly trembling.
Chen Zhen is so awesome. If he goes into the entertainment industry, he will definitely be an Oscar winner.
No, I can't laugh.
You must hold back, otherwise you will be beaten to death by Chen.
Chen Ran is now immersed in his own role and has no time to pay attention to the fat man next to him.
As soon as he returned to the negotiating table, he immediately took the lead in the negotiations.
"Mr. Laporta, in order to save time, I will not beat around the bush. I cannot accept any of the conditions you just proposed."
"First of all, it is impossible for me to take over all the players at La Masia who are over 16 years old. Crystal Palace is not a satellite club of Barcelona, and we do not have that many registration places. If you cannot register, those children will not be able to participate in the game. They cannot participate in the game.
Over time, they will become useless."
"Also, although La Masia is one of the best football youth training schools in the world, if you can produce two or three outstanding players in one age group, it is already very successful. Therefore, I believe that what you really care about is
In fact, it’s just those two or three people.”
"So Crystal Palace can only accept up to five players, and they must be players with my approval."
After saying this long paragraph, Chen Ran felt a little thirsty, so he picked up the coffee and drank it, quietly watching Laporta and his assistants discussing in low voices.
Chen Ran believed that after the show of force at the beginning, these guys would not ask him for exorbitant prices again.
This La Masia youth training camp has trained three stars who will become world-renowned in the future.
Among them, the one with the highest achievement is Lionel Messi, six-time World Footballer of the Year and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner.
However, Chen Ran is very self-aware and knows that Barcelona will never let Messi go no matter what.
Therefore, his goal this time is actually on Fabregas and Pique.
Yes, Chen Ran just wants to intercept Arsenal and Manchester United.
Fortunately for Pique, in his previous life he failed to establish himself after going to Manchester United. He was loaned here and there, and soon returned to Barcelona.
But Cesc Fabregas was different. He started playing soon after joining Arsenal, and then gradually grew into the absolute core of the team. At the age of 21, he became the youngest captain in Arsenal's history.
During his eight years at Arsenal, Fabregas became the world's top midfielder.
In Chen Ran's plan, Crystal Palace will compete in the Premier League starting next year.
Arsenal has become one of Crystal Palace's strongest competitors.
If we can grab Fabregas at this time, it will solve a serious problem in advance.
While weakening the enemy, it also increases one's own strength. Why not?
Before Chelsea's rise and Liverpool's revival, Manchester United and Arsenal were the biggest obstacles to Crystal Palace's fight for the Premier League title.
If he could grab the absolute core of Manchester United and Arsenal in his previous life, Ronaldo and Cesc Fabregas, Chen Ran would be able to wake up laughing while sleeping.
Soon, Laporta and his assistants unified their opinions and the two sides returned to the negotiating table again.
"Mr. Chen, after discussion, we agree to your conditions. There are five players in total. Here is the list. You can see if there are any problems."
After that, an assistant handed the list to Chen Ran.
Before coming to Barcelona, Chen Ran had already asked Luis to do a good job of investigating La Masia, and with the help of the system, he now has a good understanding of the situation of this group of players.
The list includes Cesc Fabregas and Pique, who he pays most attention to.
But there is no Messi.
"As far as I know, among this group of La Masia players, there should be a kid named Messi, right?"
Although he knew there was little hope, Chen Ran still wanted to struggle, maybe a miracle would happen.
"Haha, Mr. Chen really knows La Masia very well."
Laporta laughed and looked at each other with his assistants.
"Since Mr. Chen knows La Masia, he should know that we will never let Messi leave Barcelona under any circumstances."
Laporta, who had been given the upper hand by Chen Ran from the beginning, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Chen Ran quite proudly, and his meaning was very clear: Boy, please stop having such wishful thinking.
Chen Ran curled his lips helplessly, but I endured it.
"Then let's go with these five people. However, the buy-back price is too low. The highest one, Cesc Fabregas, is only 500,000 euros. I cannot accept this."
"In the next two years, Crystal Palace will help Barcelona train new players and pay them salaries. If you exercise the right to buy back after two years, won't I get nothing?"
"That's different. Crystal Palace got the rights to use five players for two years for free. How can they say they didn't get anything?" An assistant of Laporta immediately retorted.
"(?д?.)"
Chen Ran glanced at the assistant with disdain.
"Will Barcelona use 16-year-old children to play the main team? Anyway, we at Crystal Palace will never do it. When these children come to my place, it will be great to be able to play as a substitute rotation."
The assistant was a little embarrassed by Chen Ran's retort and immediately closed his mouth.
"Ahem, what repurchase price do you want to set, Mr. Chen?" Laporta took over the conversation at this time.
"Fabregas and Pique are worth 10 million euros each, and the other three are worth 8 million euros each."
"OMG!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"This is robbery!"
Chen Ran's lion opened his mouth, which immediately caused a burst of exclamation from the Barcelona negotiating team.
"Mr. Chen, please don't joke."
Laporta's face darkened and he looked at Chen Ran unhappily.
"Haha, Mr. Laporta, relax. As you said before, the conditions at the beginning of the negotiation are quite harsh. Let's talk slowly, I'm not in a hurry."
Fxxxk, go and relax. You are not in a hurry, I am.
Laporta scolded Chen Ran in his heart. Now he no longer regards this boy as a young man. He is just a cunning little fox.
Next, the two sides began a grueling tug-of-war.
The competition started in units of one million euros, then it was in units of half a million euros, and finally it even came to a unit of 100,000 euros.
Chen Ran, with the cooperation of the little fat man as his wingman, verbally engaged the Barcelona management.
The two sides fought fiercely in this conference room for three days until both sides were exhausted.
After all, the Barcelona negotiating team headed by Laporta is composed of middle-aged and elderly people. In terms of physical strength and energy, they cannot compete with the two young people Chen Ran and Luis.
In addition, Chen Ran arranged for Louis to build momentum in the agent circle, spreading the news that Fabregas was about to sign a contract with Arsenal.
Chapter completed!