Chapter 148 – Transfer Theory (2)

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Certainly 80 billion is a lot of money.
However, the important thing is that whether it is 80 billion won or 100 billion won, this is a transfer fee.

Even if it is not 80 billion won, but 800 billion won, it is not a penny to me since it is a transaction between clubs. Well, if you’re a player worth 800 billion, your salary or recognition will increase because of that value, but that’s secondary.

So, there is no need to be overly excited about the large amount offered right now, nor to be excited.
Anyway, I still have 3 years left on my contract, and the club holds the key to my transfer.

“What is the position of the club?”

The director sternly declared.

“NFS!”

It’s Not For Sale.
It is a resolute declaration of the ‘manager’ who has considerable authority in recruiting and releasing, so at least the club will not easily sell me out unless it is an enormous transfer fee.

“I made it clear to the board. You are a key player that can never be sold. Fortunately, the executives are people with ideas, so they turned down the transfer offer.”

Then he sneaks a look at me.

“In the meantime, information seems to have leaked. Maybe one of the clubs who made the offer… Or maybe all three. They’re trying to sway you with a press play.”

He seems to want to hear that he will stay with the club, but… I’m sorry, but I can’t give the director a definite answer.

To be honest, I don’t really have a strong desire to move.
I still have a lot to accomplish in Frankfurt, and I am satisfied with my club life. Of course, if a transfer offer comes in good terms, that could change.

If I were Frankfurt, I wouldn’t be a die-hard fan, but that doesn’t mean I had any special ties to Frankfurt, that I spent my youth days, or that I wasn’t a franchise star.

I am grateful to the club and coach for recognizing me and making me feel as comfortable as possible, and business is business. In return, am I not giving back to the club with my big success?

There is no thought of sacrificing for loyalty or loyalty.
However, I have no intention of causing a transfer wave just for my own benefit.

So all I can say is…

“I’ll talk to the agent.”

Just a routine repertoire.
The director could not hide his disappointment, perhaps because he was disappointed.

“Uh, uhm. I see. I’m sorry, it seems that I was greedy. Now, the club has rejected the offer, but given their aggressiveness, they won’t give up easily… I don’t know how long the board will be able to be resolute.”

But. Although Frankfurt is a financially stable club, it is not a rich club.
This is not just Frankfurt, but the Bundesliga club in general.

The famous Bundesliga-specific local rule 50+1 regulation gave Bundesliga clubs financial independence, but took away the opportunity to become rich in return.

How simple is the Bundesliga compared to the EPL, which has been the most successful commercialization in the soccer world and sits on a money cushion.

Conversely, how stable is the Bundesliga compared to the financial instability of La Liga or Serie A clubs in the mid-lower ranks.

The local rule of 50+1 has both advantages and disadvantages, so it is not possible to determine which is the correct answer.
However, it is true that ‘Big Deal’ has become rare in the Bundesliga due to this unique rule.

More than 30 years ago, ‘Maestro’ Zinedine Zidane moved from Juventus to Real Madrid, and after the era of the 100 billion won transfer fee, the transfer fee of 100 billion won is no longer surprising.

Of course, the EPL, which is famous for spending the most transfer fees, and La Liga, where Real Madrid, which is not inferior to anyone in terms of money, also boasted enormous capital power from Barcelona and AT Madrid.

Even Serie Juventus, famous for its salty image, signed Ronaldo for over 100 million euros, starting with Gonzalo Higuain for 90 million euros, and Matheis Derlicht for over 85 million euros, while Inter acquired Romelu Lukaku from SSC Napoli for 74 million euros. Signed Victor Osimen for 75 million euros.

Even in 2017, PSG transferred a total of 222 million euros to Barcelona for the recruitment of Neymar, worth about 300 billion won, so the transfer fee of 100 billion came to a level that could not be counted on ten fingers.

But the Bundesliga is an exception.
In 2018, Munich signed Luca Hernandez for 80 million euros.

Is there another indicator that shows the image of a Bundesliga club that is financially self-sufficient but not wealthy?

The higher the transfer fee for me, the harder it will be for the Frankfurt board to resist the temptation.
Coach Franz Balder, who has experienced all over Europe during his long leadership career, knew this better than anyone else.

“I’m not asking you to stay. It’s your choice. Just… Before you decide, consider what’s best for you and what will help you grow and your future. That’s my only wish.”

* * *

Everyone is working hard, but when I returned home after training in the afternoon, where I was floating somewhere, Oh Harin and Yoon Daye were waiting for me.

“What’s going on now?”

Following the hand gestures of the two people who understood the sudden words, they sat down in a chair and displayed various data on the screen of the tablet.

“Things got a little twisted.”
“How can it be twisted, you put in the offer first without prior sympathy. Did you know?”

Oh Harin shook his head and explained step by step.

It all started with Manchester United’s 32-year-old side striker Jose Fontana.
Recently, with the development of sports science and training methods, there is a tendency for players to live longer, but the age of 32 belongs to the old age as a soccer player.

Nonetheless, Jose Fontana, who was still the core of Manchester United’s attack, was the final year of his contract this season.

Manchester United has consistently offered to renew the contract to catch this player, but unlike players who want long-term contracts, they only offer short-term contracts for 1-2 years, so can it be done?

In the end, Jose Fontana, who rejected all offers of a new contract, announced that he would go to Juventus after the contract expired, and Manchester United took me as a replacement.

This is the part where Man United executives and Oh Harin communicated, but the problem is that when the winter transfer market opened, Juventus offered a transfer fee of about 10 billion won and started recruiting Jose Fontana.

With half a year left on his contract, Jose Fontana was free to negotiate privately without club interference thanks to the Bosman Rule. Of course, the actual transfer will be after the contract is over.

However, as Juventus, which desperately needs reinforcements for side strikers, promotes recruitment with a transfer fee of about 10 billion won, Manchester United decided to take 10 billion won instead of sending a player half a year early, which would be released for free anyway.

The vacant position was made possible because a 28-year-old Adam Taylor, who was competing with Jose Fontana, could replace him.

That’s how Jose Fontana left for Juventus, and after half-season Adam Taylor sidelined me, Manchester United’s plan to sign me in the summer transfer market came to a halt… Adam Taylor is out for the season with an injury.

Unlike the Bundesliga, the EPL, which has a short winter break, was already scheduled for the second half, but the rotation member who replaced Adam Taylor showed the worst performance in the game, and the side striker was in a hurry right away.

So I hurriedly put an offer on me, but the current situation is that Newcastle, who heard the news of Man Utd’s offer, hurriedly followed.

“It seems that Newcastle also pointed you as their top target for next season. I was going to watch it until the second half, but they followed me saying that they couldn’t take it away because Manchester United were moving.”

What a butterfly effect.
The influence of Jose Fontana’s transfer is spinning around and coming like this….

“Maybe if it was this or next summer’s transfer window, there would have been a lot more clubs looking for you, but now… Well, I don’t think there’s any more clubs to play here.”

Then you only have to worry about Manchester United and Newcastle… Huh? For a moment. I think I’m missing something.

“Oh right. Chelsea! What about Chelsea?”

Didn’t the director say that three clubs offered it in the first place?
But why doesn’t Chelsea have an explanation?

“Chelsea? Ah, Chelsea… It’s like a stabbing there. The interest in you is genuine, but not desperate. The second line there is already saturated, so I won’t move until I clear one or two people… Maybe a pacemaker. If you’re going to miss it, it’s a plan to make Manchester United and Newcastle spend more money.”

Wow. What a great personality.
The funny thing is that Chelsea’s strategy worked pretty well.

Of course, there are no games during the winter break.
In addition, this period overlaps with the winter transfer market.

It is a European soccer world full of virtues that live in soccer and die in soccer, but will the congratulatory people get away from soccer because there is no soccer game? Absolutely not.

Rather, since there is no competition, that passion is directed to the other side, so… It often pours into the transfer market.
If there are many clubs that can afford to spend money, such as the EPL or La Liga, or clubs that need to sell players urgently due to poor finances, all kinds of articles will be pouring out so that soccer fans will not be bored.

But in the Bundesliga, few rich clubs… No, in fact, there is none except for Munich, and even the only wealthy clubs have a salty policy of not signing big, and moreover, even though almost all clubs are not rich, there are no places that are insolvent enough to sell players in a hurry, so the Bundesliga’s winter transfer market is generally It tends to pass quietly.

That is why the Bundesliga football fans, who had been snooping around in other people’s club articles, rushed at the rumor of a large-scale transfer from the Bundesliga after a long time.

Who are you!
Indeed, who would be bored to death but make us happy!

What appeared in front of Bundesliga fans like hyenas who saw meat… It was me.

『Chelsea offers 62 million euros for a 3-year installment!』
『Frankfurt “We have no intention of selling our future!” NFS Declaration!』
『Man United, considering a big offer?』
“Newcastle in a hurry. Will the wallet of the rich owner be opened?”