AWB Chapter 125 Schalke's Sincerity
Chapter 125 Schalke's Sincerity
Chapter 125 Schalke's Sincerity
During the rest of Lee Chenglong's return to China, everything in European football continued to operate.
In mid-June, the 6 European Cup also officially started.
Li Chenglong has never received a call from Hodgson from beginning to end. It seems that he thinks that Li Chenglong is not strong enough to play in the European Cup.
But at this time, Jackie Lee unexpectedly received a call from Barnett, saying that the chairman of Schalke 04 would personally come to China to invite him to join the team.
This made Li Chenglong a little flattered.
When the previous teams expressed their interest in Jackie Chan, it was a very common statement, just ask someone to contact Barnett.
Even giants like Manchester United and Bayern, they seem to be "whether you like to come or not, we should be your honor to see you".
But it is also true that for those wealthy families, Li Chenglong really can't reach the level that makes them courteous corporals.
He is just a new star who has played well in the Scottish League for two years. The only performance he can make is the Europa League last season.
But in games like the Europa League, there are too many weak teams that can collect statistics, and the gold content is seriously insufficient.
Falcao's 2010 goals in the Europa League in 11/18 was a blast, but so what?
It is true that several giants have expressed their interest in him, but none of the giants said that they must have him. In the end, he just chose to join the most sincere La Liga team, Atletico Madrid.
Jackie Chan's performance in the Europa League last season was not even comparable to that of Falcao before. His only advantage is that he is young and has huge room for growth.
However, his young age, coupled with his nationality, will also make his transfer fee inflated, which is why most teams outside the Premier League choose to stay away.
Now suddenly a team came to China to invite Jackie Lee so solemnly, which really made him feel flattered.
However, Barnett also reminded Lee Chenglong on the phone that his first choice of joining target should be the Premier League team, so as to maximize his commercial value. Even if he wants to join a team other than the Premier League, he should go to Real Madrid and Bayern. wealthy team.
Non-rich teams outside the Premier League, this is not a good choice for Lee Chenglong.
This is Barnett's suggestion.
It is worth mentioning that this season's Champions League final is over. Chelsea had a shocking shock at the Allianz Arena. They defeated Bayern in a penalty shootout and won the first Champions League championship in their team history.
In this case, Tottenham, which is fourth in the Premier League, will automatically lose their Champions League qualifications, and the old bald man Barnett will no longer talk about going to Tottenham.
It is Li Chenglong's first obsession for the new team to be able to play in the Champions League, otherwise it would be better to stay in Dundee United.
Barnett also knew this, so he kept silent about Tottenham.
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On June 6th, Li Chenglong flew to Shanghai with his two younger sisters, where he will meet with the management of Schalke 20.
Taking the two younger sisters with me, I took them out to play by the way.
When he arrived in Shanghai, Li Chenglong chose to stay in the Manhattan Business Hotel on the Bund. This is where Li Chenglong met with the management of Schalke.
After making arrangements for the two younger sisters, he asked them to stay in the hotel room and watch TV until he came back, so Li Chenglong went out and went upstairs, and soon came to the room reserved by the other party.
"Bruce, you are finally here." As soon as Li Chenglong entered the door, a middle-aged man came up to give him a warm hug, speaking a little unfamiliar English.
"Hello, Mr. Tenis." Li Chenglong had a direct confrontation with Schalke 04 last season, and knew that this was the chairman of Schalke 04, Clemens Tenis.
"Bruce, let's sit down first." Tennis pulled Li Chenglong to sit down: "This is the best Chinese green tea, you should try it first."
While Li Chenglong was drinking tea, Tennis also introduced the group of them by the way.
There were four people on the other side. In addition to Tenis, the chairman and two assistants, there was also Horst Heiter, the sports director of Schalke 04.
The tea is almost finished, and everyone has entered the formal topic.
"Bruce, in fact, I played against Dundee United for the first time last season. After seeing your performance at that time, I made up my mind that I must let you play in Gelsenkirchen..."
Tenis talked eloquently, but Heitel, the sports director on the side, thought: Obviously he was defeated by this guy's hat-trick in the second round, and he didn't blush at all and said that he had liked it from the beginning.
Tennis continued his conversation.
"...Bruce, you should know that Raul is going to play in the Middle East this summer."
"Although Raul only played in Schalke for two years, he has made great contributions to the team. Originally, the fans requested that the team's No. 7 jersey be sealed immediately after Raul left, as a commemoration and thanks. Raul, but I vetoed the proposal and put the matter on hold for the time being."
"Do you know why? Because I believe that you will be the next player worthy of Royal Blue No. 7."
"If you join the team, I will try my best to give you the No. 7 jersey. If you reject Schalke, then I will agree to the petition of the fans and seal the team's No. 7 jersey forever. Nobody else wears that jersey besides you..."
Li Chenglong still knew about Raul leaving Europe to play football in the Middle East, but he didn't expect that there were these stories in it.
Of course, Li Chenglong also knew that most of the other party's words contained compliments.
But I have to say that at this moment, he really felt very honored.
"But Chairman Tenis, you should know that my transfer fee is not cheap." Li Chenglong raised this question.
Schalke 04 has sincerity, but it is useless if they can't pay the transfer fee, and Li Chenglong will never do that kind of intentional trouble to cooperate with the other party to lower the price.
"You don't have to worry about the transfer fee, I will find a way to deal with it." Tenis promised, patted his chest.
"That's fine, I have already felt the sincerity of Mr. Chairman, but the transfer can only be confirmed after my agent arrives."
The first meeting with each other was over, and Li Chenglong shook hands with each other one by one to say goodbye.
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After Li Chenglong left, only Schalke 04 was left in the room.
At this moment, Heiter finally couldn't help but said, "Clemens, do you know what you're doing?"
"Of course I know."
"This is a gamble, a crazy gamble."
"But if you want to be a great team president, you have to make a bet at the critical moment. Rudy Asauer was so successful back then."
"But this time is different. Do you know how much the British media estimated his transfer fee? £2000 million, £2000 million to buy a huge lottery ticket, we are not Bayern, even Bayern will not do such a thing easily , Once we fail, we will only be reduced to a relegation team for several years in the future, and may even be relegated because of it.”
The more Heiter spoke, the more excited he became, which made Tenis a little angry, so he also yelled loudly.
"I know what I'm doing. I'm the chairman of the team. This is a decision I made after serious consideration. It will never fail."
After yelling out, Tennis also calmed down a little, and lowered his voice and said: "Horst, you have also seen his statistics and his performance on the court. He is definitely talented, and he played in Scotland. Two years, the attendance rate is also very high, there are almost no injuries, which proves that his ability to resist injuries is also very strong, these are the evidences that he will succeed."
"But I still will not agree to spend 2000 million pounds to buy a lottery ticket. I will report this matter to the board of directors. If they do not act, I will resign voluntarily."
Chapter 3.
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(End of this chapter)