072 Buying and selling young players is like gambling stones(1/2)
That’s right, this time Tang Feng and Monkey’s trip to Brazil is to become the Brazilian striker Adriano, who will be very popular in the next few years!
In Tang Feng's opinion, Adriano is simply a perfect center template. [bsp; Tall figure, excellent physical fitness, fast speed, strong impact, and terrifying power. More importantly, Adriano's skills under his feet are not bad!
Of course, Adriano is also somewhat deficient now. First of all, his heading ability needs to be improved. Like most Brazilian players, Adriano prefers to score with his feet rather than his head. In this way, his height of nearly 1.9 meters is obviously a waste.
Secondly, his left foot is very scary, but his right foot is a bit bad. It is an obvious one-legged player.
Finally, Adriano's psychology also has certain problems. His ability to withstand pressure is not very strong, which is also an important reason for his rapid rise and fall in history.
However, Tang Feng believes that as long as he and the team carefully train and care for Adriano, Adriano's achievements will definitely not be lower than those of the world he had traveled through time.
Besides, even though Adriano has all kinds of problems, didn’t he still rampant in Europe with his powerful left-footed shot?
Tang Feng believes that in a league with extremely high defense intensity like Serie A, Adriano will have more room to play in the Spanish arena where the defense is relatively loose and the pace is faster.
Therefore, buying Adriano now is definitely a sure-fire deal.
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During negotiations with Flamengo Club, Tang Feng handed over the right to negotiate to Monchi.
According to Tang Feng's understanding of Monkey, when he was a manager in Sevilla, the most successful deals were all on Brazilian players.
Baptista, Alves and Adriano Jr. all brought several times or even dozens of times the profits to the Sevilla club!
It is always possible to find talented players in Brazil and be able to buy them at a low price, which obviously shows that Monkey is very good at dealing with Brazilian clubs.
This summer, the experience of buying Alves and Senna at a low price also further proves Monkey's advantage.
Tang Feng believes that although the players they are talking about this time are not as unknown as Senna and Alves now, and the opponent is a Brazilian giant like Flamenco, Monkey should still be able to return home victoriously!
Facing Flamengo's manager Braz, Monchi indeed showed his excellent negotiation skills.
At first Braz insisted that Flamengo Club was optimistic about Adriano's future and did not intend to sell him for the time being. In addition, he also said that many European giants have targeted Adriano. If they want to sell it, the price to sell it to the giants will obviously be higher!
Faced with Braz's statement, Monkey did not directly get into the topic, but helped Braz analyze the current situation in the European transfer market.
The transfer time this summer is almost half over, and the big moves in the European transfer market are one after another.
In addition to Figo, who set a record of value, the two Argentine scorers, Crespo and Batistuta, also sold at sky-high prices when transferring to Rome.
However, every sky-high transfer has appeared on famous stars, and European giants are less enthusiastic about talented stars.
The performance pressures borne by the wealthy clubs have made them not have much energy to cultivate so-called talented stars. They are more willing to wait until some talented stars prove themselves in European football before joining the acquisition, even if they have to pay several times the transfer fee for this.
After listening to Monkey's analysis, Braz deeply agreed. Today, Brazil and even most football clubs in South America still operate the clubs by selling young talented players.
However, in recent seasons, they have found that it is becoming increasingly difficult for young geniuses in their club to sell at high prices.
Although many European giants will express interest in some talented players, they will not show enough sincerity. In their opinion, it is acceptable to spend millions to buy a young genius to train. If you are lucky, you may be able to find the next Ronaldo or Batistuta.
However, once a young player's net worth exceeds 10 million euros, most wealthy families will be cautious. After all, if a young man spends a lot of money and the young man fails to meet expectations, for the wealthy team, they are wasting more than money, but also time and energy.
Therefore, in their opinion, instead of spending so much money to buy uncrafted geniuses, they can't afford to invest and add some money to buy semi-finished products or even finished products.
Of course, although Braz agreed with Monkey's statement in his heart, he would not be stupid enough to show it. He just smiled and said that the club had received offers from several giants including Inter Milan. If the club expressed their willingness to sell, more teams would join the competition.
Regarding Brazz's "hard-mouthedness", Monkey just smiled and gave his first offer, four million dollars!
Although it was just the first offer, Braz was secretly surprised by Betis's "gracefulness".
Before, when he heard that it was just a Spanish Second Division team to buy Adriano, he didn't care at all. In his opinion, if he wanted to buy Adriano, even if he was not a European giant, he should at least be a top league team.
However, judging from the momentum of Monkey's quotation of $4 million in one breath, Betis does not seem to be an ordinary Spanish Second Division team.
You know, so far, no European team has made this offer for Adriano.
After all, Adriano has not experienced the training of even one season of professional competition. He only performed well in the Under-17 World Youth Championship last year. In addition, his outstanding physical fitness has made him famous early.
However, a strong body alone may not necessarily become a top star.
The reason why many wealthy families are on the wait-and-see side is that they are worried that Adriano will become the next Jadel.
Jadel was actually barely successful in Europe. After all, he regarded goals as grass in Portugal and won the European Golden Boot. However, he has never been interested in him because they believe that Jadel's strength is not enough to perform in a higher-level league.
This is true. Historically, after leaving Porto, Jadel briefly made trips to Türkiye, England and Italy.
In Türkiye, Jadel's goal efficiency is still very high. However, in top leagues like England and Italy, Jadel's data obtained was very embarrassing. He played ten times without a goal...
For this reason, European wealthy families will naturally not blindly offer high prices to Adriano.
However, Tang Feng and Mengqi, one is a time traveler, and the other is the famous "Hawkeye Manager" in the future. The players they are interested in together will not be worried about the so-called risks.
In Brazil, Monci has collected all the information about Adriano that can be collected.
It is no exaggeration to say that what Monkey has done in just a few days will not even be worse than the observations of some giant scouts in several months.
Braz did not agree with Monkey's sincere offer immediately because of his gratitude. The managers of Brazilian clubs were all as smart as monkeys. What they were best at was to fully extract the value of the players.
Brazzi put on an unhappy expression, indicating that Monkey's offer was simply insulting.
Monchi was not angry, and he just smiled and analyzed the attitudes of European giants towards Adriano and some Brazilian geniuses today.
There is no doubt that Monkey talked to the pain in Braz's heart again.
However, after saying this, Monkey slightly raised his offer, $4.5 million!
Mengqi's approach of moving with emotion and reasoning to promise profits was indeed a little relieved.
Braz said that although the Brazilian league this season has just started, Adriano performed very well and has become an indispensable player for the team. Selling Adriano will affect the team's record.
Monchi then took out another piece of data, which is the distribution of goals from Adriano since the youth team to this season.
When he was in the youth team, Adriano's total goal data was gorgeous, and he was like an efficient shooter who scored goals. However, from the distribution chart, it was divided into several segments. It was basically a peak period of goal, then a low period, and then another peak period...
After joining the first team, this situation has not improved. Now eight rounds of the league have been held, Adriano has played seven times. He is in excellent form in the first three games and scored three goals. However, in the next five rounds, he has not scored a single goal, and the coach was placed on the bench in the last round.
Based on this data, Monchi concluded that Adriano's performance was not stable. He was the striker who scored goals when he was in good condition, but he was easily inexplicably trapped in goal drought. Monchi said that European giants do not need such a nerve knife striker, but what they need is a shooter who can provide stable and continuous goals.
There is no doubt that Monkey's analysis again hit Brazz's sore spot.
Because Braz knew that this was exactly one of Adriano's problems, which were manifested in the youth team.
In the Youth League, Adriano can easily complete hat tricks when he is in good shape, and even win five yuan for the senior and win alone. However, he can often disappear on the court in several consecutive rounds of games and not score a single goal.
In fact, these problems will not show clues in the simple Adriano goals in a single season.
But after Monci took out this information that he had obtained from somewhere, Adriano's shortcomings were exposed.
Braz can only explain this on the grounds that Adriano is still young and does not know how good at adjusting his own state.
Monkey just smiled, but did not expose it. And, after a silence, he raised the offer a little more, reaching five million dollars.
To be honest, this value has already made Braz very moved.
In fact, if there was any team that was willing to offer this price before, he would have sold it long ago.
Many times, young players have many similarities with gambling stones.
When a player is still in the youth team or just debuted, it is like the wool materials in gambling stones, and no one can guarantee whether he will become a talent in the future.
When this young player gets a certain opportunity to perform and shows good talent, it is like seeing Green after cutting a knife on the wool.
At this time, the value of this young player will increase to a certain extent. But if you buy a player at this time, there will still be a considerable risk. Because no one knows whether the green will disappear when cutting the second knife.
Because this young player is likely to be a short-lived player. If you buy such a player, the club's investment will be wasted, and you can only think that you are unlucky.
However, if you get the bet, the player's value will soar, which is tantamount to buying a piece of top-quality jade at a low price!
Of course, there are also some late-achieving players in the world. These players are like wool materials that are abandoned after cutting a knife but no green is seen. After being acquired by some merchants who are keen to see the beads, cut a second or even the third knife, they discovered the amazing green... They shine in European football.
This Bole who discovered this piece of wool can also make a big profit!
Adriano now saw a touch of green "wool" after cutting the first cut.
Because Braz knew some of Adriano's shortcomings, he couldn't guarantee whether Adriano would cut a perfect piece of jade. Therefore, he was hesitating to cut the second knife by himself... and let Adriano stay in the team for a while to see if his performance would give him a higher net worth. He took advantage of the time when he saw the green, Adriano's net worth was already good. After selling it, he transferred the risk of cutting the second knife to other clubs.
Although the former's approach may bring higher benefits to the club, once Adriano reveals more problems and is discovered by the European clubs that have been observing Adriano, the benefits of Flamenco Club will be greatly reduced, and it may even not be able to make a penny. The latter is more stable and can bring a considerable income to the club. However, if Adriano shines brightly in Europe and his net worth increases, they may regret it so much that they even lose their intestines!
Compared to Braz, Tang Feng is like a guy who can foresee the situation after the wool is cut open, while Mengqi is like a person with perspective ability, and can see the situation inside the wool through the weathered skin outside the wool.
Such a duel is undoubtedly Tang Feng and Mengqi occupy the absolute initiative.
After Monkey's offer reached $5 million, Brazz finally gave in.
He said that this price is still a certain gap from the club's psychological price, and the obscure hint that Monkey raises the price a little more.
However, Monkey repeatedly stated that five million US dollars is the final offer.
In this way, the negotiation site was in a stalemate.
In the end, Mengqi and Tang Feng took a step back and broke the deadlock.
Monkey openly told Braz about Betis’ transfer budget this year, saying that the $15 million budget has used $9 million, leaving only $6 million.
In the eyes of an old fox like Brazz, Monkey's approach is tantamount to directly highlighting his bottom line during negotiations.
So, he seized this "opportunity" and directly offered Adriano six million US dollars. He said that he would not sell a single child.
Monkey and Tang Feng showed a embarrassed expression, saying that they were planning to reserve one million dollars to introduce a wide player. They could only pay up to five million dollars.
However, Braz, who knew their "bottom line", would not easily let go and he kept holding on to the price.
In the end, after a "serious" discussion, Mengqi and Tang Feng could only "tought the bullet" and "gritty teeth" to agree to the offer.
To be continued...