Super Marshal

La Finca neighborhood in Madrid.

Ding dong!

A doorbell rang, waking up the Figo couple who were silently facing each other in the living room.

His wife Helen Xiang sighed, patted her husband's hand reassuringly, got up and went to open the door.

Standing outside the door was Luis Vicente, a friend of Figo and the head of the Figo Foundation, a well-known lawyer.

He has worked with Figo for many years, and he used to be in charge of managing the foundation. Later, after Figo stopped cooperating with his agent Jose Vega, he handed over his brokerage affairs to Luis Vicente. .

In addition to Figo, Ronaldo also broke with his two agents last year and hired Luis Vicente as his legal agent. As for specific business affairs, he was handed over to others.

Although there are only two players on hand, they are both among the best superstars in the world. Luis Vicente can be said to be able to speak in Real Madrid, and he can meet the above-mentioned characters with Florentino.

And today, he just met with Florentino.

"Hello, Helen."

"Hello, Louis."

After greetings at the door, Luis Vicente changed his shoes and entered the living room.

Figo didn't speak from the beginning to the end. He just raised his head and looked at his friend. His eyes seemed to be asking, how is the matter going? What do they say?

Luis Vicente sat down opposite Figo, and Helen came over with a glass of water, placed it in front of him, and sat down next to Figo. This beautiful Swedish woman knew better than anyone else that her Husbands need support more than anyone at this time.

"In recent days, the media has been watching closely, and the reaction of the fans is not small, so they are very cautious. The originally planned meeting at the Bernabeu also temporarily changed the location and went to the headquarters of the ACS Group."

In addition to being the chairman of Real Madrid, Florentino is also the chairman of ACS Group, the largest construction group in Europe. He is one of the top construction tycoons in Europe.

With so much wind outside, meeting at the headquarters of the ACS Group is even more evasive.

"What did he say?" Figo asked coldly.

For Florentino, he has never had a good impression, but it is not too bad.

He knew from the first meeting that Florentino was a very realistic and shrewd businessman.

"He told me very clearly that they are studying whether to put you on the big list for the US trip."

Figo nodded dully, as if he wasn't surprised by this.

Real Madrid's summer training this year is to go to the United States for more than half a month of training, and then to China. It can be called an intensive flight training, and it costs a lot of money.

From Florentino's words, Figo can feel the meaning of the management, that is, they have made their attitude clear and will send Figo away from the Bernabeu this summer.

"And then?" Figo still asked indifferently.

Seeing Figo's appearance, Luis Vicente suddenly felt something in his heart.

It has always been said that professional players eat their youth, but only like him, who has witnessed Figo from the former world's top superstar to the Bernabeu with an incomparable aura, and in just a few years, he is as gray as he is now. Yoyo, almost being driven to leave the team.

The taste and gap in this are really sad.

But this is professional football!

"Liverpool has made it clear that they are no longer interested in you, and Chelsea also do not intend to participate. Now, there is no team in European football that has expressed their intentions for the time being. Therefore, Florentino also said that Real Madrid is willing to make concessions. "

This should have been good news, but Figo still had a cold face.

"They are willing to give up their original insistence and let us find the team by ourselves. At the same time, they are also willing to pay a compensation."

The so-called compensation is actually a disguised compensation.

Figo's annual salary at Real Madrid is as high as 6 million euros, which is quite high. Looking at the entire European football world, I am afraid that only a very small number of one or two giants can afford it.

But the question is, Figo is already 33 years old, which team is willing to pay him such a high salary?

Therefore, generally speaking, when European teams clean up this type of players in advance, they will give a compensation fee, which is called compensation, and the amount is probably between the team's salary during the contract period and the new team's annual salary. price difference.

It can be said that in the past half a month or so, Real Madrid has retreated again and again, and now they even donate money to let Figo leave early, which shows how determined to send Figo away.

Everyone knows that the relationship between Figo and Luxenberg is already incompatible, and the latter is now the head coach that Florentino relies on most, carrying all the hopes of the revival of the Galacticos, so the only one who leaves is Figo.

But for Figo, it was easy to leave, but difficult to go there.

He is unwilling to retire at this point, where might he go?

Looking at the entire European football world, which team is willing to accept such a veteran with both high age and annual salary?

Even if he was once the best superstar on the planet.

The three people in the living room fell silent.

This is a very real and very difficult problem.

At this moment, Luis Vicente's cell phone rang suddenly, and the hearts of all three jumped.

When I looked at the caller ID, it turned out to be Jorge Mendes?

"What is he calling at this time?" Luis Vicente asked wonderingly.

But who knows?

"Hi, hello, Jorge." Luis Vicente answered the phone anyway.

This is now the most powerful broker in the entire Iberian Peninsula, even if he dare not offend easily.

"Hi, Luis." Mendes on the phone said with a chuckle, "I just came over to do something for Mr. Gao Han. I saw your car parked in La Finca. Are you at Figo's house?"

Luis Vicente glanced at the Figo couple, nodded and said, "Yes, let's talk about something."

"Can I come in and have a chat?" Mendes asked again.

Luis Vicente was a little embarrassed, covered the microphone, and looked at the Figo couple, "It's Mendez, he said he came to do business for Gao Han, and wanted to come in and talk."

The entire Portuguese football circle knows that Jose Vega, Figo's former agent, and Mendes are deadly rivals. The two even fought at the airport, and Jose Vega even personally matched Chelsea and Mourinho Oh, let Gao Han resign angrily.

Although Figo's cooperation with Jose Vega has ceased, he has nothing to do with Mendes.

"He has a lot of contacts in European football, maybe he can really help." Luis Vicente advised.

Figo thought for a while before nodding in agreement.

No way, the situation is stronger than people.

"Of course, I'll come and pick you up right away." Luis Vicente smiled.

Not long after, Luis Vicente brought in a Portuguese middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes from outside the gate. The two talked and laughed along the way, and greeted Figo and his wife warmly after entering the door. It's an opponent, but it looks like an old friend I haven't seen for many years.

Seeing Jorge Mendes, Figo not only sighed about his past.

Once upon a time, this was a running order agent that he didn't even look at, but now, he is already a famous gold medal agent in European football, and even the world.

The world is indeed changing fast enough!

Alpine's mansion is indeed nearby, with Atletico Madrid stars such as Xavi Alonso, Torres, and Villa, as well as Real Madrid superstars such as Raul, Zidane, and Ronaldo. The distance is very close .

But Figo and others would never believe that Mendes happened to pass by.

The Portuguese gold medal manager didn't intend to hide it either. After exchanging polite greetings, he looked straight at Figo as soon as he sat down.

"Luis, are you interested in playing for Inter Milan?"

Such a straight to the point, such a straightforward question left the three of Figo sitting across from him stunned.

…………

…………

Half an hour later, Mendes left Figo's mansion under the farewell of Vicente and Figo couple.

As soon as he returned to his car, Mendes took out his mobile phone and called Gao Han.

"I talked to him, and he said to think about it, he should be very interested." Mendez reported.

Gao Han on the phone smiled slightly after hearing this, "I'll ask Josep to call him again, and I'll talk to him in person later."

It can be seen that Gao Han has a strong interest in Figo.

Josep Guardiola and Figo are best friends, and the relationship between the two is as good as brothers. It would be ideal for Guardiola to persuade Figo.

"I don't quite understand, why do you value Figo so much?" Mendes wondered.

A veteran in his thirties is obviously very old, so what?

"Jorge, you have to understand that a veteran has a veteran's usage. Figo is indeed old and can't rush on the wing, but once a player of his type is used, it will definitely surprise everyone. of."

Having said that, Gao Han smiled again, "Also, Figo is in good condition."

Mendes was speechless now.

He admired Gao Han's vision more than anyone else. In the past few years, none of the players appointed by Gao Han for him missed.

100% success rate, on this point, Mendes worships.

"By the way, what happened to the midfielder and central defender I asked you to find?" Gao Han asked.

Mendes grinned bitterly, "The central defender has some clues, but the midfielder is hard to find."

"Your work efficiency seems to be low recently." Gao Han said with a smile.

"Brother, it's not that my efficiency is low, it's that your requirements are too high. You must also be able to run, have good physical fitness, be careful with your feet, and have both offense and defense... My God, how can anyone in the world raise such a harsh requirement?" Requested?" Mendez felt wronged.

"That depends on who you are dealing with, you are not an ordinary person." Gao Han encouraged with a smile.

"Well, don't worry about the midfielder, take your time, you collect a list of the central defenders, and give it to me."

Mendes could only agree.

"Do you remember Pascal, the Czech agent?"

"Well, I remember, what's the matter?" How could Gao Han forget?

At the beginning, Dario Srna, Jankulovski and Peter Cech were all transferred to Atletico Madrid through the hands of Pascal. Although these players were later included in Mendes, but Pascal thus became part of Mendes' scouting network, specializing in Eastern Europe.

"He recommended several players to me, including midfielders and central defenders, and said they fit your requirements. I plan to go and see for myself. You know, this guy is quite reliable."

Gao Han on the phone hummed, "Call me if you have any news."

After Mendes hung up the phone, he shook his head with a wry smile. He was born to work hard.

However, he admired Gao Han from the bottom of his heart.

In the past few years, without Gao Han, his career would not have developed so fast.

Therefore, as long as it is Gao Han's request, no matter how hard and tiring he is, he will not complain.