thefictionvixens Chapter 406
Chapter 406
"Budget? About 15 million euros." Morse rubbed his hands and answered Li Shiguang's question a little embarrassedly.
15 million euros?
This is really poor!
Hearing this price, Li Shiguang couldn't help but smack his lips, and immediately realized that this old guy offered 50 million euros to buy Torres a few days ago. Even if he agreed, he would definitely have to take out a loan or pay in installments to afford the transfer fee.
It's not that you can't buy a striker with 15 million euros.
But you have to know that Liverpool's goal is to impact the Champions League next season. The intensity of competition in the top four of the Premier League can be said to be the highest in all European leagues.
Just look at the current standings.
Chelsea, ranked fourth, has 41 points.
Manchester City is fifth with 40 points.
Liverpool has fallen to sixth after losing the game today, and now has 39 points.
Behind Liverpool are Everton and Aston Villa, who both have 36 points.
Ranked eighth and ninth are Portsmouth and Blackburn with 34 and 33 points respectively.
Let’s put aside the value of the lineup and the team’s status.
Judging from the points, with more than half of the Premier League schedule left, these teams have the possibility of competing for the top four!
Liverpool’s current forward line can only be described as weak.
Since the beginning of this season, the status of Kuyt and “Tall Man” Crouch, who joined Liverpool last season, has declined rapidly. Voronin, a Ukrainian who joined as a free agent in the summer and wore the No. 10 shirt, did not show his value and only scored 2 goals in the first half of the season. As for the two young players Lindfield and Ryan Babel who play on the right side, they still lack the ability to directly threaten the goal in the penalty area.
In this case, Liverpool actually lacks a striker who can end the attack in the penalty area.
But it is obvious.
In the winter transfer period, if you want to buy a striker with this ability, the price of 15 million euros mentioned by Moores is simply a fantasy!
After sitting down again, Li Shiguang drank a sip of water first, then looked at Morse and said slowly: "Okay... I won't say more. David, I have a suitable candidate here, and Leeds United has already made an offer to his current club..."
"You made an offer!?" Morse didn't understand and interrupted Li Shiguang, "What kind of suitable candidate is your offer!? Buy him and then resell him to me!?"
"Uh..." Unexpectedly, Morse was so anxious, Li Shiguang rolled his eyes, "Listen to me first, I have already examined the ability of this striker, There is absolutely no problem! It's just about the price... His current club is asking for 22 million euros, which I think is a bit expensive. What if you go to buy it alone? You definitely can't afford it. In this case, I think we should invest together and buy him!"
"Are you talking nonsense to me! ?" Morse heard Li Shiguang's plan and shook his head repeatedly, "Do you think we are Serie A here? Two clubs can own the rights of players at the same time! ? If you really do this, the FA will find out and the fine will probably be higher than the transfer fee!"
Li Shiguang had already thought of what Morse said.
At this time, he was naturally not in a hurry, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Hehe, rules are rules, but there are loopholes in the middle... For example... You lend me 11 million euros first, and then I buy him and then lease him to Liverpool. The 11 million euros you pay is equivalent to the lease fee, isn't that enough? Anyway, it's your personal loan, and the FA can't trace this account to us, right?"
"As for how you deal with this money internally, I believe you can think of 10,000 ways to solve it without me saying it?"
Li Shiguang's words simply enlightened Moores. He has been in the English football world for nearly 20 years. Why didn't he think of this method before! ?
But it's not Moores' fault that he couldn't think of it.
The key is that the boss of the Premier League club, who is not a billionaire, who is willing to lower his own price to do such a thing.
Only Li Shiguang, who is a latecomer and has no bottom line in player trading, can come up with such a heaven-defying method!
Old Deng stared at Li Shiguang with a smirk on his face, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
But the battle-hardened Morse quickly reacted.
Li Shiguang said that Leeds United would buy the player and then lease him to Liverpool, which means that the ownership of the player is still Leeds United.
If the striker Li Shiguang said is really very capable, that can indeed solve Liverpool's urgent needs, but in the long run, this is not a very cost-effective deal.
Anyway, the two of them have come to this point.
Morse didn't have to hide it. Thinking of this, he immediately expressed his thoughts to Li Shiguang: "Li, your method is indeed feasible... But I feel that Liverpool will suffer in the end. After all, the ownership of the players is still with Leeds United."
"Indeed." Li Shiguang nodded as a matter of course, "But David, you have to understand one thing first. I just think it's a little expensive, not that I can't afford it! You are the one who can't afford it, okay?"
"Although that's what I said..."
"And I have to remind you that if Liverpool doesn't strengthen in the winter window, if they can't even play in the Europa League next season, it will be a vicious cycle that you can't bear..."
"That's the reason..."
"And..."
"Can you wait for me to finish my words?" Under Li Shiguang's constant PUA, Morse finally couldn't help but explode, "How can I not understand what you said!? But this business, no matter from which angle you look at it, Liverpool is losing money!!!"
Hey?
This old Deng, when did it become so hard to fool?
He looked at the breathless Morse strangely.
Li Shiguang knew that he probably couldn't get the 11 million euros just by talking.
With a turn of his eyes, he came up with a plan and decided to give Morse something practical.
"David... haven't you always wanted to buy Fernando?"
Although he didn't understand why Li Shiguang suddenly brought up Torres, Morse was obsessed with Torres, so he quickly complained: "I want to buy, but you asked for 80 million euros. Do you think I can afford 80 million euros?"
"Then we can do this." Seeing that the old man had taken the bait, Li Shiguang's smirk became even bigger, "After we cooperate to win this player, I can sign a supplementary agreement with Liverpool."
"What supplementary agreement?"
"Two years later, Liverpool will have the right of first refusal to buy Fernando. If he wants to leave the team, I will not accept any offer from any other team, but notify you as soon as possible, and even if his value increases, I will still sell it to you at the current price... What do you think of this proposal?"