"How much?" Li Ang raised his voice and widened his eyes.
"One and a half million euros." Venita sighed and repeated the number again. She had predicted Li Ang's reaction. She knew that the manager would not be satisfied with this number.
Not only was he dissatisfied, Li Ang was about to explode in anger.
One and a half million euros? What could he do with this amount of money? Although this was not the era where players were extremely expensive ten years later, in the current market, a player from a top team in Segunda División was worth at least seven or eight hundred thousand euros. If he was a player from a middle or lower team in La Liga, he would be worth more than one million euros.
What was Li Ang's goal? It was to lead the team to promotion. At the same time, Sporting de Gijón had to play in the UEFA Europa League next season. The team had to compete in multiple competitions. At the very least, they needed to bring in an important player to play in the midfield. This was Li Ang's plan. The team did not have an offensive core that he was satisfied with in the midfield. This had to be strengthened.
For such a player, even if Li Ang felt the pulse of the future and went Taobao as much as possible, he would still need at least a few million Euros.
Now, how much money did the club prepare for him for the whole transfer period?
One and a half million euros!
What could he do with this amount of money?!
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"We have the European competition next season and the goal of promotion. You're giving me a budget of one and a half million euros now?" Li Ang said bluntly.
"I took the European competition into consideration." Venita did not back down at all. She did not shrink back from Li Ang's angry eyes. "Originally, it was only one million euros. Taking the European competition into consideration, I increased it by five hundred thousand euros."
"Haha." Li Ang laughed angrily. "Should I thank you for your consideration?"
"No need." Venita's expression was serious. "This is my job."
Li Ang was furious. Could this woman not tell that he was being sarcastic?
"One and a half million euros. With such a small budget, you expect me to organize the team and play for a season? Li Ang sneered. "Then you're going to charge into La Liga?"
"And the winter transfer," Venita said.
"Winter transfer?" Li Ang's mouth curved. The summer transfer was so important, but the budget was so small. Winter transfer? Forget it. Even a few hundred thousand euros would not be enough. What a bluff.
Venita saw the sarcasm and dissatisfaction in Li Ang's expression. She was silent.
Of course, she knew that the budget was indeed quite excessive. However, the financial situation of the club was indeed quite bad. If the team had not just won the Copa del Rey and had a bonus to be paid, Sporting Gihon would not even be able to fork out the 1.5 million euros transfer budget.
After taking over the job of the general manager of the club, Venita Arango realized the financial difficulties the club was facing. It was a bit of an exaggeration to say that the club was on the verge of bankruptcy. However, if Sporting Gihon failed to avoid relegation, then the team could only file for bankruptcy.
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. Both of them were silent and did not speak.
"The club may be able to provide a transfer fund during the winter transfer," Venita said after some hesitation.
"The UEFA Europa League dividend?" Li Ang immediately grasped the key point.
"Yes." Venita gritted her teeth and nodded. She had made the decision on her own. The club had originally planned to put the UEFA Europa League dividend into the club's account to make up for the debt. Now she considered the difficulties that Li Ang was facing and decided to use a part of it as the winter transfer budget.
Li Ang thought for a while and then smiled. It was a bitter smile.
At the end of the day, the dividends from the UEFA Europa League were earned through Xi Hong Athletic's own efforts. Moreover, it depended on how far Xi Hong Athletic could go in the UEFA Europa League. If they were eliminated in the group stage, then the dividends would be limited. However, with Sporting de Gijón's strength and personnel, it would be difficult to get out of the group stage of the UEFA Europa League without any reinforcements in the summer transfer market.
They wanted the horse to run but did not give it grass to eat.
Venita saw Li Ang's bitter smile. The girl, who was a little cold when it came to work, was also embarrassed. She understood the reason for Li Ang's bitter smile. The team was indeed a little too stingy, but it could not be helped that they were financially strapped.
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"The club's financial situation is not optimistic?" Li Ang asked.
"It's not that bad, though." Venita hesitated for a moment and revealed some information. "But the current situation is not good. The team has been playing in Segunda División for the past few seasons and has invested every season, but …"
Li Ang nodded helplessly. He understood. Sporting de Gijón had been aiming to return to La Liga for the past few seasons and had invested in almost every transfer market. Although the investment in each transfer period was only a few million, for Sporting de Gijón, they could only muddle along in Segunda División for the past few seasons. The gap between investment and return was huge. This slowly dragged down the club's financial situation.
To put it bluntly, Sporting de Gijón's current financial situation was paying the price for their failure to be promoted in the past few seasons.
Or it could be said that Li Ang was "innocently" taking the blame for the previous managers …
Li Ang looked at the night sky in the distance. From here, he could see the lighthouse in the depths of the harbor flashing. He could also vaguely hear the sound of the ship's whistle.
His mind was thinking about the current situation.
Venita stood beside him. The girl did not disturb Li Ang. The sea breeze blew the girl's hair and blurred her eyes. She stroked her bangs.
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"Okay, 1.5 million euros it is." Finally, Li Ang opened his mouth. "But I have a few conditions."
"Say it." Venita said. She knew that Li Ang wanted to make conditions. As long as it was not a matter of principle, she would agree. It could also be considered as compensation for Li Ang. The transfer budget was pitifully small. Naturally, the manager had to be compensated in other aspects.
"I have the final say in this transfer window." Li Ang went straight to the point and went straight to the core.
Venita frowned cutely and was about to speak.
"Don't be in a hurry to object." Li Ang looked deeply at Venita. "First, I have a good eye for players. I have the right to speak on this point."
Venita nodded. She admitted that Li Ang had a good eye for players. Not only did she admit it, but this point had even won the praise and recognition of many of the Gihon media and fans. Mata, Carlos, Maikel Pihra, Marcos, and other players were clear proof.
"Second," Li Ang raised two fingers, "with a budget of 1.5 million euros, what can I do with this amount of money? Don't I have this bit of rights and freedom? "
Listening to Li Ang's somewhat exasperated words, Venita burst out laughing. Although she knew that they were talking about work, and it was a very important work at that, and she really should not laugh in this situation, she could not help but laugh.
Li Ang glared at Venita, meaning, what are you laughing at?!
Venita playfully stuck out her tongue and then nodded. "Okay, that's not a problem."
As Li Ang said, 1.5 million euros was really too little money in the transfer market. Li Ang asked for this bit of freedom in the transfer budget, so she gave it to him.
"Third, the team may have signings, but at the same time, there may also be players transferring out," Li Ang said, "I want to invest the funds from the sale of the players in the transfer market."
"This …" Venita hesitated. She needed to think about it.
Seeing this, Li Ang pretended to be calm, but in fact, he was nervous. He naturally understood the financial situation of the team. After learning about the pitiful transfer budget of 1.5 million euros, he was naturally angry. However, he immediately thought of the best way to save himself, which was to let the club agree to let him invest the funds from the sale of the players in the transfer market. At the same time, this also meant that he was fully responsible for the signings and purges of the team during this transfer period.
This could ensure that the team was built according to his wishes to the greatest extent.
He did not want to have any restrictions, even if this restriction was Venita, who had a good relationship with him.
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In fact, this third point was Li Ang's final trump card.
Moreover, on the surface, Venita had already agreed to the first two points, so the third point did not seem to be a big deal. Because no one would guess what Li Ang wanted to do. No one would think that he would do a major operation on the team that had just won the Copa del Rey and successfully avoided relegation.
In fact, as Li Ang guessed, Venita was also considering this at this time. She did not think that Li Ang would do a major operation on the team's lineup. She subconsciously thought that Li Ang would keep the team's basic framework and only make minor adjustments in some areas. In this way, the number of players leaving the team would be relatively small. In this way, there would be almost no income from selling the players … In this way, Li Ang's request seemed to be nothing.
In this case, she might as well agree to it. Anyway, the most important thing had been agreed to in the first two days. This last one did not matter.
"Alright, I agree," Venita said. "How about these three?"
"Just these three." Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled. "You won't go back on your words and regret it when the time comes, right?"
"I have my own work principles and integrity." Venita was questioned by Li Ang, and the girl seemed to be angry.
"Aha, I'm just kidding." Li Ang's lips curved into a smile. "Of course, I believe in the work principles and integrity of the beautiful Miss Venita."
Venita beamed with joy when she heard Li Ang praise her beauty. But she did not notice that the guy in front of her could not hold back his complacent expression … The proud fox's tail was wagging. ,
PS: Second update. Time was tight, so I could only watch the national football game and write at the same time. You can imagine my pain … I almost smashed my computer and keyboard.
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