A day later, Li Ang received a call from Grosso's agent, Mr. Saschera. The agent told Li Ang that Fabio Grosso had agreed to go to Spain.
After hanging up the phone, Li Ang waved his fist excitedly.
After settling the players, Grosso's transfer was basically two-thirds complete. The remaining one-third was to negotiate with Palermo, the club that Grosso currently played for.
Li Ang would not personally go to Palermo to negotiate the transfer, let alone let the other party know that the Sporting de Gijón manager was in Palermo. It would not be of any help other than letting Palermo know that he was determined to get Grosso.
He came to Palermo in person with the purpose of letting Grosso feel his sincerity. It was better not to let the Palermo club know about it.
Li Ang then called the club's general manager, Venita Arango, and told her that she could make an offer to Palermo again.
Benita understood this perfectly.
Soon, Palermo's chairman, Zamparini, received another offer from the Spanish club, Sporting de Gijón.
Lucattoni, 4.5 million euros; Zaccardo and Balzari, 5.5 million euros; Fabio Grosso, 1 million euros.
Zamparini was completely stunned. Sporting de Gijón really did not know what to do. This time, Lucattoni's offer increased by 500,000 euros. Balzari and Zaccardo's total price increased by 500,000 euros. Finally, they dragged Grosso in with an offer of 1 million euros.
*****
Palermo did not respond to Sporting de Gijón's previous offer according to Zamparini's instructions.
However, this time, after some consideration, Zamparini informed the club to communicate with Sporting de Gijón. He wanted to find out what the Spanish club's intentions were. Were they trying to get all the Palermo players in one fell swoop?
Although Sporting de Gijón had only raised the price by 500,000 Euros this time, Zamparini was wary. He was worried that this was the other side's negotiation tactic. He did not know if the other side would continue to raise the price. Palermo did not have any real unsellable players in the team, but the team would definitely not sell so many key players.
Zamparini began to ponder. For Lucatoni, his psychological price was above 8 million euros. For Barzagli and Zaccardo, the two defenders, his psychological price was above 12 million euros. As for Grosso, Zamparini's psychological price was about 2 million euros.
The other party seemed to be eyeing Toni, Balzari, and Zaccardo. As for Grosso, Zamparini felt that Sporting de Gijón was just an extra, and not the main target. Otherwise, Grosso's name would have appeared in the first bid.
After receiving a reply from the Palermo club, Venita was a little excited. This negotiation was her first real player transfer negotiation since she became the general manager of Sporting de Gijón.
According to her agreement with Li Ang, Li Ang would be in charge of this summer's transfer. However, Li Ang also agreed to let Venita participate in the transfer negotiation of some players. Li Ang gave a mental estimate of the value of the players to be bought, and then handed it over to Venita to negotiate.
This was partly because Venita was a professional, and partly because Sporting de Gijón would start training for the new season in less than ten days. Li Ang was pressed for time. He could not keep an eye on a player's negotiation and negotiate with the other club. He could not handle it alone.
*****
Everything went as Li Ang expected. The negotiations between the club and Palermo went very smoothly.
Palermo was completely confused by Sporting de Gijón's messy moves. Zamparini felt that the other party's important players were Lucattoni, Zaccardo, and Balzari, especially Toni. As for Sporting de Gijón's request for Grosso, they did not pay too much attention to it.
Under such circumstances, Grosso suddenly submitted a transfer request to Palermo.
Sporting de Gijón followed almost immediately and made a third offer. Five million for Lucattoni, six million for Zaccardo and Balzari, and one and a half million for Grosso.
When this offer was submitted, Venita was a little worried. If Palermo agreed to the first two offers, Sporting de Gijón would be in trouble because they could not come up with so much money to complete the deal. If this was exposed, Sporting de Gijón would not be able to buy players in the transfer market. Their reputation would be ruined.
At this time, Li Ang, who was still in Italy, had left Palermo and set off for Tuscany, comforted Venita. "Don't worry, there won't be any accidents. Whether it's Toni's offer, Zaccardo's or Balzari's offers, they are far from Zamparini's expectations. "
Li Ang was right. The offers of the three players did not meet Zamparini's expectations, but Grosso's offer of one and a half million euros was something that Palermo could reluctantly accept.
Palermo did not suspect that Grosso and Sporting de Gijón had been in contact in private, because among the Italian players, only a few big-name star players went abroad to play. Ordinary players basically did not go abroad to play. Sporting de Gijón was not a famous club, so the possibility of Grosso and Sporting de Gijón being in contact in private was very low.
The Palermo club made the best choice in their opinion. They agreed to Sporting de Gijón's request for Grosso and informed the other party that they could discuss the player's personal treatment.
Since the players wanted to leave, the club might as well take advantage of the situation and do them a favor. It could also be considered a good cooperative relationship with Sporting Gijon. Although the Spanish club's offer for Toni, Barzagli and the others was far from satisfying Zamparini, it was not wrong to do them a favor and build a good relationship. In the future, if Palermo really wanted to push Toni and the others into the transfer market, then Sporting de Gijón would be a potential buyer. What if the Spanish club gritted their teeth and offered a high price?!
*****
When Li Ang received another call from Venita to inform him of the good news, he was already deep in an Italian restaurant in Tuscany and had extended an invitation to a player.
Li Ang was very happy to receive Venita's call. There would be no problem in the negotiation of personal treatment between Sporting de Gijón and Grosso. The two sides had previously communicated that the personal salary provided by Sporting de Gijón was an increase of 20% on the basis of Grosso's current salary at Palermo, reaching 500,000 euros. Grosso was very satisfied with this.
He knew that Grosso's transfer was a success!
The team's left back was the position that Li Ang was most worried about, and now he could finally rest assured.
After ending the call with Venita, Li Ang received a call from Grosso's agent, Fisichella. The other party also called to report the good news. Of course, this was also a disguised reminder to Li Ang to get the subsequent 40,000 euros into his account as soon as possible … Li Ang smiled and congratulated both sides on a pleasant cooperation, and the other party understood immediately.
After ending the call, Li Ang smiled apologetically at the Italian man with a crew cut sitting opposite him. "I'm really sorry, Antonio. However, I want to tell you good news. If you go to my team, you won't be alone … "
"Sir, what do you mean?" The other party asked in surprise.
"Fabio Grosso. Do you know each other? "Li Ang poked at the spaghetti on the plate. The taste was really not good. Although Grosso had not officially signed a contract with Sporting de Gijón, this did not prevent Li Ang from seducing people with the "great left back".
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