Li Ang set his sights on Real Madrid, his old rival in La Liga.
Roma's Argentinian defender joined La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid for 23 million euros a year ago.
At that time, the Madrid media cheered, thinking that the arrival of Samuels would make up for Real Madrid's defender crisis.
However, in the end, Real Madrid's years were almost unbearable for Samuels. This super powerhouse, which always put offense and performance first, had ruined the reputation of countless excellent midfielders over the years. Samuels, who had high hopes, unfortunately became one of them. Although Samuels still retained his position as the main player in Real Madrid's season, and could occasionally use his good headers to destroy the team's defenses, but more often than not, he faced the opponent's crazy attacks alone, and then the scene of him being battered and exhausted.
Speaking of which, Li Ang's "contribution" was also due to Sporting de Gijón's double win against Real Madrid last season, and Samuels was battered and exhausted by the attacks of Mata and Ribéry, which was also criticized.
Now, Real Madrid had snatched Sporting de Gijón before Li Ang could poach Pepe at a sky-high price of 35 million euros, which also meant that Samuels was no longer in an important position and was abandoned by Real Madrid.
Li Ang knew Samuels's strength very well. In the original track of history, the Argentinian joined Inter Milan this season. When he returned to the Serie A, the Argentinian immediately regained his form and quickly became the anchor of Inter Milan's defensive line.
Therefore, Li Ang ordered to buy Samuels from Real Madrid.
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Originally, Li Ang thought that this was an easy deal, but Oriari later told him that Real Madrid rejected Inter Milan's offer.
Why?!
Li Ang was very puzzled.
Seeing Oriari's somewhat awkward expression, Li Ang understood that the problem most likely lay with him. Li Ang had previously offended Real Madrid and Fiorentina so badly that Real Madrid refused to sell Samuels to Li Ang's team.
This was not the first time. When he was at Sporting de Gijón, Li Ang had asked Real Madrid to buy Morientes. The player himself had nodded. However, Real Madrid would rather send Morientes to Liverpool than give Morientes to Li Ang.
Holding a grudge is really troublesome!
Just when Li Ang was about to give up on Samuels and look for another center back, things took a turn for the better two days later.
Real Madrid said that the issue of Samuels could be discussed. Their condition was to include Recoba in the deal.
When Li Ang heard the feedback, he was stunned at first, then he laughed.
Recoba was not in his plan for a long time. He had not put Recoba on the transfer market to avoid causing confusion. It could be said that no one knew that Inter Milan would purge Recoba except for Li Ang, Inter Milan's president, Facchetti, and Inter Milan's boss, Moratti.
He did not expect Real Madrid to take a fancy to Recoba.
Li Ang thought about it carefully. It was not surprising. Recoba was only 29 years old and was a top offensive player in football. He had always been pursued by other powerhouses. Real Madrid had pursued Recoba before, but Recoba was Moratti's "godson." This was known to the world. The other teams knew that they could not poach the Uruguayan, so they could only give up.
This time, Real Madrid proposed to add Recoba to the deal with Samuels. On the one hand, they really wanted to get Recoba. On the other hand, they did not want to make things difficult for Li Ang. They knew that Moratti would not agree to let Recoba go, so they deliberately disgust Li Ang.
However, Real Madrid did not know the real situation at Inter Milan. Instead, they came knocking on their door!
"Agree to them! Samuels and 10 million euros in exchange for Recoba! "Li Ang said.
Oriari was surprised.
"I'll talk to Mr. Moratti. He will agree." Li Ang did not want Oriari to know that he was kept in the dark, so he said this.
Oriari nodded. He would not. Then he called Moratti and told him about it. On the other end of the phone, Moratti was silent for a while and replied, "Do as Li says."
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Real Madrid received Inter Milan's reply. They were also shocked to see that Inter Milan had agreed to let Recoba go.
Real Madrid was in a difficult position. They really wanted to disgust Li Ang, but they did not expect Inter Milan to agree.
However, after careful consideration, Real Madrid had to admit that this deal was feasible. Recoba was a top star player and was one of the players that Florentino appreciated. It was also in line with Real Madrid's principle of stacking up superstars. Samuels was a player that they had originally planned to give up. This deal was not bad.
However, Real Madrid was not satisfied with Inter Milan's terms.
Samuels was brought in from Roma by Real Madrid for 23 million euros last season. Although his performance in the past season was not good and his value had depreciated, he was still worth 20 million euros.
Recoba's current value in the transfer market was also around 20 million euros. Therefore, Inter Milan wanted Real Madrid to exchange Samuels and 10 million euros for Recoba. This was unacceptable to Real Madrid.
Real Madrid then replied Inter Milan to exchange Samuels and Recoba for an equivalent exchange.
In the face of Real Madrid's reply, Li Ang was thinking about something else.
From Real Madrid's desire for Recoba, Li Ang saw that Florentino was still insisting on the superstar policy. He still liked to collect top star players.
He wondered if Real Madrid was interested in Vieri.
Although Vieri was already 32 years old, his performance last season was not bad. He scored 12 goals for Inter Milan in the Premier League.
Now, Vieri and Inter Milan were breaking up. In the original timeline, Vieri terminated his contract with Inter Milan and joined AC Milan on a free transfer.
Vieri's performance at Inter Milan went downhill rapidly after he left AC Milan. His performance at AC Milan was terrible. After one season, he terminated his contract with AC Milan and went to Atalanta.
However, the problem was that Li Ang knew that Vieri was going downhill, but others did not.
Real Madrid did not know either.
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Li Ang said to Oriari, "Help me ask Real Madrid if they want Vieri."
Oriari was shocked again.
Recoba, Vieri, Moratti's two 'adopted sons' were sent to Real Madrid?
Even the most daring media did not dare to imagine such a situation. But now, it was happening.
Oriari was about to reply to Real Madrid.
Li Ang, who had been thinking, called out to Oriyari.
"Ryle, what do you think about bringing Ronaldo back to Inter Milan?" Li Ang asked Ryle Oriari.
Oriari was petrified.
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