Li Ang told Cruz that there was no problem that could not be solved through communication.
However, he soon realized that he could not change Cruz's mind to leave.
The reason was simple. He could not promise Cruz a main position. In fact, in Li Ang's plan, Cruz was always a supplemental option for the frontline. He was an important substitute role, not a main player.
Adriano's appearance order in the frontline was before Cruz's, and even if Adriano was not in form, Li Ang preferred to arrange Ronaldo and Agüero in the starting lineup.
Therefore, in Inter Milan's frontline, Cruz was the fourth striker, and behind him was the young Borriello.
The guarantee given by Roma was to guarantee Cruz's main position, or to give Cruz the same qualification to compete with the other strikers. Whoever was in form would be in the starting lineup.
Li Ang tried to persuade Cruz to stay in Inter Milan with the desire to win the league title. However, it was clear that in the current Serie A, Roma was also a powerhouse in Serie A despite the poor results in the past two seasons. They won the Serie A championship in 2001. When it came to the glory of the past few years, Roma was better than Inter Milan.
Obviously, Roma also described Roma's ambition to Cruz. On the basis of giving him a main position, coupled with the "ambition" shown by Roma, Cruz was naturally tempted.
Li Ang was a little helpless. He could not tell Cruz that Roma was a pit and that they had never won the Serie A championship since then. Even if he said it, Cruz would not believe it. Instead, he would think that Li Ang was slandering him and had a bad character.
Since he could not persuade Cruz to stay, Li Ang could only seriously say that unless Roma's offer satisfied Inter Milan, he would not agree to the transfer.
Cruz also expressed his understanding. It was a negotiation between the clubs, and he did not want to participate. He did not want to fall out with Inter Milan. He also had a good impression of Li Ang.
After the meeting with Cruz, Li Ang was a little confused and puzzled. He remembered that Cruz had stayed in Inter Milan until 2009. Before that, especially before the Calciopoli, when Inter Milan's results were not good, Cruz did not leave. Why did he want to transfer now?! Was this the butterfly effect caused by him coaching Inter Milan?
What Li Ang did not know was that, in the original course of history, Cruise was also making a fuss about a transfer. In the end, the Inter Milan manager, Mancini, tried his best to persuade him to stay. He even asked Zanetti and other Argentine players to persuade him. Cruise finally chose to stay.
The only change was that in the original history, Cruz did not have a clear next club. He just wanted to transfer away. Now, Roma had clearly found Cruz and wanted to bring in the Argentine. This was a new historical change.
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Back home, Li Ang had dinner and turned on the TV to watch the sports news on Italian national television.
"The chairmen of both clubs sent their own negotiators. Roma sent the sports director, Prader, while Madrid's chairman, Pérez Fratino, went to Valencia to visit Stefano. He remotely controlled the transfer through the phone. The first focus of the negotiation between the two sides was the transfer fee. Due to the difference in the offers of both sides, both sides finally made a compromise and 5.5 million euros became the final price. But then the two sides had a dispute on the payment date. Roma, which urgently needed cash to solve its debt problem, wanted to pay in one lump sum, while Real Madrid insisted on paying in three installments. In the end, the two sides reached an agreement. The last problem was the dispute over Cassano's portrait rights. Cassano's agent, Brochetti, and Roma's sports director, Prader, will solve this link as soon as possible. "
"Today, the two clubs will sign the contract at the Terigoria training base. If the issue of Cassano's portrait rights can be finally solved, Cassano will take tomorrow morning's flight to Madrid for a medical examination. Madrid is not in a hurry to announce the news of Cassano's transfer because they are now focused on the Copa del Rey game against Athletic Bilbao. They don't want the transfer to affect the team's game. "
Seeing this news, Li Ang understood what had happened. He ignored the impact of Cassano's transfer to Real Madrid.
In fact, after the winter transfer window opened, Moratti also asked Li Ang if he wanted to bring in Cassano. Li Ang directly rejected it. He did not want such an unstable factor in his locker room. Originally, this group of youngsters was a little arrogant. He was worried that Cassano's arrival would lead these young guys astray.
Cassano and AS Roma had been in a deadlock since October last year because of the contract renewal issue. Cassano's contract with AS Roma would expire in half a year. In order to avoid losing both the player and the money, Roma had to cash out Cassano in this winter transfer window in exchange for a little transfer fee.
After Inter Milan had no interest in Cassano, the transfer of Cassano between Real Madrid and Roma progressed quickly.
The most important thing was that the bad boy had decided to join the La Liga powerhouse, Real Madrid. Maybe he thought this was the right place for him.
The next day, Real Madrid and AS Roma jointly announced that Cassano had signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with Real Madrid. The contract would expire in June 2010 with an annual salary of 4.5 million euros. Compared to the 30 million euros that Roma spent to buy him back then, Roma's current selling price was too low. However, Roma had to accept this price. In June, Cassano would be a free transfer and Roma would be empty-handed.
After Cassano's departure, Roma's frontline had a shortage of manpower. This was also the reason why Roma targeted Cruz. Although Cruz was already a 31-year-old veteran, his strength was not bad and he was familiar with the Serie A league. He was a capable player who could play. Most importantly, Cruz's transfer fee would not be too high …
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On January 8th, in the eighteenth round of the Serie A league, Inter Milan defeated Siena in an away game with a score of 1-0.
Inter Milan did not win this game easily. In the end, they used a place kick opportunity to score a header and Materazzi scored the only goal of the game.
After the game, Li Ang was furious in the locker room. He was extremely dissatisfied with the lackadaisical attitude of the players in the game.
In fact, Li Ang would rather lose this game. In this way, those arrogant boys could be taught a more profound lesson.
However, it was not a bad thing to not lose the game and win the game by a fluke.
Li Ang, who lost his temper after the game, felt that this was not enough. He decided to make an example out of them.
The next day, after returning to Milan, Inter Milan trained as usual. After the training, Li Ang criticized Agüero and Mata.
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