The transfer of Toni Kroes brought Bayern Munich a transfer income of four million Euros. This eased the relationship between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich to a certain extent. However, there was one person who still did not buy it. The German Football Emperor, Franz Beckenbauer, condemned Inter Milan's poaching of Toni Kroes.
Even the English media, who were watching the show, could not stand it anymore. They said sarcastically that perhaps Bayern Munich was the least qualified to talk about the topic of "poaching."
Since the 1990s, Bayern Munich had been constantly bringing in star players from other teams in the Bundesliga. Some forceful poaching directly led to a rapid decline in the results of the poached teams. ,
In the 1990s, Bayern Munich continuously poached players from Karlsruhe, who was still in the Bundesliga at that time. Kahn, Sauer, Tannat, Fink, these players who helped Bayern bring glory at the turn of the century were the results of Bayern's "poaching." In contrast, Karlsruhe, who had a group of young talents at that time, was in the current situation. After this group of players left the team one by one, Karlsruhe was eventually relegated to the 2. Although they were promoted back to the Bundesliga in the 2006-2007 season, Karlsruhe, who was no longer as strong as before, could not escape the fate of relegation. Now, they were hanging around in the 2.
Other than Karlsruhe, Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart, and especially Bayer Leverkusen were all victims of Bayern Munich's poaching. Bayern poached Rehhagel in 1995, causing Bremen's results to decline. Later, Bayern poached Stuttgart's Brazilian striker, Alber, causing Stuttgart's "Troika" to fall apart. For a long time, this team, which was once capable of competing for the championship, did not have good results. The most famous one was the poaching of Ballack, Ze Roberto, and Lúcio, the three key players of Bayer Leverkusen. This caused Bayer Leverkusen, who had once reached the Champions League final, to fall day by day.
Li Ang, who was far away in Italy, did not care about Beckenbauer's remarks at all. That old German man was so bored that his balls hurt. He was either changing lovers from time to time or jumping out to make irresponsible remarks. Li Ang did not have the time to chat with him.
As for Bayern Munich's poaching behavior, Li Ang had a clear understanding of it. In any league, people were opposed to a situation where "one team dominated the league," but Bayern did it in the Bundesliga. Whether it was results, the number of German national footballers, world influence, European results, or even financial situation, Bayern was the absolute overlord in the Bundesliga. No team could compete with Bayern for a long time. There is a famous saying in the American business world, "If you can't beat your opponent, join them." The players of the other Bundesliga teams also yearned for glory. When they saw Bayern continuously achieve good results, they were naturally willing to join such a strong team.
Take Li Ang's current Inter Milan as an example. If he wanted to poach players from other teams, it was almost always successful.
Inter Milan's powerful strength, coupled with Li Ang's signature move as a world-class manager, was astonishing!
*****
After getting Toni Kroos as he wished, Li Ang was quite satisfied with the team's additions in the winter transfer. Although he had "lost" Marchisio, the team's strength was still maintained and guaranteed with the addition of Arshavin and Toni Kroos.
Just when Li Ang felt that the winter transfer market had nothing to do with his team, an unexpected piece of news disrupted everything.
Assistant manager Pablo Banderas, who had been communicating with Barcelona, hurriedly found Li Ang. He told Li Ang a piece of shocking news: Barcelona had agreed to let Decaux leave the team!
"What's going on?" Li Ang was a little puzzled, and then he had a headache. At the same time, he felt that Barcelona was too f * cked up.
His initial target was Decaux. The Portuguese was experienced and could quickly improve Inter Milan's midfield configuration. However, Barcelona was petty and still "hated" him for leading Sporting de Gijón to snatch the league title from Barcelona. They were unwilling to make a deal with Li Ang's team. Even if they had fallen out with Decaux, they still did not want to benefit Li Ang.
Under such circumstances, Li Ang had to change his target from Decaux, a 30-year-old veteran, to the 18-year-old Toni Kroos, a young boy.
Now that Inter Milan had brought in Toni Kroos, Barcelona said that they were willing to let Decaux go to Inter Milan at this time. If this was not f * cked up, what was?
"Decaux is on strike," Banderas said, "Barcelona has to let him go."
Li Ang nodded. It seemed that Decaux was really anxious. Otherwise, the good-tempered Portuguese would not use such a drastic way to confront Barcelona. Barcelona had already shown their attitude. Decaux was no longer in their plans and they could let him go. Under such circumstances, Inter Milan's invitation was a dream come true for Decaux. However, Barcelona still could not forget their old grudge with Li Ang and were unwilling to let Decaux go to Inter Milan. This was completely ignoring Decaux's interests and future. It would be strange if Decaux did not explode. Even an honest person could not be bullied like this!
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"What should we do?" Banderas asked Li Ang. "Decaux expressed his desire to come to Inter Milan!"
"Doesn't he know that we have already brought in Toni Kroos?" Li Ang asked. In fact, Li Ang and Inter Milan did not let Decaux down in this matter. It was Barcelona who flatly refused Inter Milan's request to buy, so Li Ang had no choice but to target Toni Kroos. Decaux could only blame Barcelona.
"Maybe he thinks that the German kid is too young and we still need an experienced veteran like him." Banderas voiced his guess.
Li Ang heard this and was deep in thought.
At this time, Mihajlovic hurriedly came looking for him.
"What's the matter?" Li Ang asked in surprise.
"Liverpool wants to buy Dejan," Mihajlovic said. The Dejan he was talking about was Dejan Stankovic. The Serbian had been injured this season and had just recovered from his injury. He came on as a substitute in the Coppa Italia quarterfinals against Juventus and performed well.
"Hmm?" Li Ang was stunned. What was Liverpool doing at this time? They suddenly wanted to buy Stankovic on the last day of the winter transfer and did not give him any time to prepare. Then he saw that Mihajlovic wanted to say something but stopped. "Just say it."
"Dejan also seems to have the intention of leaving for a transfer." Mihajlovic said directly. He had joined Li Ang's coaching staff after retiring from Inter Milan. He had been teammates with Stankovic and they were both Serbs. They had always had a good relationship.
Li Ang glanced at Mihajlovic and understood a little. Stankovic could only be regarded as a substitute player under Li Ang. He could not compete for the main position, whether it was Modric or Carlos. It seemed that the Serbian was a little discouraged and wanted to leave. Stankovic was too embarrassed to come to him directly, so he found Mihajlovic to tactfully express his intention.
Li Ang frowned.
Seeing this, Mihajlovic quickly said, "Dejan has not contacted Liverpool. He just learned that Liverpool wants him."
This had to be made clear. Liverpool wanted to buy first, and then Stankovic wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to leave. Stankovic did not go behind the team's back and contact Liverpool in private first.
This was a matter of attitude. Stankovic knew Li Ang's strength and did not want to anger Li Ang.
He glanced at Banderas and then at Mihajlovic. The two of them were a little scared by his gaze. Only Li Ang's eyes flickered.
*****
On January 31, 2008, especially in the last twelve hours of the last day of the winter transfer, everyone was stunned by the crazy pace.
Inter Milan commissioned a hospital in Barcelona to perform a medical examination on Decaux as quickly as possible.
Almost at the same time, a well-known private hospital in Milan also received the commission from Liverpool Football Club to perform a medical examination on Stankovic.
And almost at the same time, Mohamed Sissoko, who had been abandoned by Juventus as a spare tire, hurriedly appeared at Barcelona's airport. The person who greeted him was the staff of Barcelona Football Club.
An hour later, at 16: 15 in the afternoon:
Barcelona Football Club's official website officially announced that they had acquired Malian star player Mohamed Sissoko from the English Premier League powerhouse Liverpool for a price of 12 million euros, signing a four-year contract with both sides …
On the official website, the Malian player wore the Barcelona jersey and kissed the team emblem on the jersey to please the new club and the fans.
More than two hours later, Inter Milan and Liverpool respectively received the medical reports on Decaux and Stankovic. The results were obviously optimistic. Both players were healthy.
At 18: 31:
Liverpool Football Club's official website announced that the team had acquired Serbian star player Dejan Stankovic from the Serie A powerhouse Inter Milan for a price of 16.5 million euros, signing a four-year contract with both sides. Liverpool Football Club had high praise for Stankovic, calling him an important member of Li Ang's championship team. It seemed that they were very excited about acquiring Stankovic.
Inter Milan's fans were a little confused. Marchisio's transfer to Juventus, and Stankovic's sudden move to Liverpool. What was the team doing? What was the management doing? Could Li Ang accept these changes?!
At 19: 11:
Inter Milan Football Club's official website sent blessings to the departing Stankovic.
At 19: 22:
Inter Milan Football Club's official website suddenly announced that the team had acquired Portuguese star player Anderson Luiz de Souza from the La Liga powerhouse Barcelona for a price of 11 million euros, signing a four-year contract with both sides. Inter Milan welcomed the addition of the Portuguese national player, whom Manager Li Ang admired.
Anderson Luiz de Souza was his full name. This Portuguese football star's nickname was more familiar to people, nicknamed Deco.
At 21: 12:
The English Premier League powerhouse Arsenal, which had been quiet all this time, announced their first and only signing of the winter. They announced that they had urgently recalled the young Swiss center back Dejhoro from Birmingham City.
In the last 24 hours of the transfer window in the winter of 2008, a hot-blooded transfer drama was staged that shocked all the fans.
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