The Era of Emerald

() In the current football circle, if you ask Zhuang Mingge who he admires the most, he may not be able to answer; but if you ask who is the person Zhuang Mingge least wants to see, then Juventus's Mo Laohu will definitely be at the top of the list.

That's right, it was Luciano Moggi, the general manager of the Juventus club, who stopped Zhuang Mingge in the casino.

"I said, Manager Moji, what do you mean?" Zhuang Mingge looked at the old fox in front of him unkindly. You must know that although he and Moji have met many times, what is the relationship between the two of them? Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that in such a public place, if a person who doesn't have a good relationship with you suddenly stops you, no matter what you say, it will cause some bad associations.

"Ah, Chairman Corleone, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend." Moji just saw Zhuang Mingge as an "acquaintance" and remembered that this person seemed to have a good relationship with the Monaco club. Maybe this time he was dealing with Monaco. Rely on the strength of this compatriot.

Therefore, Mo Laohu, who has no sense of restraint, stopped Zhuang Mingge who was about to leave. From Moji's own point of view, blocking Zhuang Mingge now is the best choice. God knows if he will be punished if he contacts Zhuang Mingge later. Informed that "I have returned to Florence"...

However, in terms of timing, Moji really didn't choose well, because Zhuang Mingge was not here alone, and there was also a little Groz.

As the saying goes, if you interfere with someone else's love, you will be kicked to death by the horse.

Although the relationship between Groz Jr. and Zhuang Mingge is still more than friendship and not full of lovers, this does not prevent Groz Jr. from staring at the "uninvited guest" with murderous eyes: "Oh, this is not Mo Mr. Ji? It's been a long time, what brought you to Monaco?"

"Miss Rebecca!" Moji's heart skipped a beat, thinking badly, he just paid attention to this acquaintance in front of him, but he didn't expect that he missed a bigger brand, "I'm very sorry, my eyes are not very good, just look I'm sorry to Mr. Corleone, please forgive me."

Seeing that Moji apologized to himself in such a low profile, little Groz couldn't express any dissatisfaction anymore. He stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling face: "Mr. Moji, what's the matter with you stopping us?"

Under the gaze of Groz Jr., Moggi had no choice but to give up the long speech he had prepared, and briefly explained his purpose of coming to Monaco this time.

After hearing what the old fox said, Zhuang Mingge realized that Moggi's appearance in Monaco this time was not only to participate in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup draw ceremony, but more importantly, he wanted to persuade Monaco to sell some players to Juventus .After all, after the advent of the Bosman era, Monaco's players no longer accounted for foreign aid quotas, and geographically belonged to France (Monaco even entrusted its national defense to France, which is completely a subsidiary country), so for Juventus, who has France's captain and deputy captain For Tus, Monaco is a very attractive place.

Coupled with the fanning of Zhuang Mingge, a little butterfly, Monaco beat Nantes to win the Ligue 94 championship in the 95-[-] season last season (in history, Nantes won the Ligue [-] championship this season).Barthez, Thuram, Candela, Makelele, Zidane, Henry, Trezeguet... A group of young players exploded with surprising energy under Wenger's training, which also made Mo Laohu lose The saliva of the place, but due to the limitation of foreign aid quotas, I had to give up for the time being.

Later, the sudden appearance of the Bosman Act was a good opportunity, but when Moggi was about to attack Monaco, he was surprised to find that all the players of this team had completed their contract extensions!And without exception, they are all long-term contracts!

It has to be said that Wenger still attaches great importance to young players, much stronger than Ajax.Before the Bosman era came, he asked the Monaco club to sign a long-term contract with all the first-team players in the team, and the salary was quite reasonable, basically in line with the status of these players.

Monaco is a poor team. Under normal circumstances, it cannot support such a huge salary expenditure, but what it fulfills is not the tax rate in France, but the low local tax rate in Monaco, which makes everything possible.

Don't underestimate the tax rate issue, the level of the tax rate determines the club's expenses to a large extent. For example, if a star with an annual salary of 1000 million before tax is in a Serie A team, the club will have to pay 500 million in taxes. A salary of 500 million; and the same 1000 million US dollars La Liga team only needs to pay 350 million in taxes, 650 million belongs to the players. In this comparison, players will of course choose the one that is more beneficial to them when the team conditions are similar. For clubs, and vice versa for clubs, the lower the tax rate, the lower the tax rate means that they can sign players with less money under the same treatment.

Therefore, facing the well-prepared and confident Monaco, no matter how cunning Moggi is, he has to honestly make an offer to the Monaco club through formal channels. The position he wants to introduce is naturally the two biggest weaknesses of Juventus at present. - Defenders and goalkeepers.Putting it in the Monaco Club refers to the two players Thuram and Barthez.

Since the contracts of Barthez and Thuram will not expire for several years, Moggi, who is eager to reinforce Juventus, cannot play a protracted war.The big deal is that Monaco is not sold, but Juventus can’t afford it. You must know that after Ferrara was robbed by Fiorentina in advance, the Bianconeri’s defense line has more than enough bravery and the shortcomings of insufficient replacements have not been improved...

Coupled with Peruzzi's disadvantages when facing high-altitude balls, Mo Laohu made up his mind to introduce a better goalkeeper. Peruzzi is good, but a goalkeeper with equally obvious advantages and disadvantages is really not suitable This is the reason why Peruzzi left Juventus in the history of the old woman, a team that emphasizes stability. However, due to the existence of Ferrara at that time, this hidden danger did not fully erupt until the 98-99 season.

In this world, Peruzzi's series of poor performances against Fiorentina had already made Moggi determined to introduce a more secure goalkeeper.

That's why Moggi came to Monaco under the name of the European Cup Winners' Cup draw, otherwise it would be Juventus coach Lippi who came here this time.

"What about Chairman Corleone? I heard that you have a good relationship with the head coach of Monaco, Mr. Arsene Wenger. Since you and I are from the same hometown, please help me and ask him to sell me two players...Of course, I will not pay a penny less for the transfer fee. If it is done this time, I guarantee that Juventus will remain friendly to Fiorentina in the future."

"Hehe, I will try my best, Manager Moji. I will talk to Arsene (Wenger), but I can't guarantee the effect." Zhuang Mingge responded to Moji's request with a smile, thinking to himself: Your subordinate Will Juventus remain friendly to fellow Serie A team Fiorentina?Just kidding? !

Still want me to speak nicely for you?I will tell Wenger later that Juventus is tight on money, so give me a hard kill!