The Era of Emerald

() "Haha, Antonio, I knew you would come here!" The next day, Zhuang Mingge, who appeared at the training base of the Monaco club, was warmly welcomed by the team's head coach Wenger.

Don't wonder why Wenger is so enthusiastic. When Zhuang Mingge came here for the first time more than a year ago, although he took away the team's offensive core Djorkaf, but this is a long-accustomed Monaco to "sell players". Wenger’s management method is nothing to him. After all, Monaco has always sold its main players when he was in charge, and Zhuang Mingge’s private “gift” to him made Wenger, who is good at training young players, very happy. , which made Wenger, who has always attached importance to young people, introduce Zhuang Mingge as a confidant.

"Antonio, thanks to you calling to remind me to pay attention to the movement of the Bosman case, otherwise we in Monaco will follow in Ajax's footsteps this time and be devoured by those hungry wolves." Monaco's The main reason why the contract renewal is so quick and efficient is that Zhuang Mingge called Wenger in June this year, reminding him to pay attention to the Bosman case that is being heard by the European Court of Justice.

"Hehe, where is this? Arsene, we have such a good relationship, how could I forget to remind you of this kind of thing?" Zhuang Mingge said with a smile. He has a lot of respect for the head coach of a strong team.

"By the way, you came to Monaco this time not only to watch the Fiorentina Super Cup match?" Wenger affectionately pulled Zhuang Mingge aside, standing just out of Groz's hearing range, "Say, this time Which player do you like, as long as the price is right, there is no problem, I will convince the player!"

"Of course, it would be great if you could recommend a few more players to me." At the end, Wenger added in a low voice.

Hehe, Wenger, with your current appearance, you really look like a middle-aged uncle who is in control.The corners of Zhuang Mingge's mouth twitched in cold sweat, listening to Wenger's irreverent remarks, he thought to himself.

"Well, Arsene, I'm sorry, it's not our Fiorentina who want to introduce Monaco players this time." The complaints are the ones, it's better to talk about the business first, lest someone come over and interrupt and forget, "You know, Florence's The lineup is quite neat now, and there is a reliable substitute for each position, and if you buy someone from you, you have to go to Frankie to sit on the bench."

"Oh? Then Antonio, what are you doing here this time?" Wenger asked curiously.

"Yeah, Arsene, you should also know that Juventus is buying Thuram and Barthez."

"What? Antonio, are you going to be a lobbyist for Juventus and persuade me to sell these two players to them?" Wenger felt a little strange. Juventus is the main competitor of Fiorentina in the league anyway. There is absolutely no need for this Mr. Chairman of Florence to make such an adversarial move!

"Do you think they can resist the call of Juventus?" Zhuang Minge glanced at Wenger and said angrily, "Although Monaco can temporarily retain their people with long-term contracts this time, if the players' hearts are scattered Then it’s useless to just keep people.”

"Uh, that's a problem." Although we have entered the Bosman era, Wenger's thinking is still stuck in the previous era. What a miserable end for Sacchi to coach AC Milan for the second time. It is not so much that his tactical thinking is backward, it is better to say that the status of players has changed dramatically after Bosman.

The Ligue 93, where Monaco is located, declined very badly after the match-fixing case in Marseille, and a large number of outstanding stars were lost. This can be seen from the decline in the French team’s performance in European competitions after [-]. The Serie A regained some vitality; the same is true of the Serie A phone call incident in later generations. The outbreak of a match-fixing case is enough to hurt the entire league.

So, under the lure of Serie A giants Juventus, how many Monaco players can really hold back?For this, Wenger, as the head coach, is of course well aware of it.

"I came here this time just to tell you that Juventus is stingy on the issue of introducing players. If you really plan to sell Barthez and Thuram, I personally suggest that you better sell Inter Milan and Thuram. The attention of the two teams in Parma is drawn."

"You mean, let me bring Moratti and Tanzi into this transfer so as to earn more transfer fees?"

"That's right, both Inter Milan and Parma are now in the rebuilding period of the old and the new, and the bosses are also quite rich, and they are willing to spend money to invest. If they are allowed to join in, the transfer fees of Barthez and Thuram will never be equal. It may be unilaterally suppressed by Juventus." Seeing that Wenger had understood what he meant, Zhuang Mingge nodded and said.

"However, if the two of them leave, it will have a big impact on Monaco's performance this season." Although he said before that he didn't mind selling people, Wenger still hesitated when it came time to implement it.

To be honest, although Wenger has done a good job in cultivating young players, he is really not very good at the timing of selling players. To give a few examples, Vieira was the most valuable in 04. Real Madrid He was even willing to spend more than 4000 million US dollars to buy it, but Wenger kept it for a year, and finally made Juventus half cheaper; the same is true for Henry, Wenger insisted on staying for an extra year, and finally sold it cheaply again. Not to mention Flamini, Cesc Fabregas and other famous players in the future, generally speaking, Wenger's selling has always been passive and slow in response.

"Arsene, you don't know Monaco's financial situation and status. This is its survival mode. If you can't sell a player when he is the most valuable, then the club will only bear the loss."

"Okay, I understand." Wenger hesitated for a while, and finally figured it out. He believed that with his ability to train players, it would not be difficult to train a second Thuram or Barthez, "Antonio , since you persuaded me to sell these two main players, at least you have to give me some compensation? My request is not high. I recommend two players who can make up for the vacancy left by Lilian (Thuram) and Fabian (Batez). players will do.”

"Hey, are you taking advantage of the fire..." Zhuang Mingge shook his head with a smile. Originally, his purpose of befriending Wenger and supporting Monaco was to make Monaco a "talent training base" for Florence in France. It is a little uncomfortable to be poached by others before he has used it, but his basic point of view has not changed. "Strasbourg's central defender Ismail is good. As a goalkeeper, you can consider the Argentine national card. Los Roa."

After obtaining a lot of information and pointers from Zhuang Mingge, Wenger immediately took action, promoting his team's main defender Thuram to Inter Milan and Parma, and at the same time recommended Barthez to some interested parties. Wealthier teams, in order to strive for the maximum benefit, at the same time, he asked the Monaco club to immediately start the transfer of Ismail and Roa, to make up for the loss of the two left.