The Era of Emerald

In Turin, Italy, in a Juventus screening room, two bald old men are watching the Fiorentina-Inter Milan game tape.

"Luciano, what do you think of the current Fiorentina team?" After the video was played, Giraudo put down the cigar he was lighting and looked at the new general manager of Juventus quietly.

"After rebuilding, Fiorentina has delicate skills and solid defense. The players they introduced this season all have good potential. Although they occasionally make some mistakes due to the lack of experience of the players, if these players are given time to adjust, Fiorentina will become Juventus. Tus dominates the biggest opponent in Serie A." Moggi, who has just returned to Juventus as the general manager, analyzed, and then the corner of Mo Laohu's mouth curled up, "However, if you want to be our Juventus opponent, Fiorentina You need to be able to keep this group of players.”

"As expected of Luciano, tell us what we should do..." Giraudo smiled knowingly when he saw Moji's expression, so the two wretched-looking old men muttered in this auditorium stand up.

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"Great idea! Luciano, you really have it! As long as this is the case, Fiorentina will have to sell a few players." Giraudo heard Moggi's thoughts and narrowed his eyes with a smile. "So, You will be responsible for the transfer, and I will persuade the boss."

After all, the two old foxes smiled at each other and left the screening room together.

Giraudo, Bettega and Luciano Moggi, fans of later generations call Juventus the "Big Three".Giraudo has a shining case in business, Bettega can use his reputation as a player to expand the influence of Juventus, and Moggi has a better understanding of the entire transfer market.

Giraudo serves as the chairman of Juventus. Compared with Bettega and Moggi, Giraudo has the least relationship with football. Before selling part of the shares to Gaddafi's son, Giraudo was a The second largest shareholder after the Agnelli family.

He chose a path that is considered original in Serie A, that is, the overall marketization and professionalization of operations, without asking for a penny from shareholders, and completely packaging the name "Juventus" as a commercial brand, Juventus The subsequent listing came from his operations.If Moggi is a businessman who handles player transfers, then Giraudo is a businessman in the true sense, and his greatest interest is to balance the budget and increase profits.Under the operation of Giraudo, Moggi has more money to buy players, and Juventus can always make a profit.

But Giraudo's management style of always chasing Juventus's maximization of interests has caused a lot of criticism. From a time when the club held a charity fundraising match for the widow of the famous defender Cirea who died in a car accident, it was stamped with a strong reputation. The color of the sponsors, for a while, people in the football world criticized Giraudo's approach.

And his insistence on the separate sale of TV broadcast rights has no regard for the interests and even feelings of other clubs, and he even does not hesitate to use the method of buying Messina and other small clubs to win professional league votes to protect his own interests.Should Serie A adopt the model of the Premier League, Bundesliga and other leagues to collectively sell broadcasting rights to guarantee interests?Later, many reporters tried to ask Giraudo this question, but the Juventus chairman's answer was always: "I only consider maximizing the interests of my own club."

Moji is the person who cooperates with Giraudo most tacitly among the "Big Three". "Insidious" and "cunning" are the evaluations given by Moji's opponents.In Italy, Moggi is quite a well-known figure. Moggi, who has worked in the management of many Italian teams, has a good understanding of the transfer market. Moggi's work largely determines the operation of the Juventus club. .Although Juventus has had loss-making businesses such as Salas and Kovacevic under his hands, on the whole, Moggi's management in Juventus is still successful, such as selling Zidane and introducing Nedved, selling Baggio to support Del Piero, and inviting Lippi back proves that Moggi is a smart man who knows his mistakes and corrects them.At the same time, under the joint efforts of him and Giraudo, Juventus has successfully maintained profitability for many years in a row, and made use of the huge influence and flexible diplomatic means of the Agnelli family in Italy to make the club overwhelm the Milan duo and become the Italian club. No. [-] rich family.

In contrast, Bettega's role in the "Big Three" is slightly smaller. He is the veteran of the club and a celebrity in Italian football.Before being surpassed by Del Piero in later generations, Juventus's scoring record in the European arena was maintained by him.Bettega serves as the executive chairman of the club and is responsible for daily administrative work. This football star understands football and loves Juventus, so he is the most suitable candidate for vice chairman.It's no wonder that in Juventus, Bettega needs to deal with many things on the scene, and the treacherous Giraudo and Moggi will only be rejected if they go.Moreover, the former well-known striker is also quite calm, not impatient or impatient when things happen, and has little ambition. This characteristic of him also determines his position as the vice chairman of the club.

Giraudo, Moggi and Bettega, three people, three abilities, three roles, and it is precisely because of the cooperation of the three of them that Juventus has such amazing achievements in later generations. Of course, the "three The consequence of the "giant" pursuing Juventus' maximization of interests by all means was that the club's image was greatly affected after the "Phonegate" incident in 06. Even if it regained the Serie A championship later, it could not restore the trust of ordinary fans in it.

Soon, Zhuang Mingge received a call from Hercule Poirot. During the phone call, Poirot told Zhuang Mingge that the general manager of Juventus, Moggi, wanted to buy Pesotto and Iuliano in a package, asking for 500 yuan. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

In fact, Poirot was a little tempted when he received this offer. After all, the introduction of these two players last year only cost the team 90 US dollars, and their worth has increased by more than 5 times in less than a year. Very good.

However, Zhuang Mingge rejected the offer on the phone without hesitation, and told Poirot not to pay any more attention to Juventus' asking price.

But on the second day, the office of the president in Florence.

"Karin, what are you talking about?! The agents of Pessoto and Iuliano said that Gianluca (Pesotto) and Mark (Iuliano) have the intention to transfer to Juventus?" I am in a good mood recently Zhuang Mingge rarely showed a big decibel roar, but this kind of noise made the employees in Florence, who had been a little passive recently, instantly glow with enthusiasm for work.

If it is a general transfer rumor about Fiorentina, Zhuang Mingge will not care about it even if the media exaggerates it, but such a news is related to Juventus, especially after Zhuang Mingge sternly rejected the Juventus offer. It was rumored that Moggi, who is the general manager of Juventus, happened to be staying in Florence at this time!

"3000 million! Karin, tell Moggi that you can't take Pesoto and Juliano without spending 3000 million dollars!"

However, before Karin had time to leave the room, the phone in Zhuang Minge's office rang.

Zhuang Mingge looked at the caller ID and found that it was actually his "cheap" father calling, so he signaled Karin not to leave yet, and picked up the receiver.

"Father, how are you doing recently?"

"Antonio, I have seen your performance. I have also watched Fiorentina's performance this season. You have done very well in the past six months."

"Haha, thank you father for your compliment, I will work hard."

"However, regarding the transfer of the two young men Pessoto and Juliano, you agreed. The elders of the family passed this resolution at the meeting yesterday."

"Why? Didn't you say that the family will not interfere with my actions in Florence within two years?" The dry and hot Mediterranean climate in Italy still made Zhuang Mingge feel chills in his heart. "If I insist on refusing to let these two What about the transfer?"

"Son, I hope you won't be so impulsive, because the Corleone family is led by the Agnelli family, and the Fiat Group is preparing to sign a cooperation agreement with several oil refineries under the family. If Yuli from Florence, which is controlled by the Corleone family If neither Arnold nor Pessoto is released, you, who are not strong enough, cannot bear the crime of destroying the relationship between the two families..." Michael Corleone's voice on the phone also seemed very helpless, apparently The feeling of coercion is not comfortable. "At first, that guy Umberto (Agnelli) wanted Inzaghi and Di Biagio, but I sternly refused." Speaking of this, Michael Corleone also seemed A little angry, "It's fine to blackmail the player's transfer with commercial business, but do you still want the Lions to poach all the hopeful stars of Florence? Umberto is too shameless!"

"It's a good move to draw the salary from the bottom of the pot! I really underestimated the city of Moji, that old fox. It seems that I can only agree to his conditions now." I failed to kill the fat sheep and was severely raped by Juventus Zhuang Mingge finally decided to sell the two defense generals in frustration.

"Son, this time the family is sorry for you. If you have any conditions, just say so, and I will try my best to fight for you." As the patriarch of the family, Michael could only comfort his son in this way.

condition?Zhuang Mingge smiled wryly when he heard his father's words. At this time, even the club's transfer work would be interfered by the family's old antiques, which made him have no intention of raising conditions at all.

"Father, my mind is in a mess now, and I need to think about it carefully."

"Okay, even if the conditions are slightly out of line, I think the elders of the family should agree, after all, they don't know how bad it would be for a team that has already been formed to suddenly poach half of the defense. "As long as you are an Italian, there is no one who doesn't watch football and knows a little bit about football. Therefore, Michael Corleone is sure that those antiques in the family should compensate Zhuang Mingge for this behavior. Call and tell me, my boy."

"Good father, I understand." Zhuang Mingge also understands that his "cheap father" has made a lot of efforts, and losing Pesoto and Juliano is the best result that can be achieved so far.