The Era of Emerald

Ranieri handed over the work of arranging the specific tactical details, and handed over the internal affairs of the club to the three general managers. At the same time, he notified Poirot to ask Turin and Naples for the price of Coyce and Kripa. Zhuang Mingge only needed Listen to a report every day, and at the same time the cleaning work of the team is going on in an orderly manner.

Zhuang Mingge, who traveled to this time, finally ushered in a rare period of rest. At this time, he was listening to Poirot's report on the cleaning of the team.

"Currently the cleaning of the team is going well. Many Serie A teams are willing to introduce our players. We have already sold players for a total of 1000 million US dollars, the largest amount of which is Brian Laudrup's. Transfer, Milan paid him a fee of 400 million US dollars."

"Very good, well done." Zhuang Mingge nodded approvingly, expressing his satisfaction at being able to earn so much transfer fee.

The transfer fee of this era is not as terrible as it was later. In 92, the transfer fee of Maradona to Seville was only 750 million US dollars. Currently, only Roberto Baggio, Vialli and Lentini have broken the 1000 million transfer fee. The mark of the membership fee, in this era, the transfer fee of top stars is only a few million dollars.

"Also, Naples marked a price of 250 million US dollars for Kripa, while Torino directly rejected our asking price."

"Then give up Coyce and take Kripa." Zhuang Minge thought for a while, and thought it might be better to have such a player with championship experience in the team (Kripa won the UEFA Champions League in Naples in the 88-89 season. Cup champion and Serie A champion in the 89-90 season), besides, the 28-year-old Kripa is currently in the golden period of his career. These young people in the belt team.

"Okay, next is the introduction of our target players." Poirot turned a page of the document in his hand and continued his report, "Toldo, Guadalben, Pesoto, Iuliano, Birindelli, Tomasi, Jonti, Gianni Keida, Inzaghi, Vieri, and Montella have all agreed to join. Filicano will discuss contract treatment with our club tomorrow. As for Di Biagio and Corini, we are currently negotiating with both clubs about their transfer fee."

"The progress is good. Hercule, you are doing very well. It is best to get all the transfers before the team training camp on July 7th. The team has a lot of new players this year, and it needs enough time to run in."

"Okay, I will complete all the transfer work as soon as possible." After the report, Poirot said goodbye to Zhuang Mingge immediately, turned around and left the office to continue to deal with the unfinished transfer matters, Zhuang Mingge continued to sit in his boss chair and enjoy the leisure time , as the boss, he only needs to grasp a major development direction of the club and finalize the team signings, and leave other things to his subordinates.

Fiorentina fans have already learned from media reports that the club has sold many of the main players of last season. They also understand this situation. At the same time, the fans are ecstatic that the two foreign players of the team resolutely stayed and shared the troubles with Florence in this "the most difficult moment for Florence".

"With Gabriel (Batistuta) and Stefan (Effenberg) here, we will definitely be able to return to Serie A next year!" This is when a reporter from Gazzetta dello Sport interviewed in Florence. What the fans said, this also represents the voice of most fans.

At the same time, fans are also waiting to see what changes this new boss can bring to a struggling Fiorentina.

July 7st was the day when the European transfer market opened. While Zhuang Mingge was waiting for the start of the transfer period, a major event happened in Italian football, and the protagonist of the event was Naples.

After Naples introduced Maradona at a world record price of 1985 million U.S. dollars in 400, it spent a lot of money for many years to recruit helpers for the "ball king": Giordano, Carnevale, Alemão, Carnegie Reca... These players led Naples together to usher in the most glorious period in the history of the team and won many championship trophies, including the UEFA Cup champion in the 88-89 season, two league championships, and an Italian Cup winners and an Italian Super Cup winner.

But with Maradona leaving Seville last summer, Naples' record declined, and the club's financial crisis began to emerge. By June this year, Naples had even reached the point where it was unable to pay its employees normally.

The plight of Naples alarmed the Italian Football Association. The Football Association issued a warning to Naples. If the team is still in debt before the start of next season, it will disqualify Naples from participating in the Serie A next season.

So Naples had to sell the stars of the team. The names of Massimo Kripa, Gianfranco Zola, Careca and others all appeared in transfer rumors. The foundation of Naples has been hollowed out.

Fiorentina, which also has a large number of stars leaving the team, has not received this level of attention, mainly because they have been relegated. Selling stars is an inevitable choice. The fans are psychologically prepared, and naturally the attention is much less.

Therefore, when the summer transfer gate began, what attracted the most attention from the fans was not which big-name star was introduced by Milan or Juventus, but the collective escape of a large number of players from Naples:

Gianfranco Zola, the "apprentice" of Maradona in Naples, who scored 24 league goals for Naples in the last two years, was paid by Parma;

Careca, the 1990 World Cup Silver Boot winner and the last of Naples' "Three Great South Americans", announced his transfer to the newly established Japanese J-League and joined the Kashiwa Helios Club;

To the surprise of many fans, one of the main players in the heyday of Naples, midfielder Massimo Kripa, was bought by Fiorentina, who had already been relegated to the second division, at a high price of 380 million US dollars. Someone in Naples was unwilling. The senior official who revealed his name said in an interview with reporters that the reason why Kripa moved to Fiorentina was that the $380 million, which was far higher than other competitors, played a decisive role, because no one else was willing to pay for Kripa. Par took out this huge transfer fee.

In an interview with a reporter from Gazzetta dello Sport, Fiorentina fans expressed their satisfaction with this: "Massimo is a champion player, and his arrival will greatly improve the team's defensive quality. Our ambitions for the club Satisfied."

Then, on the second day after the transfer market opened, that is, July 7, Fiorentina officially announced several transfer news:

Ravenna's main goalkeeper last season, Francisco Toldo, has a transfer fee of 10 US dollars. In the new season, Toldo will appear in Serie B as the team's main goalkeeper;

Verona's young goalkeeper Matteo Guadalben, with a transfer fee of US$5, will serve as Toldo's substitute;

Aldo Filicano, the main central defender of the Serie A team Cagliari, came to Fiorentina with a high price of 200 million US dollars; Luigi Di Biagio, who is also the main midfielder of the Serie A team Foggia Club, also came In this city, the transfer fee is 150 million US dollars; and Eugenio Corini, who was unable to play in the Serie A team Sampdoria, transferred to Viola for 60 US dollars;

Fiorentina brought in young defenders Marc Iuliano and Gianluca Pesotto from Bologna, a team of the same level, for a total transfer fee of 90 US dollars; at the same time, they also bought two young players from Empoli: Alessandro Bilindelli and Vincenzo Montella, $30 for the Empolis to agree to release;

As for Sola midfielder Giuliano Gianniqueda, Perugia midfielder Federico Jonti, Verona midfielder Damiano Tomasi, Albino Lefe striker Philippe Inza Ji, Pisa striker Christian Vieri and others, due to their young age and lack of outstanding performance, the introduction of these players cost Florence a total of 70 US dollars in transfer fees.

According to the survey, Fiorentina fans are happy that the team can introduce strong support such as Kripa, Di Biagio, Filicano, and Corini, and believe that this move of the club shows the ambition to return to Serie A as soon as possible. At the same time, fans also expressed that they will take a wait-and-see attitude towards some young players introduced by the team from lower-level leagues.

At this time, Zhuang Mingge was checking the club's financial budget for the next season in the chairman's office.

After Zhuang Mingge got the financial statement, he found that the club only maintained a balance of payments in these transfers: selling players earned 1000 million U.S. dollars, while a large number of imported players also cost 995 million U.S. dollars; in terms of club expenses, Only the team's salary for next season has dropped significantly; and in terms of income, due to the team's relegation, broadcast fees and ticket income, the two most important parts for the team, have been greatly cut.

"Well, if there is no family capital injection this time, this season will lose about 400 million U.S. dollars... It seems that the impact of the team's relegation on the club's income is more serious than imagined. I will lose even more." Zhuang Mingge thought with a headache.