Legendary Godfather

McCarthy took Ignacio directly to the new head coach’s office, which is now on the second floor.

After Tong Yi left, the head coach's office was sealed and protected. Nothing inside was touched and remained as it was. The new head coach will no longer work in this office. The club has built a new head coach's office!

Now that McCarthy is the acting head coach, he is temporarily working here.

But McCarthy knew very well that his position would be replaced soon, so there were not many of his own things in it, just some necessary office tools, so the office seemed relatively empty.

Ignacio sat down here, and then McCarthy went directly to the assistant coach's office next door to get a tea set and make a pot of tea for Ignacio.

Ignacio immediately smiled and joked, "It seems that you still know your position very well. You didn't even put your favorite tea set here. Are you ready to move back to the assistant coach's office at any time?"

McCarthy rolled his eyes at Ignacio angrily and said directly, "Don't you know my situation yet? Are you just teasing me, or are you humiliating me?"

Ignacio immediately waved his hand, indicating that he had no intention of humiliating him!

McCarthy didn't pay attention and said directly, "Okay, let's talk about business! I've been very busy recently."

Ignacio nodded to show his understanding and said, "Well, I'll get straight to the point!"

McCarthy nodded slightly, indicating that you should have done this a long time ago.

Ignacio smiled bitterly, he didn't want to talk more with his old friends and keep in touch with each other!

Ignacio immediately said seriously, "Then tell me, how much is the right price to take away Erling, Aurelian and Lautaro? Don't ask for a high price, you know the relationship between us!"

Upon hearing this, McCarthy frowned.

Although Tong Yi did not poach those cornerstone players from Crystal Palace, he poached the new generation of stars that Crystal Palace will soon rely on!

You have to know that there are a lot of stars who want to leave the Crystal Palace this summer, and the Crystal Palace Star Supermarket is about to open. After those stars leave, last season's substitutes or rotation players like Haaland and Joan Armene will be reused. They are likely to play a more important role in the new season, or even directly play the main role.

You are equivalent to poaching the main force of Crystal Palace!

McCarthy was a little uncomfortable.

If these stars from Crystal Palace don't leave this summer, wouldn't it be okay for you to poach these players?

But most of these guys are leaving!

If you guys poach Haaland and the others, what will happen to Crystal Palace in the new season? You won’t really sink into this, right?

McCarthy immediately shook his head and said "No!"

Ignacio naturally understood what McCarthy was thinking. He said, "If Milan doesn't take away these players, who will we take away? Do we really want to take away all the players from the youth team?"

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Xi was also stunned!

It seems so. If Tong Yi and the others don't poach these players, then who should he poach?

Isn’t there no one left to dig?

McCarthy was lost in thought!

At this time, Ignacio directly gave McCarthy a decisive blow: "The boss lady gave the green light, you are not going to stop it, are you?"

As soon as he stopped saying this, McCarthy was instantly discouraged!

Yes, before Ignacio arrived, the real owner of the team, Tong Yi's rich wife Martina, called him in advance and explained everything. That means Tong Yi can take away whoever he wants. Of course, the transfer fee still has to be at the market price.

Otherwise, both Crystal Palace and AC Milan will not be able to withstand the investigation.

Sure enough, they are still married!

McCarthy also thought clearly that the Crystal Palace Football Club was just a tool for the two couples to talk about love.

Such an ending is to be expected!

But McCarthy was still in a very unhappy mood and felt aggrieved!

But he couldn't stop anything and immediately said, "Then how much are you willing to pay?"

Ignacio had already thought about it before he came here and said, "We will pay 12 million pounds for Erling, I will also pay 12 million pounds for Aurelian, we will pay 6 million pounds for Lautaro, Manuel and Zu Our package price is 5 million pounds, totaling 35 million pounds, what do you think?"

When he heard this offer, McCarthy was immediately furious and shook his head crazily!

He felt that Ignacio’s price was very unreasonable!

You have to know that although Haaland is only 18 years old, he contributed 22 goals and 2 assists in Crystal Palace last season. Although he is very young, there is no problem in selling him for 30 million pounds, right? Why did you only ask for 12 million pounds?

And Joan Armene was Kante's substitute last season. When Kante wasn't playing, he was his replacement, and his performance was very good. How can a talented midfielder who is also 18 years old be worth only 12 million pounds? You have to know that excellent midfielders are very scarce in today's world football, especially defensive midfielders like Joan Armene. Isn't it a problem for you to ask for 30 million pounds?

Let's go back to Lautaro Martinez. Although this guy didn't play for Crystal Palace last season, he was loaned to the Bundesliga all year round and played under Nagelsmann. He also showed great strength in Hoffenheim last season. He also scored 13 goals and 5 assists. This 21-year-old forward also has a bright future. How can it be worth only 600? Thousands of pounds? A striker like this is sold to you for 15 million pounds. Is it expensive? It's not expensive at all!

This is really robbery!

As for Akanji and No. 5 Bellingham of the youth team, I will give you 5 million pounds as a favor.

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Therefore, McCarthy immediately said, "So in total, the package price of 5 people is 80 million pounds. Isn't that expensive?"

Ignacio directly gave McCarthy a pair of sanitary eyes!

You are too scheming and can ask for prices all over the place!

Haaland did perform very well last season, but it was only one season. And now that he's so young, how can you ensure that he performs so well every season? There are many football shooting stars in this world. Even if he is a genius, and he is an 18-year-old genius, he cannot be worth 30 million pounds at once.

Joan Armene is not worth 30 million pounds. Wouldn't it be better if I had 30 million pounds to poach Chelsea Gueye?

Therefore, this guy McCarthy is completely asking for an exorbitant price!

Ignacio immediately started fighting with McCarthy!

To be honest, Ignacio didn't expect that he would be haggling with McCarthy here. He thought that McCarthy would agree to his offer, and then the deal was reached in an instant.

I didn't expect that McCarthy, a guy with such a strong sense of ownership, is still working for the benefit of Crystal Palace.

It can be seen that McCarthy really does not want to see the Crystal Palace sink like this!

He hopes to recover more transfer fees this summer, and is preparing to sign in and strengthen this summer to prevent Crystal Palace from sinking!

After ten minutes of waffling, the two parties finally reached a deal!

AC Milan used 35 million pounds to directly package Haaland and Joan Ameni, used 10 million pounds to introduce 21-year-old Argentine forward Lautaro Martinez, and then used 5 million pounds to directly package Akanji. And Bellingham, who is only 15 years old!

It can be said that Bellingham is an addition. AC Milan spent 5 million pounds to introduce Swiss national team center back Akanji.

Therefore, AC Milan spent a total of 50 million pounds to introduce these five people.

The average price per person is 10 million pounds, which is not expensive, but it is not cheap either!

You have to know that the average age of these people is only 19 years old, and each of them has a transfer fee of 10 million pounds, which is indeed not cheap.

Even Ignacio thinks that 350.040 million pounds is reasonable, and 50 million pounds is still a bit expensive.

But if he wants the performance of Haaland, Joan Armene, Martinez and Akanji last season, he feels it is worth it.

Moreover, Tong Yi should still be able to accept this price.

If you look at the main striker combination for the new season, it has been solved. The main defensive midfielder has also been solved. We also got a main rotation center back and a future midfield core. It is very worthwhile!

Yes, before coming here, Tong Yi told Ignacio that Haaland and Martinez are very important. This is a new season.

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To be honest, Ignacio thought it was a bit too risky at the time. After all, one of these two guys is 18 years old and the other is 21 years old. This combination is too young. Will there be a lack of experience?

But when he thinks about Haaland's 22 goals and 2 assists in Crystal Palace last season, coupled with Lautaro's 13 goals and 5 assists in the Bundesliga, he still has some confidence. What's more important is that what's in front of Tong Yi is really scary. You can see it clearly at a glance. And he also thought about how he was reused by Tong Yi at a young age and became the main forward of Crystal Palace?

So, after thinking about it carefully, he felt it was reasonable.

To be honest, the way Ignacio looked at Haaland was wrong after that.

Many people say that Haaland acquired by Tong Yi is his replacement for Ignacio.

But Ignacio doesn't think so. Haaland is Haaland.

Even Ignacio feels that Haaland's talent is stronger than his own, and he is very optimistic about Haaland's future!

At the same time, Ignacio is also full of expectations for Milan's new season!

Of course, after reaching an agreement with McCarthy, this does not mean that the transfer is finalized. Ignacio still needs to get in touch with these players, ask what they mean, and then sign the contract.

When Ignacio found these little guys, they were actually very happy. After all, they could play football under Tong Yi again. These five little guys almost all agreed without exception, including Lautaro, who had been loaned out by Tong Yi before!

To be honest, Lautaro knows Nagelsmann better than Tong Yi.

He played longer under Nagelsmann.

And after learning that Tong Yi left the Crystal Palace, Nagelsmann felt that he had a chance to enter the Crystal Palace. He also called Lautaro and asked him to prepare to continue playing for him in the new season at Crystal Palace.

At that time, Lautaro agreed to Nagelsmann.

But when Ignacio came to him and explained his intention, he immediately forgot about Nagelsmann and immediately agreed to transfer to Milan to play for Tong Yi in the new season!

Even when signing the contract, Lautaro didn't pay special attention to his salary. The main thing was that he was willing to play for Tong Yi!

Therefore, Ignacio quickly negotiated with the agents of these players and signed contracts with these guys. From this moment on, these five people are AC Milan players.

After taking care of these guys, Ignacio relaxed. On his side, he first followed Bellingham to meet Bellingham's family to discuss Bellingham's transfer. The Bellingham guys agreed without much thought. After all, they were going to play football for Tong Yi, and they were happy to do so.

After dealing with these things, Ignacio had time to meet his confidante... they!