Today's third update... I'm so sleepy... I'm going to sleep...

"In terms of the transfer fee amount of Costa, referring to the transfer fee amount of Luis Figo who transferred to Barcelona in January this year, we in Florence are willing to pay the same amount of transfer fee for Costa, $4 million, in a lump sum."

"Haha, Chairman Corleon, you are really good at joking. If you want to take away our Benfica core star with just $4 million?" Azerado said with a slight smile. "We are all engaged in football, there is no need to go around. You all know that Figo's transfer fee at that time could not reflect his actual value. If Figo had not been banned from entering Serie A by your Football Association, he would have joined the Serie A for more than twice as high as this."

"Well, what does Chairman Azerado mean?"

"8 million US dollars, pay it in one lump sum, this price is absolutely fair." Azerado narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhuang Mingge, smiling like an old fox.

"8 million is too expensive, up to 5 million US dollars." Zhuang Mingge was stared at Azerado's smiling eyes and his whole body was chilling.

"We can't agree to this offer! Chairman Corleon, don't forget that Paul Sosa's net worth reached 8 million US dollars last year!" Azerado said in a little angry and proud tone, "We are Benfica!"

Azerado does have proud capital. After all, before the Boseman Act was introduced, the strength of European league teams was relatively average. Even the giant teams of small European countries should not be underestimated. Haven’t you seen Real Madrid be blocked by these so-called "small country teams" outside the Champions League final for more than 30 years?

Speaking of Benfica, the most impressive thing is its status that has won the Portuguese League championship the most times, and it is also the team that has won the most times in the Champions League in Portugal. Before Porto's rise, Benfica's position in Portugal was like Real Madrid to Spain.

In addition, what impresses Benfica the most is the famous "Gutman Curse".

In 1962, he led Real Madrid, led by superstars such as Distefano and Puskas, and after completing two consecutive Champions League titles, Gutman, then head coach of Benfica, asked Benfica's board of directors for a salary increase, but was rejected by the board of directors. The Hungarian coach announced his resignation in anger. Before leaving the team, he spoke out the famous "Gutman curse": "From now on, Benfica will never win the European championship in 100 years."

No one expected that Gutman's angry words would come true. Since then, Benfica has reached the final of the European Champions League five times, and once reached the final of the League Cup, but all of them have been declared defeat!

In the 1960s, Benfica entered the Champions League final five times, and the next three times helped AC Milan, Inter Milan, which pioneered the "big international era" and Manchester United, which rose again 10 years after the Munich air crash. The closest time is the 1990 Champions League final. Although Benfica's legendary superstar Euspio deliberately ran to Gutman's grave before the game (the Hungarian died in 1981) to pray, the Portuguese team still lost to the Ross and Blacks in the final and unfortunately lost.

In 1983, Benfica reached the League Cup final and finally lost to Anderlecht from Belgium.

If it was really a curse, then how strong was the old man Gutman's resentment at that time...

The tragic Benfica, Zhuang Mingge can only comment on this.

"How about it, Chairman Corleon? $8 million is paid in one lump sum, and you can go and discuss the treatment with Costa."

Sure enough, I still have to use money to open the way to deal with Chairman Fumiliarity, Zhuang Mingge sighed in his heart.

"Okay, that's $8 million, pay it in one lump sum."

As soon as Azerado heard that Zhuang Mingge agreed to his asking price, he immediately changed his expression and said with a smile: "The deal is completed! Chairman Corleon, now you can go to discuss personal treatment with Rui, this is his contact information."

Will the players not be informed when there is transfer negotiation? Azerado, you will sooner or later suffer for this behavior of despising the players. Zhuang Mingge sneered in his heart and took over Costa’s contact information from Azerado.

"Hey? Hello, are you Mr. Rui Costa? I am Antonio Corleon, the chairman of the Florence Club. We have just obtained permission from the Benfica Club and are now planning to negotiate with you about the contract treatment issues..."

"You are on vacation in Funchal now, are you? Then we will meet at the Palace Hotel in Funchal tomorrow."

...

The next morning, Zhuang Mingge and Karin flew from Lisbon to Fonchar, the capital of Madeira Autonomous Prefecture, Portugal.

Sitting in the lobby of the most luxurious palace hotel in Funchal City, Zhuang Mingge was waiting for Rui Costa to arrive while drinking freshly squeezed juice.

If Baggio is a kind of melancholy beauty, Bati is a kind of passion beauty, and Zidane is a kind of wild beauty, then Rui is classical beauty in Zhuang Mingge's memory!

Compared with other stars with full personality, he just chewed chewing gum indifferently, wandering around the green field like a wandering stroll, and his socks were always worn in the middle of the leg guard plate...

Rui Costa's running is an excellent rhythm, such as the coordination and agility of the deer on the prairie. He does not like to race against his opponent like another famous teammate in the national team, and does not like to play flashy bicycles like Brazilian De Nielsen. His grasp of the stadium space is perfect, and he always observes the subtle changes on the court, and uses his opponent's instant negligence to send a fatal pass.

He never aims to be a gorgeous extraordinary person, his job is to find opportunities to make a fatal blow on the court.

In Zhuang Mingge's memory, Rui Costa's most classic assist was in the 2002-03 season. In the 2003 season, the Portuguese used a shocking 60-meter long pass tore open Real Madrid's defense in the 40th minute of the game, assisting his teammate Shevchenko to score the only goal in the game.

This is Costa’s work on the field, finding and seizing every chance to get a fatal blow.

This is Rui Costa, a genius midfielder, and a midfielder born for art.

From a technical and tactical perspective, introducing Costa can also bring a tactical change to the team, because there is still an Inzagi player living on the offside line in Fiorentina.

Think about it, when Inzaji's erratic running and Rui Costa's passing are combined, a super killer who is famous for grabbing points and a midfielder who is already appointed by the wonderful pass, the combination of Inzaji and Rui Costa is enough to let people understand what complement each other.
Chapter completed!