The work of arranging specific tactical details was handed over to Ranieri, and the club's internal affairs were fully handed over to the three general managers. Poirot was notified to go to Turin and Naples to ask about the prices of Cois and Kripa. Zhuang Mingge only needed to listen to the report once a day, and the team's cleaning work was proceeding in an orderly manner.

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

"The team's cleaning is going well at the moment. Many Serie A teams are happy to introduce our players. We have obtained a total of $10 million by selling players. The largest amount is Brian Laudrup's transfer, and Milan has paid him $4 million."

"Very good, good job." Zhuang Mingge nodded in praise, expressing satisfaction with being able to earn so much transfer fee.

The transfer fee in this era is not as terrifying as it was later. In 1992, Maradona's transfer fee to Sevilla was only 7.5 million US dollars. Currently, only Robert Baggio, Viali and Rentini broke the 10 million US dollars in transfer fee. In this era, the transfer fee for top stars is only a few million US dollars.

"Also, Naples marked a price of $2.5 million for Kripa, and Turin directly rejected our asking price."

"Then give up Cois and win Kripa." Zhuang Mingge thought for a while and felt that it might be better to have such a player with championship experience in the team (Kripa won the UEFA Cup in the 88-89 season and the 89-90 season Serie A in the 89-90 season). Besides, the 28-year-old Kripa is currently in the golden period of his career. His playing style is very tough, his interception and running ability are excellent, and he can just lead these young people in the team.

"Okay, next is the introduction of our target players." Poirot turned the documents in his hand over a page and continued his report. "Tordo, Guadalbourne, Pesotto, Yuliano, Bilindri, Tomasi, Jonti, Giannikeda, Inzagi, Vieri, Montera have all agreed to join. Filicano will negotiate contract treatment with our club tomorrow. As for Dibiagio and Corini, we are currently negotiating with the two clubs on their transfer fees."

"The progress is good, Hulkry, you are doing well. It is best to get all the transfers before the team's training camp on July 20. The team has a lot of new players this year and it takes enough time to run in."

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

Florence fans had already learned from media reports that the club had sold many of the main players from last season. They also expressed their understanding of this situation. After all, no player with the strength to stay in Serie A is willing to return to the low-level league to play. At the same time, what made the fans ecstatic was that the two foreign players of the team resolutely stayed to share the hardships with Florence in this "the most difficult time in Fiorentina".

"With Gabriel (Battistuta) and Stefan (Efenberg) here, we will definitely be back in Serie A next year!" This is what an avid fan said in an interview with the reporter of "Sports in Milan" in Fiorentina, which also represents the voice of most fans.

At the same time, fans are also watching to see what changes this new boss can bring to the troubled Florence.

July 1st is the day when the European transfer market opens. During the period when Zhuang Mingge waited for the transfer period to begin, a major event happened in Italian football. The protagonist of the incident was Naples.

After Napoli introduced Maradona in 1985 at a world record of $4 million, he spent many years to spoil money as the "King of Ball" helpers: Giordano, Carnevale, Aleman, and Carreca... These players led Napoli to usher in the most glorious period in the team's history and won many championship trophies, including the UEFA Cup championship in the 88-89 season, two league championships, one Italian Cup championship and one Italian Super Cup championship.

But with Maradona traveling to Sevilla last summer and Naples's record declined, the club's financial crisis began to emerge. By June this year, Naples had even reached the point where it could not pay normal wages for employees.

Naples' dilemma alarmed the Italian Football Association, which warned Naples that if the team remains in debt before the start of next season, Naples will be disqualified from participating in the Serie A next season.

So Naples had to sell the team's stars, Massimo Kripa, Gianfranco Zora, Kareka and others all appeared in the transfer rumors, and Naples' foundation has been hollowed out.

Florence, which also has a large number of stars leaving the team, has not received such attention, mainly because they have been relegated and selling off the stars is an inevitable choice. When fans are mentally prepared, their attention will naturally be much smaller.

So, when the summer transfer gate began, the most popular thing for fans was not Milan or Juventus to introduce another big-name star, but a large number of players fled from Naples:

Gianfranco Zola, the "apprentice" of the football king Maradona in Naples, has scored 24 league goals for Naples in the past two years and was included in Parma;

Kareka, winner of the 1990 World Cup Silver Boot Award, the last of Naples’s “Three Masters in South America” that year, announced his transfer to the newly established Japanese J League and joined the Kaeda Sun God Club;

What surprised many fans was that one of the main players in Naples' heyday, midfielder Massimo Kripa, was bought by Fiorentina, which had been relegated to the second division, for a high price of $3.8 million. A senior official from Naples who was unwilling to disclose his name said in an interview with reporters that the reason why Kripa transferred to Fiorentina was far higher than the $3.8 million that other competitors played a decisive role because no one else was willing to pay out the huge transfer fee for Kripa.

In an interview with a reporter from the "Milan Sports" Fiorentina fans were satisfied with this: "Massimo is a champion player. His arrival will greatly improve the team's defensive quality. We are satisfied with the club's ambitions."

Then, on July 2, the second day after the transfer market opened, Florence officially announced several transfer news:

Ravenna's main goalkeeper Francisco Toldo last season has a transfer fee of US$100,000. Toldo will appear in the Serie B field as the team's main goalkeeper in the new season;

Verona's young goalkeeper Mateo Guadalburn, with a transfer fee of $50,000, will exist as Toldo's substitute;

Aldo Filicano, the main center back of the Serie A team Cagliari, came to Fiorentina at a high price of US$2 million; Luigi Dibiagio, also the main midfielder of the Serie A team Foggia Club, also came to the city with a transfer fee of US$1.5 million; while Eugenio Corini, who cannot play in the Serie A team, transferred to Purple Lily for US$600,000;

Fiorentina introduced young defenders Mark Uliano and Gianluca Pesotto from the same-level team Bologna, with a total transfer fee of $900,000; at the same time, two young players were purchased from Empoli: Alessandro Bilindeli and Vincenzo Montera, and the Empoli agreed to let the approval of $300,000;

As for Sora midfielder Giuliano Giannikeda, Perugia midfielder Federic Janti, Verona midfielder Damiano Tomasi, Albino Lefe's striker Philip Inzagi, Pisa forward Christian Vieri and others, due to their youth and no particularly outstanding performance, the introduction of these players cost Fiorentina's transfer fee totaled $700,000 in Fiorentina.

The survey showed that Fiorentina fans were happy that the team could introduce strong players such as Kripa, Dibiagio, Filicano, and Corini, and believed that the club's move showed its ambition to return to Serie A as soon as possible; at the same time, fans also said that they would wait and see some young players introduced by the team from lower-level leagues.

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

After getting the financial statements, Zhuang Mingge found that the club only maintained a balance of income and expenditure in these transfers: the players sold received $10 million, and the large number of players also spent $9.95 million; in terms of club expenditure, only the team's salary quota next season has dropped significantly; in terms of income, due to the team's relegation, broadcast fees and ticket revenue, the two most important parts for the team, have been greatly reduced.
Chapter completed!