novelhk Chapter 354
Chapter 354
Listening to Moratti's suddenly high tone.
Li Shiguang didn't know if it was an illusion, he always felt that Moratti had a sense of joy from the bottom of his heart after hearing that he wanted to buy Balotelli.
"Uh... it's true." After hesitating for a while, Li Shiguang continued, "Massimo, we do have the intention to buy Balotelli."
"That's great!" After confirming Li Shiguang's statement, Moratti couldn't help shouting on the other end of the phone, "Balotelli is a genius! You are worthy of it, Li! You really have a unique vision of people!"
Damn it! ?
Li Shiguang was stunned.
He had thought that buying Balotelli might not be too difficult, but he didn't expect Moratti to react like this now!
As the chairman of Inter Milan, how can you treat your players with this attitude! ?
Don't even say that you are arguing with me.
But now I want to buy your players. Under normal circumstances, you will bargain with me more or less!
Why do you feel as if I just say a price, you will offer Balotelli with both hands!
"No! Massimo, did you listen to me? Our offer was rejected by you!" Li Shiguang rolled his eyes and joked with Moratti, "I called you today to condemn this behavior! Not to make another offer!"
"That doesn't count!" Seeing Li Shiguang say this, Moratti was immediately anxious and quickly replied, "Wait for me, don't hang up, I want to ask what's going on!"
After Moratti said this, he didn't wait for Li Shiguang to reply, and directly picked up the landline on the table and dialed a number.
About a minute later, Moratti's voice rang again on Li Shiguang's mobile phone on the table, but compared with before, the cheerful tone had disappeared, and instead brought a little anger.
"Li, I have already asked clearly." Moratti said in a low voice, "It was Mancini who rejected it. Barletta did not inform me immediately after receiving your offer, but found Mancini. Mancini rejected your offer on the grounds that Balotelli was an important part of his plan."
Li Shiguang on this side chuckled and said pointedly: "Massimo, I really envy these elite soldiers under your command! Unlike me, I work like a cow and a horse every day, and Leeds United has to come to me for big and small things! Damn, the more you talk, I will deduct Alan's salary after we make this call!"
As an oil tycoon who is famous in Italy, how could Moratti not hear the meaning of Li Shiguang's words? He sighed heavily: "Don't ridicule me, Li, I know what you mean! But I understand them too. After all, they are also for the good of the team and are thinking about problems from the perspective of the team."
For the good of the team! ?
Seeing Moratti say this, Li Shiguang rolled his eyes.
Since meeting Moratti, to be honest, Li Shiguang quite likes the character of this Italian old man. But if he is asked to manage the team like Moratti, Li Shiguang really disagrees.
The reason is very simple.
Moratti is too sentimental!
You should know that since the "phone gate", Inter Milan has dominated the Serie A. Since the 2005-06 season, they have achieved five consecutive championships in Serie A! In addition to being invincible in the domestic arena, they also won the Champions League in the 2009-2010 season, and in this year they won the Serie A championship, the Italian Cup championship, the Champions League, the Italian Super Cup championship and the Club World Cup championship, and were crowned "Five Crowns". At the same time, they are also the first Italian team to win the title of "Five Crowns"!
In that era when Serie A was gradually declining, Inter Milan can be said to have helped Italian clubs gain a firm foothold in European football and even in world football.
It is said that there is no eternal dynasty, but the decline of Inter Milan's "dynasty" came a little too quickly.
Although the decline of Inter Milan is related to the opposition of the Moratti family to continue investing and the arrival of Benítez, the "troublemaker".
But in Li Shiguang's opinion, the biggest reason is that Moratti himself is too indecisive and nostalgic.
After winning the Champions League, it is the best time for Inter Milan to change blood. If this opportunity is seized, it will not only greatly improve the club's finances, but also inject fresh blood into the team.
But the hesitant Moratti missed the opportunity. If it was just a missed opportunity, it would be fine. The key is that Moratti gave a collective salary increase and contract renewal to these old heroes, which basically offset the transfer income that was not much in the summer window.
Not only that, Moratti's salary increase and contract renewal not only consolidated the status of the old heroes in the team, but also forced away those who were eager to get more.Balotelli, who played more time and had a high basic salary, caused Inter Milan to be short of subsequent talents.
Then this year, the status of veterans Lucio, Milito, Zanetti, Cambiasso, including Maicon, declined collectively, and Motta and Sneijder were plagued by injuries for a long time, which put the team in a situation where no one was available.
Even if Moratti invited the "tinker" Claudio Ranieri, he did not fix Inter Milan's mess!
And now.
It is obvious that Moratti's bad habit has come back again.
You must know that Balotelli is now a substitute among substitutes in Inter Milan's lineup, and Mancini, who will leave after the end of this season, rejected Leeds United's second offer that has risen to more than 10 million euros on behalf of Moratti.
In this case.
Moratti can even imagine that Mancini is thinking about the team.
When he thought of this, Li Shiguang really couldn't stop feeling sick.
No!
Seeing Moratti's current state, if Mancini is too opposed, he may also go with the flow and not sell Balotelli.
Now that he has already quoted a price to Balotelli, whether he should say it or not, it must have aroused Mancini's vigilance. What if he goes to tell Balotelli, the brainless kid, to stay in Inter Milan and wait for his call, then he may become the one who suffers in the end.
Although it is not certain whether Mancini has such a mentality, it is a reality to reject Leeds United's offer!
This result is not what Li Shiguang wants to see!
After a little consideration in his mind, Li Shiguang's mouth corners raised a sly smile again.
Holding the mentality of killing the wrong person rather than letting him go!
Li Shiguang gently asked on the phone: "Massimo... I heard that Inter Milan and Mancini... will not renew the contract after the end of this season. Is it true?"
"Well, we are..." Moratti answered, but he woke up suddenly before he finished speaking, and exclaimed directly, "No! How do you know!?"